Elfyn Llwyd – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Elfyn Llwyd on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many alleged offences under section (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are active in magistrates’ and crown courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
Oliver Heald
The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of particular offences that are currently active in either magistrates’ or crown courts in England and Wales.
The CPS case management system does however record the number of finalised cases which reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ court as follows:
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2012-2013 |
2013-2014 |
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Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) } |
Stalking involving fear of violence |
9 |
65 |
|
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) } |
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress |
10 |
149 |
|
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) } |
Stalking |
72 |
529 |
There is no indication of final outcome or if the offence charged was the offence at finalisation.
