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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Monday, 8 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 May 2006. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 22 May 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Witness Intimidation

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted of intimidating witnesses in each of the last five years.
Answer

Data from the court proceedings database held by the office for criminal justice reform for the number of people convicted of intimidating witnesses in England and Wales for the years 2000 to 2004 can be found in the following table.Data for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

Number of people convicted at all courts for offences relating to intimidating in England and Wales 2000 to 20041
Number of people convicted at all courts for offences relating to intimidating in England and Wales 2000 to 20041 Year Principal statute Offence description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Sec. 51(1) Intimidating a juror or witness or person assisting in investigation of offenders 364 348 415 467 523
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Sec. 51(2) Harming or threatening to harm a juror, witness or a person assisting in investigation of offences 66 76 65 76 113
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S39 Intimidating or intending to intimidate a witness 0 0 3 2 10
Criminal Justice and Police Act S40 Harming or intending to harm a witness 0 0 1 2 2
Total 430 424 484 547 648
1 These data are provided on the principal offence basis

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
69744; 446 c1546W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Intimidation Witnesses
Link
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