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50078

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of incidents of domestic violence involving a legally owned (a) firearm and (b) airgun in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information is not available centrally.<br><br>The Home Office is notified by police forces in England and Wales of how many <br>domestic abuse incidents they have dealt with but it is not possible from this <br>information to say how many involved firearms (whether legally owned or not) or <br>air weapons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9403 answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Steve Baker answering member 4064
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45334

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles 43 to 54 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 3884 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45336

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to Articles 122 (1)(a) and 123 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 3891 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45337

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to sexual abuse including the abuse of children. The proportion of offenders sentenced who were sentenced to immediate custody rose to 86% in 2012, compared to 58% in 2009.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants found guilty of offences under sections 30 – 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for England and Wales for 2013 are planned for publication as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics publication in May 2014</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible separately to identify the age of the victim from centrally held data or to give figures for each individual offence requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under Sections 30-41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, England and Wales, 2008 to 2012 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2008 <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conviction ratio <sup>(5)</sup></p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspended sentence</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community sentence</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional discharge</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute discharge</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise dealt with<sup> (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Custody rate <sup>(7)</sup></p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(4) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(5) Conviction ratio is calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(6) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(7) The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3892 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

50077

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the National Domestic Violence Helpline in 2013; and how many such calls mentioned use of (a) any weapon and (b) a firearm.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office provides funding to the National Domestic Violence Helpline, <br>which is run jointly by Women's Aid and Refuge. Latest management information <br>provided by Women's Aid and Refuge sets out that in the first half of financial <br>year 2013/2014 (April -September 2013), the National Domestic Violence Helpline received <br>78,894 calls.<br><br>This data does not provide information on the number of calls that mention the <br>use of any weapon or firearms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9399 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

50079

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of air rifles in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Only air rifles which have a discharge velocity of 12ft lbs are held on a <br>firearms certificate. <br><br>The police National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS) shows that as <br>of 12 May, 11,852 such air rifles were held on certificate in England and <br>Wales. <br><br>Low-powered air rifles (those below 12ft lbs discharge velocity) are not <br>licensed in England and Wales. It is therefore not possible to provide an <br>estimate of the number of air rifles which fall into this classification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9405 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44535

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the expert panel for the review into new psychoactive substances does not include representation from the public health sector.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It does. Public health expertise is contributed to the New Psychoactive <br>Substances review by:<br><br>Dr Owen Bowden Jones, Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry, who is leading an <br>initiative to develop clinical knowledge summaries for New Psychoactive <br>Substances with support from Public Health England; Paul Griffiths, Head of <br>Science at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, who <br>received an award from the US National Institute for Drug Addiction in <br>recognition of his role in developing the knowledge base on NPS; and the drug <br>policy team at the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 2613 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45114

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section (a) 1, where the victim was a child, and (b) 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit sexual offences are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants convicted of offences under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was a child under 16, together with all offences under sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 can be viewed in the table. As the Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for these offences all proceedings reflect that Act too, as per the footnote.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics in respect of victims of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 cannot be broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p>Also, my department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Likewise, Criminal Justice Statistics in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 193577, 193578, 193579, 193582.XLS title Table 1 previous answer version 3865 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45115

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles (a) 5 and 6, where the victim was a child, and (b) 12, 13 and 14 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit sexual offences are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants convicted of offences under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was a child under 16, together with all offences under sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 can be viewed in the table. As the Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for these offences all proceedings reflect that Act too, as per the footnote.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics in respect of victims of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 cannot be broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p>Also, my department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Likewise, Criminal Justice Statistics in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 193577, 193578, 193579, 193582.XLS title Table 1 previous answer version 3866 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45116

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections (a) 1 and 2, where the victim was a child, and (b) 18, 19 and 20(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit sexual offences are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants convicted of offences under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was a child under 16, together with all offences under sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 can be viewed in the table. As the Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for these offences all proceedings reflect that Act too, as per the footnote.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics in respect of victims of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 cannot be broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p>Also, my department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Likewise, Criminal Justice Statistics in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 193577, 193578, 193579, 193582.XLS title Table 1 previous answer version 3868 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson