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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-09more like thismore than 2020-09-09
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading International Law more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 8 September 2020, Official Report, column 509, on how many occasions since May 2010 the Government has brought forward legislative proposals giving powers to Ministers to breach international law. more like this
tabling member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark more like this
tabling member printed
Neil Coyle more like this
uin 87561 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-14more like thismore than 2020-09-14
answer text <p>Parliament is sovereign as a matter of domestic law and can pass legislation, even if such legislation is in breach of the UK’s treaty obligations. From time to time tensions arise between our international obligations and domestic legislation. In 2012, The House of Lords Reform Bill 2012-13 was brought forward with the statement that the Deputy Prime Minister at the time was ‘unable to make a statement of compatibility under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998’ which reflects the UK’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (this Bill was later withdrawn for other reasons). Whilst pre-dating 2010, a further example from 2002 was when the then Government introduced the Communications Bill with a section 19(1)(b) certificate under the Human Rights Act 1998 (ie that whilst the Minster is unable to make a statement of compatibility the government nevertheless wishes to proceed with the Bill) because it was perceived that clause 309 of that Bill could be considered to violate our international obligations under article 10 of the ECHR. The current legislative proposal, if enacted, would deliver the wider objectives of the Protocol, which is to protect peace in NI and the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.</p>
answering member constituency Fareham more like this
answering member printed Suella Braverman more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-14T17:47:29.77Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-14T17:47:29.77Z
answering member
4475
label Biography information for Suella Braverman more like this
tabling member
4368
label Biography information for Neil Coyle more like this
1232954
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-09more like thismore than 2020-09-09
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Attorney General: Staff more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title. more like this
tabling member constituency Harborough more like this
tabling member printed
Neil O'Brien more like this
uin 87658 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-18more like thismore than 2020-09-18
answer text <p>No job titles in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD), and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) include the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employs 6260 members of staff and 21 members of staff within the Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has no staff with these words in their job titles, however, one of the SFO’s Strategic Objectives is to build an effective and inclusive workforce, treating their staff fairly and with respect and dignity. There are also a large number of people in the organisation engaged on improving equality, diversity and inclusion across the office.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-18T13:39:32.287Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-18T13:39:32.287Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
4679
label Biography information for Neil O'Brien more like this
1233151
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-09more like thismore than 2020-09-09
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 8 September that provisions of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill do "break international law in a very specific and limited way” (HC Deb, col 509), whether that statement reflects their position; and if so, what assessment they have made of the impact of such an approach on international relations. more like this
tabling member printed
Viscount Waverley more like this
uin HL7999 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-23more like thismore than 2020-09-23
answer text <p>The government’s legal position on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill and Northern Ireland Protocol was set out in a statement published on 10 September, and remains unchanged. That statement makes clear that clauses 42 and 43 of the Bill may be exercised in a way which is incompatible with the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement, and that the ‘notwithstanding provision’ in clause 45 partially disapplies Article 4 of the Withdrawal Agreement, regardless of whether any regulations made under clause 42 or 43 of the Bill are in fact compatible with the Withdrawal Agreement. The statement of 10 September also makes clear that it is an established principle of international law that a State is obliged to discharge its treaty obligations in good faith, and that this is, and will remain, the key principle in informing the UK’s approach to international relations. However, in the difficult and highly exceptional circumstances in which we find ourselves it is important to remember the fundamental principle of Parliamentary sovereignty.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-23T12:09:32.747Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-23T12:09:32.747Z
answering member
4553
label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook more like this
tabling member
1744
label Biography information for Viscount Waverley more like this
1230657
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-02more like thismore than 2020-09-02
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Attorney General: Personnel Management more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department's human resources section in April 2020. more like this
tabling member constituency Carlisle more like this
tabling member printed
John Stevenson more like this
uin 84194 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-11more like thismore than 2020-09-11
answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent HR staff at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for April 2020:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO*</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI*</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>134.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>*These staff also perform other non-HR duties in their roles.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-11T11:15:13.407Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-11T11:15:13.407Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
3942
label Biography information for John Stevenson more like this
1228799
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-08-28more like thismore than 2020-08-28
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Trespass: Prosecutions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what is the prosecution rate is for trespass committed in (a) Sussex and (b) England. more like this
tabling member constituency Arundel and South Downs more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Griffith more like this
uin 82648 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-08more like thismore than 2020-09-08
answer text <p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of prosecutions which involved trespass. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Trespass is not of itself a criminal offence. However, there are some offences in which trespass is an essential element. The tables below set out the most common examples of such offences, where a prosecution commenced in the Sussex Police Force Area and in England, during each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Offences recorded in the CPS Case Management Information System are those which reached a hearing. There is no indication of the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p><p><strong>TABLE (A) SUSSEX POLICE FORCE AREA</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }</p></td><td><p>Aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (“IPO”)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }</p></td><td><p>Violence to secure entry</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }</p></td><td><p>Adverse occupation of residential premises.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing with a weapon of offence</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass on land with a firearm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }</p></td><td><p>Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Squatting in residential premises.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>TABLE (B) ENGLAND </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> <strong> </strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }</p></td><td><p>Aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (“IPO”)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }</p></td><td><p>Violence to secure entry</p></td><td><p>1,413</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }</p></td><td><p>Adverse occupation of residential premises.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing with a weapon of offence</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass on land with a firearm</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }</p></td><td><p>Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Squatting in residential premises.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-08T09:00:32.81Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-08T09:00:32.81Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
4874
label Biography information for Andrew Griffith more like this
1227862
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-23more like thismore than 2020-07-23
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Forced Marriage: Prosecutions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were initiated in relation to forced marriage in (1) 2014, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (5) 2019; and how many such prosecutions were successful in each year. more like this
tabling member printed
The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
uin HL7247 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-08-03more like thismore than 2020-08-03
answer text <p>From 2014 to date, CPS data for the number of cases prosecuted and the outcomes is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Convictions</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Between 2014 – 15 and 2017 – 18, this data included cases that included the forced marriage flag on the CPS’s case management system as well as cases charged as forced marriage. In 2018 – 19, the CPS conducted quality assurance checks on the guidance for applying the forced marriage flag. The data for that year does not include flagged cases but only cases charged as a forced marriage offence. The most recent data (2019 – 20) includes flagged cases but reflects the updated guidance on applying the flag which has resulted in improved accuracy.</p>
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
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less than 2020-08-03T13:26:48.38Zmore like thismore than 2020-08-03T13:26:48.38Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
4308
label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
1227325
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-22more like thismore than 2020-07-22
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75406 on Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the updated January 2019 CPS guidance on sex for rent arrangements and advertisements; and whether that guidance has resulted on prosecutions. more like this
tabling member constituency Hove more like this
tabling member printed
Peter Kyle more like this
uin 78763 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-01more like thismore than 2020-09-01
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for sex for rent arrangements and advertisements under section 52 or 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This information could only be obtained by an examination of individual CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. Therefore, the CPS is unable to make an assessment of the effectiveness of updated CPS guidance on prosecutions of sex for rent arrangements and advertisements.</p><p>Prosecutors will consider all guidance available to them when applying the Code for Crown Prosecutors to determine whether there is enough evidence to charge and if it is in the public interest to bring a case to court.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
grouped question UIN 78764 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-01T15:41:01.497Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-01T15:41:01.497Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
4505
label Biography information for Peter Kyle more like this
1227347
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-22more like thismore than 2020-07-22
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75406 on Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing, what estimate she has made of the number of prosecutions for Sex for Rent Arrangements and Advertisements under section 52 or 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in the last 12 months. more like this
tabling member constituency Hove more like this
tabling member printed
Peter Kyle more like this
uin 78764 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-01more like thismore than 2020-09-01
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for sex for rent arrangements and advertisements under section 52 or 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This information could only be obtained by an examination of individual CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. Therefore, the CPS is unable to make an assessment of the effectiveness of updated CPS guidance on prosecutions of sex for rent arrangements and advertisements.</p><p>Prosecutors will consider all guidance available to them when applying the Code for Crown Prosecutors to determine whether there is enough evidence to charge and if it is in the public interest to bring a case to court.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
grouped question UIN 78763 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-01T15:41:01.557Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-01T15:41:01.557Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
4505
label Biography information for Peter Kyle more like this
1227411
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-22more like thismore than 2020-07-22
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for assaulting an emergency worker have related to assaults against (a) police officers, (b) NHS staff, (c) prison officers, (d) firefighters and (e) other emergency workers since the offence was introduced. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley more like this
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 78585 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-01more like thismore than 2020-09-01
answer text <p>The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 is legislation that amended section39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to provide offences relating to common assault or battery committed against an emergency worker while carrying out their duties.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS maintains records of the number of offences in which a CPS prosecution commenced, including offences of assaulting an emergency worker. The data provided in the table detailed below shows the total number of offences in which a prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) commenced at magistrates’ courts under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 since it came into force on the 13<sup>th</sup> November 2018. However the CPS does not hold any central record of the details of complainants’ occupations.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 (Nov 18 - Mar 19)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total offences: Criminal Justice Act 1988 and section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 {39}</p></td><td><p>4,395</p></td><td><p>23,492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence. No data are held on the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants charged with, or prosecuted for these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-01T15:54:45.307Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-01T15:54:45.307Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-22more like thismore than 2020-07-22
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the proportion of assaults on shop workers that were prosecuted in each of the last three years. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley more like this
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-01more like thismore than 2020-09-01
answer text <p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of complainants’ occupations, nor of the specific circumstances under which a person has been charged with an offence. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Northampton North more like this
answering member printed Michael Ellis more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-01T16:00:10.227Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-01T16:00:10.227Z
answering member
4116
label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this