Mortgage Fraud (Hansard, 14 January 1999)

§ Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each of the last five years(a) the number of individuals imprisoned following conviction on charges of false accounting, (b) the average sentence and (c) the longest sentence; [65606]

(2) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals imprisoned following conviction on charges of obtaining property by deception in cases of mortgage fraud, (b) the average sentence and (c) the longest sentence; [65602]

(3) if he will list for each of the last five years the number of offenders convicted of offences of obtaining property by deception involving mortgage fraud sentenced to community service; [65605]

(4) if he will list for each of the last five years the number of offenders convicted on charges of false accounting sentenced to community service; [65604]

(5) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals imprisoned following conviction on charges of false accounting in cases of mortgage fraud, (b) the average sentence and (c) the longest sentence; [65603]

(6) if he will list for each of the last five years the number of individuals convicted of offences of false accounting involving mortgage fraud sentenced to community service; [65599]

(7) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals fined following conviction on charges of obtaining property by deception in cases of mortgage fraud, (b) the average fine and (c) the highest fine; [65600]

(8) if he will list for each of the last five years the number of offenders convicted on charges of obtaining property by deception sentenced to community service; [65601]

Number of persons prosecuted at magistrates' courts and convicted at all courts for certain fraud offences by result, 1993–97, England and Wales
Offence description and court proceedings	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
False accounting
Prosecutions	502	620	550	800	1,095
Convictions	438	449	475	700	1,109
of which given a Fine	66	71	57	84	83
Average fine (£)	483	605	536	379	564
Highest fine recorded (£)	11,000	20,000	15,000	5,000	5,000
Community service order	134	142	133	196	356
Immediate custody	71	90	122	187	301
Average sentence length (months)	14.2	11.0	11.6	12	11.4
Longest sentence length recorded (months)	84	36	48	60	60
Obtaining property by deception
Prosecutions	15,096	17,040	15,141	14,330	14,388
Convictions	11,461	12,072	10,785	10,178	9,978
of which given a Fine	2,639	2,407	1,909	1,624	1,579
Average fine (£)	137	206	175	154	152
Highest fine recorded (£)	5,000	3,000	7,500	8,500	5,000
Community service order	1,958	2,047	1,959	1,718	1,645
Immediate custody	1,483	1,702	1,823	1,774	1,757
Average sentence length (months)	10.2	9.8	8.8	9.0	8.1
Longest sentence length recorded (months)	96	102	84	96	84

Note:

Convictions may be higher than prosections because person may have been proceeded against in earlier years or for other offences

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(9) how many prosecutions were brought for false accounting in each of the last five years; and how many of these related to instances of mortgage fraud; [65612]

(10) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals fined following conviction on charges of false accounting, (b) the average fine and (c) the highest fine; [65613]

(11) how many individuals were convicted of false accounting in each of the last five years; and how many of these related to instances of mortgage fraud; [65610]

(12) how many individuals were convicted of obtaining property by deception in each of the last five years; and how many of these related to instances of mortgage fraud; [65611]

(13) if he will list, for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals fined following conviction on charges of false accounting in cases of mortgage fraud, (b) the average fine and (c) the highest fine; [65614]

(14) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals imprisoned following conviction on charges of obtaining property by deception, (b) the average sentence and (c) the longest sentence; [65607]

(15) how many prosecutions were brought for obtaining property by deception in each of the last five years; and how many of these related to instances of mortgage fraud; [65609]

(16) if he will list for each of the last five years (a) the number of individuals fined following conviction on charges of obtaining property by deception, (b) the average fine and (c) the highest fine. [65608]