§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) arrested, (b) formally cautioned and (c) charged with an offence for each of the last 10 years in each police force area.
§ Mr. JackInformation concerning arrests, for all offences, 1981 to 1991 is given in the table. Cautioning data by police force area is published annually in "Criminal statistics England and Wales Supplementary tables Volume 3", table S3.7A in issues 1981 to 1990 and table S3.6A in issue 1991 refer. Copies are available in the Library. 1992 information will not be available until the autumn. Data on the number of people charged are not collected centrally.
statements, interview records, case summaries and records of previous convictions be typed, (b) that there be a time limit of three weeks for the police to provide a full file of evidence to the Crown prosecution service and (c) that there be a time limit of two weeks for the police to provide 607W an abbreviated file of evidence to the Crown prosecution service; and what is his assessment of the reasons for the extent of non-compliance.
§ Mr. JackAround a quarter of all police forces have so far implemented the full typing recommendations. The balance of forces are working to achieve this by 31 December 1993 a date set in 1992 as one of the recommendations of the steering group on pre-trial issues. All forces have introduced the time limit guidance for the provision of full and abbreviated files to the Crown prosecution service. While there will always be complex or difficult cases where it is not possible to meet the targets, police forces are working to achieve compliance with the standard.