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Personal Injury: Compensation
Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with reference to his Department's recent consultation on fixed recoverable costs which ran between 19 November 2012 and 4 January 2013; if he will consider the recommendation of the Secondary Legislation Committee of the House of Lords not to hold future consultations over the Christmas and New Year period; [139586]
(2) what research his Department undertook in order to ascertain the cost of other marketing arrangements for solicitors' firms in the personal injury sector for the purposes of calculating the reduction in fixed recoverable costs as part of the road traffic accident portal; [139587]
(3) what research his Department undertook in order to ascertain the average referral fees paid in personal injury cases for the purposes of calculating the
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reduction in fixed recoverable costs as part of the road traffic accident portal; [139588]
(4) when he intends to publish the impact assessment of the potential effects on affected groups of introducing fixed recoverable costs in personal injury claims. [139589]
Mrs Grant: The information is as follows:
The recommendation made by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee was in response to the publication of the Consultation Principles in July 2012. As such, it is a matter for the Cabinet Office which will respond in due course.
The Committee is particularly concerned about consultations which take place primarily over the Christmas and new year period. The consultation on fixed recoverable costs ran from 19 November 2012 to 4 January 2013 and, therefore, the majority of it took place before this period.
For the purposes of these calculations, the Ministry of Justice did not commission any additional external research into either the cost of other marketing arrangements or the average referral fee paid. With regard to the latter, information on referral fees was provided in the impact assessment on Referral Fees in Personal Injury Claims which is available on the Department's website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/legislation/bills-and-acts/acts/legal-aid-and-sentencing-act/laspo-background-information
Evidence for the proposals was also gathered through a call for evidence conducted in early 2012; ongoing stakeholder engagement at ministerial and official level; and further consultations on specific aspects of the planned changes.
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 7 January 2013, Official Report, column 162W.
Probation
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many probation trusts in England and Wales (a) exceeded and (b) failed to meet their performance targets in each year since the introduction of the trusts; [136483]
(2) what the (a) targets and (b) achievement against targets for each probation trust in England and Wales were in each year since the introduction of the trusts. [136484]
Jeremy Wright:
At the start of the 2010-11 financial year all of the former probation boards had completed the transition to trust status. The tables showing actual
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performance against the targets in trusts' contracts for the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 will be placed in the Library of the House. For each indicator the table also shows the number of trusts that met or did not meet the relevant target.
I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman has had to wait for a reply to these questions. The delays are a consequence of the need for officials to compile and quality assure the detailed information presented in the tables.
Performance outturns for 2012-13 will be published in July.
Young Offenders
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people in the Metropolitan police area aged (a) 17, (b) 16, (c) 15, (d) 14, (e) 13, (f) 12, (g) 11 and (h) 10 were found guilty of an offence in each year from 1997 to 2012; [140274]
(2) how many people aged under 18 years old were found guilty of an offence (a) by type of offence, (b) by police authority and (c) in total in each year from 1997 to 2012; [140276]
(3) how many people found guilty of an offence were aged (a) 17, (b) 16, (c) 15, (d) 14, (e) 13, (f) 12, (g) 11 and (h) 10 in each year from 1997 to 2012; [140277]
(4) how many people aged under 18 in the Metropolitan police area were found guilty of an offence in each year from 1997 to 2012; [140278]
(5) how many people in the Metropolitan police area found guilty of an offence in each year from 1997 to 2012 were aged (a) 17, (b) 16, (c) 15, (d) 14, (e) 13, (f) 12, (g) 11 and (h) 10; [140282]
(6) what offences were committed by those people aged under 18 in the Metropolitan police area who were found guilty of that offence in each year from 1997 to 2012. [140284]
Jeremy Wright: The number of juvenile offenders found guilty at all courts, by offence group, in England and Wales, from 1997 to 2011, is shown in Table 1.
The number of juvenile offenders found guilty at all courts, by police force area, in England and Wales, from 1997 to 2011, is shown in Table 2.
The number of juvenile offenders found guilty at all courts, by age in years, England and Wales, from 1997 to 2011, is shown in Table 3.
The number of juvenile offenders found guilty at all courts, by age in years, in the Metropolitan police force area, 1997 to 2011, is shown in Table 4.
The number of juvenile offenders found guilty at all courts, by offence group, in the Metropolitan police force area, 1997 to 2011, is shown in Table 5.
| Table 1: Juvenile(1) offenders found guilty at all courts, by offence group, England and Wales, 1997 to 2011(2,3) | |||||||
| Number of offenders | |||||||
| Offence group | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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| Number of offenders | ||||||||
| Offence group | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008(4) | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| (1) Aged 10 to 17 years of age. (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) 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. (4) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (5)May not sum due to rounding. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. | ||||||||
| Table 2: Juvenile(1) offenders found guilty at all courts, by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2011(2,3) | |||||||
| Number of offenders | |||||||
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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| Number of offenders | ||||||||
| Police force area | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008(4) | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| (1) Aged 10 to 17 years of age. (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) 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. (4) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (5) May not sum due to rounding. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice | ||||||||
| Table 3: Juvenile(1) offenders found guilty at all courts, by age in years, England and Wales, 1997 to 2011(2,3) | |||||||
| Number of offenders | |||||||
| Age in years | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Number of offenders | ||||||||
| Age in years | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008(4) | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| (1) Aged 10 to 17 years of age. (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) 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. (4) Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. (5) May not sum due to rounding. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice | ||||||||
| Table 4: Juvenile(1) offenders found guilty at all courts, by age in years, in the Metropolitan police force area, 1997 to 2011(2,3) | |||||||
| Number of offenders | |||||||
| Age in years | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Number of offenders | ||||||||
| Age in years | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| (1) Aged 10 to 17 years of age. (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) 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. (4) May not sum due to rounding. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice | ||||||||
| Table 5: Juvenile(1) offenders found guilty at all courts, by offence group, in the Metropolitan police force area, 1997 to 2011(2,3) | |||||||
| Number of offenders | |||||||
| Offence group | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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