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227917

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>MoJ staff can access any news websites via their internet browser. We do block some sites but this does not typically include news sites. In terms of downloadable applications we enable the BBC App and others on demand.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/03/2015 10:27:39 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227919

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the Government decided to award no salary increase to the majority of prison officers in the 2015-16 pay award.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	227747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff should be in no doubt how highly I value the hard work that they put in every single day. That is why we have introduced major organisational changes that have saved taxpayers money and ultimately ensured key jobs have stayed in the public sector.<br><br>Our reforms have helped to save £300m per year from 2015 -16 - protecting existing jobs and creating new ones by ensuring that HMPS will run the new prison in North Wales.<br><br>Pay awards