Justice written question – answered at on 19 January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of convictions for drug possession of controlled substances resulted in prison sentences in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 in (i) the UK, (ii) Sussex and (iii) Brighton and Hove.
The number of defendants found guilty at all courts and sentenced to immediate custody, for possession of, and possession with intent to supply, a controlled drug, in England and Wales, Sussex police force area, and Sussex (Central) Local Justice Area (in which Brighton and Hove magistrates court is located), for the years 2007 to 2009 can be viewed in the table as follows.
Information for Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the Scottish Executive and Northern Ireland Office respectively.
Number of defendants found guilty at all courts and sentenced to immediate custody, for possession of, and possession with intent to supply, a controlled drug, England and Wales, Sussex police force area, and Sussex (Central) Local Justice Area, 2007 to2009( 1,2) | |||
Area/year | Found guilty | Immediate custody | Proportion of found guilty sentenced to immediate custody (Percentage) |
England and Wales | |||
2007 | 37,221 | 4,402 | 12 |
2008(3) | 44,530 | 5,119 | 11 |
2009 | 47,655 | 4,987 | 10 |
Of which: | |||
Sussex Police Force Area | |||
2007 | 751 | 66 | 9 |
2008 | 917 | 103 | 11 |
2009 | 1,024 | 127 | 12 |
Of which: | |||
Sussex (Central) Local Justice Area | |||
2007 | 201 | 5 | 2 |
2008 | 244 | 12 | 5 |
2009 | 242 | 4 | 2 |
(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice. |
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