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1605532

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have (a) 50 to 100 and (b) 100 or more convictions; and how many were (i) serving a custodial sentence, (ii) on an electronic tag and (iii) in the community as of 20 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2023 11:31:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605533

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions were held by the 30 recorded offenders with the most convictions as of 20 March 2023; and if he will list the offences those individuals have received convictions for.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2023 11:32:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605534

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced in each of the last five years have (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions and (c) three or more convictions for a (i) knife related crime, (ii) firearms related crime, (iii) rape and (iv) sexual offences.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>For parts (i) and (ii), details on whether an offence was firearms related or knife related may be held on court record but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>The below table shows the number of offenders sentenced for any offence type in each of the years 2001 to 2021<sup>(1,2)</sup>, with a) one prior conviction b) two prior convictions c) three or more convictions<sup>(2)</sup> for previous sexual offences<sup>(3)</sup> and previous rape<sup>(4)</sup> offences</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Previous sexual offence convictions </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Previous rape offence convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 previous</p></td><td><p>2 previous</p></td><td><p>3 or more previous</p></td><td><p>1 previous</p></td><td><p>2 previous</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3 or more previous</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6078</p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>1171</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5515</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>1012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>6677</p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>1253</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6837</p></td><td><p>912</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>1309</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7230</p></td><td><p>1020</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>1359</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7337</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>497</p></td><td><p>1336</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7330</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>7153</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6952</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>1162</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6957</p></td><td><p>935</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7041</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>1130</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6999</p></td><td><p>979</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>1190</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7017</p></td><td><p>939</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>1193</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6768</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>1177</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6755</p></td><td><p>1069</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>1134</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6552</p></td><td><p>1088</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>1124</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>6581</p></td><td><p>1036</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>6672</p></td><td><p>1094</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>6848</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>1083</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>6826</p></td><td><p>992</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>6667</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Source:</strong> MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) Offenders are counted once in each of the years in which they received a conviction, where the offender was sentenced in multiple years, they will appear more than once in the table</p><p>2) Figures for the years 2020 and 2021 will be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>3) Previous convictions are counted based on the number of occasions on which offenders have previously received a conviction for any offences recorded on the Police National Computer, including some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</p><p>4) Previous sexual offences will include previous rape offences, therefore the individuals counted in the previous rape convictions column, will also appear in the previous sexual offence columns.</p><p>Rape offences include attempted rape.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2023 11:33:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605535

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those compensation orders was.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169264 169266 169267 169268 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605536

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued for each (a) offence and (b) sentence type in each of the last five years; and what the total value compensation orders was for each offence type.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169263 169266 169267 169268 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605537

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders issued in each of the last five years were (a) paid in full, (b) partly paid and (c) unpaid by the offender; and what the total value was in each case.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2023 11:39:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605538

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the amount was of each of the 20 highest compensation orders issued against offenders in each of the last five years; and to which offence each compensation order was related.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169263 169264 169267 169268 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605539

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued for each offence type by (a) magistrate's courts and (b) crown courts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169263 169264 169266 169268 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605540

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average value of compensation orders issues in the last five years by offence type in the (i) Magistrates' and (ii) Crown Courts.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	169268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169263 169264 169266 169267 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1543915

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the next Victims Commissioner will be appointed; and for what reasons the recruitment process for that role has been delayed.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	92186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The campaign to appoint a Victims’ Commissioner concluded in July without an appointment being made. A new campaign is currently underway and we expect to identify a new Victims’ Commissioner in early 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Both officials and ministers meet regularly with the sector (for example, via the Victim and Witness Sector Engagement Group) to ensure that the voices of victims and witnesses continue to be heard.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 92187 question first answered 29/11/2022 15:09:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel