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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service always considers that racial motivation may be an aggravating factor for seeking higher sentences for conviction for child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	9841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Sentencing Council has issued a definitive guideline on the sentencing of sexual offences. Racial aggravation increases an offender’s culpability under the guideline and therefore the starting point and sentence range for the court to consider.</p><p>Prosecutors should assist the Court as necessary during the sentencing process, including drawing the Court’s attention to any relevant sentencing guidelines and the aggravating and mitigating features of the case.</p><p>Ultimately, sentencing is a matter for the court. Racial aggravation makes an offence more serious and the court has a duty to take this into account when it sentences a defendant.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/09/2017 13:26:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

759164

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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government's review of subsection 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, (a) what exercises were carried out to collate that information, (b) from what source the information has been obtained and (c) when his Department plans to publish the review.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The work on section 41 has been led by officials in my Office and at the Ministry of Justice. They have sought a range of views from those familiar with how the legislation operates in practice as well as those who provide support to victims of sexual violence. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has reviewed a sample of finalised rape prosecution files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce a complainant’s sexual history under section 41.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Chancellor and I will give our response to that work as soon as we can.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/09/2017 13:12:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

759603

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Social Networking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service has adequate resources to tackle social media hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The CPS prosecutes cases where they meet the test for prosecution. It allocates its resources accordingly and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the CPS’s commitment to treat hate crimes using social media as seriously as other sorts of hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2017 12:34:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy