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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.

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David TC Davies (Conservative)

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Home Office

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Answered

Tabled on

8 May 2006

For answer on

10 May 2006

Answered on

22 May 2006

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

Date

22 May 2006

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69744; 446 c1546W

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