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1258956

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing sentences for driving offences.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	909940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Whilst many deaths and injuries are the result of a tragic accident, too many of these incidents involve criminal behaviour. Every avoidable death is one too many.</p><p>The government has committed to bring forward changes to ensure the courts have the powers they need to deal with those drivers who kill by dangerous driving or where they are over the limits for alcohol and drugs.</p><p>The Department want to close a loophole in the law that fails to recognise the harm caused where drivers cause serious injury by their careless driving.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/12/2020 18:05:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

999414

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: 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 11 September 2017 to Question 7193, what progress he has made on the review of the maximum penalties for driving offences resulting in death and or serious injury.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	186150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The government response to the consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury was published on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as parliamentary time allows. These proposals will take account of, and incorporate, all of government’s proposals for safer roads, including any arising from the Department of Transport’s review of cycle safety.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/11/2018 17:02:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

756003

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review sentence levels for driving offences.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	7193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts working within the legal framework on offences and maximum penalties set by Parliament. A consultation on maximum penalties for driving offences resulting in death or serious injury, issued by the previous government, closed on 1 February 2017. I intend to make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:57:13 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

731781

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish feedback from the consultation into driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury that closed on 1 February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on driving offences and penalties issued by the previous government closed on 1 February. The government is now considering the consultation responses. Any announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 29/06/2017 10:20:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

731376

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation that closed on 1 February 2017 on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on driving offences and penalties issued by the previous government closed on 1 February. The government is now considering the consultation responses. Any announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 28/06/2017 15:27:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

524018

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to undertake a review of the sentencing guidelines for traffic offences.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	40049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales. Following the announcement by the previous Justice Secretary of a government review of driving offences and penalties, the Sentencing Council have paused their review of sentencing guidelines for causing death by driving.</p><p> </p><p>The government is aware of concerns about a number of sentencing issues and is committed to making sure sentencing for driving crimes is proportionate within the context of our wider sentencing framework. It is our intention to commence a consultation in due course which will look at driving offences and penalties.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/06/2016 09:36:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

65259

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to review the road traffic sentencing framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has, in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill,proposed that the maximum penalty for causing death by disqualified driving should rise from 2 years to 10 years' imprisonment. We are also creating a new offence of causing serious injury by disqualified driving which will have a 4 year maximum penalty.</p><p> </p><p>When the Government put forward these proposals to deal with the harm caused by disqualified drivers we also recognised that there were a number of other issues around bad driving which were of concern to many people. That is why the Government has announced a review of driving offences and penalties which will be carried out over the coming months.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/07/2014 11:07:04 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark