§ Mark TamiTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many custodial sentences
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Findings of guilt and immediate custodial entences at all courts for offences of driving etc after consuming alcohol or taking drugs by police force area, 1998–2000 1998 1999 2000 Police Force area Findings of guilt Immediate custody1 Findings of guilt Immediate custody1 Findings of guilt Immediate custody1 Avon and Somerset 2,566 157 2,728 165 2,462 152 Bedfordshire 1,060 96 869 87 797 89 Cambridgeshire 1,060 62 941 43 793 41 Cheshire 1,903 119 1,827 133 1,652 122 Cleveland 870 63 811 57 777 56 Cumbria 856 51 871 37 806 50 Derbyshire 1,547 202 1,463 181 1,417 126 Devon and Cornwall 2,265 127 2,277 112 2,199 104 Dorset 1,186 88 1,120 96 1,115 84 Durham 1,035 53 1,137 81 1,124 76 Essex 2,438 233 2,528 261 2,462 237 Gloucestershire 985 36 889 51 804 37 Gt Manchester 4,715 453 4,850 464 4,801 428 Hampshire 3,597 231 3,725 213 3,472 244 Hertfordshire 1,672 91 1,679 90 1,552 98 Humberside 1,358 87 1,323 97 1,371 128 Kent 2,627 155 2,633 133 2,592 134 Lancashire 2,945 178 3,010 184 2,584 163 Leicestershire 1,485 140 1,624 188 1,531 152 Lincolnshire 979 36 941 44 816 48 London, City of 301 9 236 5 162 4 Merseyside 2,451 326 2,137 296 2,128 286 Met Police 13,889 1,050 12,414 838 11,801 891 Norfolk 1,118 43 1,010 64 935 45 Northamptonshire 1062 73 1,058 91 782 90 Northumbria 2,457 194 2,463 229 2,621 215 North Yorkshire 1,205 77 1,124 60 1,073 67 Nottinghamshire 1,804 247 1,802 262 1,722 210 South Yorkshire 2,002 178 1,927 149 2,122 170 Staffordshire2 1,955 140 1,711 143 3— 3— Suffolk 1,042 60 1,089 71 902 74 Surrey 1,328 58 1,417 47 1,539 61 Sussex 2,113 113 2,224 120 2,112 136 Thames Valley 3,896 195 3,725 216 3,496 212 Warwickshire 784 53 856 38 786 42 West Mercia 1,794 97 1,747 114 1,631 101 West Midlands 5,582 532 4,775 532 4,559 451 West Yorkshire 3,669 329 3,597 358 3,375 287 Wiltshire 1,108 39 1,009 45 930 28 Total England 86,709 6,471 83,567 6,395 80,671 6,076 Dyfed Powys 995 38 944 48 858 45 Gwent 1,203 84 1,079 78 1,211 99 North Wales 1,306 95 1,248 94 1,332 92 South Wales 2,903 239 2,526 282 2,757 255 Total Wales 6,407 456 5,797 502 6,158 491 Total England and Wales 93,116 6,927 89,364 6,897 86,829 6,567 1Immediate custody includes sentences of Secure Training Order, Detention and Training Order Young Offenders Institution, and Unsuspended sentence of imprisonment. 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 Not available. were given for drink-driving offences in the last three years, broken down by police authority; [91567]
(2) how many drink-driving convictions in England and Wales there have been in the last three years, broken down by police authority. [91569]
§ Hilary BennInformation taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database on convictions and custodial sentences for drink-driving offences by police force area 1998 to 2000 is shown in the table. Data for 2001 will be available in February.