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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-09-26more like thismore than 2014-09-26
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Harassment remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many stalking and harassment cases were recorded in each year since 2011. more like this
tabling member constituency Sittingbourne and Sheppey more like this
tabling member printed
Gordon Henderson more like this
uin 209434 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-14more like thismore than 2014-10-14
answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ 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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 2A(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL - STALKING OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>743</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 2(1) and (2) }</p></td><td><p>7,713</p></td><td><p>7,159</p></td><td><p>8,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td><td><p>1,398</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL - HARASSMENT OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,345</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,792</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL S2, S2A, S4 &amp; S4A PHA </strong></p><p><strong>1997 OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,345</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,535</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><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> </p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-14T09:59:21.3453786Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-14T09:59:21.3453786Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4050
label Biography information for Gordon Henderson more like this