Information provided by the Ministry of Justice on the number of persons aged 10 to 17 years proceeded against at magistrates courts, for offences contrary to the Fraud Act 2006, Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, and the Identity Cards Act 2006, in relation to possession of faked or doctored form of identification in West Mercia and west midlands police force area for 2007 can be viewed in the following table.
It is not possible to further break down data to county level (i.e. Herefordshire), as Herefordshire forms part of West Mercia police force area, data for West Mercia police force area has thus been provided in lieu.
Section 25 of the Identity Cards Act, commenced on 7 June 2006.
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 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
Statute Offence description West Mercia police force area West midlands police force area Fraud Act 2006 s.1(2a)(3)(4), 2(la)(b) Dishonestly makes a false representation to make a gain for himself or another or to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk. 4 9 Fraud Act 2006 s.6 Possession etc. of articles for use in frauds. 1 2 Fraud Act 2006 s.7 Make, adapt, supply or offer to supply any article knowing that it is designed or adapted for use in the course of or in connection with fraud, or intending it to be used to commit or facilitate fraud. — — Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 secs 3, 4 Using a false instrument etc in respect of scheduled drug. — — Identity Cards Act 2006 s.25(l)(2)(6) With intent knowingly possess false/improperly obtained/another's ID document. — 2 Identity Cards Act 2006 s.25(3)(4)(6) With intent make/possess/have under your control apparatus/article/material designed/adapted for making false ID documents. — — Identity Cards Act 2006 s.25(5)(7) Possess/control a false/improperly obtained ID card or which relates to another or apparatus etc for making ID documents. — — 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 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 Section 25 of the Identity Cards Act, commenced on 7 June 2006. Source: Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice