§ Mark TamiTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the conviction rates were for each police force in(a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. [97108]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is contained in the table and relates to the number of defendants found guilty of all offences at all courts expressed as104W a proportion of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for all offences in each of the years, by police force area.
Conviction rates1 for all offences, by police force area England and Wales Percentages Police force area 1999 2000 2001 Avon and Somerset 71 73 72 Bedfordshire 73 74 69 Cambridgeshire 78 80 79 Cheshire 79 80 81 Cleveland 72 75 76 Cumbria 80 81 79 Derbyshire 77 78 79 Devon and Cornwall 75 76 77 Dorset 77 75 74 Durham 73 74 77 Essex 81 78 78 Gloucestershire 73 74 72 Greater Manchester 76 77 72 Hampshire 77 78 77 Hertfordshire 76 74 74 Humberside. 80 79 79 Kent 78 77 77 Lancashire 72 71 71 Leicestershire 76 76 74 Lincolnshire 79 79 79 London, City of 70 80 84 Merseyside 76 73 73 Metropolitan Police 77 76 74 Norfolk 91 83 75 Northamptonshire 71 72 72 Northumbria 74 76 76 North Yorkshire 75 76 73 Nottinghamshire 73 75 74 South Yorkshire 77 78 77 Staffordshire 78 74 71 Suffolk 77 74 69 Surrey 79 75 75 Sussex 73 73 72 Thames Valley 71 71 72 Warwickshire 80 81 80 West Mercia 75 76 75 West Midlands 66 66 67 West Yorkshire 70 68 64 Wiltshire 78 75 75 Dyfed Powys 73 73 73 Gwent 80 78 77 North Wales 78 79 77 South Wales 72 72 71 England and Wales 74.8 74.7 73.4 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