Coroners and Justice Act 2009

(asked on 25th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have taken place under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the past five years.


This question was answered on 7th July 2014

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds figures of the number of offences charged under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that reached a first hearing in a magistrates' court and data for the past three financial years is contained in the following table. No charges are recorded before financial year 2011/2012.

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

Coroners and Justice

Act 2009 { 71(1)(a) & (3) }

Knowingly hold another person

in slavery / servitude

10

20

3

Coroners and Justice

Act 2009 { 71(1)(b) & (3) }

Knowingly require another

person to perform forced /

compulsory labour

5

0

15

CPS offence based data is not held by defendant or outcome so it is not possible to ascertain the number of individual prosecutions that concluded.

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