§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 6 February,Official Report, columns 106–107, how many of the burglaries listed were domestic burglaries; what percentage of those who committed domestic burglary were sentenced to immediate custody; and what was the average sentence imposed. [20513]
§ Mr. MacleanOf the 1,135 offenders in the sample convicted of burglary on a third or greater occasion in 1993, 525 were convicted of domestic burglary and 357 were convicted of a third or greater domestic burglary.
Around 55 per cent. of those convicted of a third or greater domestic burglary were sentenced to immediate custody, with an average custodial sentence of about 14 months.