Asked by: Simon Burns (Conservative - Chelmsford)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects HM Courts and Tribunals Service to send to the Department for Work and Pensions the Statement of Reasons in respect of the recent appeal, Ref: SC133/14/00156, relating to Ms C Ely; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support, administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits.
The Tribunal heard the appeal brought by Ms Ely on 27 April. A request for a full statement of reasons was received from the DWP on 15 May.
The Tribunal’s Procedure Rules require the statement of reasons to be provided within one month of the request or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Asked by: Simon Burns (Conservative - Chelmsford)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences concerning the illegal wildlife trade in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty of triable either way offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulation 1997, together with Intentionally obstruct an authorised person acting in accordance with the powers conferred by Regulation, under Section 9(6) of the regulations, in England and Wales from 2011 to 2012 can be viewed in the table. Please note data for the triable either way offences prior to 2011, together with a large quantity of other offences to this day are kept on paper records which would require manual inspection. This would be at disproportionate cost.
Court Proceedings data for what can be provided by separate identification for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.
Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice