Speeches

Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 40W, how many offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 reached a first hearing in magistrates’ court in each year since 2008.

Oliver Heald

The number of offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 that reached a first hearing in magistrates’ courts in each year since 2008 are:

Make a counterfeit of a

protected coin with intent

Make a counterfeit of a

currency note with intent

Total

2008

2

22

24

2009

0

4

4

2010

0

4

4

2011

3

17

20

2012

2

12

14

2013

2

13

15

Total

9

72

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