Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 252630 on Landlord and Tenant; whether the Government plans to make an estimate of the number of annual evictions using Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988; and what statistics the Government holds on the number of evictions in the private rented sector in a given year and the reasons for those evictions.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government recently announced that it will put an end to ‘no-fault’ evictions by repealing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. MHCLG Ministers will launch a consultation on the details of a better system that will work for landlords and tenants. The Government will collaborate with and listen to landlords, tenants and others in the private rented sector to develop a new deal for renting.
Whilst we hold data on the number of evictions in the private rented sector using section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, we do not have the reasons for those evictions.
Number of private landlord repossessions by county court bailiffs in England and wales, 2005-2018 | |
Year | Private landlord repossessions |
2005 | 3,979 |
2006 | 4,101 |
2007 | 4,342 |
2008 | 4,435 |
2009 | 4,618 |
2010 | 5,279 |
2011 | 5,852 |
2012 | 6,097 |
2013 | 6,049 |
2014 | 6,321 |
2015 | 6,061 |
2016 | 6,011 |
2017 | 6,260 |
2018 | 6,913 |
Source: Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics Quarterly | |
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 252114, how many bailiffs have been removed from the certificated bailiff register following a judgment that they are not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate in each year since 2014.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Certificated Bailiff Register held centrally by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service does not record the reasons for why a certified enforcement agent has been removed from the register. Pursuant to the answer to Question 252114, reasons for cancelling a certificate include an agent leaving his or her employer, ceasing to work as an enforcement agent or a judicial order that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) district judges and (b) magistrates have been assigned to participate in youth courts in each year since 2010; and what proportion of those (i) district judges and (ii) magistrates were (A) women and (B) men.
Answered by Robert Buckland
All salaried District Judges (Magistrates’ Court) are, following their appointment, trained and authorised to sit in the Youth Court. The number of judges on the 1st April in each year since 2010, male and female, is set out in the table below. Judicial statistics are not yet available for 1st April 2019.
| 1st April 2010 | 1st April 2011 | 1st April 2012 | 1st April 2013 | 1st April 2014 | 1st April 2015 | 1st April 2016 | 1st April 2017 | 1st April 2018 |
Male | 106 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 98 | 95 | 89 | 90 | 91 |
Female | 37 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 49 |
Total | 143 | 137 | 141 | 142 | 142 | 138 | 133 | 138 | 140 |
Data on the number of magistrates assigned to youth court prior to October 2016 are not available and it would present a disproportionate expense to HMCTS to provide it. Data regarding youth magistrates is available from 1 April 2017. The data provided for magistrates are internal Management Information and not subject to the same quality checks as official statistics. The number of magistrates assigned to the Youth Court on 1st April 2017, 2018, and 2019, male and female, is set out in the table below.
| 1st April 2017 | 1st April 2018 | 1st April 2019 |
Male | 1088 | 904 | 790 |
Female | 1289 | 1133 | 1066 |
Total | 2377 | 2037 | 1856 |
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of legislating to make it illegal for taxis and private hire vehicles to turn away guide dogs.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
Sections 168 and 170 of the Equality Act 2010 already require drivers of taxis and PHVs to accept passengers accompanied by assistance dogs without charging them extra.
The Government expects drivers to comply with the law and encourages local licensing authorities to take robust action against those unwilling to do so.
Drivers convicted of a relevant offence face fines of up to £1000.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils received free school meals in Wolverhampton North East constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals (FSM) in England is published in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. This information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018.
Information for earlier years (from 2010 onwards) can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many notices were granted by the courts under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in each year since 2010.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of abolishing the charge for phone calls to the 101 non emergency number.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.
While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge.
The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to abolish the 15 pence charge for 101 calls to the emergency services.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.
While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge.
The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bailiffs have been removed from the certificated bailiff register in each of the last seven years.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Since the introduction of the Certification of Enforcement Agent Regulations in April 2014, the following numbers of enforcement agents have been removed from the Register of Certificated Enforcement Agents:
2014 - 31
2015 - 91
2016 - 104
2017 - 74
2018 – 37
2019 (January -April) - 26
Reasons for cancelling a certificate include an agent leaving his or her employer, ceasing to work as an enforcement agent or by a judicial order following a judgment that they are not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between a young offender being charged and their (a) trial if they have pleaded not guilty and (b) sentencing hearing where they have pleaded guilty has been in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data available does not allow the question to be answered with two simple measures as offences can be sentenced at either the Youth court (magistrates’) or Crown court. The attached tables provide figures on the average (both mean and median) number of days from: