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1087526

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date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Obscenity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) arrests, and (2) convictions, for importing child sex dolls there have been in the financial years (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, and (c) 2018–19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL14451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold centrally the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests for notifiable offences on a financial year basis but it is not possible to separately identify those for the importation of child sex dolls.</p><p>Data on the number of arrests are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Information on prosecutions and convictions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/03/2019 16:49:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf title Police Powers and Procedures Eng & Wales 2018
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

1087528

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date	12/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Obscenity: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the (1) Director of Public Prosecutions, and (2) Crown Prosecution Service, on whether an imported child sex doll falls within the definition of an obscene article under the Customs Consolidation Act 1876.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL14452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted the importation of child sex dolls under the provisions of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876, in conjunction with the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, where there is sufficient evidence to do so and a prosecution is required in the public interest. The CPS intends to issue guidance to assist prosecutors considering such allegations shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/03/2019 13:45:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote