Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases under the Treasure Act 1996 have been reported in the last year in which it has been claimed by finders that the items discovered date to before commencement of that Act; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Inquests into finds of precious metal made before the Treasure Act 1996 came into force on 24 September 1997 are heard as treasure trove inquests under the common law and not under the 1996 Act. There were two such inquests in 2016.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many care cases there have been in the English Family Courts in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The table below shows the number of children involved in care applications in England, from 2011 – 2015, the latest year for which full data is available. Data on the number of care applications prior to 2011 is not held.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total | 19, 035 | 19,185 | 18,283 | 18,630 | 11,813 |
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse flagged by sexual offences have led to prosecutions in each police force area in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences, by police force area in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014, can be viewed in the table at Annex A.
Annex A
Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences (1), England and Wales, 2012 to 2014 (2)(3) | ||||
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Police Force Area | Outcome | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
London(4) | Proceeded against | 483 | 538 | 513 |
Found guilty | 212 | 207 | 226 | |
Cumbria | Proceeded against | 31 | 36 | 48 |
Found guilty | 18 | 19 | 33 | |
Lancashire | Proceeded against | 163 | 205 | 173 |
Found guilty | 98 | 97 | 89 | |
Merseyside | Proceeded against | 75 | 88 | 134 |
Found guilty | 49 | 45 | 58 | |
Greater Manchester | Proceeded against | 246 | 346 | 298 |
Found guilty | 168 | 146 | 146 | |
Cheshire | Proceeded against | 71 | 88 | 85 |
Found guilty | 47 | 47 | 44 | |
Northumbria | Proceeded against | 114 | 144 | 141 |
Found guilty | 80 | 51 | 74 | |
Durham | Proceeded against | 53 | 61 | 69 |
Found guilty | 28 | 29 | 27 | |
North Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 50 | 74 | 88 |
Found guilty | 24 | 29 | 44 | |
West Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 135 | 193 | 306 |
Found guilty | 94 | 107 | 139 | |
South Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 80 | 113 | 131 |
Found guilty | 33 | 49 | 66 | |
Humberside | Proceeded against | 100 | 109 | 121 |
Found guilty | 62 | 57 | 61 | |
Cleveland | Proceeded against | 64 | 68 | 55 |
Found guilty | 28 | 27 | 27 | |
West Midlands | Proceeded against | 188 | 202 | 262 |
Found guilty | 105 | 104 | 96 | |
Staffordshire | Proceeded against | 62 | 92 | 88 |
Found guilty | 36 | 45 | 46 | |
West Mercia | Proceeded against | 87 | 115 | 158 |
Found guilty | 59 | 57 | 69 | |
Warwickshire | Proceeded against | 31 | 33 | 54 |
Found guilty | 25 | 20 | 25 | |
Derbyshire | Proceeded against | 81 | 66 | 86 |
Found guilty | 48 | 38 | 46 | |
Nottinghamshire | Proceeded against | 71 | 46 | 78 |
Found guilty | 39 | 37 | 37 | |
Lincolnshire | Proceeded against | 42 | 54 | 49 |
Found guilty | 30 | 30 | 26 | |
Leicestershire | Proceeded against | 64 | 84 | 86 |
Found guilty | 35 | 43 | 36 | |
Northamptonshire | Proceeded against | 43 | 56 | 70 |
Found guilty | 31 | 30 | 32 | |
Cambridgeshire | Proceeded against | 42 | 69 | 60 |
Found guilty | 26 | 38 | 37 | |
Norfolk | Proceeded against | 50 | 69 | 87 |
Found guilty | 41 | 43 | 36 | |
Suffolk | Proceeded against | 39 | 42 | 52 |
Found guilty | 27 | 28 | 28 | |
Bedfordshire | Proceeded against | 25 | 34 | 33 |
Found guilty | 13 | 9 | 20 |
Hertfordshire | Proceeded against | 57 | 59 | 71 |
Found guilty | 40 | 33 | 41 | |
Essex | Proceeded against | 55 | 91 | 123 |
Found guilty | 40 | 37 | 59 | |
Thames Valley | Proceeded against | 130 | 184 | 230 |
Found guilty | 79 | 62 | 124 | |
Hampshire | Proceeded against | 169 | 171 | 152 |
Found guilty | 82 | 78 | 61 | |
Surrey | Proceeded against | 56 | 81 | 59 |
Found guilty | 30 | 39 | 29 | |
Kent | Proceeded against | 121 | 115 | 155 |
Found guilty | 65 | 68 | 68 | |
Sussex | Proceeded against | 117 | 127 | 122 |
Found guilty | 50 | 42 | 68 | |
Devon and Cornwall | Proceeded against | 98 | 94 | 131 |
Found guilty | 58 | 61 | 64 | |
Avon and Somerset | Proceeded against | 112 | 139 | 137 |
Found guilty | 68 | 63 | 68 | |
Gloucestershire | Proceeded against | 26 | 31 | 29 |
Found guilty | 21 | 25 | 20 | |
Wiltshire | Proceeded against | 62 | 68 | 61 |
Found guilty | 32 | 27 | 45 | |
Dorset | Proceeded against | 37 | 47 | 44 |
Found guilty | 22 | 19 | 20 | |
North Wales | Proceeded against | 62 | 95 | 81 |
Found guilty | 30 | 54 | 42 | |
Gwent | Proceeded against | 61 | 60 | 45 |
Found guilty | 34 | 21 | 32 | |
South Wales | Proceeded against | 100 | 134 | 123 |
Found guilty | 46 | 62 | 56 | |
Dyfed-Powys | Proceeded against | 32 | 36 | 52 |
Found guilty | 22 | 19 | 23 | |
England and Wales | Proceeded against | 3,785 | 4,557 | 4,940 |
Found guilty | 2,175 | 2,142 | 2,388 | |
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(1) Offences under SS1, 5 - 12, 15-19, 30 -41, 47-50 Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
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(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. | ||||
(4) London includes both the Metropolitan and City of London Police force areas. No results were returned from City of London Police Force area from 1 January 2012 onwards, as City of London Local Justice area was merged into other reporting areas. | ||||
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse flagged by sexual offences have led to convictions in each police force area in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences, by police force area in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014, can be viewed in the table at Annex A.
Annex A
Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of child sexual abuse offences (1), England and Wales, 2012 to 2014 (2)(3) | ||||
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Police Force Area | Outcome | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
London(4) | Proceeded against | 483 | 538 | 513 |
Found guilty | 212 | 207 | 226 | |
Cumbria | Proceeded against | 31 | 36 | 48 |
Found guilty | 18 | 19 | 33 | |
Lancashire | Proceeded against | 163 | 205 | 173 |
Found guilty | 98 | 97 | 89 | |
Merseyside | Proceeded against | 75 | 88 | 134 |
Found guilty | 49 | 45 | 58 | |
Greater Manchester | Proceeded against | 246 | 346 | 298 |
Found guilty | 168 | 146 | 146 | |
Cheshire | Proceeded against | 71 | 88 | 85 |
Found guilty | 47 | 47 | 44 | |
Northumbria | Proceeded against | 114 | 144 | 141 |
Found guilty | 80 | 51 | 74 | |
Durham | Proceeded against | 53 | 61 | 69 |
Found guilty | 28 | 29 | 27 | |
North Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 50 | 74 | 88 |
Found guilty | 24 | 29 | 44 | |
West Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 135 | 193 | 306 |
Found guilty | 94 | 107 | 139 | |
South Yorkshire | Proceeded against | 80 | 113 | 131 |
Found guilty | 33 | 49 | 66 | |
Humberside | Proceeded against | 100 | 109 | 121 |
Found guilty | 62 | 57 | 61 | |
Cleveland | Proceeded against | 64 | 68 | 55 |
Found guilty | 28 | 27 | 27 | |
West Midlands | Proceeded against | 188 | 202 | 262 |
Found guilty | 105 | 104 | 96 | |
Staffordshire | Proceeded against | 62 | 92 | 88 |
Found guilty | 36 | 45 | 46 | |
West Mercia | Proceeded against | 87 | 115 | 158 |
Found guilty | 59 | 57 | 69 | |
Warwickshire | Proceeded against | 31 | 33 | 54 |
Found guilty | 25 | 20 | 25 | |
Derbyshire | Proceeded against | 81 | 66 | 86 |
Found guilty | 48 | 38 | 46 | |
Nottinghamshire | Proceeded against | 71 | 46 | 78 |
Found guilty | 39 | 37 | 37 | |
Lincolnshire | Proceeded against | 42 | 54 | 49 |
Found guilty | 30 | 30 | 26 | |
Leicestershire | Proceeded against | 64 | 84 | 86 |
Found guilty | 35 | 43 | 36 | |
Northamptonshire | Proceeded against | 43 | 56 | 70 |
Found guilty | 31 | 30 | 32 | |
Cambridgeshire | Proceeded against | 42 | 69 | 60 |
Found guilty | 26 | 38 | 37 | |
Norfolk | Proceeded against | 50 | 69 | 87 |
Found guilty | 41 | 43 | 36 | |
Suffolk | Proceeded against | 39 | 42 | 52 |
Found guilty | 27 | 28 | 28 | |
Bedfordshire | Proceeded against | 25 | 34 | 33 |
Found guilty | 13 | 9 | 20 |
Hertfordshire | Proceeded against | 57 | 59 | 71 |
Found guilty | 40 | 33 | 41 | |
Essex | Proceeded against | 55 | 91 | 123 |
Found guilty | 40 | 37 | 59 | |
Thames Valley | Proceeded against | 130 | 184 | 230 |
Found guilty | 79 | 62 | 124 | |
Hampshire | Proceeded against | 169 | 171 | 152 |
Found guilty | 82 | 78 | 61 | |
Surrey | Proceeded against | 56 | 81 | 59 |
Found guilty | 30 | 39 | 29 | |
Kent | Proceeded against | 121 | 115 | 155 |
Found guilty | 65 | 68 | 68 | |
Sussex | Proceeded against | 117 | 127 | 122 |
Found guilty | 50 | 42 | 68 | |
Devon and Cornwall | Proceeded against | 98 | 94 | 131 |
Found guilty | 58 | 61 | 64 | |
Avon and Somerset | Proceeded against | 112 | 139 | 137 |
Found guilty | 68 | 63 | 68 | |
Gloucestershire | Proceeded against | 26 | 31 | 29 |
Found guilty | 21 | 25 | 20 | |
Wiltshire | Proceeded against | 62 | 68 | 61 |
Found guilty | 32 | 27 | 45 | |
Dorset | Proceeded against | 37 | 47 | 44 |
Found guilty | 22 | 19 | 20 | |
North Wales | Proceeded against | 62 | 95 | 81 |
