The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates\u2019 courts, rather than identifying the number of defendants prosecuted. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking.<\/p>
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In each year since 2011-12 the number of offences charged by way of the stalking or harassment offences under the Act is as follows:<\/p>
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| <\/td> | 2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/p> { 2A(1) and (4) }<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 72<\/p><\/td> 529<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/p> { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/p> { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 149<\/p><\/td><\/tr> TOTAL - STALKING OFFENCES<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 0<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 91<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 743<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/p> { 2(1) and (2) }<\/p><\/td> 7,713<\/p><\/td> 7,159<\/p><\/td> 8,303<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/p> { 4(1) and (4) }<\/p><\/td> 1,632<\/p><\/td> 1,398<\/p><\/td> 1,489<\/p><\/td><\/tr> TOTAL - HARASSMENT OFFENCES<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,345<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,557<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,792<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> TOTAL S2, S2A, S4 & S4A PHA <\/strong><\/p> 1997 OFFENCES<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,345<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,648<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 10,535<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2014 to Question 206108, whether UK law and export control regulations place any restrictions on allowing companies which have previously been ejected from the DSEI arms fair for selling equipment which could be used for torture to exhibit at future DSEI events in London, or whether that decision is entirely a matter for Clarion Events.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2014 to Question 207177, who is responsible for drafting the text of the prudential carve-out in the Trade in Services Agreement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91890/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Final data for the 2012/13 academic year show that there were 5,930 adult (19+) learners participating in government funded further education and skills in Barnsley East constituency.<\/p> <\/p> Information on Apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):<\/p> |