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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/38810/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>I have set out below the number of criminal offences in England and Wales created by government departments. The numbers are collated by the Criminal Offences Gateway which scrutinises proposals on new and amended criminal offences for England and Wales.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The numbers are based on offences put through the Criminal Offences Gateway during the period 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013 (the latest available data).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Further information can be found in the New Criminal Offences England and Wales <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The numbers of new criminal offences, which include entirely new offences and existing offences which have been extended or amended in some way, are published annually by my department in the statistical bulletin <em>New Criminal Offence<\/em>s. The new criminal offences enforce Government policy in a range of areas, including to contain the spread of serious animal diseases and to criminalise squatting in a residential building.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period covered<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of legislative provisions (secondary &amp; primary) containing new offences<\/p><\/td><td><p>Total criminal offences created<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2010 to 31 May 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>33<\/p><\/td><td><p>174<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>52<\/p><\/td><td><p>292<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>60<\/p><\/td><td><p>327<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>712 criminal offences were created during the period 1 June 2009 to May 2010 which was the 12 months immediately prior to the establishment of the Criminal Offences Gateway.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>New offences are needed for a number of reasons, for example, to update legislation that is now out of date, to underpin delivery of government priorities and to set out clearly what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. The Government committed to putting in place a mechanism, an additional layer of scrutiny, for proposals to create new offences. This is the first time a Government has done so and committed to doing so publicly. The Government has repealed 140 offences in the 12 months ending May 2013.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The information on the predicted effect on the number of prisoners for each relevant offence is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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