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Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, the Government have accepted that a perpetrator strategy should be in the Bill and have brought forward their own amendment. As far as it goes, it is pleasing to see that and I am happy to welcome it—but their amendment completely ignores the key provisions of my noble …..."
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Written Question

Protection from Eviction Act 1977: Prosecutions

Monday 22nd March 2021

Asked by: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions there were under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 for (1) harassment, and (2) unlawful eviction, offences broken down by each police force in England and Wales in each of the past three financial years.

Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar - Shadow Attorney General

The Ministry of Justice holds data on prosecutions and outcomes for offences regarding harassment and unlawful eviction under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 in England and Wales, up to the year ending December 2019.

The following are the offences that were considered:

• Unlawful eviction of occupier
• Unlawful harassment of occupier

Figures can be found on the tables below.

Table 1a: Prosecutions and convictions for unlawful eviction of occupier under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, by financial year(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions			Convictions
Police Force Area	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Avon and Somerset	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	0	4	2	0	2	0
Cheshire	4	0	0	4	0	0
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dorset	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essex	1	2	0	1	2	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Manchester	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gwent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hampshire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Hertfordshire	1	0	0	0	1	0
Humberside	1	2	2	1	2	0
Kent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	0	0	1	0	0	1
Merseyside	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metropolitan Police	2	5	8	2	3	2
Norfolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	2	0	0	0	1	0
Northumbria	0	0	3	0	0	1
Nottinghamshire	0	0	1	0	0	1
South Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Yorkshire	4	2	5	3	2	4
Special/miscellaneous and unknown police forces	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	0	0	0	1	0	0
Suffolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sussex	0	1	0	0	1	0
Thames Valley	2	0	2	2	0	2
Warwickshire	0	0	1	0	0	0
West Mercia	3	0	0	3	0	0
West Midlands	2	0	2	1	0	1
West Yorkshire	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	19	30	19	15	13

Table 1b: Prosecutions and convictions for unlawful harassment of occupier under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, by financial year(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions			Convictions
Police Force Area	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Avon and Somerset	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	3	1	0	1	1	0
Cheshire	1	0	0	0	0	0
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorset	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essex	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Manchester	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gwent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hertfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humberside	5	2	4	4	0	1
Kent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	0	0	1	0	0	0
Merseyside	0	0	2	0	0	1
Metropolitan Police	7	2	7	7	2	2
Norfolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Northumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nottinghamshire	0	0	2	0	0	0
South Wales	0	0	3	0	0	0
South Yorkshire	10	1	0	5	2	0
Special/miscellaneous and unknown police forces	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	0	4	2	0	3	1
Suffolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surrey	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sussex	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thames Valley	0	0	3	0	0	0
Warwickshire	1	0	0	1	0	0
West Mercia	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Midlands	2	0	1	2	0	0
West Yorkshire	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	34	11	27	23	9	5

PQ HL13982; PQ HL13983

Source: MoJ Court Proceedings Database

(1) The figures presented relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe

(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(3) A defendant who is sent from magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court may not have both courts' processes complete within the same year. Defendants who appear before both courts may also be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they are counted as having been originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court, where the offence is changed after committal. This means that for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions

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Written Question

Protection from Eviction Act 1977: Prosecutions

Monday 22nd March 2021

Asked by: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 for (1) harassment, and (2) unlawful eviction, offences by each police force in England and Wales in each of the past three financial years.

Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar - Shadow Attorney General

The Ministry of Justice holds data on prosecutions and outcomes for offences regarding harassment and unlawful eviction under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 in England and Wales, up to the year ending December 2019.

The following are the offences that were considered:

• Unlawful eviction of occupier
• Unlawful harassment of occupier

Figures can be found on the tables below.

Table 1a: Prosecutions and convictions for unlawful eviction of occupier under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, by financial year(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions			Convictions
Police Force Area	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Avon and Somerset	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	0	4	2	0	2	0
Cheshire	4	0	0	4	0	0
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dorset	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essex	1	2	0	1	2	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Manchester	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gwent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hampshire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Hertfordshire	1	0	0	0	1	0
Humberside	1	2	2	1	2	0
Kent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	0	0	1	0	0	1
Merseyside	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metropolitan Police	2	5	8	2	3	2
Norfolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	2	0	0	0	1	0
Northumbria	0	0	3	0	0	1
Nottinghamshire	0	0	1	0	0	1
South Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Yorkshire	4	2	5	3	2	4
Special/miscellaneous and unknown police forces	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	0	0	0	1	0	0
Suffolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sussex	0	1	0	0	1	0
Thames Valley	2	0	2	2	0	2
Warwickshire	0	0	1	0	0	0
West Mercia	3	0	0	3	0	0
West Midlands	2	0	2	1	0	1
West Yorkshire	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	19	30	19	15	13

Table 1b: Prosecutions and convictions for unlawful harassment of occupier under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, by financial year(1)(2)(3)
Prosecutions			Convictions
Police Force Area	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Avon and Somerset	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bedfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	3	1	0	1	1	0
Cheshire	1	0	0	0	0	0
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorset	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyfed-Powys	0	0	0	0	0	0
Essex	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Manchester	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gwent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hertfordshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humberside	5	2	4	4	0	1
Kent	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	0	0	1	0	0	0
Merseyside	0	0	2	0	0	1
Metropolitan Police	7	2	7	7	2	2
Norfolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Northumbria	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nottinghamshire	0	0	2	0	0	0
South Wales	0	0	3	0	0	0
South Yorkshire	10	1	0	5	2	0
Special/miscellaneous and unknown police forces	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	0	4	2	0	3	1
Suffolk	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surrey	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sussex	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thames Valley	0	0	3	0	0	0
Warwickshire	1	0	0	1	0	0
West Mercia	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Midlands	2	0	1	2	0	0
West Yorkshire	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	34	11	27	23	9	5

PQ HL13982; PQ HL13983

Source: MoJ Court Proceedings Database

(1) The figures presented relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe

(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(3) A defendant who is sent from magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court may not have both courts' processes complete within the same year. Defendants who appear before both courts may also be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they are counted as having been originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court, where the offence is changed after committal. This means that for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions

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Written Question

Interim Management Orders

Monday 22nd March 2021

Asked by: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many interim management orders were made by the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar - Shadow Attorney General

HM Courts & Tribunal Services understands the reference to “interim management orders” to be interim Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs).

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) does not make interim EDMOs. Local authorities make interim EDMOs and seek authorisation by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal has a number of EDMO-related jurisdictions. The table below shows the total number of EDMO-related decisions issued for the three full financial years.

Full financial years	Number of Decisions*
2017/2018	10
2018/2019	5
2019/2020	5

*All EDMO cases types and all outcomes

Data source: Operationally Sourced Case Management Data

The above data was generated on a different date to the information contained in quarterly published statistics and was produced specifically for this enquiry.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and is the best data that is available at the time of this publication

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 50 is proposed by my noble friend Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, along with Amendments 51 and 66. These amendments were debated in Committee and when my noble friend tests the opinion of the House at the end of this debate, the Labour Benches will support her. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 52 moved by the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, seeks to insert a new clause into the Bill. This issue was debated in Committee and I was clear then that I supported the intention of the proposed new clause but was not convinced that this was …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, this group of amendments addresses marital rape, whereby rape could be committed by a UK citizen in a country that does not consider it a crime and, presently, no prosecution could be brought. The noble Baroness, Lady Bertin, brought the matter to the attention of the House in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, I am pleased to offer my full support for Amendment 66A, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge. I would have happily signed the noble Lord’s amendment and apologise for not doing so. The noble Lord set out his case well—namely, that victims of domestic abuse …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 141, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, raises the important issue of controlling or coercive behaviour.

This proposed offence is modelled on the existing offence of coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship, as set out in the Serious Crime Act 2015. I support the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"I was going to make the same suggestion as my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who made the point that this is an important issue that runs across departments. As he said, I am not sure that this is the right Bill in which to address it, but …..."
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