The available information is provided in the table as follows:
Total 1990 1 1991 5 1992 6 1993 4 1994 4 1995 7 1996 10 1997 8 1998 2 1999 10 2000 5 2001 12 2002 5 2003 5 2004 4 2005 2 2006 18 2007 1 2008 4 1 S.21 Theft Act 1968. Notes: 1. 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. 2. The data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. The data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.