House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 04 Dec 2007 (pt 0026)

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Table B
Post	Total
Lords Appeal in Ordinary	12
Heads of Division (excluding the Lord Chancellor)	4
Lord Justices of Appeal	37
High Court Judges	108
Circuit Judges (inc. TCC)	639
Recorders	1,206
District Judges (inc. Family Division)	450
Deputy District Judges (inc. Family Division)	780
District Judges (MC)	139
Deputy District Judges	169
Total	3,544

Data Protection

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the Government’s response was to the European Commission’s infringement letter indicating that the UK’s data protection law was deficient and that data protection Directive 95/46/EC had not been implemented; and if he will make a statement. [170207]

Mr. Wills: The European Commission, as part of its review of the implementation of the 1995 Data Protection Directive by each member state, is in discussion with the UK Government on a number of issues. Disclosing the details of those discussions at this stage would prejudice negotiations between the UK and the Commission and so prejudice UK interests. We believe that the UK has properly implemented the Data Protection Directive via the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant provisions of UK law.

Departmental Reorganisation

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the total cost of creating his Department. [169696]

Maria Eagle: The estimate of costs incurred to create the new Ministry was estimated at £1.5 million. These costs represented mainly IT and estate activity incurred at the time the new Ministry was created in May 2007 to ensure the new Ministry could operate effectively.

Post initial set-up, the new Ministry is taking forward many initiatives which represent normal activity required to run a large delivery Department and maintain and develop its systems. Specific work is under way, for example, to develop the organisational structure and operating model in use across the Ministry.

Much of this activity would have been necessary within either the previous Department for Constitutional Affairs or the Home Office. It is therefore not possible to identify any specific incremental costs arising as a result of the creation of the Ministry.

All costs are being absorbed within the Ministry’s budget.

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Driving Offences: Gloucestershire

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) speeding and (b) dangerous driving offences were recorded in Gloucestershire in each year since 1979. [170097]

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Maria Eagle: Available information held by my Department for the Gloucestershire police force area, from 1980 to 2005 (latest available) is provided in the following table.

Motoring offences dealt with within Gloucestershire police force area, 1980-2005
Number of offences
	Speed limit offences^{( 1)}				Dangerous driving offences^{( 2)}
	Written warnings	Fixed penalty notices^{( 3)}	Court proceedings^{( 4,5)}	Total dealt with	Written warnings	Fixed penalty notices^{( 3)}	Court proceedings^{( 4,5)}	Total dealt with
1980	166	⁽⁶⁾—	7,305	7,471	1	⁽⁶⁾—	21	22
1981	203	⁽⁶⁾—	7,287	7,490	0	⁽⁶⁾—	17	17
1982	89	⁽⁶⁾—	6,446	6,535	1	⁽⁶⁾—	25	26
1983	154	⁽⁶⁾—	6,697	6,851	0	⁽⁶⁾—	42	42
1984	151	⁽⁶⁾—	6,073	6,224	0	⁽⁶⁾—	54	54
1985	65	⁽⁶⁾—	5,291	5,356	4	⁽⁶⁾—	42	46
1986	99	1,265	7,207	8,571	3	⁽⁶⁾—	44	47
1987	30	5,467	4,376	9,873	2	⁽⁶⁾—	55	57
1988	29	4,126	4,148	8,303	0	⁽⁶⁾—	82	82
1989	36	3,959	2,460	6,455	6	⁽⁶⁾—	72	78
1990	69	6,020	3,639	9,728	13	⁽⁶⁾—	54	67
1991	39	8,417	5,084	13,540	4	⁽⁶⁾—	79	83
1992	72	6,921	3,570	10,563	0	⁽⁶⁾—	78	78
1993	53	4,059	1,912	6,024	7	⁽⁶⁾—	84	91
1994	56	5,611	2,005	7,672	3	⁽⁶⁾—	94	97
1995	21	4,774	2,627	7,422	0	⁽⁶⁾—	88	88
1996	7	4,538	3,586	8,131	4	⁽⁶⁾—	63	67
1997	32	6,260	2,369	8,661	2	⁽⁶⁾—	95	97
1998	4	8,714	2,120	10,838	0	⁽⁶⁾—	138	138
1999	5	6,268	1,823	8,096	1	⁽⁶⁾—	132	133
2000	28	5,781	2,675	8,484	0	⁽⁶⁾—	99	99
2001	102	4,097	2,323	6,522	0	⁽⁶⁾—	126	126
2002	2	3,898	1,319	5,219	0	⁽⁶⁾—	102	102
2003	10	3,139	1,190	4,339	0	⁽⁶⁾—	107	107
2004	4	4,913	1,107	6,024	0	⁽⁶⁾—	105	105
2005	16	10,849	1,050	11,915	0	⁽⁶⁾—	115	115
⁽¹⁾ Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. ⁽²⁾ Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 2 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 2. ⁽³⁾ Fixed penalty notices paid i.e. no further action. ⁽⁴⁾ Will include fixed penalty notices issued but not paid and referred to court. ⁽⁵⁾ From 1980-1997 findings of guilt at all courts, numbers of court proceedings are not available. From 1998 onwards covers total proceedings at magistrates courts. ⁽⁶⁾ Not applicable. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 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 police forces and the courts. 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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