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High risk offenders will be given priority by probation areas over those of medium risk. Preparation work needs to be completed with offenders before they can commence the group work element of a programme.
Offenders waiting for a place on a domestic violence programme are under the supervision of their offender manager who will monitor and actively manage the risk posed by the offender during the course of the supervision period.
The National Offender Management Service is working to reduce waiting times by ensuring staff are familiar with the referral criteria, and by improved liaison between the offender manager, the programme delivery team, and the court.
A further three domestic abuse programmes are also currently being piloted with a view to extending the range of interventions available to perpetrators.
The figures have been drawn from administrative data systems and although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The figures may also be subject to change as cases are updated.
Driving
Dr. Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agency have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. [302166]
Mr. Wills: Policy, rules and guidance related to driving for work, and occupational road-risk are stated in:
(i) Ministry of Justice Departmental Car Scheme User Guidance
(ii) Ministry of Justice Staff Handbook
(iii) Ministry of Justice Corporate Health and Safety documentation
MoJ staff who drive either (a) an official vehicle, or (b) their own vehicle in the course of their duties must complete an initial driver declaration form and submit a copy of their licence.
A driver licence and insurance check form must also be completed once a year by staff, with their line manager, for staff using their own vehicle on official duties.
Line managers are required to check the driving licence of each individual using a departmental vehicle on a six monthly basis.
In addition to these requirements, staff submitting a claim form seeking reimbursement for mileage expenses incurred while driving their own vehicle in the course of their duties, have to sign a declaration that they hold a valid driving licence; the vehicle has a current MOT and their motor insurance policy covers the use of the vehicle on official business.
Drivers of official vehicles and drivers using their own vehicles on official business must immediately notify their line managers if their licences are endorsed, or withdrawn.
Drivers involved in any accident must notify their line managers (regardless of who owns the car being driven). In addition, drivers of official vehicles must disclose all material facts to the insurer and complete an accident claims form.
All accident reports are assessed. Where the seriousness of the accident warrants further attention, an investigation will be carried out.
Driving Offences
Norman Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in (a) Lewes constituency, (b) Sussex and (c) England were disqualified from
driving as a result of (i) drink-driving, (ii) speeding and (iii) dangerous or reckless driving in each of the last 10 years. [301275]
Claire Ward: The number of disqualifications imposed at all courts in the Sussex police force area and England for driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, speed limit offences, dangerous and careless driving offences, is shown in tables 1 and 2 from 1998 to 2007 (latest available).
There is no specific offence of reckless driving, thus information included in the table is for offences of dangerous and careless driving.
Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
| Table 1: N umber of disqualifications imposed at all courts in the Sussex police force area, for selected motoring offences, from 1998 to 2007( 1,2) | ||||||||||
| N umber of offences | ||||||||||
| Offence type | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004( 3) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (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 the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are use. (3) Figures given are not as originally published within the Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Motoring Offences and Breath Test Statistics, England and Wales, 2004", which was released on 30 March 2006. The figures originally released in the above named publication were, due to a processing error, incorrect. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice | ||||||||||
| Table 2: N umber of disqualifications imposed at all courts in England, for selected motoring offences, from 1998 to 2007( 1,2) | ||||||||||
| N umber of offences | ||||||||||
| Offence type | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004( 3) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (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 the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are use. (3) Figures given include revised figures for Sussex police force area. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | ||||||||||
Driving Offences: Norwich
Chloe Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in Norwich North constituency have been disqualified from driving following an offence of (a) speeding, (b) dangerous driving and (c) drink-driving in each year since 1997. [301699]
Maria Eagle: The number of disqualifications imposed at all courts in the Norfolk police force area for speed limit offences, dangerous driving and driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is given in the following table.
Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
| Number of disqualifications imposed at all courts in the Norfolk police force area, for selected motoring offences, from 1997 to 2007( 1, 2) | |||||||||||
| Number of offences | |||||||||||
| Offence type | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| (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 the courts and police forces. 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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services: Ministry of Justice. | |||||||||||
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