Asked by: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prosecutions, and (2) convictions, for human trafficking-related offences there were in each of the last five calendar years.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of people prosecuted and convicted in England and Wales up to the year ending December 2018 for the following human trafficking-related offences
Note that the first two offences in this list, were superseded in 2015 by the latter three offences (arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, commit offence of kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation, commit offence other than kidnapping or false imprisonment with intention of arranging travel with view to exploitation), all of which are under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Figures can be found in the table attached. If an offence does not appear in the table, it means there were no prosecutions or convictions for it in the period given.
Asked by: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many compensation orders under section 130 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 have been made in respect of offences flagged as modern slavery offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years; and what was the (1) total, and (2) average amount of those compensation awards.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
Modern Slavery was introduced as a specific offence as part of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Therefore, data related to this offence is only available from 2015. Centrally held data relates to the number of individuals sentenced to pay compensation for modern slavery offences.
Since 2015, there have not been any individuals ordered to pay compensation as part of their sentence for a modern slavery offence.
Asked by: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 8 May (HL7173), how many people were (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017; and what penalties were imposed in cases of conviction.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
There have been zero defendants convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017.
Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar year since that provision came into force in 2010; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and the number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, from 2010 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.
Criminal justice statistics for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1), England and Wales, 2010 to 2016(2)(3)
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Total Proceeded Against | 49 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 2 | - |
Total Guilty | 43 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - |
Total Sentenced | 43 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - |
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Immediate Custody | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suspend Sentence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Community Sentences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fine | 29 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - |
Absolute Discharge | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Conditional Discharge | 12 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Otherwise dealt with | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
' - ' = Nil
(1) Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 inserted by Policing and Crime Act 2009
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons 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.
(3) 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 and police forces. 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.
Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each year since the provision came into force, and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The attached table shows, for the years 2010-2014, the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and the number of offenders found guilty and sentenced at all courts, with sentencing outcomes, for offences relating to paying or promising to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services.
Court proceeding data for calendar year 2015 is planned for publication in May 2016.
The Home Office collects data on arrests at offence group level (for example, “sexual offences”), but the data is unavailable in relation to more specific offences, such as those under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.