§ Mr. Roger WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2002,Official Report, column 243W, how many prosecutions and convictions there have been under the (a) Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996, (b) Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and (c) Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each year, broken down by region. [84820]
§ Mr. DenhamThe available information is shown in the table for England and Wales, 1998 to 2000.
Statistics for 2001 will be available in due course.
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Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts and convicted at all courts under various Wildlife Acts by region, England and Wales 19981 Region/statute Proceeded against Convicted East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 3 1 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 — — East Midlands Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 — — Protection of Badgers Act 19922 2 1 London Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1 1 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 — — North East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 14 11 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 — — 877W
Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts and convicted at all courts under various Wildlife Acts by region, England and Wales 19991 Region/statute Proceeded against Convicted East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 8 7 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 1 — East Midlands Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 5 4 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 9 2 London Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 96 74 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 — — North East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 7 3 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 — — North West Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 21 12 Protection of Badgers Act 19922 4 3 878W
Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts and convicted at all courts under various Wildlife Acts by region, England and Wales 20001,2 Region/statute Proceeded against Convicted East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 17 14 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 1 1 East Midlands Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 5 3 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 2 — London Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 2 2 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 — — North East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 4 4 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 — — North West Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 43 42 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 3 1 South East Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 3 1 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 3 —
Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts and convicted at all courts under various Wildlife Acts by region, England and Wales 2000 1,2 Region/statute Proceeded against Convicted South West Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 5 2 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 1 1 West Midlands Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 6 3 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 4 1 Yorkshire and the Humber Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 1 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 — — Protection of Badgers Act 19923 1 — Wales Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 — — Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 12 9 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 6 — England and Wales Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 5 4 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 97 80 Protection of Badgers Act 19923 21 4 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. 3 Excludes offences under Protection of Badgers Act 1992, Sec 13.