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1107781

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution: Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to make an assessment of the effectiveness of out of court disposals for shop theft; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	238625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that shoplifting is not a victimless crime. It causes cost and disruption to businesses, as well as damage to communities and consumers. We encourage all victims, including shop workers, to report these crimes to the police so that they can be recorded and dealt with accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>A report by the Centre for Social Justice issued last year concluded that people addicted to heroin and crack cocaine account for 70% of shop thefts. We are committed to ensuring the most vulnerable offenders, including those with drug addictions, are able to access support at the right time. This includes diverting offenders away from custody where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Out of Court Disposals are one important tool available in addressing shop theft – they allow the police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending. Where an Out of Court Disposal is appropriate, we encourage the use of disposals which have a condition attached (be that rehabilitative, reparative, punitive or restrictive). This can achieve rapid compensation and/or divert vulnerable offenders with substance misuse or mental health issues into rehabilitative services to address the root causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We pay attention to trends and changes in the use of Out of Court Disposals on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/04/2019 16:32:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1107783

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward stronger sanctions on people who attack shopworkers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	238627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Everyone has the right to feel safe at work and assaults on shop-workers are unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of offences someone can be convicted of if they assault a shop-worker. Maximum penalties for offences are set by Parliament and include five years’ custody for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and life imprisonment for the most serious cases of causing grievous bodily harm. There are no plans to increase sentences for assault offences.</p><p> </p><p>When making sentencing decisions the courts must follow the relevant sentencing guidelines, produced by the independent Sentencing Council. The <em>Overarching Principles: Seriousness Guideline</em> and <em>Assault Guideline</em> require the court to treat the fact that an offence was committed against those working in the public sector or providing a service to the public as an aggravating factor, making the offence more serious. The Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated later this year.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 January the Home Office announced the launch of a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers. The aim of this work is to strengthen our understanding of the issue, including how existing legislation is being applied. The National Retail Crime Steering Group will continue to provide input on tackling this issue.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/04/2019 16:08:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1105852

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hunting Act 2004
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) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238295 238296 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105853

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Protection of Badgers Act 1992
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) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238296 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105854

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996
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) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238295 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105855

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Game Act 1831
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) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Game Act 1831 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238295 238296 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105872

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Paedophilia: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice , what steps he will take to strengthen sentences given to convicted paedophiles.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	238391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Sexual offences perpetrated against children are horrific crimes and the impact of these can have a lasting impact on victims and their families.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing decisions are taken by our independent courts. They will take such decisions based on the full circumstances of the offence and offender, and consider the relevant sentencing guidelines. The independent Sentencing Council has produced definitive guidelines on sexual offences.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of offences someone can be convicted of if they abuse a child. Life imprisonment is available for the most serious offences, such as the rape of a child under the age of 13. For certain child sexual abuse offences, extended determinate sentences can be imposed for the purposes of public protection. There are no plans to increase maximum penalties available for child sexual abuse offences.</p><p> </p><p>Average custodial sentences for sexual offences overall are increasing, and have gone up from 43 months in 2007 to just under 60 months in 2017. The number of prisoners serving a custodial sentence for a sexual offence has nearly trebled, from 4,795 (in June 1998) to 13,580 (in 2018).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/04/2019 13:54:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1105887

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commencing Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to deal more appropriately with low-level offences by repeat offenders through the use of community orders rather than fines.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	238328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans to commence Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which allows courts, in certain circumstances, to use community orders for repeat offenders who might otherwise expect to receive fines.</p><p> </p><p>Section 143(2) of that Act requires courts to treat previous convictions as an aggravating factor when sentencing. For shop theft offences, the Sentencing Council’s guideline on theft offences came into force in 2016. This guideline allows for the imposition of community sentences for shop theft in a wide range of circumstances. In cases involving significant persistent offending, the community and custodial thresholds may be crossed even though the offence otherwise warrants a lesser sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/04/2019 16:40:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1105960

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on contracts with private probation service providers in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	238275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The spend data below is the total spend by HM Probation and Prison Services to the Community Rehabilitation Companies in England and Wales for the years shown.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£528,700,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£394,100,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£373,300,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for 2018/19 have not been ratified and as such are not currently available.</p><p>*Figures rounded up to the nearest £100,000</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ does not hold this information for Scotland or Northern Ireland as probation services are devolved.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/04/2019 16:39:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105974

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison have been Released on Temporary Licence in the last 12 months; and how many women are currently on Release on Temporary Licence.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	238335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The latest data available shows that there were 649 women released on temporary licence from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018, the latest 12-month period for which data is available.</p><p>The number released on temporary licence varies each day. A snapshot of the data taken on 29<sup>th</sup> March 2019 shows that there were 138 women released on temporary licence on that day.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/04/2019 16:53:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green