Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Cycling UK on the findings of its report into the law on exceptional hardship pleas in dangerous driving cases.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Justice Secretary has had no such discussions with Cycling UK.
This is because road traffic offences are generally the responsibility of the Department for Transport, including driving disqualifications and the law on exceptional hardship pleas. The Ministry of Justice does however retain an interest in general criminal law and on offences that result in death or serious injury.
Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the 2018-19 Main Estimates, published in April 2018, how much funding his Department has allocated to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
HM Treasury has already allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19.
A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/).
This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year.