The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including the offences charged by way of the Immigration Act 1971.<\/p>
<\/p>
During the last 10 years, up to the end of March 2020, the number of offences charged by way of section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 is as follows:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | Immigration Act 1971 { 25(1) }<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Immigration Act 1971 { 25(2) }<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Immigration Act 1971 { 25(A)(1) }<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Immigration Act 1971 { 25(B)(1) }<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 397<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 390<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 430<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 311<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 382<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015-2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 321<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 440<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 330<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 295<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019-2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 273<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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 defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.<\/p> <\/p> It is not possible to separately report whether any offences involved the use or control of a vessel at sea other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> The Law Officers have not issued any guidance, advice or instructions to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. However, the CPS has clear and published policy guidance on the prosecution of immigration offences, which reflects the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the CPS and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016. This establishes the agreed approach and public interest factors which prosecutors must consider when reviewing immigration cases. No further recent guidance has been issued to Crown Prosecutors on section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.<\/p> <\/p> Neither the Attorney General's Office nor the CPS have received representations from the Home Office on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. The joint approach between the CPS and Immigration Enforcement is to consider prosecution under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 for anyone who has been involved in organising and planning the offences.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those prosecutions related to having control of a vessel on the sea.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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