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1010547

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) car and (b) HGV drivers involved in an accident with a motorcyclist were charged with careless driving in each year from 2014 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	193490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 creates the offence of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or public place. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants charged with, or prosecuted for these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>As Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is a specified offence large numbers of careless driving offences are charged and prosecuted by the police with no involvement from the CPS. The CPS only become involved if the defendant pleads not guilty to the offence after which, CPS prosecutors take responsibility for reviewing the case and preparing the trial. Figures on the number of people prosecuted and the outcome of the prosecution of careless or inconsiderate driving offences may be obtained from the official statistics held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>The CPS does however maintain records of the number of offences in which a CPS prosecution commenced, including offences of careless or inconsiderate driving. The table below shows the number of these offences during each year between 2014 and 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Road Traffic Act 1988 { 3 }</strong></p></td><td><p>11,230</p></td><td><p>9,730</p></td><td><p>9,238</p></td><td><p>8,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2018 17:33:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

177560

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dangerous driving offences were recorded by each police force in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of those offences were successfully prosecuted in each of those countries in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	223122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The requested data is not collected centrally by the Home Office.<br><br>Home Office collects arrest data for notifiable offences at offence group level. The Home Office also collected police recorded crime data at offence code level for notifiable offences. <br><br>Road traffic offences, including drink-driving, using a handheld mobile phone while driving and dangerous driving are non-notifiable offences.The Home Office does collect data on the following:<br>• The number of breath tests carried out by police, and the number of these that are positive/refused (see ‘Breath tests’ tables in the link <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tables-for-police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tables-for-police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013</a>).</p><p><br>• The number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issue for various motoring offences, including use of a handheld mobile phone while driving, careless driving and speeding offences (see ‘Fixed penalty notices’ tables in the link <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tables-for-police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tables-for-police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013</a>).</p><p><br>• The number of offences recorded by police for ‘causing death by dangerous driving’, ‘causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving’ and ‘causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs’. Details of these can be found in Table A4 of the ‘Appendix Tables’ in the link <br>(<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-372973" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-372973</a>).<br><br>Ministry of Justice publish data on prosecutions for road traffic offences. The number of defendants proceeded against for summary motoring offences in England and Wales <br>from 2009 to 2013 can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ table in the link (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a>).<br><br>Ministry of Justice collect data on prosecutions for various offences at police force area level. The following tables contain data on the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of drink-driving offences (table 1), dangerous driving (table 2), and offences relating to driving whilst using a mobile phone (table 3). Data is broken down by police force area from 2009 to 2013. Criminal court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/02/2015 19:07:06 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone attachment 1 file name PQ223162+_tables.xls title Tables 1-3
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

89820

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded hit and run incidents where the driver was (a) caught and (b) not caught there have been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	207106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data specifically on hit and run incidents, as these cannot be separately identified from other offences for which the Home Office does hold data. As a result, data cannot be provided on the number of these incidents where the driver has or has not been caught.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/09/2014 16:10:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

106446

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving did not receive a custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	213391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is a tragedy and can lead to unimaginable pain for the families and relatives of the victims. Judges already have tough sentencing options available to them but we are continuing to strengthen their options and keep the law in this area under review.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders given a non-custodial sentence at all courts for 'Causing death by dangerous driving' in England and Wales for the latest period available 2013 can be viewed in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ court and found guilty at all courts for 'Causing death by dangerous driving' in England and Wales for the latest period available 2013 can be viewed in table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Information on court proceedings collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice and held on the Court Proceedings Database relates to courts located in England and Wales. Court proceedings in Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 213391 table 1.xls title Causing death by dangerous driving stats allcourts 2 file name 213392 table 2.xls title Causing death by dangerous driving stats mag court grouped question UIN 213392 question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

106447

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of death by dangerous driving in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	213392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Any death on our roads is a tragedy and can lead to unimaginable pain for the families and relatives of the victims. Judges already have tough sentencing options available to them but we are continuing to strengthen their options and keep the law in this area under review.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders given a non-custodial sentence at all courts for 'Causing death by dangerous driving' in England and Wales for the latest period available 2013 can be viewed in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ court and found guilty at all courts for 'Causing death by dangerous driving' in England and Wales for the latest period available 2013 can be viewed in table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Information on court proceedings collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice and held on the Court Proceedings Database relates to courts located in England and Wales. Court proceedings in Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 213391 table 1.xls title Causing death by dangerous driving stats allcourts 2 file name 213392 table 2.xls title Causing death by dangerous driving stats mag court grouped question UIN 213391 question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

222620

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving have not been subject to automatic release in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	224635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The majority of people sentenced to immediate custody for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving are subject to the standard determinate sentence release provisions, with automatic release at the half-way point in accordance with the requirements of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Some offenders serving this type of sentence may be eligible to be considered for release on home detention curfew (HDC) before their automatic release date, but those convicted of causing death by dangerous driving are presumed unsuitable for HDC and can only be considered in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2015 16:40:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

432028

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will clarify the definitions of careless driving and dangerous driving during his review of driving offences and penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	17435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The legal meaning of careless or inconsiderate driving, and of dangerous driving, and the associated offences are set out in the Road Traffic Act 1988.</p><br /><p>Since the announcement of the review of driving offences and penalties the Ministry of Justice has received a number of representations about the distinction between careless and dangerous driving.</p><br /><p>It is important that all criminal justice agencies, including the police, Crown Prosecution Service and the judiciary, should explain clearly any decisions made in relation to careless or dangerous driving.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 30/11/2015 13:26:22 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

576486

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government intends to publish its consultation relating to death by dangerous driving and driving without due care and attention.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	44964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>My department is looking at driving offences and penalties for those who kill or cause serious injury and the best way to take this work forward.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 08/09/2016 15:06:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

692003

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the sentencing guidelines applicable to offences involving deaths caused by driving.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	64629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>As the government are actively considering offences and penalties in this area the Council have postponed their review of sentencing guidelines for causing death by driving.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 27/02/2017 16:43:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

722140

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to publish its response to its consultation on Driving Offences and Penalties relating to causing Death or Serious Injury, issued in December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	71099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>A government response to the consultation “Driving Offences and Penalties relating to causing death and serious injury” will be published as soon as possible but will be subject to the normal restrictions that apply during the period before a general election.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/04/2017 10:04:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes