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1177964

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions were issued for indictable-only offences in each year since 2015; and to which types of offence those cautions related.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	1217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on cautions, proceedings, convictions and sentencing in England and Wales, up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Outcomes by Offence data tool.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter by offence type to ’01 Indictable only’. Drag ‘offence group’ into the ‘Rows’ field (beneath ‘Values’).</p><p> </p><p>The number of cautions issued for indictable only offences for each offence group will be shown in rows 24 to 33.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2020 15:51:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1173178

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people offered a caution in a police station understand the implications of accepting one in respect of future Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	7591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Ministry of Justice guidance sets out clear expectations in terms of police explaining the implications of accepting a caution.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Justice guidance on Simple Cautions for Adult Offenders can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simple-cautions-guidance-for-police-and-prosecutors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simple-cautions-guidance-for-police-and-prosecutors</a></p><p>Section 3 of the guidance states police officers must ensure the offender understands the implications of accepting a simple caution, and consents to receiving the disposal before it can be administered. The implications which must be explained are set out in paragraphs 62-76 of the guidance. This includes the significance of the admission of guilt and the retention and disclosure of criminal record information for future legal proceedings or criminal record checks. Guidance also states police officers should ensure offenders are given the opportunity to receive free and independent legal advice before accepting a simple caution.</p><p> </p><p>Similar points are made in the Ministry of Justice Guidance for Conditional Cautions for Adult Offenders (also in Section 3 of the guidance) which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-adult-conditional-cautions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-adult-conditional-cautions</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board published guidance on Youth Out of Court Disposals, which includes relevant guidance in Section 5.22-23 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438139/out-court-disposal-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438139/out-court-disposal-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/01/2020 11:46:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1125246

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to police forces on the procedure for administering cautions to ensure that the person involved understands the legal consequences of accepting that caution.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	251905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs) are measures which allow police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending without recourse to the courts. Simple and Conditional Cautions exist currently for adult offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Justice published guidance on Simple Cautions for Adult Offenders, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simple-cautions-guidance-for-police-and-prosecutors</p><p> </p><p>Section 3 of the guidance states police officers must ensure the offender understands the implications of accepting a simple caution, and consents to receiving the disposal before it can be administered. The implications which must be explained are set out in paragraphs 62-76 of the guidance. This includes the significance of the admission of guilt and the retention and disclosure of criminal record information for future legal proceedings or criminal record checks. Guidance also states police officers should ensure offenders are given the opportunity to receive free and independent legal advice before accepting a simple caution.</p><p> </p><p>Similar points are made in the Ministry of Justice Guidance for Conditional Cautions for Adult Offenders (also in Section 3 of the guidance) which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-adult-conditional-cautions</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/05/2019 16:28:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

687083

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given 15 cautions or more in each of the last five years by age group.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	63610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The data on the number of offenders with 15 or more previous cautions or convictions is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.</a>UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 63611 question first answered 20/02/2017 18:00:08 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

636266

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cautions have been issued for offences of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault, (c) robbery and (d) burglary in each (i) year between 2014 and 2016 and (ii) month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	52874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number of cautions issued for different categories of offence for 2014 and 2015 (the latest available statistics) can be found in the criminal justice system quarterly statistics on GOV.UK</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 28/02/2017 17:27:01 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

438710

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cautions have been given for any offence in each police force area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	20167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of cautions recorded in each police force area during 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 are provided in the attached table. These are based on data published by the Home Office which are available by police force area and offence type at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</p><p>Cautions data published by the Home Office are based on the number of offences recorded by the police that resulted in cautions by the police.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish caution data based on the number of offenders cautioned which are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428954/data-behind-interactive-data-tools.zip</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/12/2015 15:30:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

174246

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 214936, how many such cautions were issued in each police force area.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	221098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Further to my answer to Question 214936 of 25 November 2014, information those offenders cautioned for sexual activity with a child under 13 in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 by police force area can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This data can also be sourced, via the creation of pivot tables, from information which is in the public domain as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics annual publication, in the table “Cautions by police force area”. This is available at: <a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Police Force areas are covered in column A and offences (sexual activity with a child under 13 is offence number 21) is in column J. When manipulating these data, please bear in mind the footnotes in the table apply here too.</p><p> </p><p>All sexual offences are abhorrent and the Government is clear that serious criminals should always face the courts, where judges have tough sentencing measures available to them. We have changed the rules to stop cautions being given for serious offences and have unveiled plans to scrap their use completely. This proposed new system will see cautions replaced with a system of tougher sanctions designed to make sure offenders face direct consequences for carrying out even minor crimes. People have to be able to have confidence in our justice system and serious offenders should not be getting cautions. Under this Government, more sex offenders are going to jail and for longer.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/01/2015 15:03:30 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 221098 -table.xls title Offenders cautioned for sexual activity with child
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

