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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-21more like thismore than 2014-10-21
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Harassment: Sentencing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13. more like this
tabling member constituency Liverpool, Walton more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Rotheram remove filter
uin 211252 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-24more like thismore than 2014-10-24
answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark more like this
answering member printed Simon Hughes more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-24T13:50:43.3807695Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-24T13:50:43.3807695Z
answering member
194
label Biography information for Simon Hughes more like this
attachment
1
file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls more like this
title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences remove filter
tabling member
4035
label Biography information for Steve Rotheram more like this