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date	19/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to prison for assaulting an emergency worker in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	7475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for theft offences, common assault and battery, and assault of an emergency worker in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many defendants were sentenced to immediate custody for theft offences, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘Theft offences’ in the ‘Offence group’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many defendants were sentenced to immediate custody for common assault and battery, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘105 Common assault and battery’ in the ‘Offence’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many people were sentenced to immediate custody for assaulting an emergency worker, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’ in the ‘Offence’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 7473 7474 question first answered 08/01/2024 15:40:33 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1329577

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of assaulting an emergency worker have been given an immediate custodial sentence of longer than six months since that offence was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Offence’ filter, select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’. Number of defendants convicted will populate Row 24, and those sentenced to immediate custody will populate Row 35. The number of defendants who received sentence lengths greater than 6 months will populate Rows 60 to 77.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 14:18:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179319

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>Attacks against our brave emergency workers who protect us are appalling and cowardly. That is why we doubled the maximum penalty for assaulting an emergency worker and gave judges the powers to aggravate the sentences for crimes committed against them.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending September 2019, 1,205 people had been sentenced to immediate custody for the new offence of assault on an emergency worker, with custodial sentences averaging around 2-3 months over the period.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/02/2020 14:56:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1135830

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	271366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of individuals proceeded against and convicted of an assault against an emergency worker can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Using the pivot table, filter by ‘Offence’ for:</p><p> </p><p>`8.22 Assault against an emergency worker’.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:11:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1128067

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have been charged with offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018; and how many of those incidents occurred in connection with the provision of services by the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL15916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of individuals charged under The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which came into effect on 13 November 2018. However, police forces in England and Wales provide the Home Office with data on the number of offences recorded of Assault or assault by beating of a constable or emergency worker that resulted in a charge.</p><p>Between 13 November 2018 to 31 December 2018, there were 947 offences recorded under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 that resulted in a charge. However, this provides an incomplete count of all individuals charged under this Act because some offences will result in more than one offender being charged and more serious incidents may result in a higher charge such as Grievous Bodily Harm.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on whether or not the incident occurred in connection with the services provided by the NHS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/06/2019 13:57:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere