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<p>The Government wants to avoid bringing in new criminal offences where they are
not needed and will continue to scrap unnecessary and out of date laws, but where
there is a genuine need to create a new criminal offence we will continue to do so.</p><p>
</p><p>To publish an accessible list of criminal offences introduced between1997 to
2008 would incur a disproportionate cost to the public purse.</p><p> </p><p>During
this parliament, however, the Government committed to publishing the number of offences
it created each year. My department is responsible for doing so and publishes an annual
statistical bulletin on the number of new criminal offences added to the statute book.
The bulletins cover primary and secondary legislation containing criminal offences
enforceable in England and Wales. The latest bulletin covering the period 2009 to
31 May 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013</a>.
The next bulletin should be available in December and will cover the period from 1
June 2013 to 31 May 2014.</p><p> </p>
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