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Jeremy Wright: The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of corruption-related offences, in England and Wales, in 2012 (the latest available), can be viewed in the table.

Criminal court activity relating to fraud offences are reported within a wider offence group ’Fraud and forgery’ in the Criminal Justice Statistics publication, which is released on a quarterly basis. On an annual basis, more detailed supplementary volumes are published which provide a further disaggregated breakdown of convictions and sentences issued within the ’Fraud and forgery’ category. Similarly, the corruption offences provided in the table are reported within the wider offence group ’Other indictable (not motoring)’, and more specifically within the ’99 Other (Excluding Motoring offences)’ offence type within annual supplementary volume tables.

Misconduct in public office is unacceptable and this Government is committed to ensuring that all those guilty of this offence are brought to justice.

Justice Statistics Analytical Services--Ministry of Justice.

Mrs Grant: The Court of Protection is a unique court dealing with some of the most vulnerable people in society. Its specialist judges are called on to make decisions in cases where there is a concern a person may not have the mental capacity to act in their own interests—for example about their property, financial affairs, health care or personal welfare.

The Court collects information on the type of applications being made, but not about the cause of the lack of capacity—for example about whether it relates to Alzheimer’s—and so no assessments have been made about performance in that area

Mrs Grant: Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) do not maintain records detailing whether an incident of violence has involved the defendant for the period detailed above. HMCTS maintains records of violent incidents involving parties to a case. These are as follows:

My Department takes the security of all court users seriously and it is the policy of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that all security incidents are reported and investigated. All incidents involving violence are reported to the police for further investigation. The figures provided comprise reported incidents from the reporting years April to March and resulting in actual violence and include incidents between and against parties, court users and court staff and contractors. These figures do not include incidents of verbal abuse or verbal threats as they do not fall within the remit of the request.