Asked by: Countess of Mar (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were made by Trading Standards for offences under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 between 2014 and 2019; and how many of these prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The Ministry of Justice has published data for prosecutions and convictions up to the end of December 2018. Data for 2019 will be published in May 2020.
The number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 between 2014 and 2018 are shown in the table below.
Table: Prosecutions and convictions under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988, 2014–18 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
Prosecuted | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
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Convicted | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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Asked by: Countess of Mar (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Tribunals Service intends to proceed with the introduction of Continuous Online Resolution for personal independence payments and employment and support allowance appeals; and in what circumstances a case would be considered unsuitable for consideration by such a process.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The system to support Continuous Online Resolution (COR) is currently being tested with the Tribunal’s judiciary. As soon as testing has shown the system to be robust, a small number of people with a pending Personal Independence Payment appeal will be invited to take part in an initial pilot of COR. Current indications are this is likely to commence before the summer.
The Tribunal’s judiciary intend, following successful testing, to be able to offer COR to all appellants. A case would be unsuitable if the parties did not wish to undergo that process or the panel thought it unsuitable.
Asked by: Countess of Mar (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
Her Majesty's Government what is the average total cost to (1) local authorities, (2) health authorities, (3) local education authorities, and (4) the courts, of prosecuting an unfounded case of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The information requested is not held.