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905604

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences magistrates handed down in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	144871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of sentences imposed by magistrates’ courts, including sentences of 12 months, can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707662/sentencing-2017-tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707662/sentencing-2017-tool.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>From the drop down “Courts” list select Magistrates Court. To see the number of sentences of 12 months, from the “Custodial Sentence Length” select 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 144870 question first answered 22/05/2018 17:00:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896274

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent research his Department has commissioned into the cost implications of increasing magistrates sentencing powers to 12 months for a single offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no immediate plans to increase the custodial sentencing powers of magistrates but will continue to monitor the position to ensure we provide magistrates with appropriate and proportionate powers to deal with the cases that come before them.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 140689 question first answered 11/05/2018 13:28:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896275

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to increase magistrates' sentencing powers to 12 months for a single offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no immediate plans to increase the custodial sentencing powers of magistrates but will continue to monitor the position to ensure we provide magistrates with appropriate and proportionate powers to deal with the cases that come before them.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 140688 question first answered 11/05/2018 13:28:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

800544

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences broken down by offence were referred to him for being unduly lenient fell outside the Unduly Lenient Scheme in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	117165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>837 cases were referred to the AG in 2016. 256 of the 837 cases did not fall within the ULS scheme because they were not imposed in the Crown Court following conviction for an offence within the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>A case will be recorded as not falling within the ULS scheme if the offence is outside the ULS scheme, the defendant is not convicted, or they are not sentenced in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s Office records the cases which do not fall within the ULS scheme primarily by “offence type”. The 256 cases were recorded in the following offence categories:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence type:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>10 (8 of these sentences were for offences not in the ULS scheme and 2 defendants were acquitted of offences within the ULS scheme)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Death by careless driving</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Death by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>2 (both these defendants were acquitted)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All other driving - total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Causing serious injury by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Driving with excess alcohol</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Driving while disqualified</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Driving without due care and attention</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Driving over the speed limit</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hate crime</p></td><td><p>3 (these defendants were sentenced in the magistrates’ court)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other - total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offences relating to animals</em></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Assault offences (other than under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861)</em></p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Assisting an offender</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Assisting unlawful immigration</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Child abduction</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Breaching a court order</em></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Breaching of health and safety law</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Criminal damage</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Harassment and stalking</em></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Miscellaneous</em></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Terrorism offences</em></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Sending a threatening communication</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Weapons offences</em></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Witness intimidation</em></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p>1 (this sentence was imposed after the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences Act 1956</p></td><td><p>1 (this defendant was found unfit to plead and the indictment stayed)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences Act 2003</p></td><td><p>10 (4 of these sentences concerned abuse of trust offences, 2 of these sentences were imposed in the youth court, and 1 of these sentences was imposed in Scotland)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indecent images of children</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] There is 1 case for which the Attorney General’s Office has not recorded the offence category.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/12/2017 13:39:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517524

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
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 (a) male and (b) female offenders were found guilty in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts for each category of offence in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at magistrates’ courts and in the Crown Courts, by offence category and sex, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), is available on the Ministry of Justice website at the below link, from which the percentage of male and female offender can be calculated.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 10:41:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517525

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum sentence is a magistrate can hand down when dealing with the breach of the maximum number and length of suspended sentences after the commission of further offences where the maximum number and length of sentences are available for the new offences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Magistrates’ courts have the power to impose a custodial sentence, whether immediate or suspended, of up to six months for a single offence, or up to 12 months where they impose consecutive sentences for one or more offences. A custodial sentence may be suspended for up to two years, and one or more community requirements may also be imposed by the court.</p><p> </p><p>When dealing with a breach of a suspended sentence order, there is a statutory presumption that the custodial sentence will be given effect. The suspended custodial sentence cannot be increased: the original term is given effect either in full, or the court may set a shorter period, for example, by taking into account the extent to which the offender complied with any community requirements of the suspended sentence order.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is a breach of a suspended sentence order which was imposed by the magistrates’ court and the breach is the commission of a further offence, the magistrates’ court deals with both the breach and sentencing for the further offence unless the latter merits a sentence which exceeds its powers. In these circumstance, the case would be sent to the Crown Court for sentencing of the further offence and the higher court would also deal with the breach of the suspended sentence order.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/05/2016 11:34:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417746

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 6753, what estimate he has made of the duration of the development period referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>An update will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 14:48:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

389265

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3497, for what reason his Department was able to provide this information on 29 August 2013, Official Report, column 1034W, in relation to earlier years but is now unable to do so.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst we have released information on the use of maximum sentences in the past in response to specific questions, we are now reviewing the data and developing a methodology which should allow us to publish statistics on this subject on a routine basis.<br> <br> As part of this development, we are quality assuring the data held centrally on whether the maximum sentence length was applied, to assess whether it meets the requirements for publication in our ‘Criminal Justice Statistics’ National Statistics publication.<br> <br> During this development period we are unable to provide updated figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/07/2015 10:41:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

389273

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all the possible requirements that can be attached to a community order or a suspended sentence order by sentencers (a) in all courts and (b) in certain courts as part of a trial or pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The following community requirements are currently available in all courts when imposing a community order or a suspended sentence order:</p><p>· an unpaid work requirement</p><p>· a rehabilitation activity requirement</p><p>· a programme requirement</p><p>· a prohibited activity requirement</p><p>· a curfew requirement</p><p>· an exclusion requirement</p><p>· a residence requirement</p><p>· a foreign travel prohibition requirement</p><p>· a mental health treatment requirement</p><p>· a drug rehabilitation requirement</p><p>· an alcohol treatment requirement, and,</p><p>· where the offender is aged under 25, an attendance centre requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Under the provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 the rehabilitation activity requirement replaced the previous activity and supervision requirements, which the courts may still impose when sentencing for offences committed before 1 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>An alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement is currently being piloted in the south London local justice area, which covers Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Sutton, and is currently planned to last until 31 January 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/07/2015 14:48:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385375

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females received each sentencing outcome for each type of offence in each police force area in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the average custodial sentence length was for each gender for each offence type in each police force area.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, taking into account all the facts of each case. Whilst crime is falling, offenders committing serious offences are more likely to go to prison and for longer.</p><p> </p><p>The number of male offenders sentenced at all courts, by police force area, sentence outcome and offence group, in England and Wales, in 2014, can be found in Table 1. The number of female offenders sentenced at all courts, by police force area, sentence outcome and offence group, in England and Wales, in 2014, can be found in Table 2. Average custodial sentence length (months) for men sentenced to custody by police force area and offence group, England and Wales, 2014 can be found in Table 3. Average custodial sentence length (months) for women sentenced to custody by police force area and offence group, England and Wales, 2014 can be found in Table 4.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/07/2015 12:02:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 4114 - Philip Davies - Tables 1-4.xls title Male offenders sentenced - England and Wales, 2014
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies