Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Thursday, 28 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 April 2019 (named day). It was answered by Rory Stewart (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 April 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Protection of Badgers Act 1992
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) proceeded against and (c) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in each year since 2005.
- Answer
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The number of offenders cautioned, defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for these offences, in England and Wales, by Police Force Area, from 2005 to 2017 can be viewed in the attached tables.
Where a police force area does not feature in the table, there are no cautions, or alternatively, prosecutions or convictions for that area for that offence during the period.
Offences under Section 13(7) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can only be separately identified from 2011 onwards.
Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 238295
- Session
- 2017-19
- Attachment
- Table
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Criminal proceedings Conservation Badgers Convictions Police cautions
- Legislation
- Protection of Badgers Act 1992
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2019-04-03 18:31:24 +0100
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