Drugs: Convictions
(asked on 27th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 14 to 20 years old have been convicted of drug related offences in each of the last five years.
The number of offenders aged between 14 and 20 found guilty at all courts of indictable only or triable either way drug offences, as classified in Criminal Justice Statistics, in England and Wales, from 2011 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The information below is a further breakdown of published data and can be located at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015.
Offenders aged between 14 and 20 found guilty at all courts of drug offences(1), England and Wales, 2011 to 2015 (2)(3) | |||||
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Outcome | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Found guilty | 13,719 | 11,748 | 10,584 | 9,207 | 8,395 |
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(1) As per 'Drug offences' in the Offence group classifications at | |||||
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015 | |||||
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(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence 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. | |||||
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(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 the courts and 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. | |||||
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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