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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144447/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of cases listed for trial at Bradford Crown Court has remained relatively static over the last five years. However, the number of more serious cases received by Bradford Crown Court in the same period have increased. These types of cases, by the very nature of their seriousness, generally take more court time to deal with.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In the last five years Bradford has also seen a substantial increase in the number of appeals that it receives, as Bradford Magistrates\u2019 Court deals with all the road traffic work from across West Yorkshire and therefore any appeals that arise from those cases go through Bradford Crown Court.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In order to reduce the delays, work is being done in liaison with partner agencies to review trial cases at an early stage and floating trials are being monitored to ensure all action is being taken to start the trial on the day. Workload and sitting days continue to be closely monitored.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 August 2019 to Question 277304 on Bradford Crown Court, for what reason the number of days from first listing to trial date increased; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce that number.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that emergency workers on the front line have the full protection of the law.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Evidence obtained from body worn video footage is admissible in court and, where available, can be used to support the prosecution\u2019s case during trial.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>If a defendant enters a guilty plea, the prosecution can invite the court to view footage taken from a body worn camera, alongside any victim impact statements, before sentencing. The court would have full discretion in determining whether to accept or reject the request.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 doubled the maximum penalty for those who assault emergency workers from six to 12 months in prison. Under the Act a court must also consider, for a range of offences, the fact that the offence was committed against an emergency worker as an aggravating factor meriting a more severe sentence.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that courts view any body worn footage available in cases (a) of assaulting an emergency worker and (b) involving a police officer before the offender is sentenced; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144450/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on the number of defendants dealt with for common assault and their remand status at different points of court proceedings can be found in the \u201cRemands: Magistrates\u2019 Court data tool\u201d and the \u201cRemands: Crown Court data tool\u201d at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018<\/a><\/p><p>To obtain the requested data, carry out the following steps:<\/p><ul><li>In both tools filter \u2018Offence\u2019 for: \u201c105 Common assault and battery\u201d<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Remand status\u2019 as required \u2013 for remand status prior to trial in the magistrates\u2019 court, use the \u201cRemand status with Police\u201d variable<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Convicted / not convicted\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In both tolls filter \u2018Sentenced / not sentenced\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In the Crown Court tool filter \u2018Plea\u2019 as required (plea is only available at Crown Court)<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 for \u201cImmediate custody\u201d as required<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with entirely at the magistrates\u2019 court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude the following: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d, \u201cCommitted for trial\u201d and \u201cCommitted for sentence\u201d<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with at the Crown Court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases involving common assault was a defendant remanded in custody prior to their trial in each year since 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144451/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on the number of defendants dealt with for common assault and their remand status at different points of court proceedings can be found in the \u201cRemands: Magistrates\u2019 Court data tool\u201d and the \u201cRemands: Crown Court data tool\u201d at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018<\/a><\/p><p>To obtain the requested data, carry out the following steps:<\/p><ul><li>In both tools filter \u2018Offence\u2019 for: \u201c105 Common assault and battery\u201d<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Remand status\u2019 as required \u2013 for remand status prior to trial in the magistrates\u2019 court, use the \u201cRemand status with Police\u201d variable<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Convicted / not convicted\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In both tolls filter \u2018Sentenced / not sentenced\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In the Crown Court tool filter \u2018Plea\u2019 as required (plea is only available at Crown Court)<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 for \u201cImmediate custody\u201d as required<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with entirely at the magistrates\u2019 court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude the following: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d, \u201cCommitted for trial\u201d and \u201cCommitted for sentence\u201d<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with at the Crown Court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases involving common assault was a defendant found guilty or pleaded guilty after being remanded in custody prior to their trial in each year since 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1565", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Philip Davies"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144452", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144452/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on the number of defendants dealt with for common assault and their remand status at different points of court proceedings can be found in the \u201cRemands: Magistrates\u2019 Court data tool\u201d and the \u201cRemands: Crown Court data tool\u201d at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018<\/a><\/p><p>To obtain the requested data, carry out the following steps:<\/p><ul><li>In both tools filter \u2018Offence\u2019 for: \u201c105 Common assault and battery\u201d<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Remand status\u2019 as required \u2013 for remand status prior to trial in the magistrates\u2019 court, use the \u201cRemand status with Police\u201d variable<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Convicted / not convicted\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In both tolls filter \u2018Sentenced / not sentenced\u2019 as required<\/li><li>In the Crown Court tool filter \u2018Plea\u2019 as required (plea is only available at Crown Court)<\/li><li>In both tools filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 for \u201cImmediate custody\u201d as required<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with entirely at the magistrates\u2019 court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude the following: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d, \u201cCommitted for trial\u201d and \u201cCommitted for sentence\u201d<\/li><li>For calculations for defendants dealt with at the Crown Court, filter \u2018Outcome\u2019 to exclude: \u201cFailure to appear\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases involving common assault was a defendant sentenced to a term of imprisonment after being remanded in custody prior to their trial in each year since 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144453", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144453/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The prisoner discipline system upholds justice in prisons and ensures incidents of prisoner rule-breaking have consequences. In cases which the prison governor deems the rule-breaking to be sufficiently serious an Independent Adjudicator, appointed by the Chief Magistrate, can attend a prison to award additional days to the prisoner\u2019s custodial time left to serve.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Information on the number of occasions on which additional days were awarded to prisoners by offence is publicly available at:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>For ease, both the number of awards and the number of days that were added to a prisoner\u2019s custodial time, in each year since 2011 is shown in the table below. The information requested for 2010 is not provided due to data quality issues:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>The Number<\/strong> <strong>of awards where additional days were given and total number of days of additional days, 2011 \u2013 2018, England and Wales Can be found in the attached Table.<\/strong><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of adjudications additional days were added to a prisoner's sentence; how many days were added and for what reasons, in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144454", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1144454/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is not possible to identify the proportion of assaults on prison staff that resulted in a criminal conviction in each of the last five years. Detailed 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 be of disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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