Crime

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were convicted of racist offences in (a) London, (b) each police force area and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1998;

(2) how many people have been convicted for causing (a) death and (b) injury by dangerous driving in England and Wales, in each year since 1998; and how many of these offences involved (i) alcohol and (ii) drug or substance abuse;

(3) how many people have been convicted for using firearms or imitation firearms with intent to resist arrest in England and Wales in each year since 1998;

(4) how many people have been convicted for (a) kidnapping, (b) child abduction and (c) false imprisonment in England and Wales in each year since 1998;

(5) how many people have been convicted for offences related to absconding from legal custody in each year since 1998;

(6) how many people were convicted of offences related to hijacking commercial lorries and tankers in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years;

(7) how many people have been convicted for offences of obstructing (a) police and (b) fire services in England and Wales in each year since 1998.

Claire Ward
The available information, up to 2008 (latest available), is shown in tables 1 to 6 which have been placed in the Library of the House.

The Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. These data include information on the offence and statute for the offence. The Court Proceedings Database does not hold specific information on offences beyond descriptions provided by the statutes under which prosecutions are brought nor the circumstances of each case.

There is no specific statute of ‘hijacking commercial lorries and tankers’. Defendants may be proceeded against for offences of theft or conspiracy to steal, etc. Centrally available motoring offences data do not separately identify commercial lorries and tankers from other types of motor vehicle. Data for 2009 are planned for publication in autumn, 2010.