Repossession Orders
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many house repossession orders were issued in each county court area in each of the last 24 months. [63433]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice holds statistical information in relation to the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession claims which led to an order being made for all properties in each county court. These figures represent the numbers of claims leading to orders being made rather than the numbers of orders as they are more accurate, removing the double-counting of instances where a single claim leads to more than one order. They also provide a more meaningful measure of the number of homeowners who are subject to court repossession actions. The tables showing these figures by month from April 2009 to March 2011, the latest period for which figures are available, will be placed in the House Library.
Quarterly statistics for each county court are regularly published on the Ministry of Justice's website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/civil-justice/mortgage-possession.htm
Sexual Offences: Criminal Injuries Compensation
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is given to Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) staff on (a) handling claims by victims of sexual assault and (b) the weight to give to reports from experts in such cases; what training CICA caseworkers must complete before undertaking their role; and if he will make a statement. [63620]
Mr Djanogly: CICA staff receive guidance to support them in handling all claims, including claims by victims of sexual assault, quickly, fairly, sensitively and courteously. In considering applications, due and proportionate weight is given to the range of evidence available. CICA caseworkers receive full training on the criminal injuries compensation scheme and its application.
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Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people lodged with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (a) a claim, (b) a claim relating to a sexual assault, (c) a claim relating to rape of a female and (d) a claim relating to rape of a male in each of the last five years; what proportion of claims in each such category reached a resolution resulting in the (i) payment and (ii) non-payment of compensation; and what the average time taken from the initiation of a claim in each category to its (A) settlement or (B) discontinuance was in each such year. [63621]
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Mr Djanogly: The criminal injuries compensation scheme (the scheme), which is set by Parliament, compensates people based on the injuries they sustain not the crime of which they were a victim. The ‘tariff of injuries’, which is the part of the scheme that assigns specific injuries standard amounts of compensation, contains several injury descriptions that could apply to people who have been sexually assaulted, a subset of which are most likely to apply to victims of rape. The figures CICA are able to produce, which follow, are therefore based on claims where they paid awards for these injury descriptions.
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Total claims | Awards paid for sexual assault injuries | Female | Male |
Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what payments were received from (a) the BBC and (b) other production companies for the filming of BBC Question Time at Wormwood Scrubs prison. [63845]
Mr Blunt: No money has yet been paid by Mentorn, the independent production company who make Question Time for the BBC, but HMP Wormwood Scrubs will be invoicing for the £2,000 cost of facilitating the programme.