Imprisonable Offences (Hansard, 21 January 2004)

HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 c1275W 1275W

§ Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many imprisonable offences have been created since 1997. [147354]

§ Paul Goggins
The Home Office is responsible for aspects of the criminal law, but records of all imprisonable offences enacted in any parliamentary session are not kept centrally. The following information therefore relates only to Home Office measures. 257 imprisonable offences have been created, modified or re-enacted since 1 May 1997.