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516339

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people imprisoned for stalking offences receive psychiatric or psychological support to break the cycle of offending.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	35888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Stalking is a form of abuse which can escalate to other very serious forms of offending. It is important that we treat stalking with the seriousness that it deserves.</p><p>NOMS have staff trained to assess the risks presented by this group of offenders, and to identify the best options for intervention and support. Those imprisoned specifically for stalking offences can have a range of different intervention or treatment needs, which can often be addressed by existing offending behaviour interventions. Staff managing the shorter sentenced harassment cases can also access community based support and intervention. Prison Service professionals can provide advice on risk management to offender managers and Multi Agency Public Protection panels on request.</p><p>Health services are available to prisoners with clinical needs from primary care services, secondary mental health in-reach services or through transfer to psychiatric hospitals under the Mental Health legislation.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/05/2016 16:10:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

654718

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 November (HL Deb, col 2041), how frequently individuals convicted of stalking are assessed and monitored by the police.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL3964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Stalking is an horrific crime which can have a devastating impact on victims and this Government is determined to tackle it. The monitoring and assessment of individuals convicted of stalking is an operational matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners. Data is not held centrally. To support effective assessment and monitoring by the police, details of those convicted of stalking is held on the Police National Computer and, where appropriate, on the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register.</p><p>The Government’s Violence against Women and Girls Strategy published in March 2016 makes clear that a sustainable approach to preventing abuse is dependent on changing the attitude and behaviour of perpetrators. Through the Police Innovation Fund the Government is supporting, promoting and evaluating innovative models to tackle perpetrators’ behaviour and will continue to do so.</p><p>On 7 December the Government announced that it will introduce a Stalking Protection Order to help protect victims at the earliest possible opportunity and deter perpetrators. The new order will be available to the police on application to the courts and will allow the imposition of both restrictions and other measures such as a requirement to attend a treatment programme.</p><p>The College of Policing’s What Works Centre for Crime Reduction is working to build the evidence base for effective intervention with perpetrators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3965 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:47:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

654719

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of one-to-one programmes for serial stalkers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL3965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Stalking is an horrific crime which can have a devastating impact on victims and this Government is determined to tackle it. The monitoring and assessment of individuals convicted of stalking is an operational matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners. Data is not held centrally. To support effective assessment and monitoring by the police, details of those convicted of stalking is held on the Police National Computer and, where appropriate, on the Violent and Sexual Offenders Register.</p><p>The Government’s Violence against Women and Girls Strategy published in March 2016 makes clear that a sustainable approach to preventing abuse is dependent on changing the attitude and behaviour of perpetrators. Through the Police Innovation Fund the Government is supporting, promoting and evaluating innovative models to tackle perpetrators’ behaviour and will continue to do so.</p><p>On 7 December the Government announced that it will introduce a Stalking Protection Order to help protect victims at the earliest possible opportunity and deter perpetrators. The new order will be available to the police on application to the courts and will allow the imposition of both restrictions and other measures such as a requirement to attend a treatment programme.</p><p>The College of Policing’s What Works Centre for Crime Reduction is working to build the evidence base for effective intervention with perpetrators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3964 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:47:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

733050

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of women being stalked have been reported to the police in each of the last five years; and how many people have been convicted of stalking in that same period.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested information centrally.</p><p>The Home Office collects data on the number of stalking offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales, although these data cannot be broken down by gender of victim. Data on stalking offences have been published since 2014/15. Prior to this date, there were included in the harassment offence classification. These are published by the Office for National Statistics and can be found in Table A4 of the latest Crime in England and Wales publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of offences that led to conviction. Data on convictions are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. They have supplied information on the number of convictions for stalking and this is given in the table.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/07/2017 11:48:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

600725

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted of stalking under Section 4a of the Protection from Harassment Act in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and what the average sentence was for such offences in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	48460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Stalking can have terrifying consequences, and the Government is determined to do everything it can to protect victims and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>Figures on the number of charges are not collated centrally. Figures on the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentence lengths are published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Ministry of Justice. The CPS Violence Against Women and Girls report published on 6 September 2016 shows that in 2012-13 there were 91 prosecutions following the introduction of the offence in November 2012, in 2013-14 1,489 prosecutions and in 2014-15 1,103.</p><p>Figures on average sentence length are available in the Ministry of Justice publication “Criminal Justice system statistics quarterly: December 2015.” This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/10/2016 15:20:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767659

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce a stalking protection order.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Stalking and harassment are devastating crimes which cause great distress to victims. That is why we strengthened the law by creating specific stalking offences in 2012 and raising the maximum sentence for stalking and harassment to 10 years through the Policing and Crime Act 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Support for victims requires more than prosecution after the fact. That is why, we are introducing a new Stalking Protection Order to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched. The new stalking protection order will support existing tools to ensure there are robust protections available to victims of ‘stranger stalking’.</p><p> </p><p>Primary legislation is required to introduce the order and will be taken forward as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/10/2017 16:41:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

780558

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the introduction of stalking protection orders in 2018 on the number of police investigations of alleged cases of stalking.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	110307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Stalking is a serious crime and this Government is committed to supporting victims and tackling and stopping perpetrators at the earliest opportunity. We are also committed to ensuring the police have the tools they need, which is why we consulted on the introduction of a new civil stalking protection order. Primary legislation is required to introduce the order and will be taken forward as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>While it is for the police and Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether to arrest, investigate, charge or prosecute in a particular case, we are very clear that the new order will not be an alternative to bringing forward robust and rigorous investigations and prosecutions where appropriate. The new order would however allow the police and the courts to intervene early, before cases escalate, thereby reducing the harm to victims. The Home Office carried out a full impact assessment on the new stalking protection order which is available at GOV.uk.</p><p>Once introduced, the effectiveness of the new orders will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/11/2017 15:20:27 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

524610

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 February (HL5970), how many of the 8,000 planned reports in 2016 will come from (1) the rare disease programme, and (2) the cancer programme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
	uin	HL643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>At this stage, Genomics England cannot provide an exact breakdown of the 8,000 planned reports. This will depend on the participants that NHS Genomic Medicine Centres recruit.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/06/2016 12:40:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

752742

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a stalkers' register.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	5123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling stalking and ensuring that the right tools are in place to protect victims of this deeply disturbing crime. That is why we have strengthened the law by making stalking an offence in its own right and are currently taking steps to introduce a new civil stalking protection order.</p><p> </p><p>Convicted perpetrators of stalking are already recorded on systems such as the Police National Computer and we have no current plans to create a separate stalkers register.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:56:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham