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Section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 \u2018Offence of buying scrap metal for cash etc\u2019 was repealed by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013<\/a> under Section 12, with legislation of Section 12 now including the offences applicable to the purchasing of scrap metal.<\/p> The Ministry of Justice publishes a time series of information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (offence code 19534), in the following tool:<\/p> Outcomes by Offence data tool<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul> A breakdown of prosecutions for offences under Section 12 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, related to paying cash for scrap metal within the last five years, has been provided in Table 1 on a principal offence basis for all courts in England and Wales.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been bought under section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to the resale of scrap metal in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of sharing the results of polygraph testing in high-risk domestic abuse cases with (a) multi-agency partners and (b) specialist services to inform risk assessment and safety planning.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population rate per 100,000 people is in Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there are in each pay band in each establishment in Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1650078/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Staff vacancies as of May 2023 can be found on the attached table, broken down by grade and PDU.<\/p> <\/p> Nationally, we are now investing an extra £155 million a year into the Probation Service compared to 2019 and recruiting record numbers of staff to deliver tougher supervision and keep the public safe. This includes the recruitment of an extra 4,039 trainee probation officers between 2020/21 and 2022/23.<\/p> <\/p> When comparing staff in post to Target Staffing across all grades there are currently no vacancies in Wales. However, this is because the region currently has a large number of Trainee Probation Officers (199.5 FTE) who only spend part of their time carrying out casework at a Band 3 Probation Services Officer level. As a result, there are vacancies when looking at an individual grade level. These trainees have been recruited to fill Probation Officer vacancies but do not contribute towards Probation Officer casework until the point at which they qualify and carry out work at a Band 3 Probation Services Officer level.<\/p> The table presented only shows grades which currently have vacancies and does not take into account Trainee Probation Officer contribution towards \u2018Band 3 - Probation Services Officer\u2019 targets.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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