Found guilty | 30 | 54 | 42 | |
Gwent | Proceeded against | 61 | 60 | 45 |
Found guilty | 34 | 21 | 32 | |
South Wales | Proceeded against | 100 | 134 | 123 |
Found guilty | 46 | 62 | 56 | |
Dyfed-Powys | Proceeded against | 32 | 36 | 52 |
Found guilty | 22 | 19 | 23 | |
England and Wales | Proceeded against | 3,785 | 4,557 | 4,940 |
Found guilty | 2,175 | 2,142 | 2,388 | |
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(1) Offences under SS1, 5 - 12, 15-19, 30 -41, 47-50 Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
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(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. | ||||
(4) London includes both the Metropolitan and City of London Police force areas. No results were returned from City of London Police Force area from 1 January 2012 onwards, as City of London Local Justice area was merged into other reporting areas. | ||||
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Ref: PQ 30375 & 30376 |
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Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency arrangements his Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of the UK’s EU membership that cause so much frustration in Britain in order to get a better deal for Britain and secure our future. The Government is confident that the right agreement can be reached.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents his Department has recorded of drones operating over prison estates in the last year for which figures are available; what steps his Department took following each such incident; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
If an incident involving a drone occurs, prisons will invoke appropriate contingency plans and will work alongside the police and CPS to ensure those responsible are caught. NOMS are exploring research options with the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) on detection and mitigation technology for drones.
There were 30 reported drone related incidents between 1 December 2014 and 30 November 2015. This includes drone finds and drone sightings by prison staff in and around public and private prisons in England and Wales.
Individual prisons will invoke the appropriate contingency plan relevant to the circumstances of the incident involving a drone. This includes, for example, working with the police and CPS to ensure those responsible for an incident involving a drone are caught and, if appropriate, prosecuted.
These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the email sent by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 13 May regarding the case of a constituent receiving inadequate support and provision on leaving jail, and the follow-up email sent in 17 June.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
I responded to the Hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 8 June. |
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential merits of the appointment of specialist magistrates able to sit at short notice and out-of-hours to expedite eviction orders against illegal Traveller encampments.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
It is felt that the current legal framework, including the new powers devolved to local authorities, is sufficient to deal with the problem of illegal traveller encampments.
I will, however, keep the situation under review, and my officials will ensure that I am kept informed of any developments.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome on families; and what plans he has to issue guidance or being forward legislative proposals to deal with those effects.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The family courts consider the facts of each case with the welfare of the child as paramount. Parental Alienation Syndrome is not recognised as a 'syndrome' by many professionals in this country. The courts do, however, recognise that some resident parents are responsible for alienating their children from non-resident parents and can take this into account when considering their decisions.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome on family breakdowns; and what plans he has to issue guidance or bring forward legislative proposals to deal with that syndrome and its effects.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The family courts consider the facts of each case with the welfare of the child as paramount. Parental Alienation Syndrome is not recognised as a 'syndrome' by many professionals in this country. The courts do, however, recognise that some resident parents are responsible for alienating their children from non-resident parents and can take this into account when considering their decisions.