Laid - 6 Feb 2025 In Force Not stated
By virtue of section 180(1) Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the Act”), the Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribe certain court fees of an amount which is intended to exceed the cost of the matter in respect of which the fee is …
Found: XXXXSENIOR COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALESMAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALESThe Civil Proceedings and
Jun. 23 2008
Source Page: Table showing number of defendants found guilty under selected wildlife offences for each year from 1997 to 2006, broken down by age, sex and polic force area, and section of each act.Found: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts under selected
Mar. 29 2007
Source Page: Her Majesty's Courts Service business plan 2007-08. 24 p.Found: ; the magistrates™ court case management system will roll out to all magistrates™ courts from 2007
Correspondence Apr. 04 2025
Committee: Constitution CommitteeFound: contact-moj.service.justice.gov.uk/ www.gov.uk/moj 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ Sarah Sackman KC MP Minister for Courts
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of all sentences under the Single Justice Procedure were fines in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at criminal courts in England and Wales between 2010 and June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly: June 2024.
For prosecutions from the Magistrates’ courts in England & Wales between 2010 and 2023, the Magistrates court tool can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023 - GOV.UK.
The data requested can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Sentence Outcomes’ tab and using the ‘Sentence outcome’ filter to select ‘Fine’ in both the Magistrates’ court tool and the Outcome by Offence tool.
Currently, in centrally collated sentencing data, it is only possible to identify cases recorded and processed on the Automated Track Case Management System as Single Justice Procedure (SJP) cases – this only reflects a portion of all SJP cases. There is work ongoing to improve this. Select the filter ‘SJP Flag’ to see number of these cases.
Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) One of the things we must do now in this country is reinforce the use and the range of magistrates courts - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) We need to be very careful.The courts, including the magistrates court, must have the powers to move - Speech Link
Mar. 30 2009
Source Page: Her Majesty's Courts Service business plan 2009-10. 30 p.Found: ™ Courts and the Mental Health Court pilots at Brighton and Stratford Magistrates™ Courts.
Feb. 27 2025
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: September 2024Found: The number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates’ courts increased by 5% in the latest year
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court cases that collapsed due to the lack of an available interpreter in (a) Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court and (b) England and Wales in the last 12 months.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not collate information regarding “collapsed trials” due to the lack of interpreter availability, but the Department does routinely publish data concerning ineffective trials including where the reason is “no interpreter available” as part of the Accredited Official Statistics series Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly. An ineffective trial is a trial that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required.
In response to the questions (a) and (b), we confirm the following, based on the above description:
There were five ineffective trials where the reason was “no interpreter available” at Great Yarmouth magistrates’ courts in 2023.
There were 556 ineffective trials where the reason was “no interpreter available” at all magistrates’ courts in England and Wales in 2023, this accounted for less than 1% of all listed trials in that period.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he made a recent assessment of the adequacy of neurodiversity training for people working in the criminal justice system.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
There is a range of training available to support those working with neurodiverse people in the criminal justice system.
In the courts, the Judicial College of England and Wales has developed training on mental disabilities specifically for magistrates and legal advisers, and the Sentencing Council has published guidance for judges and magistrates that provides clarity in sentencing offenders with neurodiverse needs.
In prison, Neurodiversity Support Managers train staff to support neurodivergent individuals and assist them in accessing education, skills and work opportunities.
In probation, HMPPS offer neurodiversity learning packages for all staff as part of the Probation Learning and Development curriculum, and new Probation Service Officers and those undertaking the Professional Qualification in Probation are required to undertake learning that includes neurodiversity.