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<p>Knife crime has no place on our streets and the Government continues to work with
the police and partners, including retailers, to ensure that we reduce violence and
knife crime. Selling knives, and certain articles with a blade or point, to under
18s is a criminal offence enforced by the police and Trading Standards with a maximum
penalty of six months’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. The law is clear that
a retailer commits a criminal offence if they do not take proper steps to make sure
they are not selling knives to under-18s.</p><p>The number of persons proceeded against
at magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts of offences under
S141A Criminal Justice Act 1988, England and Wales, from 1997 to 2003, can be viewed
in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Persons proceeded against at
magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under
S141A Criminal Justice Act 1988, England and Wales, 1997 to 2003<sup>(1)(2)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found
guilty</p></td><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>of which</p></td><td><p>Immediate Custody</p></td><td><p>Average
custodial sentence length<sup> (4)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'
- ' = Nil</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>*
= Figure suppressed as number too small to give meaningful average.</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(1) 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7"><p>(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 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical
Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>PQ 31364/31365</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
for 2004 to 2014 is available within the Criminal Justice Statistics publication at
the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a>
.</p><p>One person has been given an immediate custodial sentence for this offence
therefore there is no average custodial sentence length.</p>
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