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 provisions of the (i)
Game Act 1831, (ii) Deer Act 1991, (iii) Protection of Badgers Act 1992, (iv) Wildlife
and Countryside Act 1981, (v) Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, (vi) Animal Welfare
Act 2006, (vii) Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1994 and Conservation
of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010, (viii) Hunting Act 2004, (ix) Night Poaching
Act 1828, (x) Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997,
(xi) Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, (xii) Pests Act 1954 and (xiii) Conservation
of Seals Act 1970 in each year since 2009.
<p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against
at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for offences (all in England
and Wales from 2009 to 2013) under the Game Act 1831 can be viewed in Table 1, under
the Deer Act 1991 in Table 2, under the Protection of Badgers act 1992 in Table 3,
under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in Table 4, under the Wild Mammals (Protection)
Act 1996 in Table 5, under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in Table 6, under the Conservation
of Seals Act 1970 in Table 7, under the Night Poaching Act 1828 in Table 8, under
the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 in Table
9, under the Hunting Act 2004 in Table 10 and under the Conservation of Habitats and
Species Regulations 2010 in Table 11. The tables can be found in the Library. Data
for the Pests Act 1954, the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 and the Conservation (Natural
Habitats) Regulations 1994 is held as part of a miscellaneous group that cannot be
separately analysed.We are very clear that serious offences will always go to court
where tough punishments are available to the independent judiciary, who make their
sentencing decisions based on the individual facts of the case.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the numbers of cases
of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking referred
by each police force in England and Wales to each regional division of the Crown Prosecution
Service in 2013.
<p>Tables have been deposited in the Library of the House showing the number of requests
for a charging decision referred to the CPS from each police force split by the categories
requested.</p><p> </p>
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach
on 11 June (WA 387), whether they will publish in the Official Report the increase
or decrease in crime statistics since 2010 for each of the Police Authorities in England
and Wales, including London, and for each area covered by Police and Crime Commissioners.
