Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 20 January 2020.
Chi Onwurah
Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence given to drivers whose negligence led to the death of a child was in each of the last five years; and what the sentencing guidance is.
Chi Onwurah
Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged 16 or under have been killed by negligent drivers in each year for which figures are available.
Chris Philp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister of State (London)
The Ministry of Justice has published information on offenders sentenced to custody for causing death by driving offences up to December 2018, which is available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx.
Detailed information on victims may be held on court record but individual court records would need to be accessed to identify such cases, which would be of disproportionate cost.
The Sentencing Council have published sentencing guidelines on causing death by driving offences at: https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/crown-court?s&collection=causing-death-by-driving.
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