Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted by each magistrates' court in Lancashire in each month between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015 for breaching a restraining order; what the gender was of the people so convicted at each such court; and how many such people were given a (a) community order, (b) suspended sentence order and (c) term of imprisonment at each such court.
The number of offenders found guilty at each magistrates court in Lancashire for offences relating to breach of a restraining order, by month, in 2014 are in Table 1 below. This is the latest period available. The number of defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for offences relating to the breach of a restraining order in all magistrates’ courts in Lancashire in 2014 can be viewed in Table 2 below. This data has been provided by the local justice area: the data requested is not available at magistrates’ court level.
Data by gender is not provided on a sub-national level as numbers are too small. This is in line with the Criminal Justice Statistics disclosure policy to prevent the identification of individuals.
Table 1: Offenders found guilty at magistrates' court for offences relating to breach of a restraining order(1) by local justice area, in Lancashire, by month, 2014 (2)(3) | |||||||||||||
Local Justice Area | Jan-14 | Feb-14 | Mar-14 | Apr-14 | May-14 | Jun-14 | Jul-14 | Aug-14 | Sep-14 | Oct-14 | Nov-14 | Dec-14 | Total |
East Lancashire | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 55 |
Flyde Coast | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 77 |
Chorley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Lancaster | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Ormskirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Preston | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
South Ribble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preston and South Ribble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
Burndley, Pendle, and Rossendale LJA | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
Total | 26 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 19 | 265 |
(1) An offence under S5(5) & (6)Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | |||||||||||||
(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. | |||||||||||||
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | |||||||||||||
Ref: PQC 18051 |
TABLE 2: Defendants sentenced at magistrates' court for offences relating to breach of a restraining order, by local justice area in Lancashire, 2014(1)(2) | |||||||||||
Offence | Outcome | East Lancashire | Flyde Coast | Chorley | Lancaster | Ormskirk | Preston | South Ribble | Preston and South Ribble | Burndley, Pendle, and Rossendale | |
Breach of a Restraining Order(3) | Sentenced | 55 | 77 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 28 | 44 | |
Of which: | |||||||||||
Committed for sentence | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
Absolutedischarge | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Conditionaldischarge | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Fine | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
Communitysentence | 10 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | ||
Suspended sentences | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
Immediatecustody | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 11 | ||
Otherwisedealtwith | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Compensation order | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
(1) 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. | |||||||||||
(2) 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. | |||||||||||
(3) An offence under S5(5) & (6)Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | |||||||||||
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | |||||||||||
Ref: PQC 18051 |