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45595

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of fines levied on but uncollected from people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax was on 1 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals systems the value of fines that remain outstanding for specific offences. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost as identifying this would require a manual search of all fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45596

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine was for people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The average amount of the number of fines issued to defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The average amount of the number of fines issued to defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for keeping a motor vehicle on the highway without a current vehicle excise licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 2</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Failure to pay council tax is not a criminal offence so cannot be dealt with by a fine.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 194112 - Khan - Tv licence - table 1 for minister.XLS title Table 1 2 file name 194112 - Khan - Tv licence - Table 2 - Response for minister.XLS title Table 2 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45597

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving custodial sentences for non-payment of (i) a television licence, (ii) vehicle excise duty and (iii) council tax on 1 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The offences of using a TV receiver without a valid licence and of failure to hold a valid vehicle excise duty licence (tax disc) are not punishable by imprisonment, so offenders cannot be sentenced to custody for these offences. Failing to pay council tax is not a criminal offence. Accordingly, there were no men or women serving custodial sentences on 1 March 2014 for non-payment of a TV licence, vehicle excise duty or council tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45693

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the people imprisoned in 2012 for non-payment of fines relating to television licence evasion had other unpaid fines for other offences; and how many outstanding fines on average such people had.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Mr John Leech
uin	194244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals systems the original offences of people sent to prison for non payment of fines or how many other fines they may have had. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost as identifying this would require a manual search of all closed and live fine accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1543 label Biography information for Mr John Leech

45335

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his article published in the Daily Mail on 6 September 2013, what the evidential basis was for his statement that countless left-wing campaigners are using the judicial review system as a promotional tool.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	193822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The rationale for the Government's reforms is set out in ‘Judicial review: further proposals for reform – the Government response' (<a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review</a>). The Government is determined to improve the judicial review process so that it is not open to abuse and arguable cases can proceed quickly to final resolution.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the Government's reforms to judicial review are being taken forward through the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill which will be subject to the full and proper scrutiny of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 3889 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

45109

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forced marriage protection orders have been granted with a power of arrest attached in each year since such orders came into force.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	193701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of forced marriage protection orders that have been granted in England and Wales with a power of arrest attached, for each year since such orders came into force, are available in table 2.8 of the Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin. The latest edition of this publication is available at this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3878 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

45110

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what calculations were used to calculate the mean fee income for full-time criminal barristers published by his Department on 2 January 2014; and for what reasons VAT was included in the estimate of barristers' earnings.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	193702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Figures provided in the statistical publication released on the 2nd January 2014 are available at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213</a> and show that when including all 4,931 criminal barristers' payments, the mean average payment for 2012/13 was £72,010. This includes those barristers that may have provided legal assistance in only a small number of instances within this time period, and payments from both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA). The release also contains information on the data and methodology used.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics provided in the publication and supporting documents included VAT and other additional costs due to the structure of the data obtained from the administrative systems within LAA, and also those provided by the CPS were aggregated figures that already included VAT. The basis of the calculations were set out in the publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

45111

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham on 26 March (<em>Official Report </em>col. 300W).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45114

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section (a) 1, where the victim was a child, and (b) 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit sexual offences are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants convicted of offences under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was a child under 16, together with all offences under sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 can be viewed in the table. As the Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for these offences all proceedings reflect that Act too, as per the footnote.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics in respect of victims of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 cannot be broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p>Also, my department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Likewise, Criminal Justice Statistics in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 193577, 193578, 193579, 193582.XLS title Table 1 previous answer version 3865 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45115

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles (a) 5 and 6, where the victim was a child, and (b) 12, 13 and 14 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit sexual offences are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants convicted of offences under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was a child under 16, together with all offences under sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 can be viewed in the table. As the Sexual Offences Act 2003 replaced the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for these offences all proceedings reflect that Act too, as per the footnote.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics in respect of victims of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 cannot be broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p>Also, my department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Likewise, Criminal Justice Statistics in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 193577, 193578, 193579, 193582.XLS title Table 1 previous answer version 3866 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson