Convictions Alert Sample


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Information between 10th April 2024 - 20th April 2024

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Parliamentary Debates
Access to Redress Schemes
54 speeches (17,388 words)
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) We understand victims’ anger when they see that happening.We then have the overturned convictions scheme - Link to Speech
2: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) The Windrush programme was set up in 2019, the Horizon shortfall scheme in 2020, the overturned convictions - Link to Speech
3: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) and a total of £41 million for all payments, including further interim payments, on the overturned convictions - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
139 speeches (9,805 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) the greatest miscarriages of justice in our history, which is why we have introduced a Bill to quash convictions - Link to Speech

Draft Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024
22 speeches (6,075 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - General Committees
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) through the group litigation order process and the new compensation process for the newly overturned convictions - Link to Speech
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) opportunities in debates such as this, as well as those on the Floor of the House as we debate the convictions - Link to Speech
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) other schemes and methods of getting money into payments of redress: the GLO scheme and the Horizon convictions - Link to Speech

Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
117 speeches (25,336 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Grand Committee
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) ICO indicates that in 2021-22 it did not serve a single GDPR enforcement notice, secured no criminal convictions - Link to Speech
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) cases where the authority ceases to hold the material pseudonymously and the individual has no previous convictions - Link to Speech

Tobacco and Vapes Bill
213 speeches (48,358 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 16th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) Gentleman for sticking to his convictions as a libertarian in making that case, even though I strongly - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
70 speeches (17,293 words)
Report stage
Tuesday 16th April 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I just say to the Minister that this could be used, first, to increase the likelihood of getting convictions - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th April 2024
Written Evidence - Durham University
NCSO0003 - Non-contact sexual offences

Non-contact sexual offences - Home Affairs Committee

Found: Understanding ‘patterns of offending’ rather than ‘escalation’ 2.Implications from cyberflashing convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Written Evidence - The Investment Fraud APPG
FRA0038 - Fraud

Fraud - Home Affairs Committee

Found: frustrations seeing members of the same organised crime groups outside of the UK receiving convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Written Evidence - National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC)
FRS0010 - Fire and Rescue Service

Fire and Rescue Service - Home Affairs Committee

Found: acts not mentioned above may come within the definition of gross misconduct. f)What criminal convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Written Evidence - Association of Convenience Stores
VTR0040 - Violence and abuse towards retail workers

Violence and abuse towards retail workers - Home Affairs Committee

Found: period August 2021 – February 2024, a total of 10,295 reported incidents, 3,607 charges and 1,199 convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Association of Convenience Stores, The Co-op, Federation of Wholesale Distributors, City of London Police, National Police Chiefs' Council, and National Police Chiefs' Council

Violence and abuse towards retail workers - Home Affairs Committee

Found: Many of those offenders have hundreds of convictions, and that is why they are well known and so on

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Written Evidence - Laura Devine Immigration, London
EBM0021 - Electronic border management systems

Electronic border management systems - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: a criminal conviction over 20 years ago, their application will be denied (the concept of spent convictions

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Joshua Rozenberg KC (Hon), King's College London, University of Bristol, and University of Glasgow

Justice Committee

Found: It purports to quash a raft of convictions.

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Written Evidence - Ms Emma Reilly
MUL0006 - International relations within the multilateral system

International relations within the multilateral system - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: While convictions against the proxies who paid the monies were UN Peacekeeping, Institute for Security

Monday 15th April 2024
Oral Evidence - The University of Nottingham, Centre for Social Justice, and Hestia

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: We have already secured more than 43 convictions, with 374 years in sentencing, for modern slavery

Thursday 11th April 2024
Written Evidence - Kelly Johnson
PRE0035 - The use of pre-recorded cross-examination under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

The use of pre-recorded cross-examination under Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 - Justice Committee

Found: Findings from Operation Soteria have demonstrated victims’ ideas of justice are wider than charges and convictions



Written Answers
Sexual Offences: Convictions
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Friday 19th April 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted under section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each year since 2010.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of offenders convicted under section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be obtained through the Outcomes by Offence Data tool, using HO offence code: 02418 – Controlling a prostitute for gain.

The information is published quarterly as part of the Criminal Justice System statistics.

Telecommunications: Convictions
Asked by: Sara Britcliffe (Conservative - Hyndburn)
Monday 15th April 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many communications operators have received a summary conviction under Schedule 1, Part 75(5) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 in each year since the commencement of that Act.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences covering the time period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023.

No convictions specifically for an offence under Schedule 1, Part 11, Paragraph 75(5) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 have been recorded within the court proceedings database held centrally.



