§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women
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Number of persons sentenced and sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for "Stealing from shops and stalls", by sex and criminal justice system area England and Wales 20021 Males Females Total Criminal justice system area Sentenced Sentenced to immediate custody Sentenced Sentenced to immediate custody Sentenced Sentenced to immediate custody Avon and Somerset 1,442 373 426 63 1,868 436 Bedfordshire 703 221 225 47 928 268 Cambridgeshire 633 82 220 15 853 97 Cheshire 1,097 226 372 52 1,469 278 Cleveland 1,267 162 482 43 1,749 205 Cumbria 486 69 166 13 652 82 Derbyshire 999 265 270 42 1,269 307 Devon and Cornwall 1,363 183 353 28 1,716 211 Dorset 696 197 186 37 882 234 Durham 726 125 255 42 981 167 Essex 1,252 414 379 72 1,631 486 Gloucestershire 593 95 221 15 814 110 Greater Manchester 3,540 870 1,197 175 4,737 1,045 Hampshire 1,877 299 577 36 2,454 335 Hertfordshire 713 167 253 32 966 199 Humberside 1,248 302 382 41 1,630 342 Kent 1,917 539 607 85 2,524 624 Lancashire 2,035 424 771 93 2,806 517 Leicestershire 1,011 187 298 22 1,309 209 Lincolnshire 731 107 228 25 959 132 Merseyside 2,307 422 1,012 172 3,319 594 London2 9,111 2,730 2,605 518 11,716 3,248 Norfolk 796 130 247 17 1,043 147 Northamptonshire 649 165 186 27 835 192 Northumbria 1,937 347 791 101 2,728 448 North Yorkshire 698 122 259 22 957 144 Nottinghamshire 1,480 312 551 73 2,031 385 South Yorkshire 1,964 528 631 87 2,595 615 Staffordshire 1,037 267 345 67 1,382 334 Suffolk 550 98 189 14 739 112 Surrey 515 66 143 5 658 71 Thames Valley 1,691 292 562 65 2,253 357 Warwickshire 399 84 112 8 511 92 West Mercia 1,037 247 285 27 1,322 274 West Midlands 4,016 1,020 1,395 211 5,411 1,231 West Yorkshire 2,919 932 961 201 3,880 1,133 Wiltshire 556 92 206 15 762 107 Dyfed Powys 268 33 83 3 351 36 Gwent 505 65 216 11 721 76 North Wales 722 123 238 18 960 141 South Wales 1,271 166 500 37 1,771 203 England and Wales 60,074 13,892 19,756 2,737 79,830 16,629 1These data are on the principal 2Includes the Metroplitan Police and the City of London were imprisoned for shoplifting offences in each criminal justice area in 2002. [155064]
§ Paul GogginsThe information in the following table gives the number of persons sentenced and sentenced to immediate custody for "stealing from shops and stalls", by gender and criminal justice system area, England and Wales 2002.
It should be noted that courts' sentencing decisions are influenced by the seriousness of the offence and take into account previous convictions.