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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 4(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, where the person to whom controlled drugs were supplied or offered to be supplied was a child, in each of the last four years.

Damian Green

Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information the age of an individual to whom an offender has been convicted of supplying illegal drugs. This detailed information may be held on the court record but due to the size and complexity is not reported centrally to the MoJ. As such, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 in relation to goods prohibited to be imported under section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 in each of the last four years.

Jeremy Wright

Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information offences under Section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 relating to prohibited goods under Section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 from offences of prohibited goods relating to other statutes. This detailed information may be held on the court record but due to the size and complexity is not reported centrally to the MoJ. As such, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 in each of the last four years.

Damian Green

Section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 was enacted to deal with the situation where it was clear that one of a number of members of a household was responsible for the death of a child or vulnerable adult in that household but it could not be proved which one.

This Government is committed to protecting the rights of children and vulnerable adults. Since 2010 those who commit a serious offence are more likely to go to prison and go for longer. The average custodial sentence length for indictable offences is now the highest in more than a decade.

The number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 as it applies to causing or allowing death, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.

The number of people convicted in a year, does not reflect the number of cases going through the system, as this could be carried on from previous years.

The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 amended section 5 of the 2004 Act to extend it to causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult.

Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication inMay 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 in each of the last four years.

James Brokenshire

The table below provides the number of defendants proceeded against for
offences under Section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 in England and
Wales from 2009 to 2012.

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The statistics on defendants proceeded against for offences under Immigration
Acts 1971 to 2007 in England and Wales are supplied by the Ministry of Justice
for the Home Office to publish annually within Immigration Statistics. Annual
data is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October
December 2013, table pr_01, from the Library of the House and from the GOV.UK
website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec
ember-2013