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1105852

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hunting Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238295 238296 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105853

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Protection of Badgers Act 1992
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238296 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105854

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238295 238297 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105855

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Game Act 1831
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Game Act 1831 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	238297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.</p><p> </p><p>Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 238294 238295 238296 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:36:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 238295 238296 238297 final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105887

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commencing Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to deal more appropriately with low-level offences by repeat offenders through the use of community orders rather than fines.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	238328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans to commence Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which allows courts, in certain circumstances, to use community orders for repeat offenders who might otherwise expect to receive fines.</p><p> </p><p>Section 143(2) of that Act requires courts to treat previous convictions as an aggravating factor when sentencing. For shop theft offences, the Sentencing Council’s guideline on theft offences came into force in 2016. This guideline allows for the imposition of community sentences for shop theft in a wide range of circumstances. In cases involving significant persistent offending, the community and custodial thresholds may be crossed even though the offence otherwise warrants a lesser sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/04/2019 16:40:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1105931

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of former armed services personnel in (a) custody, (b) under probation supervision and (c) on parole in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	238414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>In October 2018, the Department published Experimental Statistics on ex-service personnel in the prison population. This new analysis estimates as of 30 June 2018 in prison custody in Wales, out of 2,836 prisoners who were asked and an answer was recorded, 141 (5%) stated they had been a member of the armed forced. In prison custody in England, out of 48,147 prisoners who were asked and an answer was recorded, 1,891 (4%) stated they had been a member of the armed forces. Details of custodial statistics of the report and tables can be found at:</p><p>a) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf</a></p><p>b) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750710/ex-service-personnel-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750710/ex-service-personnel-2018.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>As of 30 June 2018, the Department estimates that 2,453 individuals under probation supervision declared they had been members of the armed forces of which, (i) 221 were in Wales and (ii) 2,232 were in England. Of this group, 800 individuals were on some form of post-sentence supervision following custody; (i) 96 were in Wales and (ii) 704 in England.</p><p> </p><p>Armed forces status is determined by self-declaration and the Department is committed to increasing declaration rates. These figures record location of custody or supervision and not nationality. They include service in the reserves and Territorial Army, and those who have foreign and dual nationality who has served in UK or non-UK armed services.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners who choose to identify as veterans are given access to specialist support, this includes support for issues such as PTSD, that may affect them following their service and additional support can be offered by military service charities working with prisons and rehabilitation services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/04/2019 16:32:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1105979

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish updated statistics on employment outcomes for women and men previously published in the Ministry of Justice (2013) National Offender Management Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	238336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Employment outcomes were published until 2014-15 in the NOMS Management Information Addendum to the Annual Report. Users can get a broad male / female split based on the prison type. They are available via the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449925/mi-addendum.pdf_-_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449925/mi-addendum.pdf_-_Adobe_Acrobat_Pro.pdf</a></p><p>Later this year, subject to data quality, we are intending to publish employment outcomes for 2018-19 as an Annex to the HMPPS Community Performance publication.</p><p>In addition, in line with the commitments in the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper, we are developing employment measures to assess the performance of prison and probation in supporting prison leavers into employment.</p><p>From April 2019-20, one such measure will hold governors to account, through the HMPPS Prison Performance Framework, on securing employment for offenders after release.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/04/2019 16:39:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1105212

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing tougher sanctions for people attacking shop-workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	237153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Everyone has the right to feel safe at work and assaults on shop-workers are unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of offences someone can be convicted of if they assault a shop-worker. Maximum penalties for offences are set by Parliament and include five years’ custody for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and life imprisonment for the most serious cases of causing grievous bodily harm. There are no plans to increase sentences for assault offences.</p><p> </p><p>When making sentencing decisions the courts must follow the relevant sentencing guidelines, produced by the independent Sentencing Council. The <em>Overarching principles: seriousness Guideline</em> and <em>Assault Guideline</em> include an aggravating factor where ‘an offence is committed against those working in the public sector or providing a service to the public’. Where applied, this would merit an increased sentence within the maximum available. The Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated later this year.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 January the Home Office announced the launch of a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers. The aim of this work is to strengthen our understanding of the issue, including how existing legislation is being applied. The National Retail Crime Steering Group will continue to provide input on tackling this issue.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/04/2019 16:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1105232

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for a national network of support services for women in the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	237018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy sets out our vision of fewer women entering the justice system and serving short custodial sentences, and better conditions for those women in custody. Support for women to help them address the often complex needs that underlie their offending is essential to delivering the vision of the female offender strategy. This is why, across government, we are investing £5 million of funding over two years in community provision for women. This funding will help to sustain and enhance existing services, and will create new services where there is currently a gap.</p><p> </p><p>Services such as women’s centres receive funding from a range of sources. We will look at the scope to increase the sustainability of the sector as we take forward implementation of our strategy.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/04/2019 16:21:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1092791

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hare Coursing: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions for hare coursing there were in the UK in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, (3) 2015, (4) 2016, (5) 2017, and (6) 2018.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL14742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of people prosecuted and convicted in England and Wales up to December 2017 for the following hare coursing offences:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Participating in a hare coursing event</li><li>Attending a hare coursing event</li><li>Knowingly facilitating a hare coursing event</li><li>Permitting land to be used for the purpose of a hare coursing event</li><li>Permitting etc a dog to participate in a hare coursing event</li></ul><p> </p><p>Figures can be found in the table below, if an offence does not appear in the table, it means there were no prosecutions or convictions for it in the period given. Data for 2018 will be published in May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of prosecutions and convictions for hare coursing offences in England and Wales, 2013-2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attending a hare coursing event</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecuted</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convicted</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Participating in a hare coursing event</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecuted</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convicted</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL14744 question first answered 03/04/2019 16:26:44 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans