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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many investigations of allegations of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were investigated by the Royal Military Police in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.

Anna Soubry

The table below shows the number of recorded investigations by the Royal Military Police for rape, sexual assault and domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Year	Rape	Sexual Assault
2010	~	25
2011	5	20
2012	5	15

The figures have been rounded to the nearest five. The figure “~” represents a sample of less than five. The specific figure has not been disclosed to ensure that the alleged victim(s) cannot be identified. This is in line with the Sexual Offences (Amendments) Act 1976 and 1992.

Because of the way domestic violence statistics are recorded it is taking some time to collate the information. I will write to the hon. Member with an answer shortly.

The Royal Military Police is the Army’s police force and together with its Royal Navy and Royal Air Force counterparts, are collectively known as the Service Police. Under Home Office Circular 028/2008, which defines investigative jurisdiction in the UK, primacy generally rests with the civilian police, although the Service Police may take the lead in an investigation if both the suspect and the victim in a particular case are serving members of the Armed Forces.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were referred to the Services Prosecuting Authority for a charging decision in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.

Anna Soubry

The information requested is shown in the tables below:

Referrals to the Service Prosecuting Authority	2010	2011	2012
Rape (Including attempted rape)	1	6	9
Sexual Assault	25	30	12
Domestic Violence	8	7	5

Prosecutions (directions) by the Service Prosecuting Authority	2010	2011	2012
Rape (Including attempted rape)	1	3	2
Sexual Assault	13	15	9
Domestic Violence	2	4	4

In any given year the Service Prosecuting Authority will receive referrals which are then directed, disposed of, or tried in the following year, meaning there is no direct correlation between the numbers of cases referred and directed in any one year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.

Anna Soubry

The information requested is shown in the tables below:

Referrals to the Service Prosecuting Authority	2010	2011	2012
Rape (Including attempted rape)	1	6	9
Sexual Assault	25	30	12
Domestic Violence	8	7	5

Prosecutions (directions) by the Service Prosecuting Authority	2010	2011	2012
Rape (Including attempted rape)	1	3	2
Sexual Assault	13	15	9
Domestic Violence	2	4	4

In any given year the Service Prosecuting Authority will receive referrals which are then directed, disposed of, or tried in the following year, meaning there is no direct correlation between the numbers of cases referred and directed in any one year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Attorney General, what recent amendments have been made to Crown Prosecution Service guidance on (a) when to disclose the defence medical records and counselling notes of victims and (b) what action to take if victims do not consent to disclosure.

Oliver Heald

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) revised its Rape and Sexual Offence legal guidance in relation to disclosure of medical records and counselling notes on 12 December 2013. The revised guidance included guidance on both a) when to disclose to the defence medical records and counselling notes of victims and (b) what action to take if victims do not consent to disclosure. The revised legal guidance is published on the CPS website at: http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/rape_and_sexual_offences/disclosure_and_third_party_material/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Attorney General, if he will deposit in the Library data gathered by Crown Prosecution Service Business Area of prosecutions and convictions for (a) rape-flagged offences, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking for each year since 2008.

Oliver Heald

The requested data has been deposited in the Library of the House together with explanatory notes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 8W, on freezing orders, for each of the restraint orders granted since 2010-11, what the length of time was between receipt by the prosecution agency of the freezing request and the granting of the order.

Oliver Heald

Since 2010-11 the Serious Fraud Office has obtained two restraint orders for overseas jurisdictions. The length of time from date of receipt of the requests to the granting of the orders, are shown in the following table;

Year	Time
2010	3 days
2011	7 days

The length of time between receipt of freezing requests by the Crown prosecution Service and the granting of the order is shown in the table below. There were two cases (one in 2010/11 and one in 2012/13) which took a significant amount of time to execute as detailed work needed to be done with the requesting country in order to prepare the applications for restraint orders.

Year	Number of overseas restraint orders	Number of days from the receipt of the external request to the granting of the order
2010/11	7	Request 1 – 22 Request 2 – 96 Request 3 – 9 Request 4 – 17 Request 5 – 17 Request 6 – 95 Request 7 – 645
2011/12	2	Request 1 – 1 Request 2 – 26
2012/13	6	Request 1 – 27 Request 2 – 39 Request 3 – 438 Request 4 – 34 Request 5 – 28 Request 6 – 11
2013/14	3	Request 1 – 16 Request 2 – 1 Request 3 – 35

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Attorney General, how many homicide prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service undertook in 2013 where there were (a) three defendants, (b) four defendants, (c) five defendants and (d) six or more defendants.

Oliver Heald

The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants in its prosecutions. This information could only be obtained by examining all homicide files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in each Crown Prosecution Service area for (i) assisting unlawful immigration to an EU member state, (ii) assisting entry to the UK in breach of a deportation or exclusion order, (iii) assisting the entry/remaining of an excluded person, (iv) possession and/or manufacture of false identity documents, (v) employment of illegal immigrants, (vi) trafficking in exploitation/for sexual exploitation, (vii) trafficking people for labour and other exploitation, (viii) conspiracy to traffic and (ix) slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour in the last five years for which figures are available.

Oliver Heald

The Crown Prosecution Service does not keep a central record of the number of prosecutions completed, and whether they were successful or not, for the offences listed in the question. This information could only be obtained by a manual examination of all files prosecuted which would incur disproportionate cost.

Official statistics relating to criminal court proceedings and offenders brought to justice are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.