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1141311

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Exploitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To Ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273801 on Child Exploitation, how many children-in-need assessments were undertaken in which criminal exploitation through county lines was identified as a potential risk to the child’s life in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	281047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>Regarding the number of children in need assessments undertaken in which criminal exploitation through county lines was identified as a potential risk to the child’s life, the information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Children in Need census, we collect factors identified at the end of the assessment. These factors include trafficking, gangs and child sexual exploitation. However, this information gives no specific indication of county lines involvement or a risk to the child’s life. The information in fact indicates that the child has been referred and assessed by the local authority and that these issues were a factor at the end of assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of factors identified at the end of assessment, including trafficking, gangs and child sexual exploitation, is published in table C3 of the ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical release, which can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/08/2019 13:03:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch previous answer version 131235 answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1423302

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions have been suspended once charges have been made as a result of a victim (a) not providing evidence or (b) withdrawing in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	125185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The below table sets out the number and percentage of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases over the last five years where a non-conviction outcome occurred due to complainant/victim issue.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complainant/Victim Issues</p></td><td><p>20,774</p></td><td><p>17,811</p></td><td><p>15,399</p></td><td><p>11,713</p></td><td><p>9,609</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Total Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-conviction outcomes involving complainant/Victim issues occur when one or all of the following apply: failure to attend or refusal to be called to give evidence, withdrawal of a complaint, including cases where complainants/victims have been intimidated but it is inappropriate to compel them to attend court and if the evidence of a complainant/victim fails to support the prosecution of the defendant, including issues of credibility, but there has been no retraction.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/02/2022 09:11:12 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434714

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	128272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of fraud which have been discontinued. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is held reporting the number of cases of fraud prosecuted, records are collated providing the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed where the case was marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants with cases marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’ where the prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecutions Dropped</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/02/2022 09:44:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1567776

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people charged with domestic abuse offences had been previously convicted of such offences in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	125374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences after having been previously convicted of similar offences. The CPS does not hold any data on recidivism. Proven reoffending statistics are held, maintained, and published by the Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>CPS DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGE VOLUME AND RATE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Charged of Legal Decisions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-2006</p></td><td><p>31,392</p></td><td><p>71.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>44,917</p></td><td><p>69.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>50,089</p></td><td><p>69.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>55,509</p></td><td><p>71.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>62,087</p></td><td><p>70.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>68,927</p></td><td><p>70.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>66,186</p></td><td><p>71.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>60,190</p></td><td><p>71.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>72,905</p></td><td><p>73.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>84,711</p></td><td><p>72.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>82,158</p></td><td><p>73.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>79,417</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>77,726</p></td><td><p>75.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>67,469</p></td><td><p>74.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>55,567</p></td><td><p>73.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>50,838</p></td><td><p>70.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>43,836</p></td><td><p>72.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/01/2023 17:49:47 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1567777

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people charged with stalking offences had been previously convicted of such offences in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	125375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences. However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013/14. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021/22. <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>529</p></td><td><p>676</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>1,257</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>762</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation. The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/01/2023 17:50:48 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1488711

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged with domestic abuse offences after having being previously convicted of domestic abuse offences in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	35958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences who have previously been convicted of similar offences.</p><p> </p><p>However, management information is held which shows the number of suspects involved in allegations of domestic abuse where the CPS decided to charge and prosecute in each year from 2006. The table below shows the number and proportion of suspects charged from 2006 to the latest available year, 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>42,675</p></td><td><p>69.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>49,233</p></td><td><p>68.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>54,352</p></td><td><p>70.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>60,176</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>68,029</p></td><td><p>70.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>67,284</p></td><td><p>71.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>60,942</p></td><td><p>71.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>68,819</p></td><td><p>72.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>83,208</p></td><td><p>72.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>82,222</p></td><td><p>72.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>80,186</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>79,203</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>70,600</p></td><td><p>75.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>57,408</p></td><td><p>73.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>52,817</p></td><td><p>70.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>43,945</p></td><td><p>71.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/07/2022 16:00:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1416553

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought against individuals or groups of individuals for charges of fraud involving the coronavirus bounce back loan scheme since the launch of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	111590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>The CPS Case Management System does not capture specific data on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS). This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/01/2022 15:53:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1177850

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under the Modern Slavery Act since 2015 for cases involving child victims.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The CPS records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the CPS has prosecuted 59 Modern Slavery Act offences involving child abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Cases referred to the CPS by the police as modern slavery are often prosecuted under other legislation. The CPS has prosecuted 209 defendants for human trafficking offences involving child abuse, from 2015/16 to September 2019.</p><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> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/02/2020 10:43:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1489540

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Stalking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought for stalking offences against people previously convicted of stalking in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	37497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences.</p><p> </p><p>However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1,281</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>1,618</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>967</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/07/2022 08:18:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1604802

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	167126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General's Department has had no expenditure on legal representation at inquests since 2018.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2023 17:51:27 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed