§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were sentenced for(a) burglary, (b) assault, (c) actual bodily harm,(d) grievous bodily harm and (e) drug related offences in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; what proportion received a custodial sentence; and what the average custodial sentence length was; [163237]
(2) how many people were sentenced in England and Wales for (a) theft and (b) handling stolen goods in each of the last 10 years; what proportion received a custodial sentence; and what the average custodial sentence length was; [163238]
Number of offenders sentenced, sentenced to immediate custody, the custody rate and average custodial sentence length for various offences at all courts—England and Wales 1993 to 2002 Total sentenced Offence 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Burglary 40,249 37,954 35,450 32,388 31,656 31,087 29,329 26,694 24,655 26,376 Assault1 19,024 21,860 29,298 29,983 31,992 35,278 37,457 37,415 37,612 40,599 Actual bodily harm 26,221 25,002 17,313 16,762 17,687 18,449 17,514 16,710 15,054 14,966 Grievous bodily harm 7,149 6,874 5,882 6,028 6,112 6,437 6,062 5,856 5,815 6,158 Drug offences 21,915 27,779 31,587 34,044 40,438 48,783 48,946 44,955 45,680 49,015 Theft and handling stolen goods 121,48 121,42 116,07 114,37 118,21 125,24 130,64 127,58 126,41 126,71 Fraud and forgery 17,499 18,390 17,232 16,319 16,930 19,645 20,203 19,155 18,207 18,126 All notifiable offences 366,633 375,05 369,30 370,79 391,60 422,65 427,52 412,99 407,38 423,26 Sentenced to immediate custody2 Burglary 11,899 13,036 13,497 13,503 14,338 14,547 14,345 13,677 12,476 13,350 Assault1 1,165 1,657 2,540 2,890 3,383 3,812 4,385 4,259 4,276 4,532 Actual bodily harm 3,232 3,626 3,462 3,656 4,091 4,290 4,342 4,404 4,152 3,850 Grievous bodily harm 2,966 3,251 3,215 3,633 3,567 3,784 3,566 3,569 3,669 3,782 Drug offences 3,603 4,035 5,275 6,694 7,749 8,458 8,731 8,141 8,499 8,284 Theft and handling stolen goods 10,081 13,006 15,637 16,639 19,396 21,818 24,427 25,983 26,205 27,945 Fraud and forgery 2,427 2,674 3,315 3,377 3,606 4,130 4,034 3,726 3,826 3,754 All notifiable offences 49,587 56,644 64,954 70,362 77,310 83,881 87,174 87,491 87,050 92,189
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Custody rate3(Percentage) Burglary 30 34 38 42 45 47 49 51 51 51 Assault1 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 11 11 11 Actual bodily harm 12 15 20 22 23 23 25 26 28 26 Grievous bodily harm 41 47 55 60 58 59 59 61 63 61 Drug offences 16 15 17 20 19 17 18 18 19 17 Theft and handling 8 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 stolen goods Fraud and forgery 14 15 19 21 21 21 20 19 21 21 All notifiable offences 14 15 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 22 Average custodial sentence length (months)4 Burglary 11.1 11.4 12.0 13.8 15.8 15.5 15.7 15.9 16.6 17.5 Assault1 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 Actual bodily harm 6.4 6.8 7.4 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.8 8.0 8.5 9.2 Grievous bodily harm 22.0 23.3 24.7 27.0 26.3 25.1 26.4 25.8 27.2 27.7 Drug offences 28.1 27.7 28.1 28.1 28.9 27.0 28.7 30.1 32.5 34.5 Theft and handling 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.1 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1 stolen goods Fraud and forgery 11.3 11.1 9.9 10.6 9.7 9.3 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.4 All notifiable offences 14.7 14.1 14.0 14.9 14.8 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.8 14.6 1 Common assault and assault on a constable combined. 2 Includes unsuspended imprisonment, secure training orders, s91–92 of the Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 replaces the Children and Young Persona Act 1933), Partly suspended sentences, detention in a young offender iinstitution and detention and training 3 Proportion of offenders sentenced who were sentenced to immediate custody. 4 Excludes life sentences. Note:
These data are on the principal offence
1286W(3)how many people were sentenced in England and Wales for (a) fraud and (b) forgery in each of the last 10 years; what proportion received a custodial sentence; and what the average custodial sentence length was; [163239]
(4) what the average custody rate for all recorded offences was in each of the last 10 years. [163279]
§ Paul GogginsThe available information is contained in the table and gives the number of offenders sentenced, sentenced to immediate custody, the custody rate and the average custodial sentence length at all courts for the requested offences, England and Wales 1993 to 2002.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the Autumn.
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§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many first time offenders were sentenced for(a) burglary, (b) violent offences and (c) drug related offences in each of the last 10 years; what proportion received a custodial sentence; and what the average custodial sentence length was. [163291]
§ Paul GogginsEstimates of the number of offenders sentenced for(a) burglary (b) violent offences and (c) drug offences and who had no recorded previous convictions for a standard list offense are summarised in the table. 27 per cent. of first time domestic burglars received a custodial sentence in 1996. By 2000, this had increased to 48 per cent. At the same time, the average sentence length had increased from 16 to 18 months. There is no other information for custodial sentences or sentence lengths for these offenders readily available.
Number in offence category Violent Offences Burglary Drug Offences 1991 20,730 16,840 8,804 1992 n/a n/a n/a 1993 15,544 8,781 8,451 1994 16,043 8,480 8,856 1995 10,205 7,039 8,885 1996 15,132 8,064 11,661 1997 n/a n/a n/a 1998 15,744 7,307 15,939 1999 n/a n/a n/a 2000 14,867 7,118 14,524