[holding answer 19 March 2007]: Data on the number of defendants convicted, sentenced, and given immediate custody at all courts’ under S57, S58, S59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; and S25 (1)(a), S25(1)(b), S25(1)(c), S25, S25A, S25B of the Immigration Act 1971, in England and Wales in 2005, from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform can be found in the following table. The 2006 Court proceedings data will be available in the autumn of 2007.
Of those Sentenced Statute Offence description Found guilty Sentenced Immediate custody Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.57 Arrange/facilitate arrival into the UK of a person for sexual exploitation (Trafficking) 9 9 9 Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.58 Arrange/facilitate travel within the UK of a person for sexual exploitation (Trafficking) 3 3 3 Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.59 Arrange/facilitate departure from the UK of a person for sexual exploitation (Trafficking) 0 0 0 Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1) (a). Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into the UK of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an illegal entrant. 84 103 94 Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1 )(b) as added by Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.5. Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into the UK of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an asylum claimant. 3 4 3 Immigration Act 1971 Sec 25(1 )(c) as added by Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 S.5. Knowingly concerned in making or carrying out arrangements for securing or facilitating the obtaining of leave to remain in the UK by means which he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to include deception. 0 1 1 Immigration Act 1971 S25 as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 Assisting unlawful immigration to member state (was 194/11 and 12) 55 45 39 Immigration Act 1971 S25A as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 Helping asylum-seeker to enter the UK 7 6 6 Immigration Act 1971 S25B as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S143 Assisting entry to UK in breach of deportation order or exclusion order 2 11 11 Total 163 182 166 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 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 The sentenced column may exceed those found guilty, as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty and committed for sentence at the crown court may be sentenced in the following year. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform Our ref: IOS 237-07