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1136560

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a cap is placed on compensation for lost earnings paid as part of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	272846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Awards available to applicants under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), can comprise injury, loss of earnings, special expenses, bereavement, funeral, child and dependency payments.</p><p> </p><p>Where an applicant is eligible for an injury payment under the Scheme, they may also be eligible for a loss of earnings payment, where the applicant has no or very limited capacity for paid work as a direct result of that injury. Loss of earnings payments are calculated at statutory sick pay rate, beginning on the first day of the 29th week in which the applicant satisfies the conditions, and ending on whichever is earliest of the day on which the applicant no longer satisfies the condition, the day on which the applicant will reach state pension age, or where the criminal injury has resulted in a life expectancy below the state pension age, the expected end of the applicant’s life.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum award which may be made under this Scheme, inclusive of any payment in respect of loss of earnings, is £500,000.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:05:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1077651

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses
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 unable to attend court as a prosecution witness due to (a) childcare, (b) lost earnings from employment and (c) difficulty getting time off work in the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	226115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Detailed information on the reasons for prosecution witnesses being unable to attend court is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. This information may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is possible to identify the number trial cases which were recorded as cracked or ineffective in the criminal courts where a witness was not able to attend/withdrawn. These figures are available from the ‘Criminal Courts Listing transparency’ file, at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/03/2019 17:49:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1051362

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average payment made to adult victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse were by gender under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	214553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The data provided relates to applications for incidents of sexual assault or abuse made from 1 February 2015 until 30 January 2019. The data provided is from 1 February 2015 onwards, as from this date applicants for criminal injuries compensation were required to provide details of the category of crime which caused their injuries.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Value of Award</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (from 1 February)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>£11,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (from 1 February)</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>£11,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>£10,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>£11,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>£12,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>£12,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>£11,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>£12,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to 30 January)</p></td><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>£13,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to 30 January)</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>£12,758</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:53:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1045662

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to lay an amended Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme before the House during the current Parliamentary session.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	210624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>It is my intention to lay an amended Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 before the House as soon as Parliamentary time allows. This will remove the pre-1979 same roof rule and enable victims whose applications for compensation had previously been refused under this rule, to reapply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/01/2019 17:45:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

989644

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October to Question 176311 on Offences Against Children: Sentencing, of the 3,234 people given custodial sentences in 2017 how many were (a) men and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	180742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Of the 3,234 offenders who received immediate custodial sentences at the Crown Court in 2017 for child sexual abuse offences, 3,186 were male and 48 were female. This information can be found in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for child sexual abuse offences at the Crown Court between 2010 and 2016 can be found in Table 2. This information is broken down by sentences of up to and including one year, over one year up to and including five years, over five years and up to and including ten years, over ten years and less than life, and life sentence. Information on plea entered is provided for offenders sentenced at the Crown Court only and is not provided for offenders sentenced at a magistrates’ court as this information is not held centrally within the Court Proceedings Database.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 180743 question first answered 26/10/2018 13:31:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQs 180742 180743 Response Table (002).xlsx title Table one & Table two
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

989665

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October to Question 176311, how many people were given prison sentences for child sexual abuse offences of (a) up to one year, (b) one to five years, (c) five to 10 years and (d) 10 years or more by plea in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	180743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Of the 3,234 offenders who received immediate custodial sentences at the Crown Court in 2017 for child sexual abuse offences, 3,186 were male and 48 were female. This information can be found in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for child sexual abuse offences at the Crown Court between 2010 and 2016 can be found in Table 2. This information is broken down by sentences of up to and including one year, over one year up to and including five years, over five years and up to and including ten years, over ten years and less than life, and life sentence. Information on plea entered is provided for offenders sentenced at the Crown Court only and is not provided for offenders sentenced at a magistrates’ court as this information is not held centrally within the Court Proceedings Database.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 180742 question first answered 26/10/2018 13:31:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQs 180742 180743 Response Table (002).xlsx title Table one & Table two
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

989666

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October to Question 176311, how many of the 3,234 people who were given prison sentences for child sexual abuse offences in 2017 had previously been convicted of other child sexual abuse offences.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	180744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Information on how many people who were sentenced to immediate custody for child sexual abuse offences at the Crown Court in 2017 had previously been convicted of other child sexual abuse offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/10/2018 11:24:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

982543

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given prison sentences for child sexual abuse offences of (a) up to one year, (b) one to five years, (c) five to 10 years and (d) 10 years or more by plea entered in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	176311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for child sexual abuse offences at Crown Court in 2017 can be found in Table 1. This information is broken down by sentences of up to and including one year, over one year up to and including five years, over five years and up to and including ten years, over ten years and less than life and life sentence. Information on plea entered is provided for offenders sentenced at Crown Court however not for magistrates’ court as this information is not held centrally within the Court Proceedings Database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/10/2018 15:57:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ176311 table.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922274

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that claims made through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority relating to child sexual abuse are only considered by caseworkers who have had specific training in the nature and effect on the individual of such abuse.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	152778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its Interim Report on 25 April. The Report contains a series of recommendations for specific changes, one of which was specifically directed at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). This was that:</p><p>- CICA ensures that claims relating to child sexual abuse are only considered by caseworkers who have specific and detailed training in the nature and impact of child sexual abuse.</p><p>The Government welcomes the Report and is now considering the Inquiry’s recommendations very carefully. We will respond fully in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/06/2018 14:33:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922103

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission a review of hate crime legislation and its operation as recommended by the Law Commission in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	152184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime is despicable and has no place in British society. The Government has repeatedly taken action to reduce hate crime, increase reporting and improve support for victims including through the 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Justice Act 2003 already offers enhanced sentences powers for any offence which is racially or religiously aggravated, or where the offender demonstrated hostility or was motivated by hostility towards the victim because of their sexual orientation or disability or because they were transgender. Such offences merit an increased sentence within the maximum available for the offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice keeps the current law, and the Law Commission’s recommendations, under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 152185 question first answered 19/06/2018 09:12:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion