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Written Question
Debt Collection
Wednesday 24th June 2015

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes have been or are to be made to how bailiffs operate as a result of HM Courts and Tribunals Service recent review of enforcement methods.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

HM Courts and Tribunals Service is improving its enforcement functions. Progress is being made on various issues, including improving the effectiveness of bailiff evictions, improving communications during bailiff proceedings, and standardising how bailiff teams operate.

Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Cycling
Tuesday 8th July 2014

Asked by: Greg Knight (Conservative - East Yorkshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists were prosecuted for road traffic offences in the last 12 months.

Answered by Damian Green

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences connected with pedal cycles in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for pedal cycle offences, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 (1)(2)
20092010201120122013
8791,0521,243871901
(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.
Ref: PQ 202362