§ 17. Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the number of convictions secured in the past three years. [116802]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe latest totals for the number of defendants convicted for indictable offences, summary non-motoring offences and summary motoring offences are:
Year Number 1996 1,441,000 1997 1,386,000 1998 1,470,000 These figures cover all offences, including the numerically large categories of television and vehicle licence evasion.