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date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:50:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93054

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to reform joint enterprise legislation in the 2010-15 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	210143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The law on joint enterprise means that if two or more people share an intention to commit an offence and the offence is subsequently committed, all parties involved can be prosecuted for that offence. They may also be liable for any collateral offences which they foresaw might be committed by other members of the group in the course of putting their plan into effect. But they would not be liable for any offences that were fundamentally different from anything they foresaw or if they had taken steps to withdraw from the enterprise before the plan was carried out.</p><p> </p><p>The law serves a useful purpose in bringing to justice all those who have been involved in the commission of an offence. We therefore have no plans to review or amend it during the life time of this Parliament or to meet with representatives of the campaign group Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210215 question first answered 16/10/2014 14:08:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93055

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association campaigners.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	210215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The law on joint enterprise means that if two or more people share an intention to commit an offence and the offence is subsequently committed, all parties involved can be prosecuted for that offence. They may also be liable for any collateral offences which they foresaw might be committed by other members of the group in the course of putting their plan into effect. But they would not be liable for any offences that were fundamentally different from anything they foresaw or if they had taken steps to withdraw from the enterprise before the plan was carried out.</p><p> </p><p>The law serves a useful purpose in bringing to justice all those who have been involved in the commission of an offence. We therefore have no plans to review or amend it during the life time of this Parliament or to meet with representatives of the campaign group Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210143 question first answered 16/10/2014 14:08:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90187

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board have previously been employed by the police.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Secretariat for the Independent Monitoring Boards employs 14 staff, all full time. One member of staff has previously been employed by the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207790 question first answered 04/09/2014 15:46:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram