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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Answer

The Home Office does not hold this arrest data centrally. I shall write to the noble Lord once I have received that information from the Metropolitan Police. Data showing the number of persons proceeded against, committed for trial, found guilty and given a custodial sentence under selected sections of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act from 2005 to 2007 (the latest available) are in the attached table. The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence 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.

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts, committed for trial, found guilty and given immediate custody for selected offences relating to the 2005 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, 2005(1) to 2007(2)(3)
Year	Proceeded against	Committed for trial	Found guilty	Given immediate custody
2005	7	-	1	-
2006	25	-	19	-
2007	73	-	22	-

"(1) The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act came into force on 1 August 2005.""(2) The statistics 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 the principal offence 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.""(3) 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.""Source: E&A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.""Ref: IOS 619-08." "(2) The statistics 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 the principal offence 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.""(3) 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.""Source: E&A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.""Ref: IOS 619-08." "(3) 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.""Source: E&A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.""Ref: IOS 619-08." "Source: E&A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.""Ref: IOS 619-08." "Ref: IOS 619-08."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

443; 706 c184WA

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Arrests Convictions Prosecutions Prison sentences

Legislation

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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