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<p>I am answering on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice, as I am the minister
that superintends the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who is responsible for bringing
charges.</p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of people
who have been charged with offences brought by way of Section 1 or Section 2 of the
Modern Slavery Act 2015; or Section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of
Claimants etc.) Act 2004; or Sections 57 and 58 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. (Sections
57, 58 and 59 were repealed and replaced by section 59A Sexual Offences Act 2003 on
13 April 2013) This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files,
which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, although it is not
possible to identify the number of people charged with a particular offence, records
are held showing the overall number of offences in which a prosecution commenced in
the magistrates’ courts. The table below shows the number of offences, rather than
defendants, charged by way of the human trafficking offences during each of the last
three calendar years. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asylum
and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners
and Justice Act 2009 { 71 }</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern
Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
Offences Act 2003 { 57 }</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
Offences Act 2003 { 58 }</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
Offences Act 2003 { 59 }</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
Offences Act 2003 { 59A }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
Human Trafficking Offences Charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>334</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data
Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>No
offences have yet been recorded under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which
came into force on 31st July 2015.</p><p> </p>
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