§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place under each section of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; how many and what percentage of prosecutions have resulted in a conviction; how many cautions have been issued in relation to each section of the Act; and if he will make a statement. [84734]
§ Mr. BoatengThe available data from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, for 1997 and provisionally for the period January to September 1998, are given in the table.
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Persons aged under 21 sentenced to immediate custody1 by sex, atype of offence and type of court England and Wales Number of persons (Thousand) and percentage Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody Persons sentenced to immediate custody as a percentage of all persons of relevant age group sentenced for indictable offences Indictable offences Summary offences Indictable offences Age, sex and year Total number sentenced to immediate custody All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Total non motoring Total motoring All courts Magistrates' courts Crown court Aged 15-17 Males 1993 3.8 3.3 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 11.1 9.3 35.8 1994 4.2 3.6 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 11.1 9.3 38.3 1995 4.9 4.2 3.0 1.2 0.5 0.2 12.2 9.4 45.3 1996 5.7 4.8 3.1 1.7 0.6 0.3 13.2 9.5 48.0 1997 6.1 5.1 3.1 2.1 0.7 0.3 13.5 9.1 48.1 Females 1993 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 — 2.6 1.9 18.5 1994 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 2.1 21.9 1995 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.2 22.0 1996 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.4 2.2 26.0 1997 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.6 2.7 29.5
Number of persons cautioned, proceeded against at magistrates' courts and convicted at all courts for offences under the Protection from Harassment Act 19971, England and Wales, 1997 and January to September 19982 Offence/disposal 1997 1998 January to September2 Section 2—Offence of harassment (summary) Cautioned 171 431 Total proceeded against 507 3,011 Total convicted 249 1,604 Conviction rate3 49 53 Section 3—Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment Cautioned 1 7 Total proceeded against 7 17 Total convicted 3 8 Conviction rate3 43 47 Section 4—Putting people in fear of violence Cautioned 51 109 Total proceeded against 243 1,094 Total convicted 76 391 Conviction rate3 31 36 Section 5—Breach of restraining order Cautioned 0 7 Total proceeded against 23 234 Total convicted 16 179 Conviction rate3 70 76 1Came into force on 16 June 1997 2Provisional 3The number of offenders convicted at all courts as a percentage of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts 4Came into force on 30 September 1998 Young Offenders
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young(a) men and (b) women up to the age of 21 years were sentenced to periods of imprisonment in England and Wales during each of the last five years. [84681]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.
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Persons aged under 21 sentenced to immediate custody1 by sex, atype of offence and type of court England and Wales Number of persons (Thousand) and percentage Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody Persons sentenced to immediate custody as a percentage of all persons of relevant age group sentenced for indictable offences Indictable offences Summary offences Indictable offences Age, sex and year Total number sentenced to immediate custody All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Total non motoring Total motoring All courts Magistrates' courts Crown court Persons 1993 3.9 3.4 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 10.2 8.5 34.7 1994 4.3 3.7 2.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 10.1 8.4 37.1 1995 5.1 4.3 3.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 11.1 8.5 43.7 1996 5.9 5.0 3.3 1.7 0.6 0.3 12.0 8.6 46.5 1997 6.3 5.4 3.2 2.2 0.7 0.3 12.4 8.3 46.6 Aged 18-20 Males 1993 11.0 9.0 3.0 6.0 0.9 1.1 17.0 7.2 51.3 1994 12.1 9.6 3.5 6.1 1.1 1.5 19.2 8.9 55.6 1995 13.1 10.4 3.8 6.6 1.3 1.6 22.0 10.6 59.4 1996 14.2 11.2 3.9 7.3 1.4 1.6 24.3 11.2 65.3 1997 15.1 11.8 4.1 7.7 1.6 1.8 24.5 11.3 63.8 Females 1993 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 2.4 25.1 1994 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.2 2.8 26.9 1995 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 7.2 3.8 31.1 1996 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 8.9 4.6 35.3 1997 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 9.0 5.0 31.6 Persons 1993 11.3 9.3 3.1 6.2 0.9 1.1 15.7 6.6 49.8 1994 12.5 9.9 3.6 6.3 1.1 1.5 17.6 8.1 54.0 1995 13.7 10.8 4.0 6.8 1.3 1.6 20.4 9.7 57.6 1996 14.8 11.7 4.1 7.6 1.4 1.6 22.6 10.4 63.3 1997 15.8 12.4 4.3 8.0 1.6 1.8 22.7 10.5 61.4 1 Immediate custody for persons aged 15 and under 21 comprises detention in a young offender institution