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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/114", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tim Loughton"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence: Females"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the CPS has taken to improve the conviction rate for violence against women and girls.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4389", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ruth Cadbury"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/443965", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/443965/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record to show the number of prosecutions involving defendants prosecuted specifically for criminal activity on-line. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted under the (a) Communications Act 2003, (b) Malicious Communications Act 1988 and (c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for offences committed online.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/443966/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for offences brought by way of the Communications Act 2003, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p><br /><p>However, information is held identifying the number of offences during the past five years in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at magistrates\u2019 courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted, this is detailed in the following table.<\/p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Communications Act 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Malicious Communications Act 1988<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2,916<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,273<\/p><\/td><td><p>16,707<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>3,125<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,301<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,588<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2,920<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,250<\/p><\/td><td><p>19,319<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2,134<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,210<\/p><\/td><td><p>22,668<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2,556<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,586<\/p><\/td><td><p>26,326<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><br /><p>There is no indication of the final prosecution outcome, of if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is also often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/443315/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 creates two offences:<\/p><p>S.51(1) creates an offence directed at acts against a person who assists in an investigation of an offence or who is a witness or potential witness or juror or potential juror whilst an investigation or trial is in progress<\/p><p>S.51(2) creates an offence directed at acts against a person who assisted in an investigation of an offence or who was a witness or juror after an investigation or trial has been concluded.<\/p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in the magistrates\u2019 courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted. A single defendant may be prosecuted for multiple offences.<\/p><p>The number of offences charged under s.51(1) and s.51(2) are as follows:<\/p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br><\/p><\/td><td><p><br><\/p><\/td><td><p>2010-2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011-2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012-2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013-2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>2014-2015<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(1)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Intimidate a witness / juror<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,275<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,630<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,148<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,066<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,202<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(2)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Do an act which harmed a witness / juror<\/p><\/td><td><p>102<\/p><\/td><td><p>166<\/p><\/td><td><p>99<\/p><\/td><td><p>72<\/p><\/td><td><p>109<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(2)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Threaten a witness / juror<\/p><\/td><td><p>240<\/p><\/td><td><p>172<\/p><\/td><td><p>118<\/p><\/td><td><p>122<\/p><\/td><td><p>129<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><br /><p>The proportion of CPS cases that result in a guilty plea has increased from 67.2% in 10/11 to 74.5% in 14/15 which means that there are fewer cases that are likely to be subject to the sorts of acts covered by s.51(1) during the course of the prosecution.<\/p><p>Also, s.51(1) covers intimidation of juror or potential jurors. The number of crown court trials have also been reducing over the period in question by 9.5%, again resulting in fewer cases where S.51(1) offences are likely to apply.<\/p>"}
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