Kirith Entwistle MP: written questions 2025
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Ministry of Justice: Written QuestionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to respond to (a) Question 34399 on Legal Costs: Low Incomes and (b) Question 34403 on Sentencing: Legal Costs, tabled on 27 February 2025.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers given to PQs 34399 and 34403 on 7 March 2025 by the Minister for Courts and Legal Services.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencing: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the number of defendants pleading guilty because of unaffordable legal costs.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: AcquittalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of costs recovery to defendants when the Crown Prosecution Service withdraws a case on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: AcquittalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of costs recovery available to people found not guilty after a criminal trial.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Low IncomesMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of the cap on legal aid rates on defendants on a low income.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Costs: Low IncomesMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the lower tier of the evidence provision fee in covering the legal costs of defendants on a low income.
Answer: Defendants facing trial at the magistrates’ court or Crown Court may apply for legal aid to pay for their defence costs; this covers the cost of preparing the case and providing legal representation. The evidence provision fee, which was introduced in 201...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle domestic abuse.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling domestic abuse in all its forms. We have unveiled a series of bold measures designed to strengthen the police response to domestic abuse, protect victims and hold perpetrators to account.From early 2025, under a ne...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLoneliness: HealthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of loneliness on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of (i) elderly and (ii) vulnerable people.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) assesses multiple sources of evidence on loneliness including research on the impact of loneliness on physical and mental health across a range of demographic groups, including elderly and vulnerable popu...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) align the definition of intimate image with existing offences, (b) mandate the removal of non-consensual intimate images from perpetrators' devices after conviction and
Answer: Further to our announcement on 7 January that we would introduce legislation to tackle the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, the Government will table an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that will criminalise intentionally creating an in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DisinformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) ensure that new offences are consent-based without requiring proof of motive, (b) clarify the status of nudify apps in (i) creating and (ii) solic
Answer: Further to our announcement on 7 January that we would introduce legislation to tackle the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, the Government will table an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that will criminalise intentionally creating an in...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
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