Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons personal injury claims have to be sent to the County Court Money Claims Centre in Salford by post.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Claims for an unspecified amount of money are processed by the County Court Money Claims Centre in Salford. The Money Claim Online service can be used for specified claims only. Personal injury claims for a specified amount of money under £100,000 can be processed on the money claim online system if the claimant chooses.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New crackdown on whiplash claims, published on 17 November 2016, what her policy is on insurers making payments to personal injury claimants for claims considered to be exaggerated or fraudulent.
Answered by Oliver Heald
A consultation paper was published on 17 November together with an impact assessment detailing the evidence behind the government’s proposals, available on GOV.UK.
The government’s new reform package will disincentivise exaggerated and fraudulent claims, making it less likely that insurers will face such claims. Where an insurer believes a claim to be exaggerated or fraudulent they should challenge it.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the source is of the statistic in her Department's press release entitled New crackdown on whiplash claims, published on 17 November 2016, that whiplash claims are 50 per cent higher than a decade ago; and if she will place those statistics in the Library.
Answered by Oliver Heald
A consultation paper was published on 17 November together with an impact assessment detailing the evidence behind the government’s proposals, available on GOV.UK.
The government’s new reform package will disincentivise exaggerated and fraudulent claims, making it less likely that insurers will face such claims. Where an insurer believes a claim to be exaggerated or fraudulent they should challenge it.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the evidential basis is for the £40 reduction in insurance premiums referred to in her Department's press release entitled New crackdown on whiplash claims published on 17 November 2016; and if she will place the evidential basis for that calculation in the Library.
Answered by Oliver Heald
A consultation paper was published on 17 November together with an impact assessment detailing the evidence behind the government’s proposals, available on GOV.UK.
The government’s new reform package will disincentivise exaggerated and fraudulent claims, making it less likely that insurers will face such claims. Where an insurer believes a claim to be exaggerated or fraudulent they should challenge it.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been issued by courts to children for criminal offences in each of the last five years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested can be viewed in the Criminal Justice System outcomes by offence data tool on the Criminal Justice Systems Statistics Quarterly (December 2015) page on gov.uk.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's current assessment of the level of safety is for staff at (a) Medway, (b) Oakhill and (c) Rainsbrook secure training centres.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The safety of both young people and staff in youth custody is of utmost importance. We are currently developing a strategy which aims to improve safety across the youth estate, including at Medway, Oakhill and Rainsbrook.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times children have been placed in segregation units in each month since January 2015.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days children have spent on segregation units in each month since January 2015.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries were sustained by children during restraint in each custodial institution in each month since March 2015.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Information on injuries sustained during restraint is published regularly on Gov.uk. Data for 2015/16 will be published in due course.
Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for the sale of the G4S contract to run Oakhill secure training centre.
Answered by Phillip Lee
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 44427.