The information requested covering selected offences for the years 2005 and 2006 is provided in the following table.
The data provided do not cover all prosecutions for possession or production of false identity documents as some defendants found guilty of these offences can be prosecuted under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 or the Theft Acts 1968 and 1978. Data on prosecutions for these offences have not been provided as data on prosecutions brought under these Acts cannot separately identify whether false documents were involved in the crimes committed.
A percentage cannot be provided due to the method of recording.
Offence description Principal statute Year Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced Of which: Immediate custody Identity Cards Act 2006 With intent knowingly possessing or falsely or improperly obtaining another’s ID document 2006 587 437 484 462 Identity Cards Act 2006 With intent making, possessing or having under control apparatus or article or material designed or adapted for making false ID cards 2006 8 7 9 9 Identity Cards Act 2006 Possessing or controlling a false or improperly obtained ID card or which relates to another or apparatus etc. for making false ID cards 2006 133 81 55 46 Immigration Act 1971 S.26A(3)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and (5) as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S.148 Registration Card (making, using or attempting to use a false registration card; altering or attempting to use a registration card; making article designed to be used in making false registration card or altering card) 2005 4 3 3 3 2006 12 9 8 5 Immigration Act 1971 S.26A (3) (c) and (h) and (6) as added by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 S.148 Registration Card (having false registration card in possession; having article within para. (f) or (g) in possession without reasonable excuse) 2005 5 3 4 2 2006 6 6 6 4 Being unable to produce an immigration document at a leave or asylum interview in respect of himself Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 S.2(1 )(9) 2005 473 428 385 378 2006 490 499 533 525 Being unable to produce an immigration document at a leave or asylum interview in respect of a dependent child Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 S.2(2)(9) 2005 14 22 32 31 2006 14 14 21 20 Non citizen entering UK without leave Immigration Act 1971 section 24 (1) (a) 2005 43 33 24 22 2006 75 63 38 31 Having possession or any passport, certificate of entitlement, entry clearance, work permit or other document made under or for the purpose of the Immigration Act 1971 which is known or is reasonably believed to be false Immigration Act 1971 section 26 (1) (d) 2005 9 5 7 5 2006 12 17 16 14 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 police. 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 found guilty column can exceed the number proceeded against and the number sentenced can exceed both those proceeded against and found guilty when a proceeding took place in a different year to conviction or sentencing, or when a defendant is found guilty for a different offence to the one for which proceedings were originally brought.