HC Deb 22 November 2000 vol 357 cc213-9W
Mr. Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been

Number of persons prosecuted at magistrates' courts and convicted (found guilty) at all courts for violent and sexual offences by Police Force Area, 1998 and 1999
Violent offences1 Sexual offences2
1998 1999 1998 1999
Police Force Area Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
Avon and Somerset 2,648 1,327 2,854 1,522 279 100 260 101
Bedfordshire 1,103 546 1,084 532 69 25 102 32
Cambridgeshire 1,389 711 1,372 777 84 50 117 53
Cheshire 2,203 1,271 2,297 1,257 168 141 138 87
City of London 114 36 148 53 6 1 11 5
Cleveland 1,270 645 1,187 594 56 48 74 48
Cumbria 1,404 882 1,435 857 48 36 68 35
Derbyshire 2,373 1,187 2,324 1,170 172 84 176 73
Devon and Cornwall 2,888 1,499 2,773 1,500 146 134 150 118
Dorset 932 549 970 584 122 51 106 57
Durham 1,304 754 1,461 874 74 45 117 43
Essex 2,738 1,385 2,810 1,410 220 101 228 81
Gloucestershire 1,021 505 1,170 569 49 34 53 39
Greater Manchester 7,033 3,653 7,416 3,638 468 302 445 246
Hampshire 4,015 2,325 4,464 2,537 263 171 334 179
Hertfordshire 1,302 709 1,506 786 103 51 114 49
Humberside 1,813 1,160 1,742 1,073 86 96 82 61
Kent 3,005 1,779 3,050 1,642 184 129 168 105
Lancashire 3,700 2,034 3,427 1,877 226 144 254 157
Leicestershire 2,473 1,248 2,250 1,249 148 77 153 83
Lincolnshire 1,455 828 1,543 834 104 38 102 49
Merseyside 3,272 1,754 3,120 1,624 191 136 139 99
Metropolitan Police 15,437 8,257 16,286 7,796 1,034 576 1,117 532
Norfolk 1,303 929 1,309 956 121 51 85 50
North Yorkshire 1,465 863 1,535 902 64 60 66 43
Northamptonshire 1,468 728 1,321 784 79 52 39 37
Northumbria 4,148 2,206 4,362 2,293 374 173 345 167
Nottinghamshire 3,529 1,700 3,633 1,722 236 143 194 144
South Yorkshire 2,382 1,455 2,538 1,426 151 112 142 110
Staffordshire 2,474 1,268 2,536 1,274 159 80 137 86
Suffolk 1,151 643 1,369 769 71 49 77 64
Surrey 896 499 951 501 75 48 58 36
Sussex 2,078 1,139 2,108 1,142 186 101 166 70
Thames Valley 2,910 1,505 2,945 1,504 178 106 179 105
Warwickshire 678 450 612 386 37 21 44 26
West Mercia 1,991 1,110 2,050 1,129 145 101 119 95
West Midlands 7,341 3,395 8,900 3,809 488 281 562 315
West Yorkshire 5,853 2,782 6,986 3,260 412 259 437 256
Wiltshire 1,246 753 1,166 784 93 45 63 45
Dyfed Powys 1,577 749 1,721 805 100 55 113 58
Gwent 1,868 918 1,853 948 98 53 105 68
North Wales 1,702 1,073 1,710 991 132 66 96 50
South Wales 4,110 1,951 4,132 1,966 264 141 282 147
England and Wales 115,062 61,160 120,426 62,106 7,763 4,567 7,817 4,304
1 'Violent offences' includes the indicatable 'violence against the person' offence group plus the summary offence of 'common assault'.
2 'Sexual offences' includes the indictable 'sexual offences' group.

Mr. Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the(a) total and (b) average sum of money paid out in criminal injuries compensation in each police authority area as a result of sexual and physical abuse cases in the last two years. [139140]

(a) charged with, (b) convicted of and (c) found guilty of (i) physical and (ii) sexual abuse in each police authority area in the last two years. [139139]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Information on the number of persons charged is not collected centrally.

Available information, taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings database, showing the number of persons prosecuted at magistrates' courts and convicted (found guilty) at all courts for violent and sexual offences is given in the table.

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has provided the data in the following tables.

Cases involving physical and sexual abuse 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999
Police Number of cases Total paid Average paid
Avon and Somerset Constabulary 106 5,136,750.00 48,450.99
Bedfordshire Police 35 1,338,500.00 38,240.29
British Transport Police 14 209,800.00 14,980.57
Cambridgeshire Constabulary 65 2,359,250.00 36,290.62
Central Scotland Police 24 971,000.00 40,450.83
Cheshire Constabulary 99 4,071,850.00 41,120.98
Cleveland Constabulary 74 3,146,750.00 42,520.36
Cumbria Constabulary 34 940,000.00 27,640.71
Derbyshire Constabulary 85 3,294,000.00 38,750.29
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary 85 3,806,750.00 44,780.53
Dorset Police 44 1,567,000.00 35,610.36
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary 19 610,000.00 32,100.53
Durham Constabulary 74 3,571,000.00 48,250.68
Dyfed Powys Police 29 1,112,500.00 38,360.21
Essex Police 116 4,916,340.00 42,380.22
Fife Constabulary 51 2,774,250.00 54,390.71
Gloucestershire Constabulary 59 2,524,290.00 42,780.46
Grampian Police 42 1,680,250.00 40,000.60
Greater Manchester Police 274 11,062,850.00 40,370.54
Gwent Constabulary 74 2,913,000.00 39,360.49
Hampshire Constabulary 178 8,268,750.00 48,470.61
Hertfordshire Constabulary 46 2,024,250.00 44,000.54
Humberside Police 79 3,127,250.00 39,580.54
Kent County Constabulary 159 8,266,000.00 51,980.74
Lancashire Constabulary 139 5,100,900.00 36,690.71
Leicestershire Constabulary 64 3,624,750.00 56,630.67
Lincolnshire Police 54 2,468,750.00 45,710.76
Lothian and Borders Police 118 5,349,250.00 45,330.26
Merseyside Police 179 6,993,250.00 39,060.84
Metropolitan Police 525 25,553,160.00 48,670.27
Norfolk Constabulary 72 2,424,500.00 33,670.36
North Wales Police 108 4,312,500.00 39,930.06
North Yorkshire Police 66 2,561,250.00 38,800.68
Northamptonshire Police 59 2,544,000.00 43,110.86
Northern Constabulary 23 910,000.00 39,560.52
Northumbria Police 177 7,663,320.50 43,290.56
Nottinghamshire Constabulary 126 5,714,000.00 45,340.92
Port of Liverpool Police 2 20,000.00 10,000.00
RAF Military Police 1 20,000.00 20,000.00
South Wales Police 152 7,145,650.00 47,010.09
South Yorkshire Police 128 5,522,500.00 43,140.45
Staffordshire Police 68 2,829,520.50 41,610.07
Strathclyde Police 214 8,043,350.00 37,580.57
Suffolk Constabulary 63 2,726,500.00 43,270.78
Surrey Constabulary 46 2,136,250.00 46,440.02
Sussex Police 92 4,836,180.50 52,560.72
Tayside Police 49 1,921,500.00 39,210.43
Thames Valley Police 108 5,775,000.00 53,470.22
Warwickshire Constabulary 32 1,822,500.00 56,950.31
West Mercia Constabulary 102 5,019,250.00 49,200.83
West Midlands Police 180 8,489,250.00 47,160.25
West Yorkshire Police 251 10,480,250.00 41,750.40
Wiltshire Constabulary 29 1,160,000.00 40,000.00
Total 5,092 223,219,720.50 43,830.73

Cases involving physical and sexual abuse 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000
Police Number of cases Total paid Average paid
Avon and Somerset Constabulary 88 4,159,000.00 47,260.14
Bedfordshire Police 31 1,941,000.00 62,610.29
British Transport Police 14 365,000.00 26,070.14
Cambridgeshire Constabulary 62 2,162,000.00 34,870.10
Central Scotland Police 21 902,500.00 42,970.62
Cheshire Constabulary 109 4,796,710.50 44,000.66
City of London Police 3 30,000.00 10,000.00
Cleveland Constabulary 65 2,413,580.00 37,130.20
Cumbria Constabulary 40 1,833,350.00 45,830.38
Derbyshire Constabulary 113 4,147,070.50 36,690.98
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary 152 7,484,750.00 49,240.18
Dorset Police 56 2,898,120.50 51,750.22

Cases involving physical and sexual abuse 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000
Police Number of cases Total paid Average paid
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary 14 785,000.00 56,070.14
Durham Constabulary 44 1,971,250.00 44,800.11
Dyfed Powys Police 51 2,003,250.00 39,270.94
Essex Police 93 4,998,140.00 53,740.34
Fife Constabulary 38 1,530,000.00 40,260.32
Gloucestershire Constabulary 32 1,588,000.00 49,620.50
Grampian Police 35 2,180,000.00 62,280.57
Greater Manchester Police 271 11,727,400.50 43,270.46
Gwent Constabulary 65 3,452,750.00 53,110.92
Hampshire Constabulary 171 9,354,000.00 54,700.18
Hertfordshire Constabulary 56 2,466.000.00 44,030.57
Humberside Police 78 3,299,000.00 42,290.49
Kent County Constabulary 154 8,215,800.00 53,340.94
Lancashire Constabulary 162 7,110,820.50 43,890.40
Leicestershire Constabulary 48 2,472,750.00 51,510.56
Lincolnshire Police 46 1,541,250.00 33,500.54
Lothian and Borders Police 102 4,726,750.00 46,340.07
Manchester Dock Police 1 75,000.00 75,000.00
Mersey Tunnels Law Enforcement 2 40,000.00 20,000.00
Merseyside Police 135 5,653,280.40 41,870.62
Metropolitan Police 446 23,204,300.00 52,020.76
Ministry of Defence Police 1 10,000.00 10,000.00
Norfolk Constabulary 63 2,753,500.00 43,700.63
North Wales Police 75 3,185,000.00 42,460.67
North Yorkshire Police 60 2,124,250.00 35,400.42
Northamptonshire Police 37 1,972,250.00 53,300.41
Northern Constabulary 14 732,000.00 52,280.57
Northumbria Police 226 9,546,050.00 42,230.92
Nottinghamshire Constabulary 112 5,309,620.50 47,400.74
Royal Military Police Eastern District 1 30,000.00 30,000.00
Royal Military Police Southern District 1 75,000.00 75,000.00
Royal Ulster Constabulary 2 175,000.00 87,500.00
South Wales Police 127 6,343,500.00 49,940.88
South Yorkshire Police 118 5,462,250.00 46,290.03
Staffordshire Police 58 2,776,250.00 47,860.64
Strathclyde Police 225 8,888,750.00 39,500.56
Suffolk Constabulary 65 3,311,250.00 50,940.23
Surrey Constabulary 58 2,279,000.00 39,290.31
Sussex Police 72 3,594,500.00 49,920.36
Tayside Police 57 2,584,500.00 45,340.21
Thames Valley Police 120 6,402,250.00 53,350.21
The Commissioner of Police 2 20,000.00 10,000.00
Warwickshire Constabulary 28 1,091,850.00 38,990.46
West Mercia Constabulary 72 2,395,250.00 33,260.74
West Midlands Police 210 8,954,250.00 42,630.93
West Yorkshire Police 228 10,665,750.00 46,770.96
Wiltshire Constabulary 46 2,374,000.00 51,600.87
Total 4,876 224,583,870.40 46,050.90

Cases involving physical and sexual abuse 1 April 1998 to 31 March 2000
Police Number of cases Total paid Average paid
Avon and Somerset Constabulary 194 9,295,750.00 47,910.62
Bedfordshire Police 66 3,279,500.00 49,680.94
British Transport Police 28 574,800.00 20,520.86
Cambridgeshire Constabulary 127 4,521,250.00 35,600.04
Central Scotland Police 45 1,873,500.00 41,630.33
Cheshire Constabulary 208 8,868,560.50 42,630.73
City of London Police 3 30,000.00 10,000.00
Cleveland Constabulary 139 5,560,330.00 40,000.24
Cumbria Constabulary 74 2,773,350.00 37,470.77
Derbyshire Constabulary 198 7,441,070.50 37,580.12
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary 237 11,291,500.00 47,640.35
Dorset Police 100 4,465,120.50 44,650.13
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary 33 1,395,000.00 42,270.27
Durham Constabulary 118 5,542,250.00 46,960.82
Dyfed Powys Police 80 3,115,750.00 38,940.69
Essex Police 209 9,914,480.00 47,430.77
Fife Constabulary 89 4,304,250.00 48,360.24

Cases involving physical and sexual abuse 1 April 1998 to 31 March 2000
Police Number of cases Total paid Average paid
Gloucestershire Constabulary 91 4,112,290.00 45,190.00
Grampian Police 77 3,860,250.00 50,130.31
Greater Manchester Police 545 22,790,250.50 41,810.70
Gwent Constabulary 139 6,365,750.00 45,790.68
Hampshire Constabulary 349 17,982,750.00 51,520.65
Hertfordshire Constabulary 102 4,490,250.00 44,020.21
Humberside Police 157 6,426,250.00 40,930.15
Kent County Constabulary 313 16,481,800.00 52,650.75
Lancashire Constabulary 301 12,211,720.50 40,570.05
Leicestershire Constabulary 112 6,097,500.00 54,440.20
Lincolnshire Police 100 4,010,000.00 40,100.00
Lothian and Borders Police 220 10,076,000.00 45,800.00
Manchester Dock Police 1 75,000.00 75,000.00
Mersey Tunnels Law Enforcement 2 40,000.00 20,000.00
Merseyside Police 314 12,646,530.40 40,270.56
Metropolitan Police 971 48,757,460.00 50,210.37
Ministry of Defence Police 1 10,000.00 10,000.00
Norfolk Constabulary 135 5,178,000.00 38,350.56
North Wales Police 183 7,497,500.00 40,960.99
North Yorkshire Police 126 4,685,500.00 37,180.65
Northamptonshire Police 96 4,516,250.00 47,040.43
Northern Constabulary 37 1,642,000.00 44,370.84
Northumbria Police 403 17,209,370.50 42,700.32
Nottinghamshire Constabulary 238 11,023,620.50 46,310.78
Port of Liverpool Police 2 20,000.00 10,000.00
RAF Military Police 1 20,000.00 20,000.00
Royal Military Police Eastern District 1 30,000.00 30,000.00
Royal Military Police Southern District 1 75,000.00 75,000.00
Royal Ulster Constabulary 2 175,000.00 87,500.00
South Wales Police 279 13,489,150.00 48,340.82
South Yorkshire Police 246 10,984,750.00 44,650.35
Staffordshire Police 126 5,605,770.50 44,490.03
Strathclyde Police 439 16,932,100.00 38,560.97
Suffolk Constabulary 128 6,037,750.00 47,160.99
Surrey Constabulary 104 4,415,250.00 42,450.43
Sussex Police 164 8,430,680.50 51,400.66
Tayside Police 106 4,506,000.00 42,500.94
Thames Valley Police 228 12,177,250.00 53,400.90
The Commissioner of Police 2 20,000.00 10,000.00
Warwickshire Constabulary 60 2,914,350.00 48,570.25
West Mercia Constabulary 174 7,414,500.00 42,610.21
West Midlands Police 390 17,443,500.00 44,720.69
West Yorkshire Police 479 21,146,000.00 44,140.61
Wiltshire Constabulary 75 3,534,000.00 47,120.00
Total 9,968 447,803,590.90 44,920.41

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