(2) what proportion of those convicted for supplying illegal drugs in Suffolk were given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested is in the following table. It relates to persons sentenced in Suffolk. However, it is not possible to say from statistics held centrally how many of the offences were committed in Suffolk.
2006 data will be available towards the end of the year.
Percentage Offence Burglary (residential and non-residential) Supplying illegal drugs2 Total sentenced Total sentenced immediate custody Proportion given immediate custody Total sentenced Total sentenced immediate custody Proportion given immediate custody 1995 350 95 27.1 28 11 39.3 1996 319 122 38.2 45 26 57.8 1997 310 119 38.4 27 17 63.0 1998 311 115 37.0 52 29 55.8 1999 271 123 45.4 36 18 50.0 2000 239 111 46.4 30 15 50.0 2001 210 96 45.7 21 13 61.9 2002 235 89 37.9 14 4 28.6 2003 250 96 38.4 27 15 55.6 2004 260 88 33.8 47 38 80.9 2005 248 89 35.9 45 25 55.6 1 Principal offence basis. 2 Limited to the offence of supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug. 3 Sentenced in Suffolk but offence not necessarily committed in Suffolk. Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice