Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: The UK repeats the Council’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: President, we are approaching the one-year anniversary of this conflict.
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Inquiry: Daesh InquiryFound: DAE0002 - Accountability for Daesh crimes International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute Written
Apr. 02 2024
Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: UK Statement on OHCHR report on UkraineFound: Many Ukrainians living under Russian control have endured violence, Russification, and the suppression
Apr. 10 2024
Source Page: Prime Minister launches retail crime crackdownFound: months, receive an unlimited fine and be banned from going back to the shop where they committed their crimes
Jun. 20 2024
Source Page: Court prosecutions, convictions and out of court disposals in Northern Ireland 2023Found: Court prosecutions, convictions and out of court disposals in Northern Ireland 2023
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of knife crime offences in the year ending March (a) 2023 and (b) 2018; and how many such people were first time offenders.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
In the year ending March 2023, 2,108 children were convicted of a knife crime offence (defined as knife possession and knife threatening offences) and for 1,924 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to the year ending March 2018, 2,635 children were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 2,398 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.
In the year ending March 2023, 11,899 people (i.e. adults and children) were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,314 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence. Compared to year ending March 2018, 12,163 people were convicted of a knife crime offence and for 9,865 of those individuals this was their first knife crime offence.
Tackling knife crime is a priority and this Government is determined to do all it can to break the deadly cycle of violence that devastates the lives of individuals, families and communities.
We are taking significant action to both prevent and respond to crimes involving weapons through the Serious Violence Strategy, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers, and increasing stop and search powers.
Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with, and what guidance they have issued to, the National Police Chiefs’ Council about tackling hare coursing.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Official figures are not held on the number of instances of violent crime or intimidation related to hare coursing or poaching. Hare coursing or poaching are not crimes which the police are required to notify to the Home Office. However, where violence or intimidation is used in connection with an incident of hare coursing or poaching this would be recorded under the relevant violence against the person or public order offence classification. However, it is not possible to separately identify those that are connected to hare coursing or poaching in the data held centrally by the Home Office.
It is standard practice for primary legislation to be subject to a post-implementation review after sufficient time has passed to assess its impact.
The National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) Wildlife and Rural Crime Strategy aims to target hare coursing through better preventative action, improved intelligence, and enforcement activity.
The Government is committed to driving down rural crime and the Home Office continues to work closely with the National Rural Crime Unit to help ensure an effective police response to rural crime.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to assess the efficacy of restraining orders in preventing repeat incidents of domestic violence (i) in minority ethnic communities and (ii) generally.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Restraining orders play an important role in ensuring that victims are appropriately protected, and feel safer, particularly within the context of repeated and/or escalating behaviour that disproportionately impacts women and girls, such as domestic abuse.
They are one of several existing protective orders that can be used in cases of domestic abuse to protect a victim, such as Non-Molestation Orders, Stalking Protection Orders, and Domestic Violence Protection Orders.
Abusers who breach restraining orders face tough penalties including jail time. Where a restraining order is breached, CPS guidance encourages prosecutors to consider whether a new course of conduct is present and, if so, to ensure that it is prosecuted in addition to the breach in question.
Safeguarding victims of all crimes, and particularly from those such as domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. That is why we are going further to protect victims of domestic abuse by piloting a new Domestic Abuse Protection Order from Spring 2024 which will give courts the power to impose exclusion zones, curfews, and electronic monitoring tags on abusers. The order will be independently evaluated to understand its effectiveness in protecting all victims.
Feb. 27 2024
Source Page: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2023Found: In the year ending December 2023: • Non-sexual crimes of violence were 4% higher compared to the year
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Baroness Falkner regarding UK leadership and Ukraine, as discussed following the Oral Statement on Ukraine. 2p.Found: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Baroness Falkner regarding UK leadership and