Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2021 to Question 167839, on Ivory: Smuggling, what information his Department holds on (a) prosecutions, (b) convictions and (c) sentences on offences under the Ivory Act 2018.

The Ministry of Justice holds and publishes information on the volume of prosecutions, convictions and sentences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018, in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx

In the Offence code filter, select the following:

• 099/17 - Triable either way offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018, paragraph 1
• 099/18 - Triable either way offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018, paragraph 2

Similar information under the Ivory Act 2018 legislation is not centrally held in the Court Proceedings Database by the MoJ.