Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Non-crime Hate IncidentsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63147More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service uses information about recorded non-crime hate incidents in deciding whether to (a) bring charges and (b) recommend bail conditions.
Answer: All factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63146More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.
Answer: All factual matters material to a criminal sentence must be admitted by the offender or proven in a court to the criminal standard using admissible evidence. By definition, the recording of a previous incident as “non-crime” is unlikely to meet that stand...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63145More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for hate crimes have the CPS commenced in each of the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these prosecutions resulted in conviction.
Answer: In the year to December 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised the charging of a total of 11,777 suspects in hate crime flagged cases with 87.4% of legal decisions resulting in a suspect being charged.The below table provides a breakdown of t...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Expression: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63144More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the guidance issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on the application of the public interest test in cases involving freedom of expression.
Answer: All guidance issued to Crown Prosecutors to assist their decision making is available here: Prosecution guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service. The overarching Code for Crown Prosecutors issued by the Director for Public Prosecutions provides guidance o...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving under Influence: DrugsAttorney GeneralTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15346More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of prosecutions for people found to be driving under the influence of drugs.
Answer: Enforcement of drug driving legislation and how available resources are deployed is an operational matter for individual Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to determine in conjunction with local crime and policing plans, taking into accou...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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