Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans that vulnerable victims aged 16 and 17 will be eligible to have their cross-examination pre-recorded when section 28 of the Youth and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is commenced.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Government is committed to making sure that vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses get the support they need and have the confidence to come forward. A range of measures already exist to help reduce their anxiety, including giving evidence through live-link to the courtroom from a different room in the court, or away from the court building altogether, and the use of a Registered Intermediary. We doubled the number of Registered Intermediaries at the end of 2015 to increase the number available to help vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses give evidence.
We are also rolling out recorded pre-trial cross-examination in the Crown Courts from next year so that vulnerable witnesses, including children under 18 years, do not have to give their evidence at trial. In addition to this, we are requiring publicly-funded advocates in sexual offences cases to undertake specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of child destruction under the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 for performing abortions on other people in each year since 1986; and what each such case was.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales, from 1986 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The figures from 2005 onwards are a further breakdown of data published in the outcomes by offences data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015
Information as to whether each case referred to abortion or miscarriage Is not available.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of child destruction under the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 for performing abortions on themselves or causing their own miscarriage in each year since 1986; and what each such case was.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales, from 1986 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The figures from 2005 onwards are a further breakdown of data published in the outcomes by offences data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015
Information as to whether each case referred to abortion or miscarriage Is not available.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under section 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 related to abortions in each year since 1986; and what each such case was.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales, from 1986 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The figures from 2005 onwards are a further breakdown of data published in the outcomes by offences data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015
Information as to whether each case referred to abortion or miscarriage Is not available.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for performing abortions on other people in each year since 1986; and what each such case was.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales, from 1986 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The figures from 2005 onwards are a further breakdown of data published in the outcomes by offences data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015
Information as to whether each case referred to abortion or miscarriage Is not available.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for performing abortions on themselves or causing their own miscarriage in each year since 1986; and what each such case was.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts in England and Wales, from 1986 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. The figures from 2005 onwards are a further breakdown of data published in the outcomes by offences data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015
Information as to whether each case referred to abortion or miscarriage Is not available.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual offences in which the offender was under the influence of alcohol were recorded in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
The information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what opportunities there are for people in prison to prepare themselves for the job market on release.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
There are significant opportunities in prison to help prisoners gain employment on release.
These include education, vocational training, experience of work and support to deal with barriers to employment such as accommodation or substance addiction.
The National Careers Service also operates in prisons in England.