§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners released on home detention curfew in the last 12 months have been(a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for breaching the conditions of their licence, broken down by each police force area in England and Wales; and how many of those who were convicted received a custodial sentence. [134382]
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§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 27 October 2003]: The table shows the number of people recalled from home detention curfew, by reason for recall, in the 12-month period January 2002 to December 2002. This information is not available by police force area.
Recalls from home detention curfew: January to December 2002 Number Cases not involving new charges—total 1,247 Breach of (HDC) conditions 795 Installation failure 2 Monitoring failure 9 Change of circumstances 383 Risk of serious harm 1 Breach of non-HDC licence conditions 57 Cases involving new charges—total 231 Breach of HDC conditions 1 Inability to monitor 1 Risk of serious harm 0 Charge with a new offence 229 Total 1,478
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders sentenced to a curfew order in the last 12 months have been(a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for breaching the conditions of the order, broken down by each police force area in England and Wales; and how many of those who were convicted received a custodial sentence. [134383]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 27 October 2003]: The attached table gives the number of persons who were proceeded against at magistrates' courts, found guilty and sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for breach of a curfew order (with or without electronic monitoring), for each police force area in England and Wales 2001
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Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts, found guilty at all courts and sentenced to immediate custody for breach of a curfew order, by police force area, England and Wales 2001 Police Force Area Persons proceeded against at magistrates'courts Persons found guilty1 at all courts Of which: Sentenced to immediate custody Avon and Somerset 48 50 11 Bedfordshire — 3 1 Cambridgeshire 5 6 2 Cheshire 13 10 3 Cleveland 5 6 4 Cumbria 5 5 2 Derbyshire 16 16 6 Devon and Cornwall 3 5 1 Dorset 2 2 — Durham — — — Essex 1 1 1 Gloucestershire 1 1 1 Greater Manchester 207 208 43 Hampshire 11 11 4 Hertfordshire 9 9 3 Humberside 7 8 2 Kent 10 10 1 Lancashire 21 21 4 Leicestershire 14 14 — Lincolnshire — — — Merseyside 2 2 — Metropolitan Police 81 84 17 Norfolk 89 92 21
Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts, found guilty at all courts and sentenced to immediate custody for breach of a curfew order, by police force area, England and Wales 2001 Police Force Area Persons proceeded against at magistrates'courts Persons found guilty1 at all courts Of which: Sentenced to immediate custody Northamptonshire 4 4 1 Northumbria 5 5 3 North Yorkshire 1 1 — Nottinghamshire 6 6 — South Yorkshire 24 25 4 Staffordshire 7 8 6 Suffolk — — — Surrey 2 2 — Sussex 1 2 1 Thames Valley 32 32 8 Warwickshire 3 3 2 West Mercia — 1 1 West Midlands 19 19 7 West Yorkshire 38 41 11 Wiltshire 9 9 1 Dyfed Powys — — — Gwent — — — North Wales 21 21 6 South Wales 14 18 7 England and Wales 736 761 185 1 Number of persons found guilty may exceed number proceeded against because magistrates' court proceedings for breaches dealt with at the Crown Court are not collected centrally and are not therefore included in the figures of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts.