Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on director conduct should the funding of insolvency litigation change under the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Answered by Dominic Raab
An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.
The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on financial redress for creditors should the funding insolvency of litigation change under the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Answered by Dominic Raab
An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.
The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of alternatives to the current insolvency litigation funding regime.
Answered by Dominic Raab
An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.
The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of third-party funding as an alternative to the current funding regime for insolvency litigation.
Answered by Dominic Raab
An Impact Assessment was published when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 received Royal Assent.
The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Act.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what further work remains to be undertaken before he takes a final decision on the future of funding of insolvency litigation.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Ministry of Justice is in the process of considering the way forward in relation to the application to insolvency litigation of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for targeting aircraft with laser pens in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Andrew Selous
It is not possible to identify from data held centrally by the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, or Crown Prosecution Service, how many people have been arrested, charged or convicted for targeting aircraft with laser pens. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of assaulting a police officer in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of such people received a prison sentence.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of defendants proceeded against at a magistrates' court and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to assault on a constable, under section 89 (1) of the Police Act 1996, from 2005 to 2014, in England & Wales, can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014
(Select and open “Outcomes by offence tables” and under Summary Offences (summary non motoring) find “104 Assaulting, resisting or obstructing a constable or designated officer in execution of duty”.)
The custody rate of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for offences relating to assault on a constable, in England & Wales, from 2005 to 2014 can be viewed in the table.
Custody rate of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for offences relating to assault on a constable , England & Wales, 2005-2014(1)(2) | |||||||||||
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008(3) | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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19.7 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 | ||
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(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. |
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(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. |
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(3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008. |
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(4) The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody. |
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Ref: PQ 4826 |
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These figures refer to offences of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his or her duty. More serious assaults against police officers charged under different offences are therefore not included.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department's review of driving offences to report.
Answered by Andrew Selous
Driving offences can have devastating consequences for victims and their loved ones, which is why tough sentences are available to the courts. The previous Secretary of State established a review of these issues. Ministers will consider any findings of the review and set out their position in due course.