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519747

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's post-implementation review of tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	37594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>Following public consultation, the government introduced fees in Employment Tribunals as a way of reducing the burden on the taxpayer and to encourage parties to seek alternative ways of resolving their disputes.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 June 2015, we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:30:47 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

519748

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to carry out an (a) impact and (b) equality assessment of the Government's policy of replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with a British Bill of Rights.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>We will set out our proposals for a Bill of Rights in due course. We will fully consult on our proposals.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:46:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

518305

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward regulations to allow re-sentencing of people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences on defined principles specially enacted by Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	36764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>IPP prisoners are released where the Parole Board is satisfied that they can be safely managed in the community.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 36765 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:06:25 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

518306

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make plans to use the statutory powers granted to him by section 128 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to reform the Parole Board release test.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	36765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>IPP prisoners are released where the Parole Board is satisfied that they can be safely managed in the community.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 36764 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:06:25 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

518308

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 5 and 12 January 2016 to Questions 20499 and 20722, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between trends in the levels of motor accident rates and claims payments since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	36844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Government data indicates that claims volumes remain at historically high levels. Over a similar period data from the Department for Transport shows accident rates have fallen by around 25%. This is clear evidence that the system is in need of further reform, which is why on 25 November 2015, in his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced new measures to reduce the cost and number of whiplash claims. The Government will consult on the detail of these reforms in due course and the consultation document will be accompanied by an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/05/2016 09:02:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

517865

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his review of employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	36702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We will announce the conclusions of our review of fees in the Employment Tribunals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 10/05/2016 16:06:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

517868

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the length of maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	36658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>We keep maximum penalties under review. This includes sentencing trends, and whether the courts may be finding their sentencing powers inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the average sentence length for animal cruelty can be found in the Outcomes by offence table at the attached link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/05/2016 10:50:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

517513

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	First Offenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first-time offenders (a) of each ethnic group and (b) for each offence were sentenced to immediate custody in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is published routinely in the Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly bulletin, and can be accessed from the Offending History data tool from the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/05/2016 09:52:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517515

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which ethnic group came each offender convicted of murder in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of murder, by ethnicity, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2014 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty of murder, by self declared ethnicity, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not stated</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese or other</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>346</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>343</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>356</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>314</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>333</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 36568</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/05/2016 10:22:43 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517517

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences of between 12 and 24, months for which offences, have been suspended in each year since the changes made to suspended sentences in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into force.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Since December 2012, the courts have discretion to suspend a custodial sentence for any offence where the sentence is for two years or less, where previously only sentences of 12 months or less could be suspended.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested regarding the length of suspended sentence orders is not centrally held. The number of people given a suspended custodial sentence broken down by offence, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014 (the latest data available), can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a> under “Criminal justice statistics outcomes by offence data tool”.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/05/2016 15:14:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies