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  • Mr Graham Allen – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Mr Graham Allen – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Graham Allen on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Nottingham City Council and (b) Nottingham North constituency.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    The ward results for Nottingham City Council were as follows:

    The ward results for the Nottingham North constituency were as follows:

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

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  • Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) Tameside Metropolitan Council and (c) Denton and Reddish constituency.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    The ward results for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:

    The ward results for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:

    The ward results for the Denton and Reddish constituencywere as follows:

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

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  • David Heyes – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    David Heyes – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Heyes on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures in each ward were in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Oldham Metropolitan Borough and (b) Tameside Metropolitan Borough.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    The ward results for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:

    The ward results for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

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  • Mr David Anderson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Mr David Anderson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Anderson on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Gateshead Council and (b) Blaydon constituency.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    The ward results for Gateshead Council were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    BIRTLEY

    85.6%

    1.4%

    13.0%

    BLAYDON

    84.0%

    1.2%

    14.8%

    BRIDGES

    73.7%

    2.0%

    24.3%

    CHOPWELL & ROWLANDS GILL

    85.1%

    1.8%

    13.1%

    CHOWDENE

    88.7%

    1.3%

    10.0%

    CRAWCROOK & GREENSIDE

    84.6%

    1.9%

    13.5%

    DECKHAM

    82.8%

    1.5%

    15.7%

    DUNSTON & TEAMS

    80.5%

    1.4%

    18.1%

    DUNSTON HILL & WHICKHAM EAST

    87.6%

    1.4%

    11.0%

    FELLING

    84.5%

    1.3%

    14.2%

    HIGH FELL

    85.5%

    1.9%

    12.6%

    LAMESLEY

    84.8%

    2.0%

    13.1%

    LOBLEY HILL & BENSHAM

    82.1%

    1.7%

    16.2%

    LOW FELL

    85.1%

    1.3%

    13.6%

    PELAW & HEWORTH

    85.6%

    1.2%

    13.2%

    RYTON, CROOKHILL & STELLA

    85.3%

    1.6%

    13.1%

    SALTWELL

    76.9%

    2.1%

    21.0%

    WARDLEY & LEAM LANE

    88.0%

    1.0%

    11.0%

    WHICKHAM NORTH

    86.4%

    1.2%

    12.4%

    WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE

    88.2%

    1.4%

    10.4%

    WINDY NOOK & WHITEHILLS

    88.1%

    1.0%

    10.9%

    WINLATON & HIGH SPEN

    87.1%

    1.7%

    11.2%

    The ward results for the Blaydon constituency were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    BIRTLEY

    84.0%

    1.2%

    14.8%

    BLAYDON

    85.1%

    1.8%

    13.1%

    CHOPWELL & ROWLANDS GILL

    84.6%

    1.9%

    13.5%

    CRAWCROOK & GREENSIDE

    87.6%

    1.4%

    11.0%

    DUNSTON HILL & WHICKHAM EAST

    84.8%

    2.0%

    13.1%

    LAMESLEY

    85.3%

    1.6%

    13.1%

    RYTON, CROOKHILL & STELLA

    86.4%

    1.2%

    12.4%

    WHICKHAM NORTH

    88.2%

    1.4%

    10.4%

    WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE

    87.1%

    1.7%

    11.2%

    WINLATON & HIGH SPEN

    84.0%

    1.2%

    14.8%

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

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  • Catherine McKinnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Catherine McKinnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in the Newcastle City Council area.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    The ward results for Newcastle City Council are shown in the following table:

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

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  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants (a) elected jury trial at the Crown Court for either way offences where magistrates had accepted jurisdiction and deemed the case to be suitable for summary trial and (b) were sent to the Crown Court for trial by magistrates declining jurisdiction over the case in each of the last three years.

    Shailesh Vara

    The answers to both questions are contained in the following tables:

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of an either way office case dealt with at the Crown Court where (a) a guilty plea was entered at the magistrates’ court and (b) a guilty plea was entered on the day of trial at the Crown Court in the latest period for which figures are available.

    Shailesh Vara

    There are a number of different ways costs of cases can be estimated, depending on how indirect costs are apportioned, resulting in a range of cost estimates for these cases. The latest period for which data is available is 2012/13 (up-rated to 2013/14 prices).

    a) The cost of an either way guilty plea entered at the Magistrates Court is estimated to be between £210 and £270 (to the nearest £10).

    b) A guilty plea entered on the day of a trial at the Crown court would result in a cracked trial. The cost of a cracked trial in the Crown court is estimated to be between £1,200 and £2,000 (to the nearest £100).

    These figures do not include legal aid costs.

    Sentencing Council Guidelines to the judiciary encourage early guilty pleas by setting out a scale of ‘credit’ for a guilty plea to be applied that varies from a reduction of one third in any sentence for an early plea, to 10% for a guilty plea entered at the point of trial.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of eligible (a) male and (b) female offenders were recalled on a fixed term recall instead of a standard recall (i) in 2008, (ii) in 2009, (iii) in 2010, (iv) in 2011, (v) in 2012 and (vi) since 3 December 2012.

    Jeremy Wright

    It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants charged with each offence type were sent to the Crown Court for sentence by magistrates in each of the last five years.

    Shailesh Vara

    The answers to both questions are contained in the following tables:

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who were recalled to prison from home detention curfew have been subsequently released back onto home detention curfew since 3 December 2012.

    Jeremy Wright

    The information required to answer these questions is due for publication on 24 April 2014. I will write to my Honourable friend as soon as it is available. A copy will be placed in the House Library.