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	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the potential risk of the judicial system being used to delay investigations by regulatory bodies where there is an ongoing risk to children.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	145577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>We are determined to maintain our resolute focus on protecting children and vulnerable victims and tackling crimes committed against them. We keep the criminal justice system under review and remain open to evidence that further change and improvement is needed. It is right however, that where criminal investigations are actively progressing that regulatory bodies take that into account.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:26:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922103

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission a review of hate crime legislation and its operation as recommended by the Law Commission in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	152184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime is despicable and has no place in British society. The Government has repeatedly taken action to reduce hate crime, increase reporting and improve support for victims including through the 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Justice Act 2003 already offers enhanced sentences powers for any offence which is racially or religiously aggravated, or where the offender demonstrated hostility or was motivated by hostility towards the victim because of their sexual orientation or disability or because they were transgender. Such offences merit an increased sentence within the maximum available for the offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice keeps the current law, and the Law Commission’s recommendations, under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 152185 question first answered 19/06/2018 09:12:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922104

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend the definition of aggravated offences to include crimes motivated by hostility based on disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity as recommended by the 2014 Law Commission review of hate crime legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	152185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime is despicable and has no place in British society. The Government has repeatedly taken action to reduce hate crime, increase reporting and improve support for victims including through the 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Justice Act 2003 already offers enhanced sentences powers for any offence which is racially or religiously aggravated, or where the offender demonstrated hostility or was motivated by hostility towards the victim because of their sexual orientation or disability or because they were transgender. Such offences merit an increased sentence within the maximum available for the offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice keeps the current law, and the Law Commission’s recommendations, under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 152184 question first answered 19/06/2018 09:12:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922105

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length in months of custodial sentences for racially or religiously (a) aggravated offences and (b) non-aggravated offences in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2016 and (v) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	152186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Sections 29 to 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 create specific racially or religiously aggravated offences based on offences of wounding, assault, damage, harassment and threatening/abusive behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence length in months for a) these specific racially or religiously aggravated offences, and b) their non-aggravated counterparts in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2016 and (v) 2017, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2018 09:13:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 152186 - table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

844092

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times s72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 has been invoked in each year since it gained Royal assent.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	128432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the definition of the offence provided in statute. Although we can provide information on how many of each of the offences covered by section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were proceeded against at court overall, we do not have a central record of how many of those offences were alleged to have taken place outside of the UK. This information could only be obtained from the individual court files at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2018 13:12:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 43401 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion