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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.<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\">(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.<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"10\">(3) An offence under Section 8 Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, amended Asylum and Immigration Act 2004<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"10\">(4) An offence under S 21 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"10\">(5) Offence under R12(1)(b) and (6) Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 223879<\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of level of demand for Registered Intermediaries and the numbers available to meet that demand over the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ann Coffey"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/226766/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>Driving offences resulting in the tragic consequences of death or serious injury bring untold misery to victims\u2019 families. It is right that the maximum prison sentence for causing death by driving while disqualified has been increased and a new offence of serious injury has been created. These new provisions will be commenced very soon.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects section 29 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 to be commenced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3987", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rehman Chishti"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/226371/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>First-tier Tribunal hearings can be cancelled for a number of reasons including the withdrawal of an appeal by either party or because of illness.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Cases which are cancelled before the hearing was due to take place and subsequently rescheduled are classed as being postponed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows the total number of hearings and postponements for the two largest tribunals in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) and Immigration and Asylum (IAC) in venues in the West Midlands region for the years 2013 and 2014.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p>Postponements of <strong>SSCS<\/strong> Hearings in 2013 and 2014 in the West Midlands Region<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Period<\/p><\/td><td><p>Hearings<\/p><\/td><td><p>Hearings Postponed<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>58,180<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,721<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>20,072<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,139<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><p>Postponements of <strong>IAC<\/strong> Hearings in 2013 and 2014 in the West Midlands Region<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Period<\/p><\/td><td><p>Hearings<\/p><\/td><td><p>Hearings Postponed<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,894<\/p><\/td><td><p>369<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>12,328<\/p><\/td><td><p>784<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings at First Tier Tribunals in the West Midlands have been cancelled in each of the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases in which a suspect had been charged for offences committed in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 a trial had not commenced after (i) six and (ii) 12 months had elapsed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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