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Taxis: Assistance Animals

Answer

The number of offenders found guilty and sentenced at all courts for failure to comply with a section 168 duty in relation to an assistance dog for a disabled person, with the number sentenced to a fine and the number sentenced to a Level 3 fine (the maximum available for the offence), in England and Wales, from 2011 to 2015 can be viewed in the table. These offenders were all individuals rather than companies.

Offenders sentenced at all courts for failure to comply with a Section 168 duty in relation to an assistance dog for a disabled person (1), England and Wales, 2011 to 2015 (2)(3)
Outcome	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Found guilty	-	1	1	1	8
Sentenced	-	1	1	1	8
of which
Fine	-	1	1	1	8
of which
£1000 (level 3)	-	-	-	-	-
'-' = Nil
(1) An offence under S168 Equality Act 2010
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.
Ref: PQ 47973

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

47973

Session

2016-17

Subjects

Fines Taxis Assistance animals

Legislation

Equality Act 2010

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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