To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been convicted of (a) causing death by reckless driving and (b) manslaughter in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [105907]
The table presents the number of convictions for the offences of (a) causing death by reckless driving and (b) manslaughter, for the years 1995 to 1999. Data beyond 1999 are currently not available.
| Number ofconvictions forcausing death byreckless driving | Number ofconvictions formanslaughter | |
| 1995 | 10 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8 |
| 1997 | 7 | 6 |
| 1998 | 9 | 8 |
| 1999 | 9 | 15 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average length of sentence handed down for the offence of causing death by reckless driving in Northern Ireland was in the past five years.[105911]
The table presents the average immediate custodial sentence length in months for the offence of causing death by reckless driving for the years 1995 to 1999. Data beyond 1999 are currently not available.
| Average sentence length inmonths (number of persons) | |
| 1995 | 20 (5) |
| 1996 | 20 (3) |
| 1997 | 36 (4) |
| 1998 | 28(7) |
| 1999 | 33(4) |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average length of sentence handed down for the offence of manslaughter was in Northern Ireland in the past five years. [105909]
The table presents the average immediate custodial sentence length in months for the offence of manslaughter, for the years 1995 to 1999. Data beyond 1999 are currently not available.
| Average sentence length inmonths (number of persons) | |
| 1995 | 52 (4) |
| 1996 | 119 (8) |
| 1997 | 65 (6) |
| 1998 | 70 (7) |
| 1999 | 63 (12) |