Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme Review 2020.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
I am grateful to all who took the time to contribute views to our consultation aimed at making the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme simpler and more accessible.
We are carefully reviewing responses and will aim to publish the Government’s response in due course.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to comply with the Victims Directive after the UK leaves EU.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Victim Directive (2012/29/EU) and the Victim Compensation Directive (2004/80/EC) will cease to apply to the UK after the end of the transition period, subject to the winding down provisions contained in the Withdrawal Agreement. The common minimum standards set out in the Victim Directive have been implemented in domestic law; for example, in England and Wales primarily through the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (Victims’ Code) issued under section 32 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. These measures are unaffected by the UK’s exit from the EU. Victims of crime injured in Britain may be eligible for the Britain-wide Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ('the Scheme'), which provides publicly funded compensation to victims who suffer a serious physical or mental injury as the direct result of a violent crime. Awards under the Scheme are a recognition of public sympathy for the pain and suffering caused by violent crime. Where the crime was committed in an EU Member State, victims may be eligible to apply to the compensation scheme in that State, under the European Convention on the Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department allocates to the Victim Support Homicide Service/Lucie Blackman Trust to support families bereaved abroad.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring effective practical and emotional support for those bereaved by homicide and has taken steps to improve the funding available for these victims.
The current Homicide Service commenced in April 2019 and provides bereaved families with access to the fullest range of practical, emotional, specialist and peer support to families bereaved both in England and Wales as well as by homicide abroad.
We have provided Victim Support up to £3.4m per annum in funding for the delivery of the Homicide Service. In 2020/21 we are providing up to £500k in additional funding to the Homicide Service.
The funding available includes a contribution of up to £160k per annum from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to provide support to eligible families bereaved abroad. In addition, the FCDO has contributed funding of £40,000 this financial year to the Lucie Blackman Trust to support missing British nationals and their families.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men were (i) charged, (ii) convicted and (iii) received custodial sentences in relation to television licence fraud in the last 12 months for which such information is available.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Ministry of Justice holds and publishes data on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes, but not on charges. We have interpreted your questions to be related to non-payment of television licence fees rather than fraud. Figures for prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees up to 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:
Filter by offence ‘191A Television licence evasion’. Then drag the ‘Sex’ filter into the rows field. The number of a) females, b) males convicted of this offence are shown in rows 35 and 34, respectively.
The number of a) females and b) males sentenced to immediate custody can be found in rows 90 and 89, respectively. However, custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore these rows appear as nil.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been convicted in England and Wales for the (a) murder and (b) manslaughter of a UK citizen overseas.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for murder and manslaughter is published up to December 2017 and available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx
Detailed information on the nationality of the defendant/offender and victim may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been convicted in England and Wales for the (a) murder and (b) manslaughter of a non-UK citizen overseas.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for murder and manslaughter is published up to December 2017 and available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx
Detailed information on the nationality of the defendant/offender and victim may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been tried in England and Wales for the (a) murder and (b) manslaughter of a UK citizen overseas.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for murder and manslaughter is published up to December 2017 and available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx
Detailed information on the nationality of the defendant/offender and victim may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many UK citizens have been tried in England and Wales for the (a) murder and (b) manslaughter of a non-UK citizen overseas.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for murder and manslaughter is published up to December 2017 and available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx
Detailed information on the nationality of the defendant/offender and victim may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of employment tribunal claims made since July 2013.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The total number of claims received by the Employment Tribunal in the financial year 2014-2015 was 68% lower than in the financial year 2012-2013, the last full year before the introduction of fees in July 2013. We are currently undertaking a review of the introduction of fees and will announce our findings later this year.