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223361

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage pay rise was of Executive Team staff at the Information Commissioner's Office since June 2014; and what average pay increase has been proposed for non-executive staff excluding buy-out of contractual progression.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In July 2014 the Executive Team of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was restructured and reduced from the Commissioner plus four Directors to the Commissioner plus three Directors. As a part of the restructure, the Remuneration Committee of the ICO’s non-executive Management Board reviewed the salaries of the remaining Directors and made recommendations to the Commissioner based on the changes to individual Director’s responsibilities that resulted from the restructure. The mean percentage increase was 11.7% but as a result of the restructure the overall spend on Executive salaries has been reduced.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is subject to the 1% public sector pay cap but it is the ICO’s intention to focus the money available under the cap on those staff who will not benefit from the buyout of contractual progression, providing a pay increase of 3% for most of these staff.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/03/2015 10:13:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

222880

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in publishing a new Code of Practice for Freedom of Information which apply to services delivered by external providers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	224973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have previously made clear our intention to issue a revised Code of Practice under section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act (‘FOI Act’). I regret that it will not now be possible to bring forward the Code of Practice during this parliamentary session as we had previously intended.</p><p> </p><p>However, we do recognise the challenge which the outsourcing of public services poses for transparency. It is our wish that public authorities and their contractors should interpret their FOI obligations broadly, in a way which applies as high a level of transparency as possible, and takes due regard of the principles for public authorities required by the FOI Act. This is one of the reasons why, outside the context of the FOI Act, all central Government contracts over £10,000 have been published on Contracts Finder since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 26/02/2015 15:57:08 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

223031

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all victims of historical child sexual abuse will be assessed for and offered the use of a registered intermediary in the court system.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Providing support for young victims and witnesses in the criminal justice system is a matter the Government takes extremely seriously. There are a range of special measures in place to support them in giving their best evidence and to help to reduce the anxiety of attending court. This includes screens to shield the witness from the defendant, video links to enable victims and witnesses to give evidence away from the courtroom, the removal of wigs and gowns in cases involving children, and intermediaries to help vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court. Victims of historical child sexual abuse will also be offered the support of a Registered Intermediary if they require support to communicate their evidence.</p><p><br> Publicly-funded defence advocates will in future be required to undertake approved specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses if they want to be instructed in sexual violence cases.</p><p>We have strengthened the Victims Code with a section specially written to support young people, and will enshrine in statute the right for a victim to make a personal statement and ask to have it read aloud in court before sentencing.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 16:30:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223042

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) matched and (b) unmatched registered intermediaries requests there were for each group of vulnerable witnesses in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently in the process of undertaking a recruitment exercise aimed at doubling the number of Registered Intermediaries available to help vulnerable victims and witnesses understand what is being asked of them to communicate their answers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown of Registered Intermediary cases by age group for the years 2013, 2014 and up to 23 February of this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>5-11</p></td><td><p>12-17</p></td><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>65+</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>1719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>823</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>1796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>In progress</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>1172</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>901</p></td><td><p>646</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>3337</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>2015 </strong></p><p><strong>(up to 23/2/2015)</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In progress</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>1491</p></td><td><p>1116</p></td><td><p>2350</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5852</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 15:03:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223043

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries were requested and matched for children in cases involving (a) sexual offences and (b) other offences at (i) pre-police interview, (ii) pre-trial and (iii) trial for each (A) age group, (B) geographical area and (C) impairment group in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently in the process of undertaking a recruitment exercise aimed at doubling the number of Registered Intermediaries available to help vulnerable victims and witnesses understand what is being asked of them to communicate their answers.</p><p>The attached tables give a breakdown of Registered Intermediary cases for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 in cases involving children covering sexual offences and other offences, at pre-trial and trial, by police force area and by impairment group. We do not collect data on pre-police interviews.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 17:48:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 224879 - Breakdown of Registered Intermediary Cases 2012-14.doc title Breakdown of Registered Intermediary Cases 12-14
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223044

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of court cases involving children that collapse due to insufficient or unreliable evidence.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted this question as referring to cases in the criminal courts, and to costs relating to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>No estimate of the average annual cost of court cases involving children that collapse due to insufficient or unreliable evidence is available. HMCTS' case management systems do not record the age of victims and witnesses in all trial cases. The only way to obtain this information would be to manually check every trial case file at each magistrates' court and Crown Court centre and collate the data, which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Even if this data were available, this would not enable an estimation of the cost to HMCTS as the cost of a criminal case that does not proceed varies widely, depending on a range of factors including the point at which the case ‘collapses’.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is working closely with other criminal justice system agencies to ensure that cases that proceed to trial are effective, as well as to support children and other vulnerable victims and witnesses in giving evidence.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is, for example, piloting section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, a special measures provision allowing the cross examination of eligible witnesses’ evidence to be recorded in advance of the trial.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/02/2015 17:54:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223045

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's annual budget is for registered intermediaries; and what steps he is taking to ensure that this reflects need.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently in the process of undertaking a recruitment exercise aimed at doubling the number of Registered Intermediaries available to help vulnerable victims and witnesses to understand what is being asked of them to communicate their answers.</p><p> </p><p>The use of Registered Intermediaries is funded by the Crown Prosecution Service or the relevant police force, and as such there is no specific budget held by central Government.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 14:26:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

179719

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Nottingham Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the report of HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Nottingham in respect of its conclusion that HMP Nottingham was failing most of its core responsibilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL4999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service has taken immediate action to improve the situation. An experienced temporary Governor was urgently appointed to bring stability and to implement rapid improvements. Subsequently, a new permanent Governor was appointed on 1 February 2015. A review of the staffing levels needed to complete the improvement work required has led to additional staff resources being deployed to the prison. There have been fewer incidents of serious assaults on prisoners and staff, concerted indiscipline and incidents at height since the inspection and there has been a marked improvement in the overall operational stability of the establishment. As with all inspection reports, NOMS will now produce an action plan in response to the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements in staffing levels have allowed an increase in the amount of time that prisoners can participate in recreational activities, such as using the gymnasium. It has also enabled prisoners to undertake more educational workshops to enhance employability skills. .</p><p> </p><p>Since the Inspection, HMP Nottingham’s Violence Reduction (VR) Policy has been rewritten and implemented and, in line with the national NOMS VR Policy, requires staff to challenge all forms of violence and apply appropriate sanctions. Additional resources have been allocated to monitoring and managing violence reduction and safer custody. Use of the Independent Adjudicator and/or referral to the Police for consideration of prosecution for violent incidents has increased dramatically. HMP Nottingham continues to challenge all forms of violence and actively promotes a zero tolerance to it. The prison is forging stronger links with the local Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that, where appropriate, prisoners involved in violence are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>The operational capacity of HMP Nottingham was reduced, at the time of the inspection, from 1100 to 1060. There are now regular bedding and clothing checks. This helps to recover items that have been stockpiled by prisoners, to ensure fair allocation of clean clothing and bedding. Additional clothes and bedding have also been issued.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5000 HL5001 HL5002 question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

179720

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Nottingham Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the report of HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Nottingham in respect of its conclusion that during the working day about half of the prisoners held there were locked in their cells with nothing to do.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL5000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service has taken immediate action to improve the situation. An experienced temporary Governor was urgently appointed to bring stability and to implement rapid improvements. Subsequently, a new permanent Governor was appointed on 1 February 2015. A review of the staffing levels needed to complete the improvement work required has led to additional staff resources being deployed to the prison. There have been fewer incidents of serious assaults on prisoners and staff, concerted indiscipline and incidents at height since the inspection and there has been a marked improvement in the overall operational stability of the establishment. As with all inspection reports, NOMS will now produce an action plan in response to the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements in staffing levels have allowed an increase in the amount of time that prisoners can participate in recreational activities, such as using the gymnasium. It has also enabled prisoners to undertake more educational workshops to enhance employability skills. .</p><p> </p><p>Since the Inspection, HMP Nottingham’s Violence Reduction (VR) Policy has been rewritten and implemented and, in line with the national NOMS VR Policy, requires staff to challenge all forms of violence and apply appropriate sanctions. Additional resources have been allocated to monitoring and managing violence reduction and safer custody. Use of the Independent Adjudicator and/or referral to the Police for consideration of prosecution for violent incidents has increased dramatically. HMP Nottingham continues to challenge all forms of violence and actively promotes a zero tolerance to it. The prison is forging stronger links with the local Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that, where appropriate, prisoners involved in violence are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>The operational capacity of HMP Nottingham was reduced, at the time of the inspection, from 1100 to 1060. There are now regular bedding and clothing checks. This helps to recover items that have been stockpiled by prisoners, to ensure fair allocation of clean clothing and bedding. Additional clothes and bedding have also been issued.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4999 HL5001 HL5002 question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

179721

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Nottingham Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the report of HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Nottingham in respect of its conclusion that levels of violence, including assaults on prisoners and staff, were very high.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL5001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service has taken immediate action to improve the situation. An experienced temporary Governor was urgently appointed to bring stability and to implement rapid improvements. Subsequently, a new permanent Governor was appointed on 1 February 2015. A review of the staffing levels needed to complete the improvement work required has led to additional staff resources being deployed to the prison. There have been fewer incidents of serious assaults on prisoners and staff, concerted indiscipline and incidents at height since the inspection and there has been a marked improvement in the overall operational stability of the establishment. As with all inspection reports, NOMS will now produce an action plan in response to the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements in staffing levels have allowed an increase in the amount of time that prisoners can participate in recreational activities, such as using the gymnasium. It has also enabled prisoners to undertake more educational workshops to enhance employability skills. .</p><p> </p><p>Since the Inspection, HMP Nottingham’s Violence Reduction (VR) Policy has been rewritten and implemented and, in line with the national NOMS VR Policy, requires staff to challenge all forms of violence and apply appropriate sanctions. Additional resources have been allocated to monitoring and managing violence reduction and safer custody. Use of the Independent Adjudicator and/or referral to the Police for consideration of prosecution for violent incidents has increased dramatically. HMP Nottingham continues to challenge all forms of violence and actively promotes a zero tolerance to it. The prison is forging stronger links with the local Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that, where appropriate, prisoners involved in violence are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>The operational capacity of HMP Nottingham was reduced, at the time of the inspection, from 1100 to 1060. There are now regular bedding and clothing checks. This helps to recover items that have been stockpiled by prisoners, to ensure fair allocation of clean clothing and bedding. Additional clothes and bedding have also been issued.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4999 HL5000 HL5002 question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern