§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what(a) the total number and (b) the total value of compensation orders awarded by (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts was in each criminal justice area in 2002. [144584]
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§ Mr. LeslieInformation on the total number or the value of compensation orders awarded by magistrates' courts is not collected centrally by my Department.
The total number and the value of compensation orders made by the Crown court in each criminal justice area for 2002 is given in the following table entitled 'Compensation Orders made and total amount, by LCJB, 2002'.
In addition, attached the Home Office Criminal Statistics Publication (Table SI, 6(A)), which shows that in 2002, a total of 106,881 offenders were ordered to pay compensation at magistrates courts (excluding summary motoring offences).
Compensation orders made by the Crown court and total amount, by LCJB, 2002 Local Criminal Justice Board Number of compensation orders made Total amount (£) Derbyshire 152 98,454.82 Leicestershire 144 179,472.18 Lincolnshire 67 68,548.96 Northamptonshire 49 39,606.05 Nottinghamshire 125 69,559.67 Bedfordshire 73 249,971.61 Cambridgeshire 94 73,438.10 Essex 215 319,416.80 Hertfordshire 57 66,557.85 Norfolk 113 59,077.24 Suffolk 72 88,959.29 London Metropolitan 1,182 11,373,072.86
Table S1.6 (A) Offenders ordered to pay compensation at magistrates courts by amount of compensation, offence group and average compensation1 England and Wales 2002 Number of offenders Amount of compensation Offence group Total £25 and under £26 up to and including £50 £51 up to and including £100 £101 up to and including £150 £151 up to and including £200 £201 up to and including £250 Indictable offences Violence against the person 7,754 152 948 909 669 250 371 Burglary 3,515 77 399 325 251 470 159 Sexual offences 253 4 27 30 20 13 9 Robbery 568 1 48 26 11 143 5 Theft and handling stolen goods 16,667 534 1,349 1,003 592 5,321 513 Fraud and forgery 4,110 357 292 229 198 937 185 Criminal damage 4,731 86 503 524 306 391 194 Drug offences 12 — 1 — — — 2 Other indictable offences (excluding motoring offences) 1,044 41 95 78 59 63 28 Motoring offences 96 5 13 13 5 2 21 Total indictable offences 38,750 1,257 3,675 3,137 2,111 7,590 1,487 Summary offences (excluding motoring offences) 68,131 427 4,831 3,482 1,862 26,490 1,363 Total all offences (excluding summary motoring offences) 106,881 1,684 8,506 6,619 3,973 34,080 2,850 As sole or main penalty for all offences(excluding summary motoring offences) 7,144 127 762 640 359 866 292 1114W
£251 up to and including £300 £301 up to and including £500 £501 up to and including £750 £751 up to and including £1,000 Over £1,000 Average comp £ Violence against the person 1,076 770 196 2,206 207 231 Burglary 565 330 128 747 64 208 Sexual offences 52 15 2 79 2 188 Robbery 178 1 5 149 1 79 Theft and handling stolen goods 2,789 922 412 2,955 277 186 Fraud and forgery 614 358 193 602 145 349 Criminal damage 883 383 133 1,233 95 201 Drug offences 2 — 2 5 — 177 Other indictable offences(excluding motoring offences) 227 68 26 336 23 253
Compensation orders made by the Crown court and total amount, by LCJB, 2002 Local Criminal Justice Board Number of compensation orders made Total amount (£) Cleveland 152 110,066.31 Durham 83 132,746.01 Northumbria 160 255,430.89 Cheshire 157 388,541.05 Cumbria 53 21,682.43 Greater Manchester 534 321,195.93 Lancashire 233 247,622.39 Merseyside 188 143,121.33 Hampshire 274 429,798.61 Kent 187 548,588.63 Surrey 111 176,465.49 Sussex 182 207,725.46 Thames Valley 186 217,716.75 Avon and Somerset 192 221,299.70 Devon and Cornwall 237 387,890.73 Dorset 92 142,326.96 Gloucestershire 46 69,787.93 Wiltshire 51 215,217.59 South Wales 371 317,036.19 Staffordshire 178 124,713.92 Warwickshire 73 79,417.69 West Mercia 143 265,274.45 West Midlands 501 585,626.54 Humberside 114 94,516.51 North Yorkshire 57 80,119.69 South Yorkshire 226 180,578.13 West Yorkshire 259 240,631.82 Note:
Figures for Dyfed Powys and North Wales LCJB's are combined in the South Wales and Cheshire LCJB figures respectively
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£251 up to and including £300 £301 up to and including £500 £501 up to and including £750 £751 up to and including £1,000 Over £1,000 Average comp £ Motoring Offences 7 6 2 18 4 332 Total indictable offences 6,393 2,853 1,099 8,330 818 217 Summary offences (excluding motoring offences) 12,164 2,134 682 14,354 342 99 Total all offences (excluding summary motoring offences) 18,557 4,987 1,781 22,684 1,160 142 As sole or main penalty for all offences (excluding summary motoring offences) 1,379 530 202 1,872 115 187 1 Excluding summary motoring offences