The primary purpose of Carer\u2019s Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment. It was never intended to be a carer's wage nor a payment for the services of caring, and is therefore not comparable with the National Minimum Wage.<\/p>
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The Government recognises that carers play an indispensable role in looking after friends or family members who need support. That is why we have continued to uprate the level of Carer\u2019s Allowance by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1520", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Mark Harper"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Forest of Dean"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Mark Harper"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-04T13:36:29.0923427Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carer's Allowance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the carer's allowance so that it is equal to the national minimum wage.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4243", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Jarvis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Jarvis"} ], "uin" : "207723"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90224", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90224/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The number of people claiming carer's allowance in Barnsley Central constituency, Yorkshire and the Humber and Great Britain, in each year since May 2010 is shown in the table below:<\/p>
| Date <\/td> | Barnsley Central constituency<\/td> | Yorkshire and the Humber Region<\/td> | Great Britain<\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May-10 <\/td> | 1,070 <\/td> | 51,970 <\/td> | 536,900<\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May-11<\/td> | 1,130<\/td> | 54,050 <\/td> | 569,240<\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May-12 <\/td> | 1,170 <\/td> | 56,590 <\/td> | 603,770<\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May-13<\/td> | 1,270<\/td> | 59,810<\/td> | 640,520<\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feb-14 <\/td> | 1,360 <\/td> | 62,420 <\/td> | 664,610<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: DWP 100% WPLS. <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in each year since May 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90225", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people currently claiming carer's allowance who care for more than one person.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77444", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, which of the enlisted external video end points have been used in court proceedings involving children in England and Wales in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77445", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, how many of the enlisted external video end points are located away from a courthouse.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77446", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77446/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of the judiciary rests with the Lord Chief Justice and is exercised through the Judicial College. All training is carried out under the direction of the judiciary. The judiciary have no obligation to share the contents of their training with Parliament.<\/p> <\/p> However, I am advised that training seeks to support the main role of the judge which is to enable all those who appear in court the opportunity to give their best evidence. Judicial office holders are authorised to hear cases involving children and will attend induction training when first authorised.<\/p> <\/p> Where witnesses are deemed \u201cvulnerable\u201d (which includes children) training will emphasise good case management to ensure that appropriate special measures are used by the Court. This includes controlling the management and scope of cross examination. Where a sexual offence is being considered for example, judges are given information about the psychological effects of this in the context of giving evidence. These few examples are not a complete list of the elements of training and regular assessment of the content of courses will mean they vary over time and according to particular seminars and audiences.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on courts: children, what elements are involved in the specialist training available to judicial office holders dealing with cases involving children.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77448/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.<\/p> <\/p> A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates\u2019 courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together. Children alleged to have committed serious offences, for example homicide or offences that for an adult would result in 14 years or more in prison, are tried in the Crown Court and may also be tried there if it is in the interest of justice to keep them together with an adult co-defendant.<\/p> <\/p> Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.<\/p> <\/p> Data on the number of children and young people tried in (a) the adult magistrates\u2019 courts is set out at Table 1.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts(1), (2), (3) & (5)<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 10,401<\/p><\/td> 10,667<\/p><\/td> 5,463<\/p><\/td> 5,702<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Data on the number of children and young people tried in (b) the Crown Court is set out in Table 2.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of young people tried at the Crown Court (4) & (5)<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 3,002<\/p><\/td> 2,787<\/p><\/td> 2,367<\/p><\/td> 1,847<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.<\/p> _______________________________________<\/p> (1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.<\/p> (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. 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.<\/p> (3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates\u2019 courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.<\/p> (4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. 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.<\/p> (5) 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 which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. 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.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders have been tried before (a) adult magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in England and Wales in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many children with mental health difficulties have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/76879/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.<\/p> <\/p> Where a trial may involve both youth and adult co-defendants criminal courts must consider whether it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together and deal with them in the adult magistrates\u2019 court or the Crown Court. In reaching this decision courts must take into account factors such as age, maturity, culpability, inconvenience to witnesses or injustice to the case as a whole, including whether there are benefits in the same tribunal sentencing all offenders.<\/p> <\/p> Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.<\/p> <\/p> HMCTS do not centrally collate data on the number of young people and adults jointly charged and subsequently tried together.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1 shows the number of cases where a child or young person has been tried in (a) the adult magistrates\u2019 court. A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates\u2019 courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts(1), (2), (3) & (5)<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 10,401<\/p><\/td> 10,667<\/p><\/td> 5,463<\/p><\/td> 5,702<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 2 shows the number of cases where there was at least one youth defendant and at least one adult defendant from 2009/10 to 2013/14 in (b) the Crown Court.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number of young people tried at the Crown Court (4) & (5)<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 3,002<\/p><\/td> 2,787<\/p><\/td> 2,367<\/p><\/td> 1,847<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.<\/p> _______________________________________<\/p> (1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.<\/p> (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. 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.<\/p> (3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates\u2019 courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.<\/p> (4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. 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.<\/p> (5) 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 which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. 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.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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