Question follow-through · 14611
Stalking: Convictions and Prison Sentences
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the conviction rate for the offence of stalking; and if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on increasing the maximum sentence for that offence.
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the conviction rate for the offence of stalking; and if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on increasing the maximum sentence for that offence.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to tackling stalking as part of our ambitious mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.Since 2017, there have been yearly increases in the number of stalking offences charged which proceeded to a first hea...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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