Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures her Department is taking to tackle illegitimate and fraudulent activity by claims-handling companies in relation to gastric illness claims made by package holiday customers.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The Government is concerned about the apparent recent increase in holiday sickness claims and its potential implications for tour operators and the holiday industry more generally. My department is liaising with the Association of British Travel Agents and other industry representatives to understand the underlying problems and identify the most appropriate and effective response.
Tackling fraudulent claims is a key priority. The Claims Management Regulator is investigating claims management companies which are soliciting holidaymakers to make sickness claims and is actively working with industry representatives, the Solicitors Regulation Authority and other regulators to target and respond effectively to any abuses. We remain committed to ensuring that those CMCs which contact consumers to offer claims services do so legally.
Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for (a) non-molestation orders and (b) ex parte non-molestation orders were (i) made and (ii) declined in each of the last five years.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.
Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, (formerly known as ex-parte applications) usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent.
The number of applications for non-molestation orders made in each of the last five years, split into ‘without notice’ and ‘with notice’ applications, is shown in table 1. For the same period, and in the same way, table 2 lists the number of applications for non-molestation orders declined and table 3 lists the number of non-molestation orders made. The data covers England and Wales.
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2010 | 12,564 | 8,630 | 21,194 |
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2011 | 11,484 | 8,072 | 19,556 |
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2012 | 11,543 | 7,862 | 19,405 |
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2013 | 13,622 | 8,661 | 22,283 |
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2014 | 13,867 | 10,132 | 23,999 |
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Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Tooting of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 754W, on sentencing, how many women were committed to prison for fine default related to non-payment of the television licence fee in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012; and how many of those women had children who were taken into care as a result of their imprisonment.
Answered by Simon Hughes
No published information is available. The information in the table attached is taken from a live case management system. As such, it is subject to change and is not checked to the level of official statistics. No information is available in respect of children taken into care where the imprisonment of a parent is a contributory factor.
HM Prison Service will be completing the Basic Custody Screening Tool (BCST) for every prisoner who enters custody within 72 hours of reception once the planned Community Rehabilitation Companies have been established. The BCST has specific questions relating to family circumstances, including whether the prisoner has children, whether the prisoner is the main carer for their children and if social services are involved with the family. This will allow for consistent collection of information on the family circumstances of prisoners.