Section 156 (2) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for certain assault offences where they are committed against a person providing a public service, performing a public duty, or providing services to the public. The Government introduced this to ensure that the public-facing nature of a victim's role would be considered, allowing the court to give a longer sentence within the statutory maximum for the offence.<\/p>
The Ministry of Justice does not collect or publish data on the use of aggravating factors. Currently, there is no specific offence for an attack against a worker undertaking a public-facing role. As assault of a worker in a public-facing role is not a specific offence, we are unable to assess the trends relating to assaults on public-facing workers specifically.<\/p>
The Government recognises the seriousness of assaults on workers undertaking public-facing roles and is clear that we must adopt a zero-tolerance approach to assault against those who serve the public. This is why in April 2024, the Government published \u2018Fighting Retail Crime: more action\u2019, within which the Government announced plans to introduce a new offence of assault against a shop worker, building on the operational policing commitments in the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan published in October 2023.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4826", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Laura Farris"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newbury"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Laura Farris"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-04-25T16:21:28.257Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-04-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of section 156 (2) of the Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on levels of attacks on workers undertaking public-facing roles.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1593", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sammy Wilson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Antrim"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sammy Wilson"} ], "uin" : "22286"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505075", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505075/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office uses data on NHS hospital admissions for assault with a sharp object for under 25 year olds as our primary metric for levels of serious violence. In the West Midlands, hospital admissions for assault with a sharp object for under 25s have increased 13% from March 2020/21 to March 2021/22, although they remain 8% lower than in the year to March 2020.<\/p>
Across England, hospital admissions for assault with a sharp object for under 25s have decreased 3% from March 2020/21 to March 2021/22, and remain 13% lower than the year ending March 2020. It is important to note that many crime types were suppressed during 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of public health restrictions. This makes meaningful year on year comparisons challenging.<\/p>
The Government is determined to tackle the underlying causes of serious violence and are redoubling our efforts with a twin-track approach, combining tough enforcement with programmes that steer young people away from crime.<\/p>
That is why we have made £130m available this financial year (22/23) to tackle serious violence, including murder and knife crime. This includes<\/p>
£64m for our network of 20 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of violence in their area, and £30m for our targeted police programme, Grip. Together, these programmes have prevented an estimated 49,000 violent offences in their first two years of activity.<\/p>
To support the prevention of violence in the West Midlands, we have provided the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) c.£16 million since 2019, including a c.£5.9 million allocation for this financial year (2022/23).<\/p>
In addition, we have provided West Midlands Police with c.£19 million of funding between 2019 \u2013 2022 to support their operational response to tackling serious violence via the Grip \u2018hot spot\u2019 policing programme. This includes a c.£3m allocation this financial year (2022-23).<\/p>
As at 30 June 2022, West Midlands Police have recruited 899 additional police officers as part of our commitment to recruit an additional 20,000 police officers across England and Wales by March 2023.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4507", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Horsham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Quin"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-08T16:53:52.753Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of serious violent crime in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle serious violent crime in those areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4378", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Colleen Fletcher"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry North East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Colleen Fletcher"} ], "uin" : "47561"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1463464", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1463464/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The new offence of non-fatal strangulation, in section 70 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, comes into force early next month. There will be media communications to mark the introduction and the Government will continue to highlight the dangers that can result from strangulation and suffocation.<\/p>
Regarding training, NHS England is also funding a free online training event to occur in late June which is aimed at NHS front line staff including paramedics, GP practices and A&E staff, Domestic Abuse Partnerships, non-Government offices, staff in the statutory domestic abuse and sexual assault sector, the police, prosecutors, social work, judges and magistrates, probation and psychologists. The judiciary, who are independent of Government, will \u2013 through the Judicial College \u2013 consider whether specific training and/or wider training on domestic abuse is necessary.<\/p>
Building on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the Government has made substantial commitments in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published by the Home Office in March 2022, to better support victims of domestic abuse. Commitments include multi-year funding for victim support services which are crucial for helping victims engage in the criminal justice process. As part of this, the Ministry of Justice is bolstering support for victims by increasing its funding from £150.5m in 2021/22 to £185 million by 2024/25. This will ensure support is available to more victims and includes funding to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisers to over 1,000, and other key services like crisis helplines. The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan also contains a perpetrator Strategy which sets out clear commitments to prioritise addressing domestic abuse, with the aim of preventing people becoming perpetrators and victims in the first place. Additionally, through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, victims will be given more time to report domestic abuse-related assaults by extending the time limit for prosecutions to six months from a formal report to the police within an overall limit of two years from the offence.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-05-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "3607"} , {"_value" : "3609"} , {"_value" : "3610"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-05-23T15:18:39.777Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of (a) the dangers of strangulation, (b) that a person can die after seconds of strangulation, (c) that survivors may have no visible marks yet have serious medical consequences and (d) victims of strangulation are seven times more likely to subsequently be murdered.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4370", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jess Phillips"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Yardley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jess Phillips"} ], "uin" : "3608"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1463466", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1463466/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The new offence of non-fatal strangulation, in section 70 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, comes into force early next month. There will be media communications to mark the introduction and the Government will continue to highlight the dangers that can result from strangulation and suffocation.<\/p>
Regarding training, NHS England is also funding a free online training event to occur in late June which is aimed at NHS front line staff including paramedics, GP practices and A&E staff, Domestic Abuse Partnerships, non-Government offices, staff in the statutory domestic abuse and sexual assault sector, the police, prosecutors, social work, judges and magistrates, probation and psychologists. The judiciary, who are independent of Government, will \u2013 through the Judicial College \u2013 consider whether specific training and/or wider training on domestic abuse is necessary.<\/p>
Building on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the Government has made substantial commitments in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published by the Home Office in March 2022, to better support victims of domestic abuse. Commitments include multi-year funding for victim support services which are crucial for helping victims engage in the criminal justice process. As part of this, the Ministry of Justice is bolstering support for victims by increasing its funding from £150.5m in 2021/22 to £185 million by 2024/25. This will ensure support is available to more victims and includes funding to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisers to over 1,000, and other key services like crisis helplines. The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan also contains a perpetrator Strategy which sets out clear commitments to prioritise addressing domestic abuse, with the aim of preventing people becoming perpetrators and victims in the first place. Additionally, through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, victims will be given more time to report domestic abuse-related assaults by extending the time limit for prosecutions to six months from a formal report to the police within an overall limit of two years from the offence.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-05-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "3607"} , {"_value" : "3608"} , {"_value" : "3609"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-05-23T15:18:39.87Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training his Department provides for staff involved in dealing with strangulation and suffocation crimes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4370", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jess Phillips"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Yardley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jess Phillips"} ], "uin" : "3610"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458588", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458588/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office has published two reports capturing the costs of crimes that are experienced by victims on a repeated and ongoing basis outside the context of domestic abuse. These reports are namely the \u2018Economic and socials costs of modern slavery\u2019 (2018) and \u2018The economic and social cost of contact child sexual abuse\u2019 (2021). The methodology applied to calculate costs of repeated offences is consistent between the reports.<\/p>
The ONS publishes data from the Crime Survey in England and Wales on the proportion of victims who were victimised more than once, and the proportion of incidents experienced by repeat victims in the period between May 2020 and March 2021 (available at Crime in England and Wales: Annual Trend and Demographic Tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a>, Table D8-9).<\/p> Data on repeat victimisation is also available for sexual offences in the year ending 2018 (Available at Sexual offences: appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a>, Table 17)<\/p> References:<\/p> The economic and social costs of domestic abuse (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> Economic and social costs of modern slavery - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> The economic and social cost of contact child sexual abuse - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4668", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachel Maclean"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rachel Maclean"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department\u2019s report, The economic and social costs of domestic abuse, published on 2 January 2019, whether her Department has made an assessment of what crimes are typically experienced by victims on a repeated and ongoing basis outside of the context of domestic abuse.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Islington South and Finsbury"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"}
], "uin" : "155648"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456884", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456884/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Home Office does not hold information on the number of assaults or sexual offences reported to the police where the suspect was a transgender individual or a police officer.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"}
}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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]}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-04-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, how many cases were reported to the police in (1) England, and (2) Wales, involving assaults and sexual offences by (a) trans individuals, and (b) police officers, in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, and (iii) 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1138", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew"}
}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Carlile of Berriew"}
], "uin" : "HL7682"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454150", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454150/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The economic and social costs of domestic abuse report (published January 2019) outlines the methodology applied to calculate costs, and how these differ when compared to the approach taken in the economic and social costs of crime (published July 2018).<\/p> Unit costs are produced in both reports in the cases of (i) violence with injury, (ii) violence without injury, and (iii) rape.<\/p> References:<\/p> The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> The economic and social costs of domestic abuse (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department\u2019s reports entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, and The economic and social costs of domestic abuse, published on 21 January 2019, if she will publish any information held by her Department on the differences of methodology that were used to generate the estimated unit costs in cases of (a) violence with injury, (b) violence without injury and (c) rape in each publication.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"}
], "uin" : "146581"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454153", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454153/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Economic and Social Costs of Crime (published by the Home Office, July 2018) is still in use by the Department, as it is currently the most comprehensive source for the estimated social and economic costs of the crimes that are referenced in the report, committed against individuals and businesses.<\/p> The unit costs are used widely in appraisal of crime-related policies and are inflated to the relevant price year. This does not capture any other changes in the prevalence of crimes or any potential changes in the respective unit costs since the year the report was based on (year ending March 2016).<\/p> The Economic and Social Costs of Crime report was peer reviewed by three independent academics. The analytical approach has since been replicated for other crime types, such as the cost of domestic abuse, and undergone further academic peer reviews to maintain analytical robustness.<\/p> A breakdown of the unit costs by sex are not available, however a breakdown of victims by sex for rape and separately violence with and without injury can be found via the ONS (Crime in England and Wales: Annual supplementary tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a> tables S40 for rape offences, and The nature of violent crime: appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a> table 1 for violence with injury and violence without injury).<\/p> References:<\/p> The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/918897/horr107.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department\u2019s report entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, if she will publish any information her Department holds on the differences in the estimated unit costs for (a) male and (b) female victims in cases of (i) violence with injury, (ii) violence without injury and (iii) rape.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"}
], "uin" : "146582"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454154", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454154/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The economic and social costs of domestic abuse report (published January 2019) outlines the methodology applied to calculate costs, and how these differ when compared to the approach taken in the economic and social costs of crime (published July 2018).<\/p> Unit costs are produced in both reports in the cases of (i) violence with injury, (ii) violence without injury, and (iii) rape.<\/p> References:<\/p> The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> The economic and social costs of domestic abuse (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crimes of Violence"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department\u2019s report entitled The economic and social costs of crime (Second edition), published on 23 July 2018, if she will publish any information her Department holds on the differences in the estimated unit costs for (a) domestic abuse victims and (b) other victims in cases of (i) violence with injury, (ii) violence without injury and (iii) rape.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Islington South and Finsbury"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"}
], "uin" : "146583"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454162", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454162/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Economic and Social Costs of Crime (published by the Home Office, July 2018) is still in use by the Department, as it is currently the most comprehensive source for the estimated social and economic costs of the crimes that are referenced in the report, committed against individuals and businesses.<\/p> The unit costs are used widely in appraisal of crime-related policies and are inflated to the relevant price year. This does not capture any other changes in the prevalence of crimes or any potential changes in the respective unit costs since the year the report was based on (year ending March 2016).<\/p> The Economic and Social Costs of Crime report was peer reviewed by three independent academics. The analytical approach has since been replicated for other crime types, such as the cost of domestic abuse, and undergone further academic peer reviews to maintain analytical robustness.<\/p> A breakdown of the unit costs by sex are not available, however a breakdown of victims by sex for rape and separately violence with and without injury can be found via the ONS (Crime in England and Wales: Annual supplementary tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a> tables S40 for rape offences, and The nature of violent crime: appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)<\/a> table 1 for violence with injury and violence without injury).<\/p> References:<\/p> The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>