§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes have been committed by those aged 18 years and younger each year since 1983;
(2) what was the total number of convictions for all offences in each year since 1983.
§ Mr. JackInformation on "known offenders"—those found guilty or cautioned—by age is published annually in the Command Paper "Criminal Statistics England and Wales". Table 5.23 of the 1988 and 1991 publications gives the requested data for indictable offences back to 1983.
Figures showing the number of convictions for all offences are also published annually in the above-mentioned publication. Table 5.8 of the 1991 issue gives figures back to 1981.
A copy of this publication is available in the Library. 1992 data will not be available until the autumn of 1993.
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were convicted for committing crimes involving the use of firearms in each year since 1979;
(2) how many people are currently serving prison sentences for committing crimes that involved the use of firearms.
§ Mr. JackInformation for the years 1979, 1980, 1987 and 1989 to 1991 on the number of persons convicted of offences involving the use of firearms in England and Wales is given in the table. Information about other years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information is not held centrally about the number of persons currently serving prison sentences for offences that involve the use of firearms. However in 1991, 1,261 offenders were sentenced at the courts in England and Wales to immediate custody for indictable offences and 15 for summary offences which all involved the use of firearms.
1992 data will not be available until autumn 1993.
Number of offenders convicted of offences involving the use of firearms by type of offence 1979, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991 England and Wales Year Indictable Summary 1979 2,830 6,139 1980 3,073 5,915
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence group Number of offences Metropolitan Police District January 1992 February 1992 March 1992 April 1992 May 1992 June 1992 Violence against the person 2,793 2,624 2,848 3,043 3,062 3,696 Sexual offences 410 415 428 445 449 543 Burglary 18,244 15,907 16,803 15,942 13,859 15,415 Robbery 1,743 1,666 1,908 1,935 1,830 2,094 Theft and handling stolen goods 37,443 36,624 40,026 38,638 36,613 40,359 Fraud and forgery 3,554 3,324 3,489 3,471 3,022 3,872 Criminal damage 14,445 13,596 15,432 14,867 13,724 13,695 Other offences 599 612 543 573 589 549
Year Indictable Summary 1987 2,569 1,827 1989 3,008 1,378 1990 3,157 1,169 1991 3,289 934
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were reported in each year since 1983.
§ Mr. JackThe available information is for notifiable offences recorded by the police. Statistics for 1983 to 1991 were published in table 2.24 of the 1991 volume of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". The latest available figures are for the 12 months ending June 1992 and were published in Home Office statistical bulletin 31/92. Copies of both are available in the Library.
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving the use of firearms were committed in each police authority in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. JackStatistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been used by police force area were published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", supplementary tables 1989 Vol. 3—for the years 1979 to 1989 and 1991 Vol. 3—for the years 1990 and 1991—table S3.1(A). Copies of these publications are in the Library.
§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving physical violence were reported in each year since 1983.
§ Mr. JackThe available information is for notifiable offences recorded by the police. Violent crime which involves physical violence or the threat of physical violence come within the offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. Statistics for 1983 to 1991 were published in table 2.24 of the 1991 volume of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". The latest figures are for the 12 months ending June 1992 and were published in Home Office statistical bulletin 31/92. Copies of both are available in the Library.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were committed, in total, and by category of offence, in the Metropolitan police district, in each of the six months up to the latest available date.
§ Mr. JackThe available information is for notifiable offences recorded and is shown in the table.
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Number of offences Metropolitan Police District January 1992 February 1992 March 1992 April 1992 May 1992 June 1992 Total 79,231 74,768 81,477 78,914 73,148 80,223