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100236

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:01:33
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:13:51
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Harassment
	house id	1
	identifier	211307
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:09:19
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged to date under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211307
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211307
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a separate record of the number of people charged and prosecuted for stalking under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged for harassment using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.</p><p> </p><p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 does not provide a definitive list of behaviors that would allow for a prosecution for either harassment or stalking and CPS prosecutors determine the most appropriate charges in any given prosecution based on the facts of the case.</p><p> </p> question first answered 27/10/2014 17:09:19 answering member 4106
	creator	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

100477

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	22/10/2014
	date tabled	22/10/2014
	ddp created	22/10/2014 22:51:43
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:38:40
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	identifier	211469
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:36:47
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged under the provisions of section 4a of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 since 25 November 2012.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211469
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211469
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd on 23<sup>rd</sup> October 2014 (questions, 211141, 211143 and 211144). The previous answer included tables detailing the number of offences charged under Sections 4A(1)(a)(b)(i), Sections 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and 2A(1) of the 1997 Act broken down by each police force in England and Wales.</p><p> </p> question first answered 27/10/2014 17:36:47 answering member 4106
	creator	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

78638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:24:40
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
	house id	1
	identifier	206532
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 10:10:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish the advice the Law Officers' Department gave to Lady Hallett on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme operated for the benefit of on-the-runs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206532
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206532
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The then Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, and a member of the Attorney General’s Office gave evidence to the Hallett Inquiry but did so as witnesses rather than legal advisers. Lady Justice Hallett reached her own view on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 10:10:37 answering member 4106
	creator	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

89418

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/09/2014
	date	29/08/2014
	date tabled	29/08/2014
	ddp created	29/08/2014 17:40:51
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 19:41:26
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Police: Surveillance
	house id	1
	identifier	207455
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/09/2014 13:22:20
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reasons the Crown Prosecution Service gave for its decision not to prosecute undercover police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with environmental activists.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207455
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207455
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will review any cases referred to it by the police in accordance with the two stage test that is set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. Where there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest, such cases will be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has been working with officers conducting the Operation Herne investigation into the conduct of a number of officers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 21 August 2014 the Crown Prosecution Service issued a statement containing the reasons it gave for not prosecuting officers considered under Operation Aubusson, a subset of Operation Herne which is available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/charging_decision_concerning_mps_special_demonstration_squad/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 03/09/2014 13:22:20 answering member 1560
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

89420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/09/2014
	date	29/08/2014
	date tabled	29/08/2014
	ddp created	29/08/2014 17:40:51
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 19:41:37
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	identifier	207545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/09/2014 13:34:45
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, who the non-police prosecuting agencies are in England and Wales; and what each body's status and powers in law are as a prosecutor.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Where an offence does not specify a particular prosecutor, any person has the right to institute criminal proceedings and conduct a prosecution. This applies whether the person is acting in a purely personal capacity or in the course of his duties for a local authority, government department, business enterprise or other organisation. However, the vast majority of non-police prosecutions are conducted by the following public authorities. Due to the right of any legal person to institute criminal proceedings, this is not an exhaustive list:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong> (“CPS): Established by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the CPS is a non-ministerial government department, operating under the superintendence of the Attorney General. In addition to prosecuting cases investigated by the police, the CPS prosecutes cases referred to it by Defra, Home Office immigration officials, HMRC, the National Crime Agency, the DWP, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the Department for Health, the Food Standards Agency and the Child Maintenance Group.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office </strong>(“SFO”): The SFO and its powers were created by the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (as amended). It is an independent government department, operating under the superintendence of the Attorney General. Its purpose is to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute those who commit serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption and pursuing them and others for the proceeds of their crime.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Service Prosecuting Authority</strong> (“SPA”): The SPA was formed by the Armed Forces Act 2006 on the 1st January 2009. The role of the SPA is to review cases referred to it by the Service Police or Chain of Command and to prosecute appropriate cases at Courts Martial or the Service Civilian Court.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Department for Business Innovation and Skills</strong> (“BIS”) – the functions of the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform were transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by Order in 2009. BIS is the lead criminal enforcement agency for insolvency related fraud and associated corporate misconduct. It is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of offences on behalf of the Secretary of State under the Insolvency and Companies regimes, including bankruptcy offences and fraudulent trading.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Competition and Markets Authority</strong> (“CMA”) - The CMA is an independent non-ministerial department. It was established by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and took over many of the functions of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) together with those of the Competition Commission. In particular, under the Enterprise Act 2002, the CMA has the power to investigate and prosecute individuals for the cartel offence contrary to section 188 of that Act. The CMA also investigates and prosecutes offences under The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Companies House</strong> (“CA”) – CA is an executive agency of BIS and has responsibility for prosecuting offences of failing to file annual accounts and annual returns under the Companies Act 1985 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Gambling Commission</strong> (“GC”) – The GC was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain. It is an independent non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. GC has the power to investigate and prosecute offences under the Gambling Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Environment Agency</strong> (“EA”) – EA is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra. Established in 1996 by the Environment Act 1995, it investigates and prosecutes environmental offences contained in both primary and secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Food Standards Agency</strong> (“FSA”) – Established by the Food Standards Act 1999, the FSA is a non-ministerial government department with the objective of protecting public health in relation to food. It investigates and prosecutes food safety and food hygiene offences that are contained in both primary and secondary legislation. Offences relating to animal welfare in abattoirs are prosecuted by the CPS.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Health and Safety Executive</strong> (“HSE”) – established by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (“HSWA”), the HSE aims to protect the health, safety and welfare of people at work, and to safeguard others, mainly members of the public, who may be exposed to risks from the way work is carried out. This includes investigating and prosecuting offences under the HSWA and associated regulations.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Office of the Rail Regulator</strong> (“ORR”) - ORR is a non-ministerial government department. Established on 5 July 2004 by the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, ORR enforces health and safety law in relation to railways and prosecutes under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA), the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011, the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 and the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</strong> (“DVLA”) – DVLA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport and prosecutes offences contained in the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and associated regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Driver Vehicle Standards Agency</strong> (“DVSA”) – DVSA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport and aims to improve road safety in the U.K. It prosecutes under a range of primary and secondary legislation in relation to vehicle standards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency</strong> (“MCA”) – MCA is a UK executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport. Its objectives are to prevent the loss of lives at sea implement British and International maritime law and safety policy. It investigates and prosecutes health and safety offences and offences contained in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and associated regulations.</p><p><strong>Local Authorities</strong> (“LA’s”) – LA’s prosecute a broad range of offences from housing benefit fraud to trading standards and food hygiene offences.</p> question first answered 03/09/2014 13:34:45 answering member 4106
	creator	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

90403

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/09/2014
	date	03/09/2014
	date tabled	03/09/2014
	ddp created	03/09/2014 21:30:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:16:19
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	identifier	208002
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/09/2014 13:20:32
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208002
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208002
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have nothing to add to the previous answer given by my Hon. Friend, the previous Solicitor General.</p> question first answered 08/09/2014 13:20:32 answering member 4106
	creator	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90404

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/09/2014
	date	03/09/2014
	date tabled	03/09/2014
	ddp created	03/09/2014 21:30:24
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:16:24
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	identifier	208123
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/09/2014 13:09:50
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of (a) cyber and (b) cyber-enabled crimes have been initiated in each the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208123
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208123
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the Serious Fraud Office centrally record the number of prosecutions initiated, or those which resulted in a successful outcome, relating to cyber or cyber-enabled crime. A number of offences may involve the use of a computer or a network in the commission of the offence. To obtain details of the number of cases where defendants were alleged to have been involved in cyber or cyber-enabled crimes would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/09/2014 13:09:50 answering member 4106
	creator	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/09/2014
	date	04/09/2014
	date tabled	04/09/2014
	ddp created	04/09/2014 19:30:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:33:47
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	208253
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/09/2014 13:26:40
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he passed the letter from the hon Member for Christchurch about Mrs Kirkhope of Ferndown to the Chief Constable for Hampshire; and what steps has been taken as a result of that letter.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208253
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208253
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our records suggest that a copy of the letter should have been posted to the Chief Constable of Hampshire on the 3<sup>rd</sup> April. However, no record exists of whether it was received or not by his office. My Office has since been in contact with Hampshire Police about the matter and they have now received a copy of the letter and will be taking it forward.</p> question first answered 09/09/2014 13:26:40 answering member 1560
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

90584

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/09/2014
	date	04/09/2014
	date tabled	04/09/2014
	ddp created	04/09/2014 19:30:37
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:33:53
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	208301
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/09/2014 13:33:15
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208301
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208301
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The following tables contain details on the highest and lowest payments made to full-time equivalent civil servants in the Law Officers’ Departments between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£20,000 - £20,500</p></td><td><p>£21,000 – £21,500</p></td><td><p>£20,500 - £21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* TSol data also covers the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000- £20,500</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£200,000 -£205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The source data for this question has been extracted from the CPS ‘Trent’ database using the base data report as of 05/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data could change at some point in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with standard reporting requirements and for protection of personal data the salary for the highest paid individual has been shown within a £5K boundary and a £500 range has been applied for lower paid staff.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/09/2014 13:33:15 answering member 1560
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90937

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/09/2014
	date	08/09/2014
	date tabled	08/09/2014
	ddp created	08/09/2014 22:00:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:04:08
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	identifier	208480
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/09/2014 12:46:33
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for forced labour there were in each of the last three financial years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208480
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208480
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates’ courts rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted or convicted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 creates the offence of holding someone in slavery or servitude, or requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last three years the number of offences charged by way of Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act, and Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act as conspiracies to commit the offences, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </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></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners and Justice Act 2009 { 71 }</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 1(1) } - Conspiracy</p><p>to hold a person in slavery, servitude or</p><p>perform forced or compulsory labour</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management</p><p>Information System</p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the offence of trafficking for forced labour, the CPS will also prosecute for offences of trafficking.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/09/2014 12:46:33 answering member 4106
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