HC Deb 18 December 2002 vol 396 c842W
Paul Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been convicted for(a) violent and (b) non-violent offences in each of the last five years. [86641]

Hilary Benn

The information requested is given in the table.

Women convicted of violent and other offences in England and Wales 1997 to 2001
Violent offences1 Other offences
1997 3,829 213,308
1998 4,234 231,344
1999 4,073 215,907
2000 4,214 251,804
2001 4,111 233,511
1 Violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery