Magistrates

HC Deb 28 October 1992 vol 212 c645W

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how judges and magistrates will be advised to treat aggravating or mitigating factors when determining the seriousness of any offence.

Mr. Jack

I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to his similar question on 27 October, at column578.

Table showing the strength of polices forces in England and Wales3
Force	31 March 1979	31 March 1990	Percentage change	31 March 1991	Percentage change	31 March 1992	Percentage change
Avon and Somerset	2,825	3,094	9.52	3,092	-0.06	3,081	-0.36
Bedfordshire	902	1,050	16.41	1,105	5.24	1,093	-1.09
Cambridgeshire	1,064	1,193	12.12	1,201	0.67	1,250	4.08
Cheshire	1,778	1,870	5.17	1,895	1.34	1,874	-1.11
Cleveland	1,334	1,467	9.97	1,489	1.50	1,477	-0.81
Cumbria	1,056	1,166	10.42	1,184	1.54	1,179	-0.42
Derbyshire	1,563	1,795	14.84	1,741	-3.01	1,706	-2.01
Devon and Cornwall	2,660	2,852	7.22	2,873	0.74	2,898	0.87
Dorset	1,128	1,269	12.50	1,281	0.95	1,289	0.62
Durham	1,312	1,375	4.80	1,368	-0.51	1,389	1.54
Dyfed-Powys	910	935	2.75	935	0.00	947	1.28
Essex	2,461	2,822	14.67	2,889	2.37	2,898	0.31
Gloucestershire	1,076	1,170	8.74	1,162	-0.68	1,174	1.03
Greater Manchester	6,419	6,992	8.93	7,014	0.31	7,061	0.67
Gwent	965	1,008	4.46	999	-0.89	1,009	1.00
Hampshire	2,949	3,154	6.95	3,179	0.79	3,211	1.01
Hertfordshire	1,462	1,657	13.34	1,666	0.54	1,695	1.74
Humberside	1,849	1,995	7.90	1,998	0.15	2,026	1.40
Kent	2,724	2,984	9.54	3,005	0.70	3,074	2.30
Lancashire	3,097	3,201	3.36	3,212	0.34	3,198	-0.44
Leicestershire	1,701	1,769	4.00	1,818	2.77	1,845	1.49
Lincolnshire	1,171	1,188	1.45	1,209	1.77	1,196	-1.08
Merseyside	4,427	4,714	6.48	4,689	-0.53	4,621	-1.45
Norfolk	1,223	1,363	11.45	1,405	3.08	1,414	0.64
Northamptonshire	905	1,126	24.42	1,139	1.15	1,158	1.67
Northumbria	3,272	3,529	7.85	3,541	0.34	3,464	-2.17
North Wales	1,268	1,337	5.44	1,349	0.90	1,347	-0.15
North Yorkshire	1,342	1,379	2.76	1,387	0.58	1,398	0.79
Nottinghamshire	2,117	2,316	9.40	2,336	0.86	2,331	-0.21
South Wales	2,936	3,135	6.78	3,137	0.06	3,168	0.99
South Yorkshire	2,546	2,923	14.81	2,991	2.33	3,008	0.57
Staffordshire	1,978	2,187	10.57	2,217	1.37	2,176	-1.85
Suffolk	1,064	1,194	12.22	1,209	1.26	1,218	0.74
Surrey	1,440	1,645	14.24	1,657	0.73	1,706	2.96
Sussex	2,758	2,949	6.93	2,969	0.68	2,984	0.51
Thames Valley	2,639	3,659	38.65	3,714	1.50	3,772	1.56
Warwickshire	841	975	15.93	1,020	4.62	990	-2.94
West Mercia	1,743	1,991	14.23	2,026	1.76	2,034	0.39
West Midlands	5,981	6,855	14.61	6,876	0.31	6,941	0.95
West Yorkshire	4,727	5,260	11.28	5,268	0.15	5,087	-3.44
Wiltshire	997	1,130	13.34	1,165	3.10	1,221	4.81
Metropolitan	22,214	28,362	27.68	28,312	-0.18	28,381	0.24
City	829	799	-3.62	813	1.75	808	-0.62
Total	109,653	124,834	13.84	125,535	0.56	125,797	0.21
1Figures for 1 April are not available; 31 March figures have therefore been provided.