The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of particular offences that are currently active in either magistrates' or crown courts in England and Wales.<\/p>
The CPS case management system does however record the number of finalised cases which reached a first hearing in the magistrates' court as follows:<\/p>
<\/p>
| <\/td> | <\/td> | 2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Stalking involving fear of violence<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }<\/p><\/td> Stalking involving serious alarm / distress<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 149<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) }<\/p><\/td> Stalking<\/p><\/td> 72<\/p><\/td> 529<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> There is no indication of final outcome or if the offence charged was the offence at finalisation.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are active in magistrates' and crown courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged under (a) section 2A and (b) section 4A of the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997 in each police force in England and Wales since those sections came into force.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the police record complaints and offences of stalking.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police staff in each police area in England and Wales have received training in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of an increase in the need for court reports arising from his Transforming Rehabilitation agenda on the workload of court staff.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to magistrates on consideration of breach applications following the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda in England and Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that there will not be delays in the delivery of court reports to magistrates' courts in Wales and England following the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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