Lynne Featherstone
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted of carrying a knife in a public place in each of the last five years.
Gerry Sutcliffe
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The table shows the number of convictions in England and Wales for carrying a knife in a public place for the years 2000 to 2004. Data for 2005 will be available in autumn 2006.
| Number of offenders found guilty at all courts of carrying of knives—England and Wales, 2000-04( 1) | ||
| Offence description | ||
| Having an article with blade or point in public place | Having an article with blade or point on school premises( 2) | |
| 2000 | 3,511 | 18 |
| 2001 | 4,299 | 23 |
| 2002 | 5,281 | 19 |
| 2003 | 5,308 | 29 |
| 2004 | 5,784 | 37 |
| (1) These data are provided on the principal offence basis. (2) Excludes data provided by West Mercia police force area. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform | ||
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