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Ministerial Corrections
Thursday 25 April 2013
Education
Bellerbys College
Dame Tessa Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what reports he has received on allegations of falsification of exam results at Bellerbys Colleges; and what steps he proposes to take to investigate such allegations. [135763]
[Official Report, 9 January 2013, Vol. 556, c. 337-38W.]
Letter of correction from Elizabeth Truss:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Dame Tessa Jowell) on 9 January 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education has received no reports or representations regarding alleged exam malpractice involving Bellerbys Colleges.
The Department for Education and Ofqual, the independent regulator for qualifications and examinations, take allegations of exam malpractice very seriously. Responsibility for investigating allegations of malpractice and issuing penalties (where appropriate), for any candidate or exam centre, is a matter for exam boards.
The correct answer should have been:
Elizabeth Truss: The right hon. Member wrote to the Secretary of State on 21 August 2012 and 8 October 2012 respectively regarding alleged exam malpractice involving Bellerbys colleges. Based on the nature of those allegations, the information was passed to the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA). The Department for Education is in the process of responding to correspondence received on 6 April 2013, citing further allegations.
The Department for Education and Ofqual, the independent regulator for qualifications and examinations, take allegations of exam malpractice very seriously. Responsibility for investigating allegations of malpractice and issuing penalties (where appropriate), for any candidate or exam centre, is a matter for exam boards.
Justice
Fines: Surcharges
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much was collected in victim surcharge fines in (a) the year in which the fine was imposed and (b) the year which the fine was paid in full in each year since 2007; [148673]
(2) how many and what proportion of people who were ordered to pay a victim surcharge fine in each year since 2007 have (a) paid it in full, (b) paid part of it and (c) not paid any part of it; [148674]
(3) how much is owed in victim surcharges from (a) fines levied in 2012, (b) fines levied before 1 January 2010 and (c) since that scheme began; [148689]
(4) how many people were ordered to pay a victim surcharge in each year since 2007; [148690]
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(5) what the total value of all victim surcharge fines levied was in each year since 2007; [148691]
(6) what proportion of people ordered to pay a victim surcharge in each year since 2007 were under 18 years old; and what proportion of such people have paid the fine in full to date. [148692]
[Official Report, 21 March 2013, Vol. 560, c. 809-10W.]
Letter of correction from Helen Grant:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti) on 21 March 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
Mrs Grant: Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has collected victim surcharge totalling £41.2 million since 2007. HMCTS does everything in its power to trace offenders who do not pay. This includes taking deductions from their benefits or earnings and seizing property. HMCTS is also seeking a commercial partner to help seize even more uncollected cash as part of a new crackdown on fine evaders.
HMCTS systems cannot identify how many people have been ordered to pay victim surcharge or what the age profile etc is of those ordered to pay it and can only identify the value imposed and collected. HMCTS's performance database only identifies separate amounts imposed and collected for victim surcharge from other financial impositions for impositions and collections from April 2011 onwards. Set out in the following tables are the values of victim surcharge imposed and collected from April 2011.
Amounts collected regardless of imposition date:
| Amount collected in year relating to impositions from current or previous years | |
| £ | |
Amounts imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding relating to impositions from April 2011:
| £ | ||||
| Value of victim surcharge: | ||||
| Imposed | Collected by end of February 2013 | Cancelled by end of February 2013 | Outstanding by end of February 2013 | |
The above outstanding balances include money that is being paid in instalments and is not yet paid in full as well as fines that are not yet due for payment.
The figures above are taken from the HMCTS performance database. Due to the way the reports operate it is only possible to show the data as at the end of the last calendar month.
The figures above are taken from the HMCTS Libra Management Information System.
The correct answer should have been:
Mrs Grant: Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has collected victim surcharge totalling £41.9 millionsince 2007made up by way of the following receipts: £3.8 million in 2007-08, £8.1 million in 2008-09,
25 Apr 2013 : Column 9MC £9.2 million in 2009-10, £10.5 million in 2010-11 and £10.3 million in 2011-12.
HMCTS does everything in its power to trace offenders who do not pay. This includes taking deductions from their benefits or earnings and seizing property. HMCTS is also seeking a commercial partner to help seize even more uncollected cash as part of a new crackdown on fine evaders.
HMCTS systems cannot identify how many people have been ordered to pay victim surcharge or what the age profile etc is of those ordered to pay it and can only identify the value imposed and collected. HMCTS's performance database only identifies separate amounts imposed and collected for victim surcharge from other financial impositions for impositions and collections from April 2011 onwards. Set out in the following tables are the values of victim surcharge imposed and collected from April 2011.
Amounts collected regardless of imposition date:
| Amount collected in year relating to impositions from current or previous years | |
| £ | |
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Amounts imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding relating to impositions from April 2011:
| £ | ||||
| Value of victim surcharge: | ||||
| Imposed | Collected by end of February 2013 | Cancelled by end of February 2013 | Outstanding by end of February 2013 | |
The above outstanding balances include money that is being paid in instalments and is not yet paid in full as well as fines that are not yet due for payment.
The figures above are taken from the HMCTS performance database. Due to the way the reports operate it is only possible to show the data as at the end of the last calendar month.
The figures above are taken from the HMCTS Libra Management Information System.