Baroness Doocey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Doocey on 2014-06-25.
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.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
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.
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2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 |
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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.
