Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of ex-offenders leaving prison who were provided (i) settled and (ii) temporary accommodation in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
Information and data on a prisoner’s housing destination at the point of discharge from prison is published at:
2014-15:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/451037/mi-addendum.xls
2013-14:
2012/13
2011/12:
2010/11:
For the purposes of the performance measure, settled accommodation covers the following categories: permanent housing, supported housing, approved premises, other hostels and Bail Accommodation & Support Service (BASS) accommodation.
Not in settled accommodation means: transient/short term accommodation, no fixed address, or no Information.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what assessment he has made of the extent of a fraud and claims culture in the motor insurance industry; and what evidence of such a culture he provided to HM Treasury before publication of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Government received and analysed data from numerous sources when formulating the announcement in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. The quoted figures were arrived at by combining published industry estimates along with data from government and other sources.
Government data, compiled by the Compensation Recovery Unit at the Department for Work and Pensions, indicates that claims volumes remain at historically high levels, some 50% higher than in 2006. Over the same period motor accident rates have fallen by around 26%. This is clear evidence that the system is in need of further reform, which is why on 25 November, in his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced tough new measures to control costs and reduce the number of unnecessary whiplash claims.
The Government will consult on the detail of the new reform package in due course and the consultation document will be accompanied by an impact assessment.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials cracked as a result of the prosecution due to (a) insufficient evidence, (b) witness absent or withdrawn, (c) public interest grounds and (d) adjournment refused in (i) Magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown Court in each year since 2007.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Overall numbers and reasons for cracked and ineffective trials are included in our Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly publication, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015
In the published data the reasons specified in the question are aggregated together into one reason in our table: “prosecution end case” for cracked trials and “prosecution availability” for ineffective trials.
The information requested can be found in the table attached.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials were ineffective due to the (a) prosecution being engaged in another trial, (b) prosecution advocate failing to attend and (c) prosecution increasing the time estimate due to insufficient time for trial to start in (i) Magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown Court in each year since 2007.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Overall numbers and reasons for cracked and ineffective trials are included in our Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly publication, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015
In the published data the reasons specified in the question are aggregated together into one reason in our table: “prosecution end case” for cracked trials and “prosecution availability” for ineffective trials.
The information requested can be found in the table attached.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of a vacated trial in (a) Magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
HMCTS is unable to provide the information requested, as this information is not held.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Question 11884, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of vacated trials due to the prosecution in each year since 2010-11; and how many and what proportion of trials were (a) ineffective and (b) cracked in (i) Magistrates' courts and (ii) the Crown Court for reasons related to the prosecution in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
HMCTS is unable to provide information on the cost of trials vacated for reasons related to the prosecution.
Figures on ineffective, vacated and cracked trials, including the reasons for these, are published quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics in tables M3, M4, C3 and C4.
Figures on the number and proportion of vacated trials in magistrates courts for reasons related to the prosecution since 2010/11 are in Table 1, and those for Crown Courts are in Table 2.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials were (a) ineffective, (b) cracked and (c) vacated for reasons related to the prosecution in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Figures on ineffective and cracked trials are published quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
Figures on the number and proportion of vacated trials in magistrates courts for reasons related to the prosecution since 2010/11 are in Table 1, and those for Crown Courts are in Table 2.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the vacated trial rate in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court was in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of those vacated trials were for reasons related to the prosecution.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Figures on ineffective and cracked trials are published quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
Figures on the number and proportion of vacated trials in magistrates courts for reasons related to the prosecution since 2010/11 are in Table 1, and those for Crown Courts are in Table 2.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value has been of criminal courts charges (a) imposed and (b) collected since the introduction of those charges.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Information on the enforcement of financial impositions is contained within an annex to Criminal Court Statistics Bulletin published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice.
The data for the period April to September 2015 will be published on 17 December 2015. This will separately identify the monetary values of the criminal courts charge imposed and collected since 13 April 2015.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the court system of delays caused by (a) ineffective criminal trials and (b) cracked trials was in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.