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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of
offences in which a prosecution commenced, including the offences charged by way of
the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>During the last 10 years, up to the end of
March 2020, the number of offences charged by way of section 25 of the Immigration
Act 1971 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration
Act 1971 { 25(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(2) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration
Act 1971 { 25(A)(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(B)(1)
}</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for
these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged
offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case
that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p><p>
</p><p>It is not possible to separately report whether any offences involved the use
or control of a vessel at sea other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Officers have not issued any guidance, advice or instructions
to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration
Act 1971 in the last 18 months. However, the CPS has clear and published policy guidance
on the prosecution of immigration offences, which reflects the Memorandum of Understanding
agreed between the CPS and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016. This establishes
the agreed approach and public interest factors which prosecutors must consider when
reviewing immigration cases. No further recent guidance has been issued to Crown Prosecutors
on section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Attorney General's
Office nor the CPS have received representations from the Home Office on prosecutions
under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. The joint approach
between the CPS and Immigration Enforcement is to consider prosecution under section
25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 for anyone who has been involved in organising and
planning the offences.</p>
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