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date	05/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex female relationship, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	99153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99154 99155 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
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registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex male relationship, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	99154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99153 99155 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

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registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in same-sex relationships, by (a) gender and (b) county in England and Wales, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	99155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects finalised prosecutions data showing the sex of defendants for cases flagged as involving domestic abuse. Some, more limited, information is also available showing the identified relationship between defendant and complainant and whether the relationship is between people of the same or different sex.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse where a relationship was identified as same sex (partner, ex-partner, spouse/civil partner or former spouse/civil partner), during each of the last ten years. It also highlights the number of defendants where the relationship has been recorded. This data is limited, which results in the number of defendants with an identified relationship being under-recorded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Relationships Recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>30.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>47.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>55.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>52.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>56.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the CPS does not collate prosecutions data by county, data is available showing the number of prosecutions in each of the regional Areas of the CPS. The tables below provide the same information as the table above, broken down for each CPS Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Female Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Male Defendants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 99153 99154 question first answered 08/10/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1239865

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions have taken place under the Coronavirus Act 2020 as a result of court proceedings.
tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
uin	HL8683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The main criminal offence under the Coronavirus Act relates to potentially infectious persons who refuse to co-operate with the police or public health officers, when they are required to be screened for COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no successful prosecutions of any offence created by the Coronavirus Act 2020. A review of completed prosecutions to the end of August 2020 show that 141 cases were incorrectly charged under the Act; because there was no evidence they applied to potentially infectious people, which is what this law covers.</p><p> </p><p>However, data on prosecutions under the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 shows that under the Regulations there have been 227 prosecutions resulting in guilty pleas, and 6 prosecutions found guilty after trial to the end of August. Data released by the National Police Chiefs Council also shows that 18,912 Fixed Penalty Notices have been issued under the Regulations between 27 March and 21 September by police forces across England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 14/10/2020 14:13:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

1233151

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
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.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 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 question first answered 23/09/2020 12:09:32 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1227862

registered interest
date	23/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
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.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL7247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 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 question first answered 03/08/2020 13:26:48 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1227325

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	78763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 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> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 78764 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:41:01 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1227347

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	78764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 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> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 78763 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:41:01 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1225927

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Airguns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the number of young people under the age of 18 charged with air weapons offences.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	76057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the age of defendants charged with offences relating to air weapons. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2020 15:23:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1220624

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Administration of Estates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people who died without known entitled relatives and left a will were referred to the Bona Vacant Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	68760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) of the Government Legal Department (GLD) deals with the solvent estates of people domiciled in England &amp; Wales who appear to have died <strong>without</strong> leaving a valid will or relatives entitled to share in their estates in priority to the Crown. It therefore does not generally deal with estates where there is a valid will.</p><p> </p><p>If the referral contains information which suggests the deceased has left a valid will disposing of their entire estate, it will be returned to the person who referred it. The Division does not keep a record of these estates.</p><p> </p><p>If the deceased does not appear to have left a valid will or entitled relatives, the estate will be advertised on the Division’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Occasionally the Division determines that the deceased has left a valid will which disposes of the entire estate after it has been advertised. There were two such estates referred in March 2019; two in April 2019; none in May 2019; one in March 2020; one in April 2020 and one in May 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Estates where the deceased has left a valid will but it does not dispose of the entire estate are sometimes referred to the Division because the undisposed residue passes by intestacy to the Crown. One such estate was referred to the Division in March 2019 and one in April 2019. There have been no other referrals in the months concerned.</p><p> </p><p>During the corresponding period, the number of estates referred to the Division where there was no will or no will has subsequently come to light were: March 2019 = 296; April 2019 = 187; May 2019 = 160; March 2020 = 192; April 2020 = 204; May 2020 = 81.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 10/07/2020 12:47:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse