The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Duty Provider Crime Contracts have been awarded to BAME firms in (a) the West Midlands, (b) the city of Birmingham and (c) Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency.
Mr Shailesh Vara
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of Thursday 28 January, the crime Tender process has been withdrawn.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Howarth on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on what proportion of the £2 billion cost of whiplash claims comes from (a) genuine claims and (b) fraudulent claims.
Dominic Raab
As noted in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the figure of £2 billion a year is an insurance industry estimate of the cost of dealing with road traffic related personal injury claims.
The Government will be publishing an impact assessment alongside its consultation on the whiplash reforms announced in the Autumn Statement in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Howarth on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release of 28 December 2015, Insurers vow to pass on whiplash reform saving, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s statement that whiplash claims cost the country £2 billion a year.
Dominic Raab
As noted in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the figure of £2 billion a year is an insurance industry estimate of the cost of dealing with road traffic related personal injury claims.
The Government will be publishing an impact assessment alongside its consultation on the whiplash reforms announced in the Autumn Statement in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Howarth on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will announce the level of grant funding available to Police and Crime Commissioners; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning
I wrote to Police and Crime Commissioners on 22 January 2016 to confirm their victims’ services commissioning grants for 2016-17. We have protected the total budget for victims’ services. PCCs allocations have been held at the 2015-16 level of £63.15m. PCCs will also be allocated an additional £4.7m to support victims of child sexual abuse.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments as a consequence of the use of psychoactive substances in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
Andrew Selous
This information is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to commence section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
Mike Penning
The Government is committed to commencing section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 and will do so as soon as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian C. Lucas on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid were (a) made by and (b) granted to victims of people charged with domestic violence in each local authority area in the North West Police Authority in each year since 2010.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The LAA does not routinely collect information on whether applicants for legal aid are victims of people charged with domestic violence.
Prior to 2013, when people applied for legal aid they were not asked to declare whether domestic violence had occurred. Since 2013, applications for legal aid do not routinely request this information. Therefore the data requested is not available.
People seeking protective injunctions, like non-molestation orders, remain eligible for legal aid. Legal aid also remains available in private family cases that involve domestic violence. We have listened closely to any concerns about how the system has been operating, and made changes in response, such as making it easier to prove abuse and so get legal aid.
The number of applications which require Domestic Violence evidence received and granted following LASPO, and figures for civil representation in the ‘Domestic Violence’ category both pre and post LASPO, are published in the official statistics on legal aid published quarterly on the Gov.uk website at the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from HMP Cardiff attended A&E departments as a consequence of the use of psychoactive substances in each year from 2013 to 2015.
Andrew Selous
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any members of the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Teams have been injured during a call out in the last two years.
Andrew Selous
The number of National Tactical Response Team (NTRG) members who have been injured during a callout over the last 2 years is set out in the table below
No central records are held in respect of any injuries to Tornado staff, and this information cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.
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2014 |
2015 |
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Members of NTRG who have been injured during a callout |
2 |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 22908, on prisoner escapes, if he will place a copy of the letter to the hon. Member for Romford in the Library.
Andrew Selous
Once the information requested is available I will write to the hon. Member for Romford and place a copy of that reply in the Library.