Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been made under section one of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, for each of the past 13 years.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice holds data on prosecutions under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed via the following link: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Information on the number of individuals prosecuted under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab. In the ‘HO Offence code’ filter, select the offence:
The data requested can be found in the attached table.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many reports to prevent other deaths were issued by coroners in England and Wales in each of the five most recent years for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Since 2022, the annual number of Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports issued by coroners in England and Wales has been collated in the Annual Coroner Statistics which are published each May and cover the preceding calendar year. 440 reports were issued in 2021, and 403 were issued in 2022.
The number of PFD reports issued in each year prior to 2021 is not held centrally. However, coroners have a statutory duty to copy all PFD reports to the Chief Coroner, who publishes them on the Judiciary website unless, exceptionally, he decides not to do so in order to protect an individual’s privacy and/or to protect the public from harm. The number of PFD reports published by the Chief Coroner was 384 in 2018; 595 in 2019; and 301 in 2020.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to answer Question 66948, tabled on 7 March 2017 by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Question 66948 tabled by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East was answered on 18 April 2017.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to respond to Question 66948, tabled by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East on 7 March 2017.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Question 66948 tabled by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East was answered on 18 April 2017.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Ministry of Justice is not currently enrolled on any trusted flagger programme.
However, the Ministry of Justice continually works with social media companies to flag illegal content where it has been identified.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 65872, on domestic violence and legal aid, by what means the Government announced its intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence and to broaden evidence types; when those proposals will come into effect; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Oliver Heald
We announced the intention to amend the domestic violence evidence requirements in applications for legal aid in private family proceedings via a press notice. This included confirmation that we plan to remove the time limit on evidence of domestic violence and to broaden the types of evidence that can be accepted.
We are in the process of reviewing legal aid for domestic violence victims in private family law cases, and will announce the full extent of our proposals to Parliament in due course.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department has made on removing the fee GPs charge for providing a letter of evidence for domestic violence victims to access legal aid since 7 February 2017.
Answered by Oliver Heald
As I outlined in my previous answer of 6 March 2017 (65872 and 65873), we will be announcing details of the full extent of our proposals in relation to domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family law fairly shortly.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on domestic violence victims of having to pay a fee to GPs to provide evidence of eligibility to legal aid.
Answered by Oliver Heald
As I outlined in my previous answer of 6 March 2017 (65872 and 65873), we will be announcing details of the full extent of our proposals in relation to domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family law fairly shortly.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that domestic violence victims are not required to pay a fee to their GP to provide evidence of eligibility to legal aid.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Last year we committed to working with domestic violence support groups and legal representative bodies to review the domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family cases. This review is now coming to end, and we recognise the need for improvements to the system.
We have already announced our intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence, and to broaden the evidence types to include, for instance, letters from domestic violence support organisations and housing support officers. We will provide further details of the full extent of our proposals shortly.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to reform requirements for eligibility for legal aid for victims of domestic violence.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Last year we committed to working with domestic violence support groups and legal representative bodies to review the domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family cases. This review is now coming to end, and we recognise the need for improvements to the system.
We have already announced our intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence, and to broaden the evidence types to include, for instance, letters from domestic violence support organisations and housing support officers. We will provide further details of the full extent of our proposals shortly.