United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 18481
Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
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21 February 2020
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28 February 2020 · Answer
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28 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.
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21 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.
Source: Commons
28 February 2020
Answer
Attacks against our brave emergency workers who protect us are appalling and cowardly. That is why we doubled the maximum penalty for assaulting an emergency worker and gave judges the powers to aggravate the sentences for crimes committed against them. I...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-21/18481
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1179319
- uk · wq-1179319 · source updated 28 February 2020