Disclosure Team
Ministry of Justice
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London
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Gideon Leibowitz
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3 November 2022
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Dear Mr Leibowitz
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request – 221101046
Thank you for your requests dated 1 November 2022 in which you asked for the following
information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):
I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding data
held by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on remand decisions.
Specifically, I am requesting the following information: For each of the past five years
for which data is available, what proportion of remand decisions in i) Crown Courts
and ii) Magistrates' xourts, were made on the basis of each of the categories defined
in Schedule 1 of the Bail Act 1976.
Any information would be greatly appreciated and please do not hesitate to get in
touch if you require any further clarification of the question.
And
I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding data
held by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on bail and remand hearings.
Specifically, I am requesting the following information: What proportion of defendants
in bail and remand hearings represent themselves in court, for each year in the past
five years for which data is available?
Any information would be greatly appreciated and please do not hesitate to get in
touch if you require any further clarification of the question.
And
I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding data
held by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on religiously motivated hate crime convictions
in England and Wales.
Specifically, I am requesting the following information: how many convictions for
religiously-motivated hate crimes have there been in England and Wales for each of
the past five years, broken down by the perceived religion of the victim (e.g if the hate
crime was anti-Semitic in nature, or Islamophobic etc.)?
Any information would be greatly appreciated and please do not hesitate to get in
touch if you require any further clarification of the question.
Your request is being handled under the FOIA.
The MoJ is required under section 10(1) of the FOIA to provide you with a response within
20 working days. Therefore, we aim to provide you a response to your request by
29
November 2022. However, in view of the current public health situation, and its possible
effect on resources and priorities, we may not be able to reply to you by this date; if this will
be the case we will write to you nearer the time with an update.
Yours sincerely
David Carmichael
Ministry of Justice Data and Analysis
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