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Asylum: Birmingham
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which asylum seekers resident in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency have had cases heard by judges (a) Illyas Khan and (b) J, involved in the Roselane Driza case. [156386]
Mr. Hanson: It would be inappropriate to identify individual asylum seekers who may fall into the categories requested as it would breach their right to privacy and compromise the anonymity of Judge J.
Bail
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department’s estimate is of the effect on the prison population of reversing the presumption in favour of bail in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. [155504]
Maria Eagle: It is not possible to make a precise calculation for full implementation of the provisions for reversing the presumption in favour of bail in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 because of the limited data held centrally and because significant assumptions have to be made about the characteristics of the cases affected.
We are pursuing a carefully phased implementation taking account of prison capacity, starting with the most serious offences.
Claims Management Services
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which claims handlers have been registered by the Claims Management Regulator. [155592]
Mr. Hanson: As at 4 October 2007, 1,476 businesses have been authorised to provide a regulated claims management service in at least one of the regulated sectors which include personal injury, employment, financial services and products, criminal injuries compensation and industrial injuries disablement benefit. Names and addresses of authorised businesses are listed on the claims management website at www.claimsregulation.gov.uk under the authorised business search tab. This register is updated daily.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is provided by the Claims Management Regulator to providers of claims management services on levels of fees charged for the accessing of consumer files. [155593]
Mr. Hanson: The Claims Management Regulator has not provided any specific guidance to authorised businesses on the level of fees charged for accessing consumer files. It is a mandatory condition of authorisation that authorised businesses comply with the Rules of Conduct. These specifically require a business to "ensure all information given to a client is clear, transparent, fair and not misleading". If a claims business has a contractual relationship with a client then it must specify "any charge the business makes".
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many meetings have taken place between the Claims Management Regulator and the Law Society since April. [155594]
Mr. Hanson:
Since April the Claims Management Regulator has met the Law Society once, the Solicitors Regulation Authority three times and the Legal
Complaints Service once. The Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority are also members of the Regulatory Consultative Group on Claims Management which has met three times since April. There have been numerous other types of communications with these organisations since April.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what communications have taken place between the Claims Management Regulator and the Serious Fraud Office since April. [155597]
Mr. Hanson: There have been no communications between the Claims Management Regulator and the Serious Fraud Office since April. As necessary the Regulator has communicated with other law enforcement agencies including various police forces and the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Community Service Orders
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many offenders with unpaid work orders have (a) not completed their orders and (b) been summoned back to court within the term of the order in each supervising court in England and Wales in each of the last three years; [155394]
(2) how many offenders completed their unpaid work orders in each supervising court in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [155395]
Mr. Hanson: Unpaid work requirements were introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which came into effect on 4 April 2005. They can be made under Community Orders or Suspended Sentence Orders, and are supervised by the National Probation Service. Information on the number of unpaid work requirements which (a) were not completed and (b) completed in each of the last two financial years, by individual probation area, can be found in the following tables. Given the recent introduction of these requirements, it follows that the number of terminations will increase significantly over the first few years. Information on those specifically summoned back to court is not held centrally
This information has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
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