Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions

Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been at courts in Kent for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since the Act came into force.

Claire Ward
The Hunting Act 2004 came into force on 18 February 2005. For the period up to the end of 2007 (latest available) no prosecutions under the Act had been reported for the purposes of the Court Proceedings Database now held by the Ministry of Justice.

Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

Mr. Grieve
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date.

Mr. Straw
Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.