§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for unauthorised (i) access to computer material, (ii) access to computer material with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences and (iii) modification of computer material under the Misuse of Computers Act 1990 in each year since 1990, broken down by region. [162414]
§ Paul GogginsThe available information, for England and Wales, from 1992 to 2002, is contained in the table.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the autumn.
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Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Computer Misuse Act 19901, by region, England and Wales 1992 to 2002 Section 12 Section 22 Section 32 Year/region Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty 1995 North East n/a n/a — — — — North West n/a n/a — — — — Yorkshire and Humberside n/a n/a — — — — East midlands n/a n/a — — — — West midlands n/a n/a — — 1 — East n/a n/a — — — — London n/a n/a — — 2 1 South East n/a n/a — — 2 1 South West n/a n/a 1 — — 2 Wales n/a n/a — — — — England and Wales n/a n/a 1 — 5 4 1996 North East n/a n/a — — — — North West n/a n/a — — — — Yorkshire and Humberside n/a n/a — — — — East midlands n/a n/a — — — — West midlands n/a n/a — — 1 — East n/a n/a 1 — — — London n/a n/a 1 1 — 4 South East n/a n/a — — 1 1 South West n/a n/a — — — — Wales n/a n/a — — — — England and Wales n/a n/a 2 1 2 5 1997 North East n/a n/a — — — — North West n/a n/a — — 1 — Yorkshire and Humberside n/a n/a — — — — East midlands n/a n/a — — — — West midlands n/a n/a — — — — East n/a n/a — — 1 — London n/a n/a — — 5 3 South East n/a n/a — — — — South West n/a n/a — — — — Wales n/a n/a — — — — England and Wales n/a n/a — — 7 3 1998 North East — — — — — — North West — — — — 1 — Yorkshire and Humberside 1 1 — — — — East midlands 1 1 — — — — West midlands — — 3 1 1 — East 1 — — — — — London — — — — 1 1 South East 3 1 — — — — South West — — — — 1 — Wales — — 3 1 — 3 England and Wales 6 3 6 2 4 4 1999 North East — — — — — — North West — — 1 1 1 — Yorkshire and Humberside — — — — — — East midlands 1 — — — 1 2 West midlands 1 1 — — — 1 East — — — — — 1 London — — — — — — South East 3 2 — — 2 2 South West — — — — — 1 Wales 1 — 2 — — — England and Wales 6 3 3 1 4 7 2000 North East 1 1 — — — — North West 1 1 — — — — Yorkshire and Humberside 2 2 — — — 1
Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Computer Misuse Act 19901, by region, England and Wales 1992 to 2002 Section 12 Section 22 Section 32 Year/region Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty East midlands — — — — 1 1 West midlands 1 1 — — 1 — East — — 1 1 1 1 London 2 2 2 1 2 — South East — — — — 1 1 South West — — — — 1 — Wales 1 2 — — 1 — England and Wales 8 9 3 2 8 4 2001 North East — — — — — — North West — — — — 3 3 Yorkshire and Humberside — 2 — 1 7 4 East midlands — — — — 1 1 West midlands 1 1 1 1 — — East 1 1 — — — 7 London 1 1 2 1 1 2 South East 1 1 1 — — — South West 1 1 — — — 2 Wales 4 2 — — — — England and Wales 9 9 4 3 12 19 2002 North East — — — — — — North West — — 1 — 1 1 Yorkshire and Humberside — — — 1 — — East midlands 2 — 1 — 1 — West midlands — — 1 1 1 — East — — — — — — London — — — — 4 4 South East — — 1 — 1 1 South West 2 2 2 3 — — Wales — — — — — 1 England and Wales 4 2 6 5 8 7 1 Sections of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 areas follows:
Section 1—unauthorised access to computer material Section 2—unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences Section 3 unauthorised modification of computer material
2 These data are on the principal offence basis.