(2) how many people have been convicted of offences related to the use of imperial weights and measures in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
The available information on offenders found guilty under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 for offences related to weights and measures provisions has been combined with the data provided in my previous answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 2372W, on trials: measurement, and is provided in the following table. Data from 2002 to 2006 have been provided.
It is not possible from the data held centrally to identify the number of these prosecutions relating solely to the use of imperial weights and measures from other prosecutions under the Weights and Measurement Act 1985.
Proceeded against Found guilty 2002 47 39 2003 32 27 2004 54 50 2005 37 31 2006 28 17 1 These data are provided 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 forces and courts. 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: Court Proceedings Database—Office For Criminal Justice Reform.