Bill Documents
Apr. 19 2024
HL Bill 57-II Second marshalled list for Report
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23
Amendment Paper

Found: women who were sentenced as children in line with other statutory provisions, such as when convictions

Apr. 17 2024
Research briefing on the Bill
Football Governance Bill 2023-24
Briefing papers

Found: These conditions (though varied) include dishonest dealings with football authorities, certain criminal convictions

Apr. 15 2024
HL 57-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23
Amendment Paper

Found: women who were sentenced as children in line with other statutory provisions, such as when convictions

Apr. 12 2024
HL Bill 57-I Marshalled list for Report
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23
Amendment Paper

Found: women who were sentenced as children in line with other statutory provisions, such as when convictions



Department Publications - Guidance
Thursday 18th April 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Source Page: Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard
Document: Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (webpage)

Found: Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard Hub West Midlands Police: exploratory analysis of sexual convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: where i t is established that the activities relied upon constitute the expression and continuation of convictions

Monday 15th April 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: July to December 2023
Document: Six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023 (PDF)

Found: Protest Conviction Appeals ................................ ......................... 27 Protest Convictions

Friday 12th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: where i t is established that the activities relied upon constitute the expression and continuation of convictions

Friday 12th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: where i t is established that the activities relied upon constitute the expression and continuation of convictions



Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 18th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Four arrested across the UK in people smuggling raids
Document: Four arrested across the UK in people smuggling raids (webpage)

Found: In 2023 alone, Home Office Immigration Enforcement secured the convictions of 141 people smugglers, including



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Apr. 18 2024
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: 10 years of the CMA
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Consumer ProtectionMarkets Mergers Digital Markets UnitSubsidy Advice Unit• Launch of the CMA • Secured 9 convictions



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Apr. 18 2024
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: The CMA at 10: Past reflections and a look ahead to the next decade of promoting competition and protecting consumers
Document: CMA’s 2017 literature review (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: 2014) show how the introduction of a leniency programme in the presence of type -I errors – ie false convictions

Apr. 18 2024
Immigration Enforcement
Source Page: Four arrested across the UK in people smuggling raids
Document: Four arrested across the UK in people smuggling raids (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: In 2023 alone, Home Office Immigration Enforcement secured the convictions of 141 people smugglers, including

Apr. 12 2024
The Insolvency Service
Source Page: More than 800 company directors banned for abusing Covid support scheme
Document: More than 800 company directors banned for abusing Covid support scheme (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: that have abused the support schemes has ranged from companies being wound-up in court to criminal convictions

Apr. 12 2024
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Source Page: Suffolk Youth Justice Service: A prevention and diversion success
Document: Child Gravity Matrix (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: *All convictions resulting in a custodial sentence will always be disclosed.



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Apr. 12 2024
UK Visas and Immigration
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: where i t is established that the activities relied upon constitute the expression and continuation of convictions

Apr. 11 2024
UK Visas and Immigration
Source Page: National Age Assessment Board: caseworker guidance
Document: The operation of the National Age Assessment Board and sections 50 and 51 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: person, such as previous verbal or physical abuse, threats to commit suicide or self - harm or criminal convictions



Deposited Papers
Monday 15th April 2024

Source Page: I. Fighting retail crime: more action April 2024. 23p. II. Letter dated 10/04/2024 from James Cleverly MP to Diana Johnson MP regarding publication of the Government’s plan to tackle retail crime. 2p.
Document: Fighting_Retail_Crime_More_Action_FINAL.pdf (PDF)

Found: disproportionate amount of crime: 9% of the offending cohort (around 525,000 individuals) received 52% of convictions




Convictions mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Select Committee Publications
Thursday 18th April 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs to Kevin Hollinrake MP, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business. 18 April 2024
Post Office Horizon Cases

Criminal Justice Committee

Found: Extending the Bill to Scotland would ensure there is no delay to the quashing of convictions and access

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs to the Convener, 16 April 2024
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill Scottish Government Stage 1 Response

Criminal Justice Committee

Found: evidence that suggests that moving to two verdicts of guilty/not guilty will lead to an increase in convictions

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Correspondence - Letter to the Convener, Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 16 April 2024
Net zero: strengthening the scrutiny process

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: No No No 9 reforms rel ating to the disclosure of convictions and the Parole Board for Scotland

Tuesday 16th April 2024
Correspondence - The Association of British Insurers provided further information following the meeting on 28 March 2024
Association of British Insurers (ABI) - Social Security (Amendment) Scotland Bill

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Found: We are not aware of any previous convictions for neglect under the Social Security Administration Act



Scottish Government Publications
Friday 19th April 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022
Document: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022 - Data Sources and Methodology - PDF (PDF)

Found: Unless otherwise stated, proceedings and convictions for wildlife crimes referred to in this section

Friday 19th April 2024
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Source Page: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022
Document: Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2022 - MAIN REPORT - PDF (PDF)

Found: show that monetary penalties were the most common main penalty for wildlife crime s (37 out of 58 convictions

Wednesday 17th April 2024
Social Security Directorate
Source Page: Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024: Data Protection Impact Assessment
Document: The Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 : Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) (PDF)

Found: Please also specify if this personal data will be special category data, or relate to criminal convictions



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
First Minister’s Question Time
70 speeches (46,397 words)
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) As the First Minister knows, the onus has so far been on postmasters themselves to appeal their convictions - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) If there is a quicker way or route to get justice—at the same time, we do not want those convictions - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) are sound having their convictions overturned.On the questions that Fergus Ewing directly asks me, I - Link to Speech

Portfolio Question Time
103 speeches (48,046 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) My colleague Rachael Hamilton has established that there were only 21 convictions for that crime in the - Link to Speech

Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
122 speeches (127,875 words)
Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Sections 14 and 15 of the act, which require the Scottish Government to publish reports on hate crime convictions - Link to Speech