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To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government Equalities Office plans to take in response to the recommendations made in the Stern Review of how rape complaints are handled by public authorities in England and Wales.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Minister for Women and Equalities

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1172W; 324089

House

House of Commons

Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 16, (ii) between 16 and 19, (iii) between 20 and 25, (iv) between 26 and 30, (v) between 31 and 40, (vi) between 41 and 50, (vii) between 51 and...

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 March 2010

For answer on

29 March 2010

Answered on

6 April 2010

Information showing the number of offenders cautioned for offences of being drunk and disorderly, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008 (latest available) can be found in Tables one and two. The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for these offences are given in Tables three and four. The number of offenders issued with a penalty notice for disorder (PND) can be viewed in Tables 5 and 6.Cautions, court proceedings, and PND data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn 2010.

Table 1: Number of males cautioned for offences of drunk and disorderly¹, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008², ³, 4
	Age
Police force area	10-15	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 and over	All ages
Avon and Somerset	3	25	19	16	18	7	4	1	93
Bedfordshire	—	—	3	3	4	4	2	1	17
Cheshire	10	23	8	5	9	4	1	2	62
City of London	—	1	5	5	5	1	—	—	17
Cleveland	5	13	3	6	1	1	2	2	33
Cumbria	4	45	19	10	5	4	1	2	90
Derbyshire	2	8	5	3	3	1	1	—	23
Devon and Cornwall	16	76	62	23	56	44	17	8	302
Dorset	4	10	11	3	—	2	—	—	30
Durham	4	27	14	4	8	4	—	—	61
Essex	3	18	13	9	13	7	1	3	67
Gloucestershire	—	12	8	3	1	1	2	—	27
Greater Manchester	5	9	12	7	9	10	5	4	61
Hampshire	5	33	19	6	11	5	3	—	82
Hertfordshire	2	5	6	2	4	4	3	—	26
Humberside	1	5	4	1	1	1	—	—	13
Kent	6	21	6	12	12	7	3	1	68
Lancashire	15	87	54	33	42	19	9	9	268
Leicestershire	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	2
Merseyside	9	52	103	45	51	32	6	6	304
Metropolitan Police	2	116	470	263	374	220	87	36	1,568
Norfolk	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
North Yorkshire	4	23	11	4	8	6	3	4	63
Northamptonshire	—	5	13	3	9	5	—	2	37
Northumbria	58	174	131	73	74	53	18	17	598
South Yorkshire	15	10	7	4	5	2	—	1	44
Staffordshire	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	—	13
Suffolk	—	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	13
Surrey	1	2	5	3	9	3	4	1	28
Sussex	12	32	35	23	40	32	24	5	203
Thames Valley	2	12	13	7	11	8	4	2	59
Warwickshire	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2
West Mercia	4	48	63	30	29	13	8	1	196
West Midlands	7	62	84	29	34	14	8	4	242
West Yorkshire	27	117	118	48	81	50	22	5	468
Wiltshire	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	3
Dyfed-Powys	4	17	11	5	10	8	3	2	60
Gwent	10	71	63	23	30	19	3	3	222
North Wales	8	18	14	8	8	5	8	2	71
South Wales	6	14	11	7	3	4	1	—	46
Total	256	1,202	1,430	729	982	605	255	125	5,584
¹ Includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes:
Being found drunk in a highway or other public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises.
Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12;
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.
² The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
³ From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These are included in the totals.
4 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Table 2: Number of females cautioned for offences of drunk and disorderly¹, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008², ³, 4
	Age
Police force area	10-15	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 and over	All ages
Avon and Somerset	5	11	3	2	2	3	2	—	28
Bedfordshire	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	2
Cheshire	2	13	2	2	4	3	2	—	28
Cleveland	4	7	1	—	4	1	1	—	18
Cumbria	9	27	8	1	2	2	—	—	49
Derbyshire	8	7	1	—	5	1	—	—	22
Devon and Cornwall	17	39	25	16	21	17	11	—	146
Dorset	3	3	2	4	—	2	—	—	14
Durham	11	14	5	4	6	1	1	—	42
Essex	1	11	4	3	3	7	—	—	29
Gloucestershire	—	3	3	—	4	—	—	—	10
Greater Manchester	10	10	2	1	3	3	1	—	30
Hampshire	7	13	7	3	10	5	3	—	48
Hertfordshire	1	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	5
Humberside	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	3
Kent	9	6	3	2	1	3	1	1	26
Lancashire	23	34	27	9	14	15	4	1	127
Leicestershire	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	3
Merseyside	8	10	9	6	9	4	1	1	48
Metropolitan Police	3	26	76	38	61	44	11	3	262
Norfolk	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
North Yorkshire	6	7	8	4	4	4	—	—	33
Northamptonshire	—	3	1	—	2	—	—	—	6
Northumbria	68	80	28	10	28	13	1	2	230
South Yorkshire	9	3	1	—	—	1	—	—	14
Staffordshire	1	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	5
Suffolk	1	1	—	1	2	3	—	—	8
Surrey	—	4	4	—	—	2	—	—	10
Sussex	16	15	5	1	10	10	5	3	65
Thames Valley	5	4	5	1	3	2	1	—	21
West Mercia	6	16	16	3	8	11	1	—	61
West Midlands	12	18	15	9	11	10	1	—	76
West Yorkshire	38	62	37	21	35	21	2	2	218
Wiltshire	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Dyfed-Powys	3	5	4	2	1	1	—	—	16
Gwent	7	16	19	9	8	10	3	1	73
North Wales	6	11	5	1	3	2	1	—	29
South Wales	5	6	5	2	—	5	2	2	27
Total	308	491	331	156	268	209	56	16	1,835
¹ Includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes:
Being found drunk in a highway or other public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises.
Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12;
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.
² The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
³ From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These are included in the totals.
4 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Table 3: Number of males proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences of drunk and disorderly¹, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008², ³, 4
	Age
Police force area	10-15	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 and over	all ages
Avon and Somerset	3	27	44	19	48	33	33	23	230
Bedfordshire	—	5	9	9	20	5	9	1	58
Cambridgeshire	—	5	12	12	44	49	16	12	150
Cheshire	11	55	59	39	54	60	15	4	297
City of London	—	1	7	5	8	10	3	1	35
Cleveland	9	49	75	30	51	33	11	—	258
Cumbria	10	84	92	34	60	45	11	10	346
Derbyshire	10	42	60	28	54	36	14	11	255
Devon and Cornwall	11	104	140	112	204	165	66	14	816
Dorset	4	19	32	19	39	22	10	5	150
Durham	14	64	39	18	28	22	13	—	198
Essex	3	27	19	19	40	37	11	2	158
Gloucestershire	2	10	18	10	19	7	3	—	69
Greater Manchester	18	105	153	79	123	89	20	6	593
Hampshire	3	67	139	40	77	71	17	12	426
Hertfordshire	—	7	15	4	21	16	13	3	79
Humberside	2	10	15	10	17	8	1	—	63
Kent	15	52	69	30	86	89	27	3	371
Lancashire	30	189	226	106	180	136	37	9	913
Leicestershire	—	10	7	2	11	12	1	—	43
Lincolnshire	—	14	23	6	31	20	3	1	98
Merseyside	14	164	324	136	387	290	70	25	1,410
Metropolitan Police	5	48	138	111	308	252	89	24	975
Norfolk	5	31	53	16	60	35	13	1	214
North Yorkshire	7	42	83	46	60	54	27	4	323
Northamptonshire	1	9	17	5	14	9	3	1	59
Northumbria	70	675	916	382	470	314	126	20	2,973
Nottinghamshire	5	25	43	37	69	35	7	2	223
South Yorkshire	16	91	196	108	150	103	28	15	707
Staffordshire	1	49	48	31	39	55	12	5	240
Suffolk	—	3	4	4	8	3	6	1	29
Surrey	1	13	33	31	47	43	13	4	185
Sussex	10	70	74	54	108	89	33	15	453
Thames Valley	3	25	50	10	29	54	21	4	196
Warwickshire	—	17	22	6	18	8	3	1	75
West Mercia	4	89	90	50	49	40	14	5	341
West Midlands	8	129	267	162	303	206	80	15	1,170
West Yorkshire	27	196	318	177	278	219	88	21	1,324
Wiltshire	2	6	8	7	16	35	6	10	90
Dyfed-Powys	1	21	25	21	33	24	11	9	145
Gwent	4	49	70	37	56	43	12	6	277
North Wales	7	41	51	19	42	25	14	—	199
South Wales	—	27	37	25	24	24	22	5	164
Total	336	2,766	4,120	2,106	3,783	2,925	1,032	310	17,378
¹ Includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes:
Being found drunk in a highway or other public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises.
Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12;
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.
² The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are use.
4 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Table 4: Number of females proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences of drunk and disorderly¹, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008², ³, 4
	Age
Police force area	10-15	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 and over	all ages
Avon and Somerset	3	8	2	3	7	2	1	1	27
Bedfordshire	1	2	—	—	1	2	1	—	7
Cambridgeshire	—	1	1	1	6	8	3	—	20
Cheshire	3	9	7	8	25	15	—	2	69
City of London	—	—	1	2	2	1	—	—	6
Cleveland	2	18	11	9	23	4	1	1	69
Cumbria	6	30	14	6	25	13	5	—	99
Derbyshire	3	9	9	3	3	5	1	—	33
Devon and Cornwall	8	30	22	22	24	32	4	—	142
Dorset	—	3	6	—	5	6	—	—	20
Durham	5	18	12	3	8	5	1	—	52
Essex	2	3	8	4	8	10	1	—	36
Gloucestershire	—	1	2	1	1	2	—	—	7
Greater Manchester	3	9	16	9	14	13	1	1	66
Hampshire	8	15	9	6	18	8	7	—	71
Hertfordshire	—	2	—	1	1	1	6	—	11
Humberside	1	4	3	1	2	3	—	1	15
Kent	7	15	6	6	17	22	5	—	78
Lancashire	15	69	20	21	43	31	7	—	206
Leicestershire	—	1	—	1	2	2	—	—	6
Lincolnshire	—	—	3	—	3	3	—	—	9
Merseyside	4	41	36	30	82	62	14	—	269
Metropolitan Police	2	6	8	9	16	14	7	—	62
Norfolk	—	2	10	2	7	7	—	—	28
North Yorkshire	3	17	12	4	23	13	4	—	76
Northamptonshire	—	3	1	—	2	2	—	—	8
Northumbria	65	145	106	65	98	43	28	4	554
Nottinghamshire	—	7	6	5	5	9	—	—	32
South Yorkshire	14	21	25	23	22	33	4	—	142
Staffordshire	2	6	9	3	2	26	3	1	52
Suffolk	—	1	1	2	—	1	—	—	5
Surrey	—	5	3	1	3	15	1	3	31
Sussex	3	16	7	9	20	23	3	2	83
Thames Valley	—	6	11	2	6	5	2	—	32
Warwickshire	1	2	2	1	2	1	—	—	9
West Mercia	2	11	8	3	8	17	1	—	50
West Midlands	5	30	36	21	27	28	5	—	152
West Yorkshire	19	42	45	29	60	39	9	1	244
Wiltshire	—	2	—	—	2	4	3	—	11
Dyfed-Powys	—	3	6	2	5	14	1	—	31
Gwent	3	8	7	2	8	12	11	—	51
North Wales	1	11	9	3	10	10	2	—	46
South Wales	2	9	5	3	3	4	1	—	27
Total	193	641	505	326	649	570	143	17	3,044
¹ Includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes:
Being found drunk in a highway or other public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises.
Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12;
Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.
² The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are use.
4 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Table 5: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to males for offences of drunk and disorderly, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³
	Age
Police Force Area	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 & over	All ages
Avon and Somerset	52	82	25	32	20	6	2	219
Bedfordshire	21	49	20	29	19	4	2	144
British Transport police	59	147	123	195	127	53	14	718
Cambridgeshire	62	95	67	77	44	14	6	365
Cheshire	100	211	87	87	42	20	3	550
Cleveland	257	463	163	174	99	33	9	1,198
Cumbria	69	139	55	70	36	13	7	389
Derbyshire	157	191	77	85	35	17	5	567
Devon and Cornwall	207	317	135	100	61	23	10	853
Dorset	53	74	28	24	12	6	—	197
Durham	192	295	103	99	57	12	5	763
Dyfed Powys	41	56	34	34	22	13	4	204
Essex	50	119	56	56	33	14	4	332
Gloucestershire	26	42	20	21	6	7	2	124
Greater Manchester	130	223	106	108	73	23	7	670
Gwent	62	80	28	23	8	2	—	203
Hampshire	119	168	52	58	51	7	4	459
Hertfordshire	61	71	27	25	21	9	4	218
Humberside	112	181	74	75	47	5	3	497
Kent	393	642	264	320	167	50	24	1,860
Lancashire	1,116	1,458	574	666	390	100	27	4,331
Leicestershire	49	120	63	61	30	10	1	334
Lincolnshire	11	34	12	18	10	2	—	87
London, City of	5	51	34	29	22	1	1	143
Merseyside	843	1,325	522	618	439	120	47	3,914
Metropolitan	321	823	525	700	400	138	54	2,961
Norfolk	71	153	59	80	30	7	3	403
North Wales	128	182	74	70	51	13	6	524
North Yorkshire	179	247	95	96	58	14	5	694
Northamptonshire	56	74	40	40	20	3	1	234
Northumbria	887	1,493	619	587	349	98	23	4,056
Nottinghamshire	120	183	72	74	32	8	—	489
South Wales	37	36	21	31	18	5	2	150
South Yorkshire	559	805	306	322	174	39	14	2,219
Staffordshire	102	144	67	73	44	14	4	448
Suffolk	12	10	5	1	4	1	2	35
Surrey	45	66	39	39	43	20	2	254
Sussex	211	367	145	147	85	32	9	996
Thames Valley	66	123	38	50	25	15	5	322
Warwickshire	24	21	16	12	8	4	1	86
West Mercia	125	173	54	49	25	2	4	432
West Midlands	646	991	431	394	259	73	17	2,811
West Yorkshire	309	476	212	191	107	37	6	1,338
Wiltshire	68	85	40	45	29	8	4	279
Total	8,213	13,085	5,607	6,085	3,632	1,095	353	38,070
¹ The penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
² Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
³ Centrally available PND data are published at age 16 and over.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice.

Table 6: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to females for offences of drunk and disorderly, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³
	Age
Police Force Area	16-19	20-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61 & over	All ages
Avon and Somerset	12	7	4	4	3	2	1	33
Bedfordshire	3	3	2	5	2	2	1	18
British Transport police	18	15	20	23	16	2	—	94
Cambridgeshire	4	12	7	11	14	2	—	50
Cheshire	14	37	32	21	15	4	1	124
Cleveland	78	90	40	59	32	10	—	309
Cumbria	20	27	7	22	14	4	—	94
Derbyshire	36	28	18	22	14	7	—	125
Devon and Cornwall	39	50	15	43	25	4	1	177
Dorset	10	8	6	3	5	1	—	33
Durham	38	54	28	31	18	4	—	173
Dyfed Powys	6	11	7	7	6	5	—	42
Essex	9	19	4	15	13	6	—	66
Gloucestershire	4	6	4	3	6	1	—	24
Greater Manchester	45	44	21	22	24	4	—	160
Gwent	7	7	0	6	5	—	—	25
Hampshire	27	14	4	20	5	3	2	75
Hertfordshire	8	17	6	7	5	2	—	45
Humberside	20	29	7	19	7	5	1	88
Kent	89	86	38	60	68	16	1	358
Lancashire	257	261	97	207	110	22	4	958
Leicestershire	8	18	9	9	7	1	—	52
Lincolnshire	5	4	3	5	1	—	—	18
London, City of	0	4	7	3	1	—	—	15
Merseyside	212	230	116	192	119	23	3	895
Metropolitan	64	121	75	126	92	17	5	500
Norfolk	13	16	9	9	9	2	—	58
North Wales	28	27	14	15	15	6	1	106
North Yorkshire	32	46	22	23	15	2	—	140
Northamptonshire	12	7	3	7	6	—	—	35
Northumbria	238	339	133	177	104	32	3	1,026
Nottinghamshire	19	25	5	17	16	3	1	86
South Wales	5	8	4	8	1	1	—	27
South Yorkshire	112	132	70	77	53	11	—	455
Staffordshire	19	25	15	15	15	5	—	94
Suffolk	1	1	0	1	2	2	—	7
Surrey	15	12	5	11	12	1	1	57
Sussex	47	53	20	41	21	12	1	195
Thames Valley	7	8	4	12	9	—	—	40
Warwickshire	3	5	2	2	2	—	—	14
West Mercia	17	17	7	11	6	3	—	61
West Midlands	123	132	59	78	50	12	3	457
West Yorkshire	80	97	33	52	46	12	—	320
Wiltshire	18	8	8	8	7	1	—	50
Total	1,822	2,160	990	1,509	1,016	252	30	7,779
¹ The penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
² Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
³ Centrally available PND data are published at age 16 and over.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice.

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1246-56W; 325281

House

House of Commons

Alcoholic Drinks: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) 10 to 12, (b) 13 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 year olds were (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each police force area in 2008.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 March 2010

For answer on

18 March 2010

Answered on

30 March 2010

Information showing the number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for alcohol-related offences in England and Wales 2008 (latest available) broken down by age and police force area, can be viewed in tables 1 and 2 respectively.A penalty notice for disorder (PND) may also be issued for certain alcohol-related offences. The number of PNDs issued for alcohol-related offences in 2008 can be viewed in table 3.

Table 1: Number of offenders aged under 18 cautioned¹ for alcohol-related offences², England and Wales, 2008, by age³, 4
Force	Age
	10-12	13-15	16-17	10-17
Avon and Somerset	—	8	23	31
Bedfordshire		—	—	0
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	0
Cheshire	—	13	22	35
City of London		—	1	1
Cleveland	—	11	23	34
Cumbria	—	14	50	64
Derbyshire	—	10	12	22
Devon and Cornwall	—	34	62	96
Dorset	—	7	10	17
Durham	—	15	34	49
Essex	—	4	18	22
Gloucestershire	—	—	6	6
Greater Manchester	—	15	16	31
Hampshire	—	12	23	35
Hertfordshire	—	4	1	5
Humberside	—	2	4	6
Kent	—	15	15	30
Lancashire	1	37	76	114
Leicestershire	—	3	2	5
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	0
Merseyside	1	16	22	39
Metropolitan Police	1	4	1	6
Norfolk	—	—	1	1
North Yorkshire	—	10	20	30
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	0
Northumbria	3	129	190	322
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	0
South Yorkshire	—	25	13	38
Staffordshire	—	3	6	9
Suffolk	—	3	3	6
Surrey	—	1	5	6
Sussex	2	26	29	57
Thames Valley	1	6	11	18
Warwickshire	—	—	—	0
West Mercia	2	8	26	36
West Midlands	—	24	39	63
West Yorkshire	—	66	78	144
Wiltshire	—	1	3	4
Dyfed-Powys	2	5	9	16
Gwent	1	16	47	64
North Wales	1	13	23	37
South Wales	1	10	12	23
England and Wales	16	570	936	1,522
¹ From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals.
² The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
³ Alcohol-related offences for which cautions have been issued:
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licensed person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
4 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice
Ref: IOS 174-10

Table 2: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for alcohol-related offences¹, England and Wales, 2008, by age and police force area², ³
	Age
Force	10—12	13-15	16-17	10-17
Avon and Somerset	—	7	49	56
Bedfordshire	—	2	20	22
Cambridgeshire	—	—	16	16
Cheshire	1	14	53	68
City of London	—	—	—	0
Cleveland	—	12	52	64
Cumbria	—	16	72	88
Derbyshire	1	14	48	63
Devon and Cornwall	—	19	120	139
Dorset	—	5	28	33
Durham	—	20	89	109
Essex	—	5	38	43
Gloucestershire	—	2	27	29
Greater Manchester	—	23	87	110
Hampshire	—	13	86	99
Hertfordshire	—	1	17	18
Humberside	—	5	34	39
Kent	—	25	59	84
Lancashire	1	47	189	237
Leicestershire	—	—	25	25
Lincolnshire	—	1	29	30
Merseyside	—	18	117	135
Metropolitan Police	—	8	95	103
Norfolk	—	6	27	33
North Yorkshire	—	11	61	72
Northamptonshire	—	2	22	24
Northumbria	—	140	440	580
Nottinghamshire	—	5	30	35
South Yorkshire	—	30	104	134
Staffordshire	—	4	50	54
Suffolk	—	—	15	15
Surrey	—	1	30	31
Sussex	—	14	72	86
Thames Valley	—	5	46	51
Warwickshire	—	1	18	19
West Mercia	—	9	67	76
West Midlands	—	15	83	98
West Yorkshire	—	51	141	192
Wiltshire	—	2	13	15
Dyfed-Powys	—	1	23	24
Gwent	—	7	51	58
North Wales	—	9	52	61
South Wales	—	2	42	44
England and Wales	3	572	2,737	3,312
¹ Includes offences of:
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licensed person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
² The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice
Ref: IOS 174-10

Table 3: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to persons aged 16 to 17 for alcohol-related offences England and Wales,2008¹, ², ³
Force	2008
Avon and Somerset	28
Bedfordshire	11
British Transport Police	29
Cambridgeshire	19
Cheshire	20
Cleveland	101
Cumbria	1
Derbyshire	71
Devon and Cornwall	50
Dorset	22
Durham	38
Essex	12
Gloucestershire	11
Greater Manchester	85
Hampshire	30
Hertfordshire	44
Humberside	77
Kent	122
Lancashire	491
Leicestershire	6
Lincolnshire	7
Merseyside	368
Metropolitan Police	95
Norfolk	16
Northamptonshire	40
Northumbria	258
North Yorkshire	73
Nottinghamshire	32
South Yorkshire	228
Staffordshire	41
Suffolk	7
Surrey	12
Sussex	54
Thames Valley	15
Warwickshire	10
West Mercia	36
West Midlands	185
West Yorkshire	110
Wiltshire	29
Dyfed-Powys	12
Gwent	18
North Wales	41
South Wales	11
Total	2,966
¹ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
² The penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
³ Centrally available PND data are published at age 16 and over.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice
Ref: IOS 174-10

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c917-21W; 323235

House

House of Commons

Alcoholic Drinks: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females in each court service area aged between (i) 10 and 12, (ii) 13 and 16 and (iii) 17 and 18 years old were (A) proceeded against, (B) found guilty and (C) sentenced to...

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 March 2010

For answer on

18 March 2010

Answered on

30 March 2010

Information showing the number of males and females prosecuted at magistrates courts, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, England and Wales 2008 (latest available) broken down by police force area, can be viewed in Table l and Table 2.A penalty notice for disorder (PND) may also be issued for certain alcohol-related offences. The number of PNDs issued for alcohol-related offences 2008 can be viewed in Table 3.

Table 1: Number of males prosecuted at the magistrates court, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³, 4
	Aged 10-12	Aged 13-16	Aged 17-18
	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	16	15	—	95	88	—
Bedfordshire	—	—	—	6	6	—	35	33	—
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	27	25	1
Cheshire	1	1	—	22	21	—	88	87	1
Cleveland	—	—	—	26	23	—	75	72	1
Cumbria	—	—	—	31	28	—	82	79	1
Derbyshire	1	1	—	17	17	—	80	76	1
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	49	45	—	162	155	1
Dorset	—	—	—	14	12	—	60	57	—
Durham	—	—	—	42	37	—	83	78	—
Essex	—	—	—	11	10	—	79	73	—
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	7	7	—	39	36	—
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	43	42	—	170	166	1
Hampshire	—	—	—	19	19	—	152	146	—
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	5	5	—	43	42	1
Humberside	—	—	—	13	12	—	30	30	3
Kent	—	—	—	31	30	—	109	100	1
Lancashire	—	—	—	88	82	—	213	193	2
Leicestershire	—	—	—	11	10	—	43	37	1
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	10	10	—	54	47	—
London, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Merseyside	—	—	—	49	41	—	137	124	—
Metropolitan Police	—	—	—	30	26	—	174	163	—
Norfolk	—	—	—	9	8	—	56	55	—
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	7	5	—	27	26	—
Northumbria	—	—	—	202	177	—	451	407	1
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	23	22	—	83	80	2
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	15	13	—	61	60	—
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	48	42	—	120	106	1
Staffordshire	—	—	—	18	15	—	77	75	1
Suffolk	—	—	—	3	3	—	34	34	—
Surrey	—	—	—	4	4	—	43	41	—
Sussex	—	—	—	23	22	—	126	117	2
Thames Valley	—	—	—	19	16	—	91	85	1
Warwickshire	—	—	—	6	6	—	35	35	1
West Mercia	—	—	—	24	21	—	101	97	—
West Midlands	—	—	—	28	23	—	150	139	—
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	75	60	—	174	153	1
Wiltshire	—	—	—	8	8	—	19	17	—
Dyfed Powys	—	—	—	6	5	—	40	38	—
Gwent	—	—	—	18	15	—	71	65	1
North Wales	—	—	—	16	15	—	83	79	1
South Wales	—	—	—	8	7	—	82	79	2
England and Wales	2	2	—	1,103	988	—	3,954	3,695	29
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² Alcohol-related offences for which cautions have been issued;
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licenced person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
4 Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice Ref: IOS 173-10

Table 2: Number of females prosecuted at the magistrates court, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³, 4
	Age 10-12	Age 13-16	Age 17-18
	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	4	4	—	16	15	—
Bedfordshire	—	—	—	3	2	—	4	4	—
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—
Cheshire	—	—	—	5	5	—	23	23	—
Cleveland	—	—	—	10	10	—	8	7	—
Cumbria	—	—	—	13	12	—	22	18	—
Derbyshire	—	—	—	9	8	—	11	10	—
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	19	18	—	27	27	—
Dorset	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—
Durham	—	—	—	11	10	—	16	16	—
Essex	—	—	—	5	4	—	16	15	—
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	1	1	—	4	4	—
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	7	6	—	24	23	—
Hampshire	—	—	—	12	12	—	24	24	—
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	1	1	—	10	9	—
Humberside	—	—	—	2	1	—	6	5	—
Kent	—	—	—	14	14	—	15	14	—
Lancashire	1	1	—	30	23	—	58	51	—
Leicestershire	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	—
London, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Merseyside	—	—	—	18	15	—	29	24	—
Metropolitan Police	—	—	—	3	3	—	33	32	—
Norfolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	—
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	3	1	—	6	5	—
Northumbria	—	—	—	122	110	—	86	82	—
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	7	7	—	18	18	—
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	15	15	—
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	20	16	—	22	21	—
Staffordshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	12	10	—
Suffolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—
Surrey	—	—	—	3	2	—	11	11	—
Sussex	—	—	—	7	5	—	16	14	—
Thames Valley	—	—	—	1	1	—	23	20	—
Warwickshire	—	—	—	2	2	—	3	3	—
West Mercia	—	—	—	5	4	—	12	11	—
West Midlands	—	—	—	11	9	—	30	28	—
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	33	27	—	32	27	1
Wiltshire	—	—	—	1	1	—	7	6	—
Dyfed Powys	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	4	—
Gwent	—	—	—	4	4	—	14	12	—
North Wales	—	—	—	3	3	—	15	14	—
South Wales	—	—	—	5	4	—	16	15	—
England and Wales	1	1	—	400	351	—	713	660	1
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² Alcohol-related offences for which cautions have been issued;
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licenced person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
4 Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice Ref IOS 173-10

Table 3: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to persons aged 16 and aged 17 to 18 for alcohol related offences, England and Wales 2008¹, ², ³
	Aged 16	Aged 17-18
Police force area	Male	Female	Male	Female
Avon and Somerset	9	1	50	14
Bedfordshire	4	—	17	2
British Transport police	2	2	46	13
Cambridgeshire	6	—	38	3
Cheshire	1	1	68	12
Cleveland	19	7	155	54
Cumbria	—	—	37	12
Derbyshire	20	3	103	34
Devon and Cornwall	6	2	128	28
Dorset	3	1	39	11
Durham	9	3	118	14
Essex	1	2	31	5
Gloucestershire	—	3	19	1
Greater Manchester	16	7	123	37
Hampshire	6	1	105	27
Hertfordshire	14	2	65	11
Humberside	24	7	109	21
Kent	25	12	228	51
Lancashire	140	44	651	154
Leicestershire	—	—	24	8
Lincolnshire	3	1	16	4
London, City of	—	—	1	—
Merseyside	98	44	498	119
Metropolitan	17	7	219	46
Norfolk	2	2	49	1
North Yorkshire	20	4	118	23
Northamptonshire	11	5	54	8
Northumbria	34	13	517	155
Nottinghamshire	8	4	69	17
South Yorkshire	46	12	398	78
Staffordshire	7	3	77	15
Suffolk	2	—	13	1
Surrey	4	1	18	10
Sussex	3	3	132	25
Thames Valley	4	1	59	19
Warwickshire	—	—	19	3
West Mercia	4	—	86	14
West Midlands	46	9	366	78
West Yorkshire	14	6	202	53
Wiltshire	14	—	51	14
Dyfed Powys	1	—	22	7
Gwent	2	—	51	9
North Wales	7	1	98	17
South Wales	0	1	35	4
England and Wales	652	215	5,322	1,232
¹ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
² The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
³ Data are published at Age 16 and over.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice Ref: IOS 173-10

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c911-7W; 323234

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Services: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of mental health nurse prescribing practices.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c905W; 325252

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Services: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost-effectiveness of mental health prescribing.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c905W; 325253

House

House of Commons

Zoos: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to ensure that zoos operate to standards consistent with (a) his Department's guidance, Standards of Modern Zoo Practice and (b) the provisions of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c889-90W; 325254

House

House of Commons

Alcoholic Drinks: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged between (i) 10 and 12, (ii) 13 and 16 and (iii) 17 and 18 years in each HM Court Service area were (A) proceeded against, (B) found guilty and (C) sentenced to...

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 March 2010

For answer on

24 March 2010

Answered on

30 March 2010

The Home Office cannot provide statistical information at an individual court level as this data along with offence details, gender and age information could potentially lead to the identification of an individual. Information showing the number of males and females prosecuted at magistrates courts, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, England and Wales 2008 (latest available) broken down by police force area, can be viewed in Table 1 and Table 2.A penalty notice for disorder (PND) may also be issued for certain alcohol-related offences. The number of PNDs issued for alcohol-related offences 2008 can be viewed in Table 3.

Table 1: Number of males prosecuted at the magistrates court, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³, 4
	Aged 10-12	Aged 13-16	Aged 17-18
	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	16	15	—	95	88	—
Bedfordshire	—	—	—	6	6	—	35	33	—
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	27	25	1
Cheshire	1	1	—	22	21	—	88	87	1
Cleveland	—	—	—	26	23	—	75	72	1
Cumbria	—	—	—	31	28	—	82	79	1
Derbyshire	1	1	—	17	17	—	80	76	1
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	49	45	—	162	155	1
Dorset	—	—	—	14	12	—	60	57	—
Durham	—	—	—	42	37	—	83	78	—
Essex	—	—	—	11	10	—	79	73	—
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	7	7	—	39	36	—
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	43	42	—	170	166	1
Hampshire	—	—	—	19	19	—	152	146	—
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	5	5	—	43	42	1
Humberside	—	—	—	13	12	—	30	30	3
Kent	—	—	—	31	30	—	109	100	1
Lancashire	—	—	—	88	82	—	213	193	2
Leicestershire	—	—	—	11	10	—	43	37	1
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	10	10	—	54	47	—
London, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Merseyside	—	—	—	49	41	—	137	124	—
Metropolitan Police	—	—	—	30	26	—	174	163	—
Norfolk	—	—	—	9	8	—	56	55	—
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	7	5	—	27	26	—
Northumbria	—	—	—	202	177	—	451	407	1
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	23	22	—	83	80	2
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	15	13	—	61	60	—
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	48	42	—	120	106	1
Staffordshire	—	—	—	18	15	—	77	75	1
Suffolk	—	—	—	3	3	—	34	34	—
Surrey	—	—	—	4	4	—	43	41	—
Sussex	—	—	—	23	22	—	126	117	2
Thames Valley	—	—	—	19	16	—	91	85	1
Warwickshire	—	—	—	6	6	—	35	35	1
West Mercia	—	—	—	24	21	—	101	97	—
West Midlands	—	—	—	28	23	—	150	139	—
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	75	60	—	174	153	1
Wiltshire	—	—	—	8	8	—	19	17	—
Dyfed Powys	—	—	—	6	5	—	40	38	—
Gwent	—	—	—	18	15	—	71	65	1
North Wales	—	—	—	16	15	—	83	79	1
South Wales	—	—	—	8	7	—	82	79	2
England and Wales	2	2	—	1,103	988	—	3,954	3,695	29
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² Alcohol-related offences for which cautions have been issued;
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licensed person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
4 Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Table 2: Number of females prosecuted at the magistrates court, convicted at all courts and those sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol related offences, by age group and police force area, England and Wales, 2008¹, ², ³, 4
	Aged 10-12	Aged 13-16	Aged 17-18
	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced to immediate custody
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	4	4	—	16	15	—
Bedfordshire	—	—	—	3	2	—	4	4	—
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—
Cheshire	—	—	—	5	5	—	23	23	—
Cleveland	—	—	—	10	10	—	8	7	—
Cumbria	—	—	—	13	12	—	22	18	—
Derbyshire	—	—	—	9	8	—	11	10	—
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	19	18	—	27	27	—
Dorset	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—
Durham	—	—	—	11	10	—	16	16	—
Essex	—	—	—	5	4	—	16	15	—
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	1	1	—	4	4	—
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	7	6	—	24	23	—
Hampshire	—	—	—	12	12	—	24	24	—
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	1	1	—	10	9	—
Humberside	—	—	—	2	1	—	6	5	—
Kent	—	—	—	14	14	—	15	14	—
Lancashire	1	1	—	30	23	—	58	51	—
Leicestershire	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	—
London, City of	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Merseyside	—	—	—	18	15	—	29	24	—
Metropolitan Police	—	—	—	3	3	—	33	32	—
Norfolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	—
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	3	1	—	6	5	—
Northumbria	—	—	—	122	110	—	86	82	—
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	7	7	—	18	18	—
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	15	15	—
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	20	16	—	22	21	—
Staffordshire	—	—	—	3	3	—	12	10	—
Suffolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—
Surrey	—	—	—	3	2	—	11	11	—
Sussex	—	—	—	7	5	—	16	14	—
Thames Valley	—	—	—	1	1	—	23	20	—
Warwickshire	—	—	—	2	2	—	3	3	—
West Mercia	—	—	—	5	4	—	12	11	—
West Midlands	—	—	—	11	9	—	30	28	—
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	33	27	—	32	27	1
Wiltshire	—	—	—	1	1	—	7	6	—
Dyfed Powys	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	4	—
Gwent	—	—	—	4	4	—	14	12	—
North Wales	—	—	—	3	3	—	15	14	—
South Wales	—	—	—	5	4	—	16	15	—
England and Wales	1	1	—	400	351	—	713	660	1
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² Alcohol-related offences for which cautions have been issued;
(a) Drunkenness simple.
(b) Drunkenness with aggravation.
(c) Offences by licensed person.
(d) Other offences against intoxicating liquor laws.
(e) Driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.
(f) Causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
³ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
4 Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Table 3: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to persons aged 16 and aged 17 to 18 for alcohol related offences, England and Wales 2008¹, ², ³
	Aged 16	Aged 17-18
Police force area	Male	Female	Male	Female
Avon and Somerset	9	1	50	14
Bedfordshire	4	—	17	2
British Transport police	2	2	46	13
Cambridgeshire	6	—	38	3
Cheshire	1	1	68	12
Cleveland	19	7	155	54
Cumbria	—	—	37	12
Derbyshire	20	3	103	34
Devon and Cornwall	6	2	128	28
Dorset	3	1	39	11
Durham	9	3	118	14
Essex	1	2	31	5
Gloucestershire	—	3	19	1
Greater Manchester	16	7	123	37
Hampshire	6	1	105	27
Hertfordshire	14	2	65	11
Humberside	24	7	109	21
Kent	25	12	228	51
Lancashire	140	44	651	154
Leicestershire	—	—	24	8
Lincolnshire	3	1	16	4
London, City of	—	—	1	—
Merseyside	98	44	498	119
Metropolitan	17	7	219	46
Norfolk	2	2	49	1
North Yorkshire	20	4	118	23
Northamptonshire	11	5	54	8
Northumbria	34	13	517	155
Nottinghamshire	8	4	69	17
South Yorkshire	46	12	398	78
Staffordshire	7	3	77	15
Suffolk	2	—	13	1
Surrey	4	1	18	10
Sussex	3	3	132	25
Thames Valley	4	1	59	19
Warwickshire	—	—	19	3
West Mercia	4	—	86	14
West Midlands	46	9	366	78
West Yorkshire	14	6	202	53
Wiltshire	14	—	51	14
Dyfed Powys	1	—	22	7
Gwent	2	—	51	9
North Wales	7	1	98	17
South Wales	0	1	35	4
England and Wales	652	215	5,322	1,232
¹ Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
² The penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
³ Data are published at Age 16 and over.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c922-6W; 324160

House

House of Commons

Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many parents aged between 16 and 18 years old were not in education, employment or training in each quarter of each year since 1997.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c993W; 317652

House

House of Commons

Prison Service: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what protective equipment and clothing is issued to prison staff.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c1085-6W; 324088

House

House of Commons

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals (a) are eligible for assistance under and (b) have participated in the Young Person's Guarantee scheme since its inception.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c947W; 325251

House

House of Commons

New Deal Schemes: Chesterfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in Chesterfield constituency have entered into work after participation in the New Deal programme since 1997.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2010

For answer on

25 February 2010

Answered on

30 March 2010

[holding answer 25 February 2010]: The jobseeker support regime delivered by Jobcentre Plus has been very successful and the New Deal programme has helped more than 2.2 million people into work since it was introduced in 1998.The introduction of the Flexible New Deal will support the Government's aim of helping more people secure sustained employment through tailored, flexible help and support, particularly for those people who experience repeated cycles of unemployment. The Flexible New Deal will be available in most areas of the country by October 2010.The following table sets out the numbers of people who have moved from the New Deal for Young People, the New Deal 25 Plus, the New Deal for Partners and New Deal for Lone Parents immediately into work. The latest data held is up to August 2009.

Numbers of people leaving New Deals for employment 1997 to August 2009: Chesterfield Westminster parliamentary constituency
	Total	Employment	Employment and benefits	Other
New Deal For Young People	4,930	1,940	160	2,830
New Deal 25+	2,620	750	60	1,810
New Deal For Partners¹	40	10	10	20
New Deal For Lone Parents	2,440	1,030	210	1,190
¹ The measure used for New Deal for Partners is Leavers (Individuals) as spells are not available in these cases.
Notes:
Definitions and Conventions:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Westminster parliamentary constituency (post May 2005) is allocated using the ONS Postcode Directory and customer's postcode.
3. Other includes: Benefits-Income Support, Benefits-Incapacity Benefit/ESA, Benefits-Other/Unknown benefits, Other known, and Off Benefits/Unknown—"Other" categories include people who may have found a job, but have not notified Jobcentre Plus.
4. Information for leavers on New Deal for Disabled People and New Deal for 50+ is not available.
5. We do not require people leaving the New Deal programmes to record exactly where they leave to.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate Published

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c956-7W; 318626

House

House of Commons

Foreign Workers: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms are in place to ensure the compliance with health and safety requirements of workers from EU member states working in the UK.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c419W; 324096

House

House of Commons

Terrorism: Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people from an ethnic minority background who have been stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 since the Act came into force.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c529W; 324128

House

House of Commons

General Agreement on Trade in Services: EU Action

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission Directorate-General of Trade on the inclusion of Mode 4 provision in EU trade agreements.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c500-1W; 324095

House

House of Commons

Gurkhas: Immigration

(2) which Gurkha charities have received funding from his Department following the decision to grant ex-Gurkhas UK settlement rights; and how much such funding each of those charities has received.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c417-8W; 324098

House

House of Commons

Gurkhas: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which Gurkha veterans' charities his Department has met to discuss implementation of the Government's policy on the settlement of ex-Gurkhas;

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c417-8W; 324097

House

House of Commons

Sexual Offences Act 2003

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people received a caution for an offence under section (a) 1 and (b) 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each police force area in 2008.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2010

For answer on

17 March 2010

Answered on

23 March 2010

The number of offenders cautioned for offences under sections 1 and 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, by police force area in 2008 is shown in the following table.

Number of offenders cautioned¹, ² for offences under sections 1 and 5 of the Sexual Offences Act: 2003³, by police force area, England and Wales 20084
Police force area	Section15	Section 56
Avon and Somerset	—	1
Cambridgeshire	—	4
Cleveland	—	1
Cumbria	1	—
Devon and Cornwall	2	1
Dorset	1	1
Essex	1	1
Kent	1	—
Lancashire	1	—
Leicestershire	—	1
Lincolnshire	1	1
Metropolitan Police	1	3
Nottinghamshire	1	2
Staffordshire	1	—
Suffolk	—	1
Sussex	1	—
Thames Valley	1	2
Warwickshire	—	2
West Midlands	—	1
Gwent	—	1
England and Wales	13	23
¹ The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
² From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These are included in the totals.
³ The Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force on 1 May 2004.
4 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
5 Section 1 includes the following offences:
Rape of a female aged under 16.
Rape of a female aged 16 or over.
Rape of a male aged under 16.
Rape of a male aged 16 or over.
Attempted rape of a female aged under 16
Attempted rape of a female aged 16 or over.
Attempted rape of a male aged under 16.
Attempted rape of a male aged 16 or over.
6 Section 5 includes the following offences:
Rape of a female child under 13 by a male.
Rape of a male child under 13 by a male.
Attempted rape of a female child under 13 by a male.
Attempted rape of a male child under 13 by a male.
Note:
A police force area not listed in the table means nil data.
Source:
Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

Legislation

Sexual Offences Act 2003

Date

23 March 2010

Reference

508 c186-7W; 322837

House

House of Commons

Antisocial Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding he plans to allocate for the purpose of extending Victim Support services to all victims and witnesses bringing antisocial behaviour cases in magistrates courts.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2010

Reference

508 c183W; 322842

House

House of Commons

Smuggling: Tobacco

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated monetary value of smuggled cigarettes, tobacco and tobacco-related products which were seized was in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 March 2010

For answer on

11 March 2010

Answered on

23 March 2010

Data relating to the estimated value of smuggled tobacco products seized by HMRC, and latterly the UK Border Agency, are only available going back to 2003.Estimates of the total value i.e. the value of the goods and associated tax, in each year since 2003 are:

Goods and tax values of tobacco seizures border
Total (£ million)
	Financial year
	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Goods value	44.1	43.1	49	53.8	48.5	50.1
Tax	170.1	165	206.1	224.6	213.6	191.9
Total	214.2	208.1	255.1	278.5	262.2	242.1

Date

23 March 2010

Reference

508 c196W; 321893

House

House of Commons

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