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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

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

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

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

907104

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions have been made under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 in each year since that Act was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	145548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime of any form is unacceptable and this Government is determined to stamp it out. Sentencing guidelines are clear that hostility towards minority groups should be treated as an aggravating factor – which means offenders face higher maximum penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office published a Hate Crime Action plan in July 2016, setting out plans for further reducing hate crime, increasing reporting and improving support for victims.</p><p> </p><p>We have some of the toughest laws in the world in this area, but sentencing is a matter for independent judges based on the facts of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 from 2007-2017 can be viewed in the table. Data for 2018 will be published in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:30:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Final table PQ 145548.xlsx title Table
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

907115

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prison
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 17 May 2018 to Questions 142391, 142392 and 142807 to 142816, on Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prison, what the sentence listed as other was in each case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	145563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>'Other' sentences include anything other than immediate custody, a suspended sentence, a community sentence, an absolute or conditional discharge, or a fine.</p><p> </p><p>Pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2018 to Questions 142391, 142392 and 142807 to 142816, the nature of the most recent offence listed as ‘other’ in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:25:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ145563 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

905600

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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, what the largest number of offences committed by a person has been prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	144868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of offences committed by a person prior to receiving a sentence of immediate custody for the first time in 2013-2017 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The number of previous cautions or convictions recorded in the table includes some offences which are non-imprisonable. In such cases, the court would not have had the power to send the offender to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 13:40:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 144868 Response Table.xlsx title Table previous answer version 60356 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

905613

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
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 released from prison on Home Detention Curfew in each month in the last two years; and what offence each person released on curfew had committed.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	144875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of individuals released on HDC in England and Wales each month for the last two years for which data is available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 13:42:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 144875.xlsx title Table previous answer version 60358 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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