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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Solicitor General.

Solicitor-General

Question
To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) domestic violence, (b) vehicle theft, (c) assault, (d) youth crime, (e) violence against the person, (f) violent crime and (g) sexual offence cases the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in (i) Essex and (ii) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many of these resulted in (A) conviction and (B) acquittal; how many cases have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to graffiti in (a) Essex and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many resulted in (i) conviction and (ii) acquittal; how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Essex and (b) Southend for (i) possession of and (ii) dealing in each category of drug in each year since 1997; what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service uses in making decisions on whether or not to prosecute when a person is found dead under suspicious circumstances; how many objections have been lodged against lenient sentences in all categories of convictions in each year since 1997; and how many of those were successfully upheld in each year; pursuant to the Answer of 8th February, Official Report, column 1639W, on Mobile Phone Offences, what the cost to public funds was of prosecutions since February 2004; and if she will make a statement; how many objections have been lodged against lenient sentences in all categories were successfully upheld of convictions of police officers in each year since 1997; and how many of these in each year.
Answer

Mr. Amess: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) how many (a) domestic violence, (b) vehicle theft, (c) assault, (d) youth crime, (e) violence against the person, (f) violent crime and (g) sexual offence cases the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in (i) Essex and (ii) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many of these resulted in (A) conviction and (B) acquittal; [210456] (2) how many cases have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to graffiti in (a) Essex and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many resulted in (i) conviction and (ii) acquittal; [216356] (3) how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Essex and (b) Southend for (i) possession of and (ii) dealing in each category of drug in each year since 1997; [219435] (4) what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service uses in making decisions on whether or not to prosecute when a person is found dead under suspicious circumstances; [222477] (5) how many objections have been lodged against lenient sentences in all categories of convictions in each year since 1997; and how many of those were successfully upheld in each year; [222474] (6) pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2005, Official Report, column 1639W, on mobile phone offences, what the cost to public funds was of prosecutions since February 2004; and if she will make a statement; [222425] (7) how many objections have been lodged against lenient sentences in all categories of convictions of police officers in each year since 1997; and how many of these in each year were successfully upheld. [222473] The Solicitor-General: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
432 c1579-80W;432 c1575-6W; 210456;216356;219435;222477;222474;222425;222473
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Crime Crown Prosecution Service Essex Prosecutions
Link
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