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723042

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cars: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many insurance companies market car insurance products in the UK; and which of those insurance companies have declared that they will hand back £40 savings specified by the Government from personal injury reforms to customers in the form of lower premiums.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	71398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the number of insurance companies that market car insurance products in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Leading insurers have publicly committed to pass on savings from the Government’s reforms to consumers through lower premiums, with Axa, Aviva and LV= committing to passing on 100%. Motor insurance is intensely competitive and insurance companies will have little choice but to pass on the savings or risk being priced out of the market. The Government will monitor the industry’s reaction and will consider further action if required.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 25/04/2017 14:37:14 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

723068

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of maternity and pregnancy discrimination-related claims in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	71448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of complaints of pregnancy and maternity related discrimination in the Employment Tribunals is published in the MoJ statistical bulletin, “Tribunals and gender recognition statistics quarterly”. The latest bulletin, for the quarter October to December 2016, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016</a></p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 25/04/2017 14:38:42 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

722531

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Reasonable Adjustments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 makes provision for HM Courts and Tribunals Service to allow people seeking to bring a private prosecution to do so via a video link.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	71367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The circumstances in which live-links may be used are the same for private prosecutions as for other cases. A court would consider any relevant statutory provisions, procedure rules, and inherent powers when determining whether live links may be used at a hearing.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, HMCTS operates a reasonable adjustments policy to give customers with disabilities access to information and services. Users wishing to request a reasonable adjustment should speak to a member of staff at the court where their case is being heard. A request for a reasonable adjustment at a hearing is referred to a judge.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/04/2017 13:19:59 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

722533

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there have been for personal injury insurance fraud in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	71344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The information on the total number of successful prosecutions is not held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 26/04/2017 16:30:16 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

722534

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the mechanism by which the financial savings from her Department's proposed reform to personal injury claims will be returned to consumers by insurance companies; and how her Department will collate evidence to ensure that any such savings are directly attributable to those proposed reforms.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	71345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to tackling the continued high number and cost of whiplash claims through the package of reforms announced on 23 February.</p><p> </p><p>Leading insurers have publicly committed to pass on the savings from the Government’s reforms to consumers through lower premiums. The Government will monitor the industry’s reaction and will consider further action if required. Motor insurance is intensely competitive and insurance companies will have little choice but to pass on savings or risk being priced out of the market.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/04/2017 15:13:09 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

722143

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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service in Scotland relating to personal independence payments were successful in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of personal independence payment appeals in Scotland is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period October to December 2016, can be viewed at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot isolate cost data relating to specific benefit types.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71017 question first answered 27/04/2017 13:27:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

722144

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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the Tribunals Service in Scotland related to personal independence payments in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the total cost was of those appeals.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of personal independence payment appeals in Scotland is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period October to December 2016, can be viewed at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot isolate cost data relating to specific benefit types.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71016 question first answered 27/04/2017 13:27:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

722256

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	Crimes against the Person
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to implement the Law Commission's recommendations on Offences against the Person, published on 2 November 2015; and if the Government will bring forward legislation to implement those recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	71210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the Law Commission’s recommendations. Ministers will provide an interim response to the Commission in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/04/2017 15:16:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

722260

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	Infanticide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each year since 2000 women who might have been convicted of murder have received a verdict of infanticide under section 1(2) of the Infanticide Act 1938.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	71185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of infanticide at all courts, in England and Wales, from 2005 to 2015 can be viewed in the annual criminal justice statistics publication linked below. The number of offenders found guilty of infanticide at all courts, in England and Wales, from 2000 to 2004, can be viewed in the table attached. (Court proceedings data for 2016 is planned for publication on 18 May 2017.)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Any woman charged with the murder of her own child under 12 months of age could, in certain circumstances, be convicted of the alternative offence of infanticide and therefore it would be possible for any such defendant to make a defence that she was instead guilty of infanticide. The data on those who use infanticide as a defence is not held centrally and can only obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71108 question first answered 25/04/2017 14:43:57 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

722261

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	Infanticide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers charged with murder have used infanticide as a defence; and how many such mothers were successful in that defence in each year since 2000-01.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	71108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of infanticide at all courts, in England and Wales, from 2005 to 2015 can be viewed in the annual criminal justice statistics publication linked below. The number of offenders found guilty of infanticide at all courts, in England and Wales, from 2000 to 2004, can be viewed in the table attached. (Court proceedings data for 2016 is planned for publication on 18 May 2017.)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Any woman charged with the murder of her own child under 12 months of age could, in certain circumstances, be convicted of the alternative offence of infanticide and therefore it would be possible for any such defendant to make a defence that she was instead guilty of infanticide. The data on those who use infanticide as a defence is not held centrally and can only obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71185 question first answered 25/04/2017 14:43:57 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson