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44819

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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 policy is on the introduction of legally binding pre-nuptial agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	193537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Law Commission published its report on Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements on 27 February 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The report focuses on clarifying the law in the areas of financial ‘need' and nuptial agreements and makes 3 broad recommendations:</p><p>1. that written guidance is produced on financial need;</p><p>2. that the feasibility is assessed of producing numerical guidance to help couples to calculate the likely financial outcome of divorce or dissolution; and</p><p>3. that pre-nuptial agreements are made statutorily binding.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is grateful to the Law Commission for their hard work on this complex area of law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is giving the report careful consideration. An interim response will be published by August 2014 and a full response by February 2015. These are the timescales established in protocol between the Law Commission and Government.</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	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

47665

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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 women have been convicted of child sex offences in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	195892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of offenders given custody for sexual offences has increased since 2003.</p><p> </p><p>The number of female defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty or not guilty at all courts for sexual offences against children, in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 (the latest data available), can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 1.doc title Table 1 2 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 2.doc title Table 2 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

47663

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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 women have been charged with child sex offences but not convicted in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	195893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of offenders given custody for sexual offences has increased since 2003.</p><p> </p><p>The number of female defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty or not guilty at all courts for sexual offences against children, in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 (the latest data available), can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 1.doc title Table 1 2 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 2.doc title Table 2 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon