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1522951

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the amount of money that magistrates’ courts in England and Wales imposed in fines for non-payment of the TV licence fee, from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	63957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes figures on the number of people fined for non-payment of a TV licence, broken down by fine amounts, on an annual basis on the GOV.UK website. These figures were most recently updated in May 2022, in the ‘Sentencing Outcomes’ worksheet in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 17.1 MB)</a> as part of the Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2021 publication. The number of people fined for this offence can be found by filtering for HO Offence Code ‘19101 – Television licence evasion’ and breaking this down by fine amount. These figures can also be broken down by various demographics such as age and gender. The average fine amount is available on the ‘Average Amounts’ worksheet.</p><p>The penalty for TV licence evasion is a fine. A person cannot receive a custodial sentence for TV licence evasion but can be committed to prison for wilfully refusing to pay the fine or culpably neglecting to pay. In 2021, there were no admissions into prison associated with failing to pay a fine in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 63958 question first answered 25/10/2022 15:19:28 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1491068

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of access to appeals for people who were convicted (a) before and (b) after the abolition of parasitic accessory liability (PAL) as a basis for criminal liability in cases in which (i) PAL and (ii) secondary liability was relevant.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	40738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to conduct a comparative assessment of appeals where a defendant was convicted of a criminal offence where parasitic accessory liability or secondary liability was a factor.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database only holds information on people who have been proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for specific criminal offences in England and Wales (i.e. murder, manslaughter, etc). This centrally held information does not include information on whether a defendant proceeded against or found guilty of an offence was party to a joint enterprise that involved parasitic accessory liability.</p><p>Similarly, data on individual appeals against convictions where parasitic accessory liability or secondary may have been a factor is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/09/2022 10:30:17 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1490709

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Supreme Court judgement of 18 February 2016 in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8; and if he will consider the potential merits of reviewing the operation of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 in relation to joint enterprise convictions and the right to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to specifically review the operation of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 for joint enterprise convictions.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/09/2022 10:23:19 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472845

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 5346 on Roads: Accidents, if he will publish further details on the schemes available to provide compensation and support to victims and families of road crash fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The Fatal Accidents Act 1976 provides for an award of bereavement damages to certain family members which could be applied for in relation to road traffic accident fatalities. The size of the award is set by legislation and is currently £15,120.</p><p>Victims and bereaved families may be eligible to apply to the Government-funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme), which exists to compensate for serious physical or mental injury attributable to being a direct victim of a crime of violence. Bereavement and other payments are also available to qualifying relatives in fatal cases. As the Scheme is publicly funded, strict eligibility criteria apply. For the purposes of eligibility, an incident involving a vehicle will amount to a crime of violence only where the vehicle was used with intent to cause injury to a person.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/06/2022 13:29:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472637

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Law Commission’s discussion paper, entitled Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, published on 23 July 2013, if his Department will conduct a review into the use of automatism as a legal defence.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The government is grateful to the Law Commission for their discussion paper on “Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism” published in 2013. The government has noted their proposals and has no immediate plans to conduct a further review as the defence of automatism is used so rarely, however, we have not ruled out the possibility of reform in the future. We keep the law in this area under appraisal alongside related law on insanity and unfitness to plead.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 23230 question first answered 30/06/2022 13:23:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472638

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 17873 on Criminal Liability, for what reasons his Department has no plans to bring forward reform to the use of automatism as a legal defence.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The government is grateful to the Law Commission for their discussion paper on “Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism” published in 2013. The government has noted their proposals and has no immediate plans to conduct a further review as the defence of automatism is used so rarely, however, we have not ruled out the possibility of reform in the future. We keep the law in this area under appraisal alongside related law on insanity and unfitness to plead.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 23229 question first answered 30/06/2022 13:23:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472640

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Expert Evidence: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that evidence provided to (a) Government and (b) legal proceedings from medical witnesses is of a high standard.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>There is currently dedicated legislation, that is underpinned by detailed guidance and protocols for each jurisdiction in the courts, to govern the admissibility of expert medical evidence. These procedures include opportunities for any unreliable evidence to be challenged and, if necessary, be excluded by the court.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/06/2022 13:25:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1470240

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to reconsider the recommendations in the Law Commission's report, Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, published in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	17873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has considered the proposals in the Law Commission’s 2013 discussion paper.</p><p>Whilst we note the Law Commission’s proposals on the potential to update the law in this area, we have no immediate plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to this rarely-used defence. However, we continue to keep this, and the wider and related law on unfitness to plead, under review.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/06/2022 14:56:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1464550

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that road crash victims and their families receive adequate compensation and support following a successful defence of automatism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	5346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Automatism is a lawful defence in both civil and criminal cases and, where no agreement on liability and compensation for those injured in a road crash can be reached between a claimant and defendant, the courts will decide each case on its merits. Therefore, the Government currently has no plans to make changes in this area.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/05/2022 13:18:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1464551

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to improve access to justice for road crash victims and their families.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	5347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>In relation to a civil claim for personal injury, Official Injury Claim (OIC), an accessible self-service, online service, was launched in May 2021 in partnership with the Motor Insurers Bureau. This service enables those who suffer injury as a result of a road traffic accident to claim up to £5000 in damages, with or without the need for legal representation.</p><p> </p><p>The service and its accompanying guidance have been carefully designed with the claimant firmly at their heart. A dedicated telephone customer support centre is also available, with trained assistants to guide users through any questions or issues they may have about the process of completing a claim. Since May 2021, around 240,000 claims have been made on the OIC service.</p><p> </p><p>For claims above £5000 the existing Claims Portal should be used. Information about these reforms and the OIC service can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whiplash-reform-programme-information-and-faq" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whiplash-reform-programme-information-and-faq</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/05/2022 13:13:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman