§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were convicted of offences relating to(a) graffiti, (b) excess noise and (c) fly tipping in each of the last 10 years; and what were the (i) maximum and (ii) minimum penalties imposed. [84312]
§ Hilary Benn[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The available information for England and Wales is shown in the table, and covers the years 1991 to 2000. It is not possible, in the statistics collected centrally, to distinguish offences relating to graffiti from other offences of criminal damage.
Statistics for 2001 will be available in December.