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Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Tuesday, 21 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 March 2017 (named day). It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Friday, 24 March 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Protection From Harassment Act 1997

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted under section (i) 2, (ii) 2a, (iii) 4 and (iv) 4a of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 during 2015.

Answer

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and offenders found guilty at all courts of the offences requested under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, in England and Wales, in 2015 can be viewed in the table attached.

Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68726
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Number of Persons Proceeded against 2015
Subjects
Convictions Prosecutions
Legislation
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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