Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there have been for hare coursing in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of prosecutions and convictions for hare coursing offences in England and Wales for the years 2013 to 2018. This data is available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx
Related offences include:
Search for ‘hare coursing’ in the Detailed offence filter and select the offences of interest.
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of the (a) Royal Courts of Justice and (b) Supreme Court in each of the last five years.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The cost of the Royal Courts of Justice and UK Supreme Court for the last 5 years are detailed in the table below:
Year | Royal Courts of Justice |
2011-12 | £24,336,600 |
2012-13 | £34,548,300 |
2013-14 | £15,900,200 |
2014-15 | £55,811,700 |
2015-16 | £43,288,500 |
Costs of the Royal Courts of Justice in years prior to 2014-15 do not include costs of higher judiciary paid out of the consolidated fund, which have been included for 2014-15 and 2015-16 and are, therefore, not on a like-for-like basis.
Year | UK Supreme Court |
2011-12 | £12,039,000 |
2012-13 | £12,355,000 |
2013-14 | £11,956,000 |
2014-15 | £11,424,000 |
2015-16 | £11,604,000 |
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration her Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
Answered by Phillip Lee
On 17 October the Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families laid a Written Ministerial Statement before this House reaffirming the Government’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It stated that both the UNCRC articles and the Committee’s recent Concluding Recommendations serve as a helpful and important guide to making sure that our policies – whether they hold direct or indirect consequences – consider children.
In the Ministry of Justice, impact on children and families is a core consideration. We analyse the impact of polices in relation to particular groups, as part of good policy-making. This is done in particular through engagement with civil society and professionals. All government departments consider the anticipated effects of legislation on children and on the compatibility of draft legislation with the UNCRC. This guidance can be found at www.gov.uk
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations his Department has received on manorial rights in Cumbria in the last 12 months.
Answered by Dominic Raab
My Department has not received any representations on manorial rights in Cumbria in the last 12 months.
Asked by: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to abolish the feudal system of land tenure in England and Wales.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The government has no plans to change the basis on which land is owned in England and Wales.