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909016

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for badger-baiting were (a) launched and (b) successful by police force in each year from 2010 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	146085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2017, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally collated data on prosecutions does not include the Police Force that brought a prosecution, only the Police Force Area in which the case was originally prosecuted at Magistrates’ Court. However, in most cases these will be the same. The data provided is therefore based on the location of the Court in which the prosecution was brought. Information is included only for those Police force Areas where there has been at least one prosecution.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:24:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 146085 - table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931411

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	157684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of people prosecuted and cautioned for cannabis possession in each police authority area can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/07/2018 16:45:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 157684 Tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1122855

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 on prison sentences, how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Answer of 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 was on the highest number of previous offences committed, for different offence items, before being given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last three years. Pursuant to this, the answer regarding how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison can be found in the table attached. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, it is not possible to answer Question 230707.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:52:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of 20190426 - PQ246975 - Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122858

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders who were given a community order in each of the last three years breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a different disposal.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of offenders who were given a community order in each of the last three years who breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a new community order can be found in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:50:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 246978 response table Breach.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

910278

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Witnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average witness waiting time was at each Crown Court in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	147342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>Average witness waiting times at each Crown Court in each of the last three years is contained in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>Our commitment to witnesses, in terms of time spent waiting at court, is clearly set out in The Witness Charter, namely that everyone involved in a case will seek to ensure that witnesses do not have to wait more than two hours at court before giving evidence. Where the circumstances of a case do not make this possible, witnesses are kept informed.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/06/2018 11:45:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 147342 - Annex Crown Court Witness Waiting Times_.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

1050556

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Designated Public Places Orders: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2019 to question 203778 on Designated Public Places Orders: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions there were for the offence of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 by location of the court in each year from 30 May 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	213936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of defendants prosecuted for the offence of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place by Police Force Area in each year from 2009 to 2017 can be found in the accompanying table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/02/2019 17:25:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 213936 contribution table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1037806

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the UK under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	206463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against in Greater Manchester and in England and Wales under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, from 2008 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2018 is planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:39:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Number of prosecutions under the Emergency Workers.docx title Table
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

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

918510

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Hunting Act 2004 for fox hunting in each year since that Act entered force.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	150579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions for fox hunting is not centrally held by the Ministry of Justice and would be at disproportionate cost to obtain. The reason for this is because the legislation does not differentiate the hunting of foxes from ‘the hunting of mammals’ therefore the figures provided are for all prosecutions under the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales, from 2005 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/06/2018 16:07:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 150579 table (002).xlsx title Table
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

896271

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of utilisation was of each magistrates' court in the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	140685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in Annex A in relation to each HMCTS building which houses a magistrates’ court operation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 13:17:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 140685 Table.xls title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies