Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Justice, what the average custodial sentence imposed on offenders convicted for offences relating to the live-streaming of the sexual exploitation of children online has been in each of the last three years; and how many international travel restrictions have been imposed on people convicted of those offences.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Live-streaming of sexual exploitation of children may be prosecuted under a number of offences. These include (but are not limited to) causing the sexual exploitation of a child (s48 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003)), controlling a child in relation to sexual exploitation (s49, SOA 2003), arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child (s50, SOA 2003).
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions by detailed offence and figures relating to the offences outlined above can be found in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx
The data tool can be filtered by ‘Offence code’, for offences relating to the above, filter to the following:
07108 Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07109 Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07110 Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07111 Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography - child under 13
07112 Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography - child under 13
07113 Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography - child under 13
Please note that these offences cover a broader range of behaviour than live-streaming, such as recording or otherwise transmitting indecent images of children.
The court proceedings database does not include information on the imposition of international travel restrictions in these cases.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been convicted of offences relating to the live-streaming of the sexual exploitation of children in each of the last three years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Live-streaming of sexual exploitation of children may be prosecuted under a number of offences. These include (but are not limited to) causing the sexual exploitation of a child (s48 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003)), controlling a child in relation to sexual exploitation (s49, SOA 2003), arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child (s50, SOA 2003).
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions by detailed offence and figures relating to the offences outlined above can be found in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx
The data tool can be filtered by ‘Offence code’, for offences relating to the above, filter to the following:
07108 Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07109 Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07110 Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography - child aged 13 to 17
07111 Causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography - child under 13
07112 Controlling a child prostitute or a child involved in pornography - child under 13
07113 Arranging or facilitating child prostitution or pornography - child under 13
Please note that these offences cover a broader range of behaviour than live-streaming, such as recording or otherwise transmitting indecent images of children.
The court proceedings database does not include information on the imposition of international travel restrictions in these cases.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cautions were issued for crimes committed on retail premises in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. However, the data does not identify the context or specific location of offences for example, those carried out on shop workers or retail premises.
The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders issued with (a) a fixed penalty notice and (b) an out of court disposal for a crime committed on a retail premises was a repeat offender.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. However, the data does not identify the context or specific location of offences for example, those carried out on shop workers or retail premises.
The Home Office collates and publishes information on fixed penalty notices. |
The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool. |
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out of court disposals were issued for shop theft offences in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool.
In the PND pivot replace ‘Outcome’ with ‘Offence’ in the ‘Row’ field. The total number of PNDs issued for ‘DA12 Theft (retail under £100)’ will then be displayed in row 28. |
In the Cautions filter by ‘offence’ to include only ’46 Theft from Shops’. The total number of cautions issued for these offences in each year will then be displayed. |
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions there were for offences of violence against the person committed (i) on retail premises and (ii) against retail workers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. This data does not identify the context or specific location of offences, i.e. whether that offence has been carried out on a shop worker or on retail premises.