Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what level her Department values the reduction of risk of death per fatal casualty prevented; and if she will give an example of policy intervention where this evaluation was made.
Answered by Norman Baker
In order to estimate the cost of a homicide, the Home Office uses the value of
a prevented fatality, which is estimated by the Department for Transport. The
Home Office has produced three reports on the economic and social costs of
crime, which contain the department's estimates of the value of preventing a
fatality in relation to a homicide. The Home Office first estimated the
economic and social costs of crime in 2000:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.
The Home Office last comprehensively updated the costs of crime estimates in
2005:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.
The Home Office's 2011 publication provides its most recent revision to the
unit costs of crime figures:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97813/
IOM-phase2-costs-multipliers.pdf.
The costs within the costs of crime report are used to inform policy
development. For example, the rationale in the impact assessment for Domestic
Violence Disclosure Scheme refers to the average and total cost of homicides
related to domestic violence and abuse:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/260899
/DVDS_IA.pdf.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monetary thresholds were applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year quoted in the evidence submitted as part of her Department's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008.
Answered by Norman Baker
The most recent update to the Home Office's estimates of the costs of crime
prior to the Department's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the
Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008 was the 2005 publication. The
monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
£80,620 in 2003 prices.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures of the value of life and health were included in the evidence submitted as part of her Department's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review.
Answered by Norman Baker
The most recent update to the Home Office's estimates of the costs of crime
prior to the Department's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the
Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008 was the 2005 publication. The
monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
£80,620 in 2003 prices.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monetary value her Department assigns to the Value of Preventing a Fatality calculation during the process of policy appraisal and evaluation.
Answered by Norman Baker
In order to estimate the cost of a homicide, the Home Office uses the value of
a prevented fatality, which is estimated by the Department for Transport. The
Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf. The Home Office last comprehensively updated the costs of
crime estimates in 2005:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the explicit monetary value per quality-adjusted life was in the context of Homicide and crime categories of wounding, sexual offences, common assault and robbery, as quoted as part of her Department's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008.
Answered by Norman Baker
A copy of the Home Office's written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental
Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The
Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2
of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face
with researchers at the University of Leeds.
The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.
The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department's submission
to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in
2008 was published in 2005:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.
The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
£80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with her Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in 2008.
Answered by Norman Baker
A copy of the Home Office's written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental
Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The
Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2
of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face
with researchers at the University of Leeds.
The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.
The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department's submission
to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in
2008 was published in 2005:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.
The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
£80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances she uses a calculation of the (a) value of preventing a fatality, (b) willingness to pay and (c) cost-per-quality adjusted life year approach to quantify the value of a policy intervention; what other tools she uses to quantify the benefit of a policy intervention; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Green Book and associated supplementary guidance is publicly available on
the Treasury web site. It sets out a range of approaches and methods that may
be appropriate in a number of different appraisal circumstances.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 2013 edition of the Highway Code, paragraph 264, what guidance her Department has given to motorway police on enforcement of the requirement that drivers overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles should return to the left-hand lane as soon as they are safely past; what the maximum penalty is for a driver not complying with that requirement; and on how many occasions in the last 24 months (a) warnings have been given to such drivers, (b) enforcement procedures have been instigated against such drivers and (c) such drivers have been prosecuted for related road traffic offences.
Answered by Damian Green
The Home Office has not issued any guidance and does not hold any information on the enforcement of lane discipline. Enforcement of the law is an operational matter for the police.
Asked by: Stephen O'Brien (Conservative - Eddisbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to motorway police on advising (a) vehicles without all-round screen vision and (b) public service vehicles carrying passengers of (i) up to 3.5, (ii) between 3.5 and 7.5 and (iii) over 7.5 tonnes maximum laden weight against entering or travelling in, or preventing such vehicles entering or travelling in, the right-hand overtaking lane of a three or more lane motorway; and which last edition of the Highway Code included advice on these matters.
Answered by Damian Green
The Home Office has not issued any guidance and does not hold any information on the enforcement of lane discipline. Enforcement of the law is an operational matter for the police.