Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
(asked on 6th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders charged with possession of an offensive weapon received non-custodial sentences in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those offenders were juveniles.
The proportion of offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon who received a non-custodial sentence in the last three years, and the proportion who were juveniles, can be viewed in the following table.
Offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon, England and Wales1, year ending March 2015 to year ending March 2017 | ||||||||
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Year Ending March | Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned who received a non-custodial sentence2,3 | Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned and received a non-custodial sentence who were juvenile2,3 |
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2015 | 57% | 27% |
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2016 | 54% | 31% |
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2017 4 | 51% | 35% |
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Source: MoJ extract of the National Computer |
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Notes: |
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1) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas and the British Transport Police. |
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2) The disposal considered in this table is only the most severe of the disposals given as a result of the offender being found guilty and may also be dependent on other offences committed at the same time. | ||||||||
3) A custodial sentence includes immediate custody and suspended sentences. Non-custodial sentences refer to other sanctions including community sentences, cautions, fines, absolute or conditional discharges and other disposals such as restraining orders. | ||||||||
4) The proportion of those convicted who were juvenile has been estimated from raw figures to which no estimation method has been applied. | ||||||||