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Written questions by Lowe.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

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6 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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How many prisoners (a) have been released under the early release scheme and (b) are housed in (i) hotels and (ii) other contingency accommodation.

Reply

There were 1,889 SDS40 ‘Tranche 1’ prisoner releases on 10 September 2024 (day one of tranche 1). There were 1,223 SDS40 ‘Tranche 2’ prisoner releases on 22 October 2024 (day one of tranche 2).The number of people released in total so far under SDS40 and ...

4 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many trials have not taken place as a result of the defendant being deemed not fit for trial due to mental health conditions in each of the last five years.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice publishes data regarding ineffective trials due to a defendant being ill or otherwise unfit to proceed. However, it is not possible to identify specific instances where this was due to mental health concerns because this data is no...

26 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How much legal aid was provided to (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers in each of the last five years.

Reply

Expenditure data for irregular migrants and asylum seekers across all legal aid schemes is not held centrally.The Legal Aid Agency publishes information about case volumes and expenditure data for the immigration and asylum category as part of its officia...

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many assaults against prison staff foreign national offenders committed in each of the last ten years.

Reply

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This information is unavailable.

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 13567 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many reoffences were committed by foreign national offenders expressed as (a) one to five offences, (b) six to n

Reply

Data on the number of adult foreign national reoffenders who have committed 1-5 reoffences, 6-9 reoffences and 10+ reoffences can be found in the attached table.We refer all foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences to the Home Office. ...

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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In what proportion of Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court cases has the defendant required a translator in each of the last 10 years.

Reply

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

If she will make an estimate of the number of court cases that collapsed due to the lack of an available interpreter in (a) Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court and (b) England and Wales in the last 12 months.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice does not collate information regarding “collapsed trials” due to the lack of interpreter availability, but the Department does routinely publish data concerning ineffective trials including where the reason is “no interpreter avail...

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How much is outstanding for court fines on foreign national offenders (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally.

Reply

The information requested is not held centrally.

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How much in outstanding court fines for foreign national offenders was written off (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Reply

The information requested is not held centrally.

25 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What proportion of payments of court fines on foreign national offenders were made by benefit payment deductions (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for figures are avail

Reply

The information requested is not held centrally.

22 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

If she will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) Magistrate Court, (b) Crown Court and (c) County Court trials that have collapsed due to (i) delay and (ii) error by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of

Reply

We have interpreted this question as an estimate of the proportion of ineffective trials at the criminal courts that have not gone ahead on the day as planned in the last 5 years. We do not hold data that details delay or error by the Crown Prosecution Se...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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If she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) total cost to the public purse of courses available to inmates at (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hall for the last financial ye

Reply

In 2023-24, 23 education courses were provided at HMP Maidstone, 26 at HMP Huntercombe and 48 at HMP Morton Hall.Data on the cost of providing these courses at HMP Huntercombe and HMP Morton Hall are in the process of validation. Information in relation t...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.

Reply

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.

Reply

There is no central data available on the proportion of court fine payments made through benefit deduction payments. Gathering this information would incur disproportionate cost.

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

If she will make an estimate of the total amount written off in court fine accounts for each of the last 10 years.

Reply

Financial penalties imposed by the courts will often consist of multiple elements including, amongst others, compensation, victim surcharge, prosecutor’s costs and a fine.The Government takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very ...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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What the total amount of outstanding court fines are.

Reply

Financial penalties imposed by the courts will often consist of multiple elements including, amongst others, compensation, victim surcharge, prosecutor’s costs and a fine.The Government takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very ...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many people smugglers have been sentenced in relation to irregular migration across the English Channel since 2018.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on offenders sentenced for irregular migration offences at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Cr...

18 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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How many and what proportion of convictions for child sex offences did not result in a custodial sentence in in each of the last ten years.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the sentencing outcomes for offences at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice St...

18 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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How many individuals per nationality were convicted of child sex offences in each of the last ten years.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants convicted for sexual offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023. However, it is not possible to identify an offender’s nationality from the centrally collated conv...

15 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many (a) non-violent and (b) violent foreign national reoffences there were in each of the last five years.

Reply

It is not possible to identify which reoffences committed by foreign nationals are ‘violent’ and ‘non-violent’ from the Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer. This would require a manual search of court records and would therefore be...

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