§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a) police first stage warnings and (b) prosecutions have been made under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years; [170013]
(2) how many people have (a) been imprisoned, (b) received a community sentence and (c) fined as a result of a breach of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; [170014]
(3) how many prosecutions under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have involved a (a) racial and (b) religious aggravation element. [170015]
§ Paul GogginsThe available information is contained in the table. Statistics on religiously aggravated offences were not collected centrally until 2003.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the autumn of this year.
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Number of defendants1 proceeded against at the magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Statute Offence description Year Cautioned Proceeded against Found guilty Sentenced Absolute/ conditional discharge 2001 76 246 102 102 10 2002 35 248 99 102 10 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 3
Breach of conditions of an injunction against harassment
1997 1 7 3 3 — 1998 8 23 14 14 1 1999 5 30 13 15 — 22000 5 40 22 21 3 2001 2 31 14 18 — 2002 4 44 23 26 2 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4 Putting people in fear of violence 1997 51 243 76 76 17 1998 173 1,505 522 514 108 1999 283 1,632 488 494 81 22000 403 1,585 515 520 104 2001 577 1,502 535 539 83 2002 655 1,470 585 582 61 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4 as amended by Crime & Disorder
Act 1998, Sec32 (1) (b) (4)
Racially aggravated putting people in fear of violence 1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1998 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1999 15 63 25 25 4 22000 15 118 59 60 7 2001 7 149 55 55 8 2002 7 130 53 52 6 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 5
Breach of restraining order 1997 — 23 16 14 2 1998 10 357 274 273 35 1999 3 669 461 471 60 22000 1 777 557 561 65 2001 4 776 539 534 76 2002 2 847 604 597 88
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Statute Offence description Year Fine Community sentence Fully suspended sentence Immediate custody Otherwise dealt with Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 2 Offence of harassment 1997 56 48 3 33 9 1998 512 591 18 245 95 1999 574 722 13 294 124 22000 620 860 29 305 138 2001 559 815 12 284 126 2002 517 923 10 288 149 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 2 as amended by Crime & Disorder
Act 1998, Sec 32(1) (a) (3)
Racially aggravated offence of harassment 1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1998 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1999 3 14 — 16 4 22000 10 29 4 24 2 2001 13 52 — 23 4 2002 11 53 — 23 5 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 3 Breach of conditions of an injunction against harassment 1997 — 1 — 2 — 1998 1 6 — 5 1 1999 6 2 — 6 1 22000 7 3 2 6 — 2001 8 6 1 3 — 2002 8 8 4 3 1 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4 Putting people in fear of violence 1997 16 24 1 16 2 1998 66 194 6 121 19 1999 80 194 8 116 15 22000 49 188 9 148 22 2001 54 223 12 142 25 2002 45 237 9 167 63
Statute Offence description Year Fine Community sentence Fully suspended sentence Immediate custody Otherwise dealt with Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4 as amended by Crime & Disorder
Act 1998, Sec32 (1) (b) (4)
Racially aggravated putting people in fear of violence
1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1998 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1999 3 12 — 6 — 22000 2 26 — 22 3 2001 3 26 — 16 2 2002 6 23 2 15 — Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 5 Breach of restraining order 1997 1 1 — 10 — 1998 53 57 3 123 2 1999 89 94 12 206 10 22000 86 154 13 226 17 2001 93 142 14 193 16 2002 101 169 11 206 22 n/a = Not applicable. 1These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Staffordshire police were only able to submit sample data for persons dealt with at magistrates courts in 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust at a detailed level and have been excluded from this table.