House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Apr 2006 (pt 76)

Drink-driving Offences

John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for drink-driving offences in the county of Durham in the last three years. [63369]

Fiona Mactaggart: Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of defendants prosecuted against in Durham for drink-driving offences from 2002 to 2004 are provided in the following table.

Data for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.
Defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts in Durham police force area for offences relating to drink-driving from 2002 to 2004⁽⁷⁷⁾

Number

Offence description 2002 2003 2004

Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs⁽⁷⁸⁾ 2 0 1

Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/09 or 803/1 0⁽⁷⁹⁾ 29 26 15

Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit⁽⁸⁰⁾ 917 929 994

Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle and failing to without reasonable excuse provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath⁽⁸¹⁾ 67 78 74

Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/11 or 803/12⁽⁸²⁾ 4 8 2

In charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit⁽⁸³⁾ 43 32 29

In charge of a motor vehicle and failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath⁽⁸⁴⁾ 2 10 11

Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test⁽⁸⁵⁾ 5 1 3

Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test⁽⁷⁷⁾ ⁰ 0 0 0

Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) Drink⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078) 0 0 1

Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) Drink⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078) 0 0 3

Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) Drugs⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078) 0 0 2

⁽⁷⁷⁾ These data are provided on the principal offence basis.
⁽⁷⁸⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 S.3A added by Road Traffic Act 1991 S.3 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003 S.285.
⁽⁷⁹⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 S.4(1).
⁽⁸⁰⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 5(1)(a).
⁽⁸¹⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 7(6).
⁽⁸²⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 S.4(2).
⁽⁸³⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 5(1)(b).
⁽⁸⁴⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 7(6).
⁽⁸⁵⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 6(6).
⁽⁸⁶⁾Road Traffic Act 1988 S.7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 S.56, S.57. Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 S.58(4).
⁽⁸⁷⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 S.4(2).
⁽⁸⁸⁾ Road Traffic Act 1988 S.4{2).
⁽⁸⁹⁾Road Traffic Act 1988 S.4(2).

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Number
Offence description	2002	2003	2004
Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs⁽⁷⁸⁾	2	0	1
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/09 or 803/1 0⁽⁷⁹⁾	29	26	15
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit⁽⁸⁰⁾	917	929	994
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle and failing to without reasonable excuse provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath⁽⁸¹⁾	67	78	74
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) only to be used where it is unclear whether it is drink or drugs—see 803/11 or 803/12⁽⁸²⁾	4	8	2
In charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, blood or urine alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit⁽⁸³⁾	43	32	29
In charge of a motor vehicle and failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath⁽⁸⁴⁾	2	10	11
Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test⁽⁸⁵⁾	5	1	3
Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test⁽⁷⁷⁾ ⁰	0	0	0
Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment) Drink⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078)	0	0	1
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) Drink⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078)	0	0	3
Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment) Drugs⁽⁷⁷⁾^(5509060078)	0	0	2

Drugs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been (a) arrested for and (b) convicted of (i) cocaine possession and (ii) the sale of cocaine in the last 12 months. [63399]

Hazel Blears: Arrest data for drug offences by drug type are not collected centrally. The available information relates to the number of persons aged 17 and under found guilty or cautioned under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 of unlawful possession, unlawful supply and possession with intent to supply offences involving cocaine during 2004.
Persons aged 17 and under found guilty or cautioned for cocaine offences in England and Wales, 2004

Type of offence ⁽⁹¹⁾Cautioned Found guilty

Unlawful possession 56 85

Unlawful supply 3 17

Possession with intent to supply 4 51

⁽⁹¹⁾ Includes reprimands and warnings for under 17s.

Type of offence	⁽⁹¹⁾Cautioned	Found guilty
Unlawful possession	56	85
Unlawful supply	3	17
Possession with intent to supply	4	51

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost of (a) a prison place and (b) a residential drug rehabilitation place was in the last period for which figures are available. [50070]

Fiona Mactaggart [holding answer 16 February 2006]: The average cost of a prison place in 2004–05 was

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£40,992. This is calculated including all expenditure incurred by HMPS divided by the number of prison places.

