Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) breathalysed and (b) convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families. That is why the Government has toughened the law by closing loopholes relating to breath tests conducted by the police.
The number of people breathalysed by police from 2008 to 2012 (the latest available) can be viewed in table 1. Data for 2013 is planned for publication in April 2015, and data for 2014 is planned for publication in April 2016. For reporting purposes the Home Office does not differentiate between ‘positive’ and ‘refused’ breathe tests. If an individual refuses a breath test, this is an offence which carries the same maximum penalty as a positive breath test.
The number of offenders found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or refusing a test in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in Table 2. Court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in spring 2015
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on consultancy staff by the South Yorkshire Probation Service in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Selous
The information requested is not available as it was not collected centrally from South Yorkshire Probation Trust before the Probation Trust ceased to provide probation services on 31st May 2014.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff have been employed by the South Yorkshire Probation Service in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Selous
The information re quested is not available as it was not collected centrally from South Yorkshire probation trust before the probation trust ceased to provide probation services on 31st May 2014.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received legal aid in each constituency in South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not record the number of people who receive legal aid. Instead it records the number of ‘acts of assistance’. One individual may receive a number of separate acts of assistance, and one act of assistance can help more than one person.
With regard to the breakdowns requested for each constituency in South Yorkshire, the LAA cannot separately identify legal aid cases by the location of the person receiving legal aid. Applicant post codes are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.