§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA samples have been taken of people(a) charged and (b) cautioned, in each police area and in total in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [86125]
§ Mr. BoatengThe annual totals (Table A) are based upon the information submitted with each DNA sample sent by individual police forces to the Forensic Science Service. The information shows whether someone has been "cautioned" or "not cautioned". The term "not cautioned" can mean the individual has been suspected,
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§ Mr. BoatengInformation taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.
§ Mr. BoatengInformation taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database is given in the table.
Table A: Number of defendants proceeded against for indictable offences at Croydon, Gloucester and Liverpool magistrates, courts, October-December 19981 Magistrates' courts Number proceeded against (a) Croydon 728 (b) Gloucester 413 (c) Liverpool 1,912
Table B: Number of defendants tried for indictable offences at Croydon, Gloucester and Liverpool Crown Court Centres, October-December 19981, January-March 19991 Crown Court Centres Period Total tried (a) Croydon October-December 1998 315 January-March 1999 309 (b) Gloucester October-December 1998 78 January-March 1999 92 (c) Liverpool October-December 1998 831 January-March 1999 783 1Provisional
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders have been convicted of offences involving the supply or possession of drugs in either the magistrates court or the relevant Crown Court serving(a) Liverpool, (b) Croydon and (c) Gloucester since 30 September 1998. [85768]
convicted, charged or informed that he will be reported for a recordable offence. It is, therefore, not possible to provide precise figures for (a).
The cumulative totals for the past five years (Table B) are based upon the number of samples received by the Forensic Science Service from each force. As neither individual forces nor the Association of Chief Police Officers retain information about the number of samples actually taken, the information in the table is the most reliable indicator available of the number taken and submitted to the Forensic Science Service for analysis. The cumulative totals in (Table B) cover the period to March 1999 only and therefore, differ slightly from those in (Table A) which include additional months.
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Table A: Samples submitted annually by police forces—1995 to 1999 Samples per year First columns relates to 'cautioned', second to 'not cautioned' Force 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Avon and Somerset 22 1,728 83 1,957 409 3,587 679 5,500 323 2,536 Bedfordshire 3 1,042 24 912 124 1,116 0 11 2 0 Cambridgeshire 12 1,540 30 1,890 163 1,895 314 1,873 111 1,604 Cheshire 5 955 54 2,986 196 2,735 195 1,570 1 0 Cleveland 61 1,929 75 1,757 123 1,664 181 1,093 37 449 Cumbria 2 415 19 790 76 1,250 218 2,208 60 719 Derbyshire 11 4,240 24 3,824 390 3,681 498 4,131 195 1,482 Devon and Cornwall 73 2,676 41 3,125 636 3,442 608 3,667 322 1,676 Dorset 0 671 9 724 23 795 30 831 14 265 Durham 13 1,232 13 1,110 224 2,495 646 3,259 11 177 Dyfed-Powys 41 1,860 9 2,407 168 2,604 409 2,190 114 819 Essex 8 2,461 20 2,265 565 3,946 758 4,053 279 1,452 Gloucestershire 1 885 1 861 50 1,024 210 1,484 113 542 GMP 58 2,179 335 8,303 712 7,701 293 1,727 0 7 Gwent 4 1,819 8 2,321 116 2,528 368 1,886 140 715 Hampshire 4 2,837 8 3,454 122 4,320 355 4,155 157 1,426 Hertfordshire 42 1,121 73 1,128 52 1,227 85 1,252 27 429 Humberside 7 1,262 310 6,237 1,919 8,313 2,230 5,466 716 1,828 Kent 12 2,363 95 3,161 351 2,807 1 12 0 3 Lancashire 100 3,256 242 5,289 366 4,462 195 2,069 1 6 Leicestershire 3 1,818 19 2,359 70 2,417 184 2,701 140 1,101 Lincolnshire 0 418 6 1,404 23 1,583 44 1,464 29 456 Metropolitan 80 15,796 133 16,387 1,070 19,456 5,952 29,152 2,520 11,809 City of London 297 1,467 400 1,647 710 1,437 633 1,280 232 505 Mersey 1 2,959 59 4,324 109 2,411 446 5,624 164 2,153 Norfolk 15 1,010 59 3,504 475 4,081 1,069 3,791 511 1,604 Northamptonshire 1 1,627 0 1,776 170 2,689 269 2,558 117 748 Northumbria 2 3,321 143 5,701 223 3,361 338 3,533 135 1,469 North Wales 8 1,751 1 1,936 110 1,979 509 2,484 197 989 North Yorkshire 29 1,335 16 1,535 50 1,674 112 1,539 31 643 Nottinghamshire 3 399 18 1,423 268 3,976 25 367 0 5 South Wales 9 5,988 238 8,222 769 6,927 130 1,538 17 191 South Yorkshire 4 2,841 11 2,894 374 5,833 2,582 9,440 194 1,177 Staffordshire 0 1,196 2 1,048 71 1,868 1,091 7,484 512 3,294 Suffolk 2 20 43 966 181 1,657 67 495 0 2 Surrey 4 556 2 674 68 1,783 76 1,379 12 279 Sussex 14 2,613 29 2,644 93 1,898 93 1,119 84 689 Thames Valley 18 2,758 52 3,045 81 2,467 197 2,106 272 1,428 Warwickshire 0 431 0 488 71 849 130 1,043 42 352 West Mercia 25 2,313 23 1,907 82 1,807 194 1,849 110 855 West Midlands 36 2,760 770 7,258 1,208 10,266 2,746 13,155 1,333 5,242 West Yorkshire 66 5,662 188 7,389 782 8,534 1,286 9,191 363 3,143 Wiltshire 1 1,271 4 1,145 17 1,401 27 786 0 1
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Table B: Cumulative figures by police force—April 1995 to March 1999 Force Number of samples received Avon and Somerset 15,854 Bedfordshire 3,279 Cambridgeshire 8,179 Cheshire 8,789 Cleveland 7,079 Cumbria 5,382 Derbyshire 17,842 Devon and Cornwall 15,563 Dorset 3,254 Durham 9,195 Dyfed-Powys 10,361 Essex 14,986 Gloucestershire 4,855 GMP 21,360 Gwent 9,657 Hampshire 16,298 Hertfordshire 5,264 Humberside 27,289 Kent 8,967 Lancashrie 15,997 Leicestershire 10,372 Lincolnshire 5,252
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Table B: Cumulative figures by police force—April 1995 to March 1999 Force Number of samples received Metropolitan 96,88 City of London 8,334 Mersey 17,320 Norfolk 15,432 Northampshire 9,670 Northumbria 17,660 North Wales 9,446 North Yorks 6,753 Nottinghamshire 6,652 South Wales 24,153 South Yorkshire 25,392 Staffordshire 14,731 Suffolk 3,438 Surrey 4,729 Sussex 9,034 Thames Valley 11,743 Warwickshire 3,249 West Mercia 8,788 West Midlands 41,970 West Yorkshire 35,241 Wiltshire 4,662