The Home Office does not provide residential drug treatment places. The most recent data on charges for residential drug treatment provided by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse Bedvacs service" is as follows:

£

Average weekly 674.10

Median weekly 449.00

	£
Average weekly	674.10
Median weekly	449.00

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions there were for offences relating to (i) the possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs in (1) Cambridgeshire police authority area and (2) the Northern division of the Cambridgeshire constabulary in each year since 1997. [53716]

Paul Goggins: Arrest data for types of drug offences by class of drug are not collected centrally. The available information relates to the number of persons found guilty and cautioned under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Figures for Cambridgeshire are shown in the tables.

Cannabis was reclassified as a class C drug in January 2004. For the purpose of this analysis, cannabis offenders are included within the class C figures for the entire period in question.

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Table 1: Persons found guilty for drug possession and dealing⁽⁹²⁾ offences by class type⁽⁹³⁾, Cambridgeshire, by year

Class A
Class B
Class C

Possession Dealing Possession Dealing Possession Dealing

1997 88 19 78 32 326 79

1998 127 46 86 31 317 64

1999 158 45 86 31 294 76

2000 118 49 68 11 206 56

2001 160 73 48 10 237 37

2002 157 81 33 8 237 37

2003 123 178 32 11 243 33

2004 114 77 28 8 ⁽⁹⁴⁾205 31

⁽⁹²⁾ Offences of unlawful supply and possession with intent to supply unlawfully.
⁽⁹³⁾ Cannabis was reclassified to a class C drug in January 2004. For the purposes of this exercise, offences involving cannabis are considered within class C for the period under consideration.
⁽⁹⁴⁾ Police formal ('street') warnings for cannabis possession were introduced in April 2004.

Table 2: Persons cautioned for drug possession and dealing⁽⁹⁵⁾ offences by class type⁽⁹⁶⁾, Cambridgeshire, by year

Class A
Class B Class C

Possession Dealing Possession Dealing Possession Dealing

1997 1 9 3 0 415 4

1998 27 6 20 0 563 11

1999 40 1 17 0 494 14

2000 30 0 8 2 414 6

2001 47 2 14 0 367 3

2002 71 3 14 0 330 2

2003 48 0 8 2 285 4

2004 59 0 16 1 ⁽⁹⁷⁾221 9

⁽⁹⁵⁾ Offences of unlawful supply and possession with intent to supply unlawfully.
⁽⁹⁶⁾ Cannabis was reclassified to a class C drug in January 2004. For the purposes of this exercise, offences involving cannabis are considered within class C for the period under consideration.
⁽⁹⁷⁾ Excludes police formal ('street') warnings for cannabis possession, introduced in April 2004.

	Class A	Class B	Class C
	Possession	Dealing	Possession	Dealing	Possession	Dealing
1997	88	19	78	32	326	79
1998	127	46	86	31	317	64
1999	158	45	86	31	294	76
2000	118	49	68	11	206	56
2001	160	73	48	10	237	37
2002	157	81	33	8	237	37
2003	123	178	32	11	243	33
2004	114	77	28	8	⁽⁹⁴⁾205	31

	Class A	Class B	Class C
	Possession	Dealing	Possession	Dealing	Possession	Dealing
1997	1	9	3	0	415	4
1998	27	6	20	0	563	11
1999	40	1	17	0	494	14
2000	30	0	8	2	414	6
2001	47	2	14	0	367	3
2002	71	3	14	0	330	2
2003	48	0	8	2	285	4
2004	59	0	16	1	⁽⁹⁷⁾221	9

Illegal Immigrants

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants have been (a) detained and (b) arrested by the police in the last 12 months, broken down by police force area. [62713]

Hazel Blears: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2006, Official Report, column 73W, on illegal immigration, what the reasons were for the changes between 2003 and 2005. [63136]

Mr. McNulty: The Immigration Service has deployed a range of initiatives to deter and detect illegal entry to the UK including moving controls overseas, enhancing juxtaposed controls in Paris, Lille, Brussels and Calais, deploying New Detection Technology in France and Belgium, enhanced visa regimes, the UK's network of Airline Liaison Officers and close co-operation with carriers, port authorities and our EU colleagues.

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