The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.
The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery. Offences relating to drivers operating taxi services without a licence are not notifiable offences and do not form a part of the arrests collection.
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.167, and the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Sec 40-60, and 62-68, in England and Wales, 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
However only section 47 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 covers “Acting as a Hackney Carriage driver without a licence.” The Office for Criminal Justice Reform is unable to separately identify offences under section 47 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, as they form part of a group which cannot be analysed further. The table shows data for sections 40-60 and 62-68 of the Act.
Court proceedings data are unable to separate Section 47—Act as a Hackney carriage driver without a licence, and Employ an unlicensed Hackney carriage driver. From the other set of offences under this statute as they are grouped together.
These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available at the end of November 2008.
Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Sec 40-60, and 62-68 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Sec 167. Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty 2002 450 391 229 182 2003 337 270 259 194 2004 292 248 483 311 2005 283 233 597 422 2006 391 325 714 384 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Includes the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Sec 40-60, and 62-68. Offences peculiar to stage carriage and public service vehicles. Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Sec 167. Touting for hire car service without PSV operator's licence. 3 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 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. 4 Court proceedings data are unable to separate Section 47—Act as a Hackney carriage driver without a licence, and Employ an unlicensed Hackney carriage driver—from the other set of offences under this statute as they are grouped together. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit