Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of fraud cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of theft cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supported the prosecution in each year since 2010.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of theft cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the case for prosecution in each year since 2010.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of cases of possessing a weapon which could not proceed because a victim no longer supports the prosecution. |
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of cases of possessing a weapon which could not proceed because a victim no longer supports the prosecution. |
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of robbery cases stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the case for prosecution in each year since 2010.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of robbery cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2018.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Attorney General's Department has had no expenditure on legal representation at inquests since 2018. |
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people charged with stalking offences had been previously convicted of such offences in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences. However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013/14. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021/22.
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Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people charged with domestic abuse offences had been previously convicted of such offences in each of the last 30 years for which figures are available.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences after having been previously convicted of similar offences. The CPS does not hold any data on recidivism. Proven reoffending statistics are held, maintained, and published by the Ministry of Justice. |
CPS DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGE VOLUME AND RATE | ||
Financial Year | Charged | % Charged of Legal Decisions |
2005-2006 | 31,392 | 71.6% |
2006-2007 | 44,917 | 69.1% |
2007-2008 | 50,089 | 69.3% |
2008-2009 | 55,509 | 71.1% |
2009-2010 | 62,087 | 70.1% |
2010-2011 | 68,927 | 70.4% |
2011-2012 | 66,186 | 71.8% |
2012-2013 | 60,190 | 71.0% |
2013-2014 | 72,905 | 73.0% |
2014-2015 | 84,711 | 72.1% |
2015-2016 | 82,158 | 73.2% |
2016-2017 | 79,417 | 74.8% |
2017-2018 | 77,726 | 75.9% |
2018-2019 | 67,469 | 74.3% |
2019-2020 | 55,567 | 73.1% |
2020-2021 | 50,838 | 70.1% |
2021-2022 | 43,836 | 72.7% |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | ||
The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought for stalking offences against people previously convicted of stalking in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences.
However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) } | |
2013 | 416 | 41 | 103 |
2014 | 700 | 128 | 258 |
2015 | 637 | 141 | 337 |
2016 | 519 | 83 | 336 |
2017 | 782 | 134 | 490 |
2018 | 1,208 | 290 | 622 |
2019 | 1,260 | 320 | 680 |
2020 | 1,281 | 407 | 743 |
2021 | 1,618 | 488 | 967 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | |||
The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged with domestic abuse offences after having being previously convicted of domestic abuse offences in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences who have previously been convicted of similar offences.
However, management information is held which shows the number of suspects involved in allegations of domestic abuse where the CPS decided to charge and prosecute in each year from 2006. The table below shows the number and proportion of suspects charged from 2006 to the latest available year, 2021.
Charged | % Charged | |
2006 | 42,675 | 69.8% |
2007 | 49,233 | 68.7% |
2008 | 54,352 | 70.6% |
2009 | 60,176 | 70.7% |
2010 | 68,029 | 70.1% |
2011 | 67,284 | 71.1% |
2012 | 60,942 | 71.9% |
2013 | 68,819 | 72.3% |
2014 | 83,208 | 72.3% |
2015 | 82,222 | 72.9% |
2016 | 80,186 | 74.1% |
2017 | 79,203 | 75.8% |
2018 | 70,600 | 75.0% |
2019 | 57,408 | 73.4% |
2020 | 52,817 | 70.8% |
2021 | 43,945 | 71.8% |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | ||