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1503484

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) males and (b) females have been charged with the offence of rape in England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	45119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 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 the offence of rape. However, management information is held showing the number of suspects charged, by sex, flagged as involving allegations of rape where the CPS authorised a charge and a prosecution has commenced in each of the last three years ending March 2022. The table below shows the number of decisions to charge, in rape flagged cases by the sex of suspects, where this has been identified. <table><tbody><tr><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>Female</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,905</p></td><td><p>2,179</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Decisions to charge are where CPS is satisfied that the legal test for prosecution, set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors is met: there is enough evidence to provide a ‘realistic prospect of conviction’ against each defendant and the prosecution is in the public interest.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 12:03:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1330762

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure the prosecution of people whose acts towards fellow passengers on domestic flights are perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on disability or perceived disability.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>Courts in the United Kingdom have the power to deal with offences which are committed on board any aircraft whilst on the ground or in the air over the United Kingdom, and on “British-controlled aircraft” whilst “in flight” outside United Kingdom airspace. In such instances, as with any crime, the CPS will prosecute cases that are referred to it by the police and other law enforcement agencies where the test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors is met.</p><p>The Code makes it clear that where an offence involves hostility or prejudice based upon race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity, disability, gender or age, it is more likely that a prosecution will be required in the public interest. Where a crime is found by a court to involve hostility based on a disability, this will be an aggravating factor in the sentence and the court must openly state the crime involved this hostility.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/06/2021 10:35:08 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1278026

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for the Offence of Slavery, Servitude and forced or compulsory Labour under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140124 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:50 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1278027

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children have there been for Human Trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140123 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1274730

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions since 2010 the CPS has decided that a prosecution for rape is not in the public interest where the perpetrator has confessed.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	134626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) collects data showing the outcome of charging decisions, including cases flagged as rape where a decision not to prosecute was taken for public interest reasons. However, the CPS has no central record of the number of cases or suspects where a confession to the offence of rape (or any other offence) has been admitted. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below therefore shows the number of rape-flagged suspects where a no prosecution decision for public interest reasons was the outcome. The proportion of decisions where no further action is taken due to public interest reasons is fewer than 2% of all decisions. However, data on cases in which a confession has been admitted is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No Prosecution - Public Interest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/01/2021 09:30:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1272026

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 128184 on Immigration: Prosecutions, if she will publish the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	131294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016 will be published on the CPS website in January 2021. In the meantime, I will ensure that a copy is placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/01/2021 09:32:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1271050

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to support the criminal justice system's ability to prosecute perpetrators of coercive and controlling behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	128906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government and the Crown Prosecution Service take cases of domestic abuse extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of the Serious Crime Act 2015, which created an offence of coercive and controlling behaviour, the number of domestic abuse prosecutions have increased.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has developed an ambitious twelve-month programme of work to help narrow the disparity between domestic abuse reporting and criminal justice outcomes, including, sharing best practice and revising guidance to support effective case handling of coercive and controlling behaviour crimes.</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that perpetrators, victims and their families know and understand that the criminal justice system remains open and is prioritising cases with high risk domestic abuse victims.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/12/2020 10:22:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1254902

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Poaching: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reason a record of the species involved is not collated when recording prosecutions of poaching offences.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Offences of poaching are usually charged under one of the following:</p><ul><li>Section 1 of the Night Poaching Act 1828,</li><li>section 30 of the Game Act 1831 or</li><li>section 2 of the Poaching Prevention Act 1862.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There is no requirement to specify in an offence which type of animal the defendant was seeking to take or had taken, and in many cases it is not specified.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the CPS is not able to keep any records of which species are involved in its prosecutions for poaching.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1251456

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Unduly Lenient Sentencing scheme has been used as regards people convicted of offences related to the online sexual exploitation of children in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions that scheme has led to a longer sentence being imposed.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>Online child sexual exploitation may involve the commission of different criminal offences: it is not reflected in a single offence or set of offences but instead is reflected in the facts of an offence. The facts of the offences of those cases referred by the Law Officers to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme suggest that in 2015, 6 cases were referred in which 5 sentences were increased; in 2016, 9 referred and 7 increased; in 2017, 15 referred and 11 increased; in 2018, 4 referred but none increased; in 2019, 3 referred and 1 increased.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:21:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1251457

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Philippines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to secure victim impact statements for children in the Philippines who have suffered online sexual exploitation by UK-based offenders; and whether such statements been used in the (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing of UK-based offenders.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The CPS works closely with the relevant investigatory agencies to secure evidence, which may include victim statements, if the victims are known or identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not centrally record or hold the data on whether victim impact statements from children in the Philippines who have suffered online sexual exploitation by UK-based offenders have been used in the (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing of UK-based offenders. The information could only be obtained by completing manual case file reviews, which would be at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:22:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion