Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing sentences for driving offences.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Whilst many deaths and injuries are the result of a tragic accident, too many of these incidents involve criminal behaviour. Every avoidable death is one too many.
The government has committed to bring forward changes to ensure the courts have the powers they need to deal with those drivers who kill by dangerous driving or where they are over the limits for alcohol and drugs.
The Department want to close a loophole in the law that fails to recognise the harm caused where drivers cause serious injury by their careless driving.
Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
What additional financial support he is providing to help protect victims of domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
We have announced an unprecedented £76 million extra funding to support survivors of?domestic abuse, sexual violence, modern slavery and vulnerable children and their families. This includes £28 million for victims of domestic abuse.
This funding will help front line charities to provide support to those in need, including through virtual or telephone-based services.
This funding is part of comprehensive measures to support vulnerable people through the pandemic and we are working closely with local bodies, charities and other partners to ensure they get the support they need.
Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given a custodial sentence for death by careless driving; and what is the average length of term for those sentences in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of people sentenced to immediate custody for causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving and the average custodial sentence length in each of the last five years has been published up to December 2017 and can be found in the ‘Outcomes by offence data tool’, available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx
The average sentence length increased by 10% between 2012 to 2017.
Select 4.8 Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving (MOT) in the ‘Offence’ filter. The number of people sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 35 and the average custodial sentence length can be found in row 54.
Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received speeding fines in North Cornwall in each year since 2015.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of fines imposed by courts for speeding offences in the Cornwall Local Justice area, from 2015 to 2016 (latest available data), can be viewed in the table. Data for courts specifically located in North Cornwall cannot be separately identified.
Court proceedings data for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.