171993

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of cautions issued since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	219657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The use of cautions is at its lowest point for 30 years and nearly half the level seen in 2007. The total number of cautions has decreased by 11% in the year ending June 2014 as compared to the previous 12 months. However, the Government is not complacent and wants to ensure that serious offences are always brought to court.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a review of simple cautions in early 2013, to examine the way in which simple cautions were being used and consider the need for any changes to policy or practice.</p><p> </p><p>Following this review, the Ministry of Justice issued updated guidance in November 2013 on the process to be followed by the police when administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This placed limits on the circumstances in which a simple caution should be issued, particularly for serious offences. We have banned the use of simple cautions for possession of any offensive weapon (including a knife), supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children, including child prostitution and pornography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place further restrictions on the use of cautions for certain serious offences which will be set out in secondary legislation, as well as stopping their use for indictable only offences and repeat offenders (unless there are exceptional circumstances).</p><p> </p><p>In 2013 we consulted on whether there is a need for more radical change in the out of court disposal framework, which includes simple cautions. After this, the Government announced plans to simplify the current range of disposals into two tiers: a suspended prosecution (based around the conditional caution) and a new statutory community resolution.</p><p> </p><p>This new framework would remove the option of a simple caution and move away from a system of warnings and reprimands. It would give the police the power to tackle offending behaviour in a more effective way. Offenders would be required to take action to comply with the new disposals and face meaningful consequences if they failed to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed framework is being piloted in three police forces before a decision is taken on whether to roll them out across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 17:54:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

106012

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of police cautions issued for (a) rape, (b) sexual offences and (c) violent crimes in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. Crime is falling and offenders are going to prison for longer. This Government has taken action to end cautions culture, and to make sure serious offenders do not receive penalties seen as soft options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are changing the law to ban ‘simple’ cautions for all of the indictable only offences - the most serious criminal offences which must be tried in the Crown Court including rape, manslaughter and robbery.</p><p>We are also banning ‘simple’ cautions for possession of any offensive weapon (including a knife), supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children, including child prostitution and pornography.</p><p>We have also outlined a new approach to scrap all cautions, which is being piloted in Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and Leicestershire, with a view to being extended across the country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The current simple cautions are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and are designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by a senior police officer of at least the rank of Superintendent and the Crown Prosecution Service. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions on the use of cautions for certain serious offences.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of simple cautions issued for rape, sexual offences and violent crimes, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and is available at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>For rape offences</p><p> </p><p>Under “Offence” select rape of a female and rape of a male.</p><p> </p><p>For sexual offences</p><p> </p><p>Under “Offence type” select sexual offences.</p><p> </p><p>For violent crimes</p><p> </p><p>Under “Offence type” select violence against the person.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on Offenders cautioned by sex and type of offence, 2003 to 2013</p><p>Is available at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a></p><p>Under “Out of court disposals” data is available at Table Q2d.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/11/2014 17:38:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

79431

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what types of indictable-only offence a caution was issued in each year since 2009; and how many cautions were issued for each type of offence in that period.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	206955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"></ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This Government has taken action to end the cautions culture and to make sure serious offenders do not receive penalties seen as soft options. The use of cautions is at its lowest point for thirty years.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are changing the law to ban simple cautions for all of the indictable only offences - the most serious criminal offences which must be tried in the Crown Court, including rape, manslaughter and robbery. We are also banning simple cautions for possession of a knife or offensive weapon, supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further, we announced proposals in November 2014 for a new out of court disposal framework that would see an end to cautions and warnings and would require offenders to take actions to comply with their disposals. Elements of this new framework are being piloted in Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and Leicestershire before a decision is taken on whether to implement the new framework across England and Wales. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for indictable-only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by a senior police officer of at least the rank of Superintendent and the Crown Prosecution Service. These will be cases where there are exceptional circumstances which would mean that it is not in the public interest to prosecute.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Latest information on cautions issued by offence type is publicly available online at the Ministry of Justice’s statistics portal. This data is contained in Q2.3 of the Out of Court Disposals table: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2014</a></ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Since 2007 the overall number of simple cautions issued has halved. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; which has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</del></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 15:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:55:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 206955 - table.xls title number of indictable only cautions issued 2009-13 previous answer version 18652 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies