§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the conviction rate was per police force area in each year since 1997. [44461]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe available information for 1997 to 2000 is contained in the table and relates to the proportion of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for all offences who were found guilty at all courts, by police force area.
Information on court proceedings for 2001 will be available in the autumn.
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Conviction rates1for all offences, by police force area, England and Wales 1997 1998 1999 2000 Avon and Somerset 73 71 71 73 Bedfordshire 73 74 73 74 Cambridgeshire 79 80 78 80 Cheshire 81 81 79 80 Cleveland 73 72 72 75 Cumbria 81 81 80 81 Derbyshire 76 76 77 78 Devon and Cornwall 73 73 75 76 Dorset 73 77 77 75 Durham 72 73 73 74 Essex 80 80 81 78 Gloucestershire 74 75 73 74 Greater Manchester 76 77 76 77 Hampshire 78 79 77 78 Hertfordshire 75 74 76 74 Humberside 78 79 80 79 Kent 81 81 78 77 Lancashire 70 71 72 71 Leicestershire 75 75 76 76 Lincolnshire 77 77 79 79 London, City of 74 67 70 80 Merseyside 76 76 76 73 Metropolitan police 75 78 77 76 Norfolk 92 92 91 83 Northamptonshire 71 70 71 72 Northumbria 74 74 74 76 North Yorkshire 78 78 75 76 Nottinghamshire 74 74 73 75 South Yorkshire 74 75 77 78 Staffordshire 75 78 78 74 Suffolk 77 78 77 74 Surrey 75 79 79 75 Sussex 72 73 73 73 Thames Valley 72 72 71 71 Warwickshire 76 76 80 81 West Mercia 75 75 75 76 West Midlands 69 69 66 66
Conviction rates1for all offences, by police force area, England and Wales 1997 1998 1999 2000 West Yorkshire 70 70 70 68 Wiltshire 84 77 78 75 Dyfed Powys 73 75 73 73 Gwent 78 80 80 78 North Wales 74 78 78 79 South Wales 72 72 72 72 England and Wales 75 75 75 75 1 Defendants found guilty of all offences at all courts as a percentage of persons proceeded against for all offences at magistrates courts, as notified to the Home Office.
Number of pedal cyclists proceeded against1 for offences connected with failing to obey traffic signals. England and Wales 20002 Offence description Statute Proceeded against Pedal cyclist failing to obey school crossing patrol Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Sec 28(3) 6 Pedal cyclist: Neglect of traffic directions and signs (including traffic light signals) Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 35 and 36 52 1 These data are on the principal offence basis 2 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.