Justice written question – answered at on 23 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in each police authority area in each year since 1999 had previous convictions for the same offence.
The information requested is shown in the following tables. However, figures for 1999 are not available.
These figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer (PNC), which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.
Number of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs( 1) in England and Wales (2000-08) with a previous conviction for the same offence | |||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |||||||
No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | |
Avon and Somerset | 2,389 | 434 | 18.17 | 2,167 | 472 | 21.78 | 2,336 | 506 | 21.66 |
Bedfordshire | 762 | 159 | 20.87 | 883 | 181 | 20.50 | 932 | 220 | 23.61 |
Cambridgeshire | 766 | 117 | 15.27 | 822 | 148 | 18.00 | 871 | 167 | 19.17 |
Cheshire | 1,594 | 246 | 15.43 | 1,610 | 253 | 15.71 | 1,893 | 376 | 19.86 |
City of London | 179 | 19 | 10.61 | 165 | 23 | 13.94 | 226 | 35 | 15.49 |
Cleveland | 742 | 99 | 1334 | 821 | 129 | 15.71 | 867 | 181 | 20.88 |
Cumbria | 768 | 102 | 13.28 | 747 | 131 | 17.54 | 740 | 136 | 18.38 |
Derbyshire | 1,351 | 188 | 13.92 | 1,341 | 231 | 17.23 | 1,399 | 276 | 19.73 |
Devon and Cornwall | 2,162 | 308 | 14.25 | 2,351 | 393 | 16.72 | 2,436 | 489 | 20.07 |
Dorset | 1,051 | 158 | 15.03 | 1,087 | 212 | 19.50 | 1,138 | 222 | 19.51 |
Durham | 1,083 | 157 | 14.50 | 1,051 | 189 | 17.98 | 1,121 | 242 | 21.59 |
Dyfed-Powys | 796 | 114 | 14.32 | 854 | 169 | 19.79 | 889 | 168 | 18.90 |
Essex | 2,387 | 371 | 15.54 | 2,377 | 409 | 17.21 | 2,468 | 470 | 19.04 |
Gloucestershire | 793 | 141 | 17.78 | 862 | 150 | 17.40 | 927 | 205 | 22.11 |
Greater Manchester | 4,552 | 811 | 17.82 | 4,489 | 936 | 20.85 | 4,490 | 1,003 | 2234 |
Gwent | 1,140 | 203 | 17.81 | 1,082 | 201 | 18.58 | 1,025 | 241 | 23.51 |
Hampshire | 3,333 | 528 | 15.84 | 3,369 | 574 | 17.04 | 3,702 | 794 | 21.45 |
Hertfordshire | 1,517 | 252 | 16.61 | 1,647 | 281 | 17.06 | 1,902 | 345 | 18.14 |
Humberside | 1,292 | 193 | 14.94 | 1,339 | 229 | 17.10 | 1,381 | 258 | 18.68 |
Kent | 2,568 | 391 | 15.23 | 2,708 | 507 | 18.72 | 2,856 | 529 | 18.52 |
Lancashire | 2,475 | 399 | 16.12 | 2,232 | 407 | 18.23 | 2,532 | 545 | 21.52 |
Leicestershire | 1,446 | 254 | 17.57 | 1,438 | 283 | 19.68 | 1,574 | 316 | 20.08 |
Lincolnshire | 784 | 154 | 19.64 | 849 | 150 | 17.67 | 822 | 173 | 21.05 |
Merseyside | 2,275 | 403 | 17.71 | 2,299 | 447 | 19.44 | 2,445 | 558 | 22.82 |
Metropolitan Police | 10,896 | 1,549 | 14.22 | 10,634 | 1,862 | 17.51 | 12,109 | 2,307 | 19.05 |
Norfolk | 1,074 | 154 | 14.34 | 1,118 | 183 | 16.37 | 1,230 | 214 | 17.40 |
North Wales | 1,263 | 172 | 13.62 | 1,177 | 191 | 16.23 | 1,208 | 253 | 20.94 |
North Yorkshire | 1,046 | 114 | 10.90 | 1,032 | 160 | 15.50 | 1,124 | 182 | 16.19 |
Northamptonshire | 1,102 | 206 | 18.69 | 1,078 | 201 | 18.65 | 1,016 | 241 | 23.72 |
Northumbria | 2,535 | 451 | 17.79 | 2,439 | 509 | 20.87 | 2,533 | 572 | 22.58 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,635 | 262 | 16.02 | 1,504 | 314 | 20.88 | 1,340 | 302 | 22.54 |
South Wales | 2,526 | 536 | 21.22 | 2,608 | 572 | 21.93 | 2,602 | 660 | 25.37 |
South Yorkshire | 2,010 | 476 | 23.68 | 1,950 | 475 | 24.36 | 1,856 | 449 | 24.19 |
Staffordshire | 1,568 | 219 | 13.97 | 1,528 | 246 | 16.10 | 1,639 | 317 | 1934 |
Suffolk | 863 | 112 | 12.98 | 916 | 145 | 15.83 | 1,080 | 203 | 18.80 |
Surrey | 1,510 | 178 | 11.79 | 1,694 | 235 | 13.87 | 1,650 | 295 | 17.88 |
Sussex | 2,062 | 313 | 15.18 | 2,279 | 332 | 14.57 | 2,252 | 423 | 18.78 |
Thames Valley | 3,426 | 529 | 15.44 | 3,416 | 590 | 17.27 | 4,268 | 814 | 19.07 |
Warwickshire | 753 | 103 | 13.68 | 851 | 112 | 13.16 | 820 | 143 | 17.44 |
West Mercia | 1,603 | 221 | 13.79 | 1,667 | 272 | 16.32 | 1,698 | 314 | 18.49 |
West Midlands | 4,337 | 860 | 19.83 | 4,730 | 1,011 | 21.37 | 4,793 | 1,148 | 23.95 |
West Yorkshire | 3,232 | 542 | 16.77 | 3,150 | 605 | 19.21 | 3,463 | 691 | 19.95 |
Wiltshire | 853 | 101 | 11.84 | 950 | 151 | 15.89 | 930 | 169 | 18.17 |
Grand total | 82,499 | 13,299 | 16.12 | 83,311 | 15,271 | 18.33 | 88,583 | 18,152 | 20.49 |
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
Force | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence |
Avon and Somerset | 2,571 | 629 | 24.47 | 2,582 | 628 | 24.32 | 2,555 | 614 | 24.03 |
Bedfordshire | 1,058 | 261 | 24.67 | 1,051 | 233 | 22.17 | 1,033 | 250 | 24.20 |
Cambridgeshire | 957 | 213 | 22.26 | 1,113 | 221 | 19.86 | 1,295 | 272 | 21.00 |
Cheshire | 1,807 | 358 | 19.81 | 2,065 | 404 | 19.56 | 1,687 | 371 | 21.99 |
City of London | 238 | 31 | 13.03 | 174 | 33 | 18.97 | 208 | 42 | 20.19 |
Cleveland | 913 | 194 | 21.25 | 1,028 | 221 | 21.50 | 933 | 210 | 22.51 |
Cumbria | 824 | 137 | 16.63 | 873 | 180 | 20.62 | 830 | 154 | 18.55 |
Derbyshire | 1,558 | 332 | 21.31 | 1,822 | 362 | 19.87 | 1,614 | 332 | 20.57 |
Devon and Cornwall | 2,670 | 558 | 20.90 | 2,533 | 538 | 21.24 | 2,455 | 499 | 20.33 |
Dorset | 1,235 | 276 | 22.35 | 1,219 | 278 | 22.81 | 1,213 | 284 | 23.41 |
Durham | 1,128 | 253 | 22.43 | 1,248 | 311 | 24.92 | 1,118 | 247 | 22.09 |
Dyfed-Powys | 931 | 194 | 20.84 | 944 | 196 | 20.76 | 930 | 212 | 22.80 |
Essex | 2,567 | 582 | 22.67 | 2,733 | 626 | 22.91 | 2,523 | 609 | 24.14 |
Gloucestershire | 897 | 177 | 19.73 | 939 | 221 | 23.54 | 816 | 183 | 22.43 |
Greater Manchester | 4,567 | 1,079 | 23.63 | 4,730 | 1,182 | 24.99 | 4,528 | 1,156 | 25.53 |
Gwent | 1,078 | 253 | 23.47 | 1,109 | 266 | 23.99 | 1,030 | 263 | 25.53 |
Hampshire | 3,712 | 813 | 21.90 | 3,627 | 878 | 24.21 | 3,367 | 762 | 22.63 |
Hertfordshire | 1,855 | 388 | 20.92 | 1,830 | 386 | 21.09 | 1,837 | 419 | 22.81 |
Humberside | 1,496 | 327 | 21.86 | 1,558 | 329 | 21.12 | 1,553 | 356 | 22.92 |
Kent | 2,930 | 634 | 21.64 | 2,871 | 646 | 22.50 | 2,776 | 639 | 23.02 |
Lancashire | 2,554 | 560 | 21.93 | 2,609 | 576 | 22.08 | 2,636 | 636 | 24.13 |
Leicestershire | 1,622 | 386 | 23.80 | 1,593 | 368 | 23.10 | 1,507 | 354 | 23.49 |
Lincolnshire | 1,087 | 235 | 21.62 | 1,169 | 253 | 21.64 | 1,162 | 224 | 19.28 |
Merseyside | 2,633 | 586 | 22.26 | 2,651 | 647 | 24.41 | 2,763 | 695 | 25.15 |
Metropolitan Police | 12,084 | 2,510 | 20.77 | 12,822 | 2,849 | 22.22 | 12,434 | 2,690 | 21.63 |
Norfolk | 1,237 | 270 | 21.83 | 1,215 | 248 | 20.41 | 1,235 | 270 | 21.86 |
North Wales | 1,304 | 265 | 20.32 | 1,319 | 302 | 22.90 | 1,341 | 275 | 20.51 |
North Yorkshire | 1,205 | 231 | 19.17 | 1,164 | 196 | 16.84 | 1,260 | 238 | 18.89 |
Northamptonshire | 996 | 242 | 24.30 | 938 | 234 | 24.95 | 861 | 192 | 22.30 |
Northumbria | 2,678 | 662 | 24.72 | 2,576 | 598 | 23.21 | 2,498 | 603 | 24.14 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,582 | 399 | 25.22 | 1,600 | 387 | 24.19 | 1,653 | 416 | 25.17 |
South Wales | 2,751 | 740 | 26.90 | 2,703 | 732 | 27.08 | 2,783 | 705 | 25.33 |
South Yorkshire | 2,021 | 442 | 21.87 | 2,125 | 536 | 25.22 | 2,147 | 515 | 23.99 |
Staffordshire | 1,678 | 334 | 19.90 | 1,755 | 383 | 21.82 | 1,703 | 368 | 21.61 |
Suffolk | 1,153 | 228 | 19.77 | 1,243 | 245 | 19.71 | 1,053 | 240 | 22.79 |
Surrey | 1,458 | 279 | 19.14 | 1,506 | 298 | 19.79 | 1,534 | 330 | 21.51 |
Sussex | 2,375 | 483 | 20.34 | 2,446 | 519 | 21.22 | 2,329 | 514 | 22.07 |
Thames Valley | 4,015 | 802 | 19.98 | 3,609 | 808 | 22.39 | 3,417 | 775 | 22.68 |
Warwickshire | 885 | 159 | 17.97 | 826 | 173 | 20.94 | 844 | 183 | 21.68 |
West Mercia | 1,793 | 332 | 18.52 | 1,778 | 392 | 22.05 | 1,896 | 408 | 21.52 |
West Midlands | 5,022 | 1,315 | 26.18 | 5,375 | 1,460 | 27.16 | 5,485 | 1,472 | 26.84 |
West Yorkshire | 3,645 | 828 | 22.72 | 3,821 | 899 | 23.53 | 3,794 | 901 | 23.75 |
Wiltshire | 935 | 163 | 17.43 | 939 | 194 | 20.66 | 955 | 195 | 20.42 |
Grand total | 91,705 | 20,140 | 21.96 | 93,831 | 21,436 | 22.85 | 91,591 | 21,073 | 23.01 |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||
Force | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | No. of drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol/ drugs | No. of these drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence | % of drivers with a previous conviction for the same offence |
Avon and Somerset | 2,455 | 599 | 24.40 | 2,417 | 592 | 24.49 | 2,198 | 571 | 25.98 |
Bedfordshire | 1,090 | 264 | 24.22 | 1,023 | 271 | 26.49 | 879 | 233 | 26.51 |
Cambridgeshire | 1,286 | 272 | 21.15 | 1,231 | 274 | 22.26 | 1,064 | 259 | 24.34 |
Cheshire | 1,900 | 430 | 22.63 | 1,884 | 443 | 23.51 | 1,630 | 368 | 22.58 |
City of London | 181 | 25 | 13.81 | 195 | 38 | 19.49 | 145 | 27 | 18.62 |
Cleveland | 1,007 | 204 | 20.26 | 945 | 238 | 25.19 | 980 | 236 | 24.08 |
Cumbria | 838 | 153 | 18.26 | 845 | 163 | 19.29 | 739 | 162 | 21.92 |
Derbyshire | 1,503 | 326 | 21.69 | 1,437 | 335 | 23.31 | 1,287 | 294 | 22.84 |
Devon and Cornwall | 2,518 | 535 | 21.25 | 2,475 | 567 | 22.91 | 2,240 | 539 | 24.06 |
Dorset | 1,228 | 274 | 22.31 | 1,205 | 293 | 24.32 | 1,048 | 240 | 22.90 |
Durham | 955 | 243 | 25.45 | 1,004 | 259 | 25.80 | 929 | 233 | 25.08 |
Dyfed-Powys | 891 | 200 | 22.45 | 878 | 186 | 21.18 | 795 | 202 | 25.41 |
Essex | 2,663 | 615 | 23.09 | 2,523 | 591 | 23.42 | 2,382 | 583 | 24.48 |
Gloucestershire | 831 | 197 | 23.71 | 828 | 204 | 24.64 | 797 | 182 | 22.84 |
Greater Manchester | 4,328 | 1,049 | 24.24 | 4,297 | 1,083 | 25.20 | 3,861 | 924 | 23.93 |
Gwent | 1,103 | 268 | 24.30 | 1,007 | 258 | 25.62 | 964 | 236 | 24.48 |
Hampshire | 3,003 | 692 | 23.04 | 2,913 | 699 | 24.00 | 2,675 | 653 | 24.41 |
Hertfordshire | 1,867 | 446 | 23.89 | 1,892 | 426 | 22.52 | 1,665 | 407 | 24.44 |
Humberside | 1,550 | 340 | 21.94 | 1,410 | 353 | 25.04 | 1,360 | 296 | 21.76 |
Kent | 2,769 | 661 | 23.87 | 2,842 | 637 | 22.41 | 2,496 | 623 | 24.96 |
Lancashire | 2,703 | 636 | 23.53 | 2,684 | 598 | 22.28 | 2,441 | 571 | 23.39 |
Leicestershire | 1,379 | 326 | 23.64 | 1,424 | 342 | 24.02 | 1,233 | 320 | 25.95 |
Lincolnshire | 1,230 | 270 | 21.95 | 1,207 | 258 | 21.38 | 1,153 | 260 | 22.55 |
Merseyside | 2,553 | 649 | 25.42 | 2,299 | 544 | 23.66 | 2,019 | 514 | 25.46 |
Metropolitan Police | 12,578 | 2,720 | 21.63 | 11,850 | 2,686 | 22.67 | 11,263 | 2,721 | 24.16 |
Norfolk | 1,310 | 299 | 22.82 | 1,249 | 309 | 24.74 | 1,061 | 257 | 24.22 |
North Wales | 1,327 | 283 | 21.33 | 1,280 | 268 | 20.94 | 1,108 | 247 | 22.29 |
North Yorkshire | 1,272 | 246 | 19.34 | 1,220 | 258 | 21.15 | 1,154 | 213 | 18.46 |
Northamptonshire | 1,020 | 240 | 23.53 | 1,123 | 256 | 22.80 | 1,052 | 238 | 22.62 |
Northumbria | 2,529 | 626 | 24.75 | 2,457 | 576 | 23.44 | 2,307 | 603 | 26.14 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,658 | 404 | 24.37 | 1,617 | 363 | 22.45 | 1,495 | 355 | 23.75 |
South Wales | 2,768 | 710 | 25.65 | 2,585 | 670 | 25.92 | 2,445 | 636 | 26.01 |
South Yorkshire | 1,977 | 516 | 26.10 | 2,000 | 504 | 25.20 | 1,914 | 464 | 24.24 |
Staffordshire | 1,666 | 350 | 21.01 | 1,729 | 396 | 22.90 | 1,671 | 366 | 21.90 |
Suffolk | 1,098 | 245 | 22.31 | 1,010 | 205 | 20.30 | 884 | 220 | 24.89 |
Surrey | 1,475 | 312 | 21.15 | 1,502 | 317 | 21.11 | 1,347 | 273 | 20.27 |
Sussex | 2,473 | 531 | 21.47 | 2,454 | 612 | 24.94 | 2,138 | 494 | 23.11 |
Thames Valley | 3,362 | 750 | 22.31 | 3,311 | 816 | 24.65 | 2,959 | 701 | 23.69 |
Warwickshire | 884 | 183 | 20.70 | 966 | 225 | 23.29 | 821 | 206 | 25.09 |
West Mercia | 1,921 | 407 | 21.19 | 1,928 | 444 | 23.03 | 1,688 | 410 | 24.29 |
West Midlands | 5,440 | 1,457 | 26.78 | 5,311 | 1,471 | 27.70 | 4,574 | 1,338 | 29.25 |
West Yorkshire | 3,568 | 811 | 22.73 | 3,276 | 866 | 26.43 | 2,951 | 782 | 26.50 |
Wiltshire | 971 | 211 | 21.73 | 782 | 154 | 19.69 | 685 | 148 | 21.61 |
Grand total | 91,128 | 20,975 | 23.02 | 88,515 | 21,048 | 23.78 | 80,497 | 19,605 | 24.35 |
(1) The data include a range of offences under the Road Traffic Act. They can be found in sections 4(1), 5(1)(a), 7(6), 4(2), 5(1) (b), 6(4) and 7A as amended by the Police Reform Act 2002 and the Transport and Works Act 2002. |
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