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Policing and Crime Act 2009

Answer

Information on the number of closure orders made under Section 21 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and the number of orders requiring attendance at meetings which have been made under Section 17 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, including how many have been breached, is not available as it is not centrally collected. The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts and sentenced for offences under the Policing and Crime Act 2009, Sections 14, 16 and 19 of which came into force in April 2010, in England and Wales in 2010 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table. Court proceedings data for 2011 are planned for publication in spring 2012.

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts, by sentence breakdown for offences under the Policing and Crime Act 2009, England and Wales 2010(1)(2)
Statute	Offence description	Proceeded against	Found guilty	Sentenced	Immediate custody	Suspended sentence	Other sentences(4)
				2010
Street Offences Act 1959, inserted under Section 16 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009(3)	Person persistently loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution	340	188	188	-	-	188
Sexual Offences Act 2003, inserted under Section 19 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009(3)	Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street or public place	76	64	64	-	-	64
Sexual Offences Act 2003, inserted under Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009(3)	Paying or promising to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services	49	43	43	-	-	43

"- Nil""(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.""(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.""(3) Came into force in April 2010.""(4) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence and otherwise dealt with.""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419." "(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.""(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.""(3) Came into force in April 2010.""(4) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence and otherwise dealt with.""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419." "(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.""(3) Came into force in April 2010.""(4) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence and otherwise dealt with.""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419." "(3) Came into force in April 2010.""(4) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence and otherwise dealt with.""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419." "(4) Other sentences include: absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence and otherwise dealt with.""Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419." "Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. Ref: 411-11 P0 Contribution HL 11419."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11417; 729 c472-3WA

Session

2010-12

Notes

Answer received between Monday 1 August 2011 and Monday 8 August 2011.

Subjects

Prostitution Closure orders

Legislation

Policing and Crime Act 2009

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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