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1684417

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Sentencing
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 review sentencing guidelines for fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are developed by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales, as required by statute.</p><p>As an independent body, the Sentencing Council decides on its own priorities and work plan for producing and reviewing guidelines. Therefore, the Government cannot require the Council to review particular guidelines. However, it is open to individuals to approach the Council to ask that it does so.</p><p>The Council’s published criteria for developing or revising guidelines is available on its website at: <a href="http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/sentencing-and-the-council/about-the-sentencing-council/our-criteria-for-developing-or-revising-guidelines" target="_blank">www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/sentencing-and-the-council/about-the-sentencing-council/our-criteria-for-developing-or-revising-guidelines</a>.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice regularly monitors the effectiveness of the sentencing framework.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 31/01/2024 11:21:14 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1682883

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pet owners (a) have been convicted of and (b) served prison sentences for offences against their pets under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions and sentence outcomes in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e44aed27ca001327b161/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023</a> including offences as set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e16aed27ca000d27b149/offence_group_classification_june_2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Offence Group Classification</a>. The total number of individuals convicted and sentence outcomes for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, can be obtained by selecting the following HO codes: 10829, 10830, 10831, 10832, 10833, 10834, 10835, 10836, 10837, 10838, 10839, 09701, 09702, 09703, 09704, 09705.</p><p>However, whether the offence was committed by a pet owner against their pet is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings Database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 22/01/2024 14:36:02 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681897

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under human trafficking laws in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	9450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under human trafficking laws, from 2010 to 2022, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a78896867cd8000d5ae9bd/outcomes-by-offence-2022-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>, and from year ending June 2011 to the year ending June 2023, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e44aed27ca001327b161/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023</a>:</p><p>Offences under sections 2(1), 4 and 30(1) and 30(3) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 can be found using following HO codes:</p><ul><li><p>03608 - Conspire to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation</p></li><li><p>03610 - Commit offence other than kidnapping or false imprisonment with intent to commit human trafficking offence</p></li><li><p>03611 - Commit offence of kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of committing human trafficking offence</p></li><li><p>03612 - Breach a slavery and trafficking risk or prevention order</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Offences under sections 57, 58, 59, 59A(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 &amp; Offences under sections 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 can be found by using following offences:</p><ul><li><p>72 Human trafficking for sexual exploitation</p></li><li><p>78.1 Human trafficking for non-sexual exploitation</p></li></ul><p>These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the HO Offence Code and Offence filters to select the above offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool.</p><p>In 2015, the UK Government introduced the world-leading Modern Slavery Act, giving law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle trafficking, including maximum life sentences for perpetrators and enhanced protection for victims.</p><p>Since the Modern Slavery Act was passed in 2015, we have seen significant law enforcement activity focused on modern slavery, which has led to an increase in the number of live police modern slavery investigations.</p><p>This has also led to an increase in the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured.</p><p>Measures under the Nationality and Borders Act came into force in 2023 which have helped clarify our obligations to providing support for victims of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 23/01/2024 12:23:43 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1681554

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the College of Policing's publication entitled Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions, published on 30 November 2023, if he will (a) make and (b) publish an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of that publication on the impact on reoffending of (i) custodial and (ii) non-custodial sentences.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	9292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to publish an assessment of the implications of this publication, as the findings of the College of Policing’s report entitled ‘Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions’ support the findings of Ministry of Justice research.</p><p>A 2019 MoJ analysis of a matched cohort of over 30,000 offenders shows that those who serve sentences of immediate custody of less than 12 months reoffend at a rate higher than similar offenders given community orders and suspended sentence orders by the courts</p><p>Our statistics suggest that 55% of people given a custodial sentence of less than 12 months are convicted for further crimes. For offenders punished with Suspended Sentence Orders with requirements that are served in the community, the reoffending rate is significantly lower at 24%.</p><p>Based on this evidence, the Government introduced the presumption to suspend short sentences as part of the Sentencing Bill, currently before Parliament. This measure will place a duty on the courts to suspend custodial sentences of 12 months or less. Offenders will then serve their sentence in the community and will be required to comply. When the court imposes a suspended sentence, they can impose requirements on the offender and the sentencing framework provides a flexible range of requirements, such as unpaid work, drug and alcohol treatment, curfew, and electronic monitoring, with the intention of punishing the offender, providing reparation to the community, and addressing any criminogenic or rehabilitative needs of the offender which may otherwise increase the likelihood of their reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 18/01/2024 12:19:31 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1680765

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for (a) selling and (b) supplying knives to those aged under 18 in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:</p><ul><li>19522 - Selling a blade to a person aged under 18 years</li><li>19520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and Criminal Justice Act 1988</li></ul><p>These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions</em>’ tab and using the <em>HO Offence Code</em> filter to select the above offences in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p>19520 - Summary offences under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988’ includes offences related to supplying offensive weapons. However, information on whether these relate to supplying knives specifically or whether they are sold to those aged under 18 is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 13:02:51 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1679418

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of conditional cautions in relation to hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	7796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>National guidance issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Adult Conditional Cautions states that they are not considered suitable for offences involving hate crime. However, there are rare cases when, because of the nature of the crime or the circumstances of the offender, exceptionally a Conditional Caution could be considered. Any such case considered suitable by the police for a Conditional Caution must be referred to a prosecutor and cannot be issued without the expressed authorisation of the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 10/01/2024 15:43:59 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1679584

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: 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 convictions there have been for assaults on prison officers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants convicted for offences relating to assault on prison officers, from 2010 to 2022, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>, using the following HO codes:</p><ul><li>10504 – Assaulting a prisoner custody officer or custody officer</li></ul><ul><li>00873 – Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker</li></ul><p>The assault on a prison officer can be prosecuted under both ‘Assaulting a prisoner custody officer or custody officer’ and ‘Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker’ offences since the enactment of Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. However, whether the offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 relate to assaults specifically on prison officers is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 11/01/2024 14:56:25 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1679859

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates were for people convicted of (a) racially-aggravated, (b) religiously-aggravated and (c) other hate crime offences who (i) received a (A) caution and (B) fine and (ii) were imprisoned in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	8179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold data on other hate crime offences. This information may be recorded by individual police forces and in court records, however the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>There are 79,456 offenders in the latest reoffending cohort (October – December 2021) which can be found in the Proven Reoffending Statistics review, here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-to-december-2021/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-to-december-2021#:~:text=The%20overall%20proven%20reoffending%20rate,proven%20reoffending%20rate%20of%2025.1%25." target="_blank">Proven reoffending statistics: October to December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 16:39:33 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1679860

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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, how many and what proportion of people convicted of hate crimes in magistrates' courts were sentenced to undergo a rehabilitative programme in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	8180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold data on offences motivated by hostility or prejudice towards an individual based on a personal characteristic. This information may be held on court record, however, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The latest data on the number of offenders starting a community order or suspended sentence order supervised by the Probation Service with a rehabilitative programme imposed can be found in the Offender Management Statistics quarterly publication here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653854823099f9000d7f30a4/Probation_Q2_2023.ods.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 13:00:05 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1679862

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to issue guidance to the police on requirements to refer to the Crown Prosecution Service when using the new diversionary caution for hate crime offences.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	8182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022, the Government legislated for a reformed two-tier cautions framework in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We have consulted on a draft Code of Practice to support future implementation. This covers the use, administration, and scrutiny of Diversionary and Community Cautions. The draft Code of Practice stipulates that a Diversionary or Community Caution may be given for a hate crime case but only once authorisation has been obtained from the Crown Prosecution Service. The draft Code of Practice was put to public consultation from 2 August to 13 October 2023 and invited views on the operational impact of the draft Code, including the approach to excluded offences.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, we are analysing the consultation responses received to inform any necessary revisions to the draft Code of Practice and we will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 13:01:00 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson