The CPS does not maintain a central record of prosecutions which involved trespass. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>
<\/p>
Trespass is not of itself a criminal offence. However, there are some offences in which trespass is an essential element. The tables below set out the most common examples of such offences, where a prosecution commenced in the Sussex Police Force Area and in England, during each of the last three years.<\/p>
<\/p>
Offences recorded in the CPS Case Management Information System are those which reached a hearing. There is no indication of the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.<\/p>
<\/p>
It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.<\/p>
TABLE (A) SUSSEX POLICE FORCE AREA<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }<\/p><\/td> Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }<\/p><\/td> Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }<\/p><\/td> Aggravated trespass<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (\u201cIPO\u201d)<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }<\/p><\/td> Violence to secure entry<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }<\/p><\/td> Adverse occupation of residential premises.<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing with a weapon of offence<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }<\/p><\/td> Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }<\/p><\/td> Trespass on land with a firearm<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }<\/p><\/td> Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Squatting in residential premises.<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> TABLE (B) ENGLAND <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }<\/p><\/td> Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }<\/p><\/td> Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }<\/p><\/td> Aggravated trespass<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 114<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 40<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (\u201cIPO\u201d)<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }<\/p><\/td> Violence to secure entry<\/p><\/td> 1,413<\/p><\/td> 1,271<\/p><\/td> 1,081<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }<\/p><\/td> Adverse occupation of residential premises.<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing with a weapon of offence<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }<\/p><\/td> Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }<\/p><\/td> Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }<\/p><\/td> Trespass on land with a firearm<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }<\/p><\/td> Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Squatting in residential premises.<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what is the prosecution rate is for trespass committed in (a) Sussex and (b) England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227411/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 is legislation that amended section39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to provide offences relating to common assault or battery committed against an emergency worker while carrying out their duties.<\/p> <\/p> The CPS maintains records of the number of offences in which a CPS prosecution commenced, including offences of assaulting an emergency worker. The data provided in the table detailed below shows the total number of offences in which a prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) commenced at magistrates\u2019 courts under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 since it came into force on the 13th<\/sup> November 2018. However the CPS does not hold any central record of the details of complainants\u2019 occupations.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2018/19 (Nov 18 - Mar 19)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total offences: Criminal Justice Act 1988 and section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 {39}<\/p><\/td> 4,395<\/p><\/td> 23,492<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence. No data are held on the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.<\/p> <\/p> The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants charged with, or prosecuted for these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for assaulting an emergency worker have related to assaults against (a) police officers, (b) NHS staff, (c) prison officers, (d) firefighters and (e) other emergency workers since the offence was introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"}
], "uin" : "78585"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227423/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The CPS does not maintain a central record of complainants\u2019 occupations, nor of the specific circumstances under which a person has been charged with an offence. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the proportion of assaults on shop workers that were prosecuted in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1565", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Philip Davies"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"}
], "uin" : "78588"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227475", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227475/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Court of Appeal has recently increased the sentences upon a reference by the Law Officers in the following cases. In the first, the offender Habte stabbed a lone female who was a stranger to him: his sentence was increased to reflect a finding of dangerousness, to one of five years\u2019 detention with a three year licence extension. In a case of manslaughter, the offender Taiwo\u2019s sentence was increased to seven years\u2019 two months imprisonment, building on another case the Law Officers referred which emphasises the seriousness of \u201cone-punch\u201d attacks, Coyle. Most recently, the sentence of a Manchester man who raped his 15 year old girlfriend when he was 19 was referred to the Court and increased to three years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what recent sentences she has extended through the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1226460/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " From records held on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Oracle HR database for the period 1 April 2020 to 10 August 2020, five CPS employees (0.08% of the workforce) have been absent from work, but not ill, because of the need to quarantine or be in self isolation due to COVID-19. Three of those are employed at Executive Officer equivalent grade and held non-prosecutor roles and two at Grade 7 equivalent and held prosecutor roles.<\/p> <\/p> Data Source: CPS Oracle HR 10 August 2020, categorisation in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance<\/em><\/p>"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-01T15:31:34.007Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of CPS staff have had to self-isolate due to covid-19 and what (a) role and (b) staffing grade of those staff is.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1226462/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Law Officers promote the unduly lenient sentence scheme and its extension, including in Parliament and on social media. It is important that those in contact with victims at the time of sentencing ensure those victims are aware of the right to request a review of the sentence in qualifying cases. The Lord Chancellor consulted on including this in the Victims\u2019 Code which is due to be published later this year.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Victims Commissioner's annual report 2019/20, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to promote the changes to the review into the unduly lenient scheme to ensure victims are aware of their right to request a challenge.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4620", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ellie Reeves"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ellie Reeves"}
], "uin" : "76849"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1226464", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1226464/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Law Officers promote the unduly lenient sentence scheme and its extension, including in Parliament and on social media. The Lord Chancellor, in the recent Victims\u2019 Code public consultation, sought views on a requirement that witness care officers inform victims of the right to request a review of a sentence, at the time of sentence. The Ministry of Justice are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and aim to publish the revised Victims\u2019 Code later this year. As set out in the consultation, raising awareness of the Victims\u2019 Code will be an important part of the re-launch.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Victims: Codes of Practice"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to (a) promote the updated changes to the unduly lenient scheme and (b) increase the awareness of those changes among victims as part of the upcoming launch of the new Victims\u2019 Code.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4620", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ellie Reeves"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ellie Reeves"}
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