§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases of a breach of community service penalties there were in the west midlands region to the end of 2001. [36120]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyI have been asked to reply.
The available information, from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, relating to the west midlands region, shows that 1,398 persons breached their original community punishment orders in 2000. This total includes estimated magistrates courts data for Staffordshire since Staffordshire Police were only able to supply a sample of data for magistrates courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000.
This figure includes persons breaching community punishment orders in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands police force areas at both magistrates courts and the Crown Court.
Statistics for 2001 are not yet available.