Harassment: Prosecutions
Commons · Question 56428 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Solicitor General, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) prosecutions brought and (b) successful prosecutions in relation to offences contrary to Section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 in each year since 1995.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 5 Jun 2025
The table below shows the number of offences charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) by way of section 4A (intentional harassment, alarm or distress) in which a prosecution commenced from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2024. These figures relate to ...