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1728403

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will review the effectiveness of the single justice procedure.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	900373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The Single Justice Procedure is an important part of ensuring cases can be heard swiftly within the magistrates' courts.</p><p>We are aware of the criticism of aspects of the process and are looking at ways to improve the process to ensure the Single Justice Procedure continues to provide a fair and proportionate way of dealing with these offences.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 10/09/2024 15:22:33 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5205

1723009

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing single justice procedure hearings to be observable by accredited journalists.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>Single Justice Procedure (SJP) cases are decided by a single magistrate, with support of a legal adviser, in private rather than in a hearing in open court. This means that cases can be dealt with by courts anywhere in the country and are therefore not scheduled in the same way as conventional cases in court proceedings. As a result of this, these cases can be decided quickly and are often used to fill gaps between in person hearings and so enable efficient use of magistrates’ court capacity and time. Magistrates have the ability to refer cases to open court if they feel it would be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Although journalists cannot observe magistrates deciding individual SJP cases, there is already more information published on SJP cases than cases heard in open court. This allows scrutiny from journalists, who can request additional information on cases under the Criminal Procedure Rules. Under a protocol agreed between HMCTS and media organisations, magistrates’ courts must provide lists of both pending cases and copies of the court register to local media. This includes SJP cases. The protocol also outlines what documents relating to SJP cases can be provided to the media – unlike any other case type, this includes a copy of the prosecution statement of facts or, if there is no statement of facts, the witness statement(s) and any defence representations in mitigation. We will keep the procedure under review.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 31/07/2024 15:34:57 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5205

1723010

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on training relating to the single justice procedure for (a) magistrates and (b) legal advisers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not responsible for judicial training, which is the responsibility of the Judicial College.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 31/07/2024 15:31:51 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5205

1719097

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all crimes in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	26847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for all crimes prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters and has been drawn from the CPS’ Case Management System.</p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>295,088</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>272,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>264,447</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282,732</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,895</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,887</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,472</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213,242</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>275,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>260,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>280,807</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,669</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267,104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,252</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>271,022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,976</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232,051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230,107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,868</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234,996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212,865</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>258,348</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>256,691</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,971</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>237,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221,084</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>203,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210,397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204,215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214,659</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>199,748</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,036</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,042</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216,311</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224,116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215,469</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196,592</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,566</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,547</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,534</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>193,010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,133</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,079</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>192,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>186,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176,437</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>184,050</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>170,234</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>149,810</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156,177</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>137,257</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142,020</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,605</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,656</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139,596</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>132,942</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,324</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:29:44 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1689028

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 there have been in each of the last two years; and how many and what proportion of those cases involved a child being encouraged to commit an offence.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	13855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of defendants prosecuted under section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (the Act) or how many involved a child being encouraged to commit an offence. To obtain this information would involve a manual examination of CPS case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, management information is held showing the number of offences charged by way of section 44 of the Act in which a prosecution commenced in the magistrates’ courts. The table below shows the number of these offences in each of the last two years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>2022-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data is held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/02/2024 13:56:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1689276

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charges that used the threshold test subsequently recorded an application of the full code test in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	14197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data from which it is possible to cross-reference Threshold Test charging decisions about a defendant with subsequent Full Code Test decisions. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Code for Crown Prosecutors is clear that the Threshold Test may only be applied after a rigorous examination of its five conditions. This ensures that it is only applied when necessary and that cases are not charged prematurely. Any decision to charge under the Threshold Test must be kept under review and the Full Code Test must be applied as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/02/2024 11:56:17 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1683688

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183405 on Prosecutions, how many people were prosecuted under the single justice procedure in each month of 2023 broken down by offence; and what the plea rates were for offences charged under the single justice procedure in each month of 2023.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	10618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Data showing the number of defendants dealt with via single justice procedures (SJP) notices at the magistrates’ courts by plea and offence in England and Wales from January to September 2023 (latest available) can be found in the attached table. Data for October-December will not be available until the March publication.</p><p>The data supplied is a subset of published information relating to the timeliness of defendants dealt with by SJP notice which is available in Table T1 of the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly, latest to September 2023.</p><p>The SJP is a more proportionate way of dealing with straightforward, uncontested, summary-only non-imprisonable offences. It allows those who plead guilty to low-level, non-imprisonable crimes to resolve their case without going to court, either online or in writing. Defendants always have the option of going to court, even when they plead guilty. Magistrates can choose to hear such cases in open court where they feel the case is more complex and would benefit from an open court hearing.</p><p>Many cases disposed of through the SJP process are prosecuted by third-party agencies, for example TV Licensing, DVLA, local authorities and transport authorities, which reflects the nature of the offences which fall within the SJP criteria. Prosecutors using this method of initiating proceedings have developed procedures for identifying those who may need additional support. Support channels are also available to users who require clarification ranging from web chat or telephone assistance to face-to-face assistance.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 24/01/2024 17:15:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2024-01-24 PQ 10618 Table.xlsx title PQ10618_table
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1625170

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted under the single justice procedure in each month of 2022 broken down by offence; and what the plea rates were for offences charged under the single justice procedure in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	183405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Data showing the number of defendants dealt with via single justice procedures (SJP) notices at the magistrates’ courts by plea and offence in England and Wales from January to December 2022 (latest available) can be found in the attached table.</p><p>The data supplied is a subset of published information relating to the timeliness of defendants dealt with by SJP notice which is available in Table T1 of the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly, latest to December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/05/2023 10:01:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-05-09 PQ 183405 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1609773

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Single Justice Procedure notices have been issued in England and Wales in each reporting year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	179906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The volume of defendants dealt with via Single Justice Procedure notices is published on a quarterly basis as part of the National Statistics series Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly. The latest published data is available to December 2022 and can be found at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/04/2023 09:43:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1538950

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of crimes (1) reported, and (2) investigated, by the police go to court.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL3154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on the investigative outcomes of crimes recorded by the police, including drug offences is, is published by the Home Office at Gov.UK.</p><p>This Government is deeply concerned by the current levels of cases being investigated and then being converted into charges and subsequent prosecutions. The responsibility for this is shared across the Criminal Justice System, and the system needs to work better together. We are working with partners across the Criminal Justice System to increase the number of cases being charged and prosecuted, and reduce the time taken to reach this point.</p><p>The CJS Delivery Data Dashboards, launched in December 2021, are a vital step in improving transparency and increasing understanding of the Criminal Justice System. These allow Police and Crime Commissioners, other local leaders and members of the public to see how their local area is performing. The CJS Delivery Data Dashboards can be found at Gov.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL3153 question first answered 16/11/2022 12:12:32 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson