§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted in respect of(a) murder, (b) indictable offences and (c)non-indictable offences in each year since 1979 in the Taunton constituency. [134320]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeAvailable information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Databases are given in the table. Due to disproportionate cost selected years only are given.
Number of offenders convicted at Taunton Deane Petty Sessional Division (PSD) or at the Crown court (where the committing magistrates court was Taunton Deane PSD) for certain offences, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1993–19991 Offence Murder Indictable offences Summary non-motoring offences 1979 — 571 704 1984 — 724 924 1989 — 510 823 1993 — 505 683 1994 — 497 688 1995 — 450 781 1996 — 479 828 1997 — 566 792 1998 — 533 929 19991 — 576 1,019 1 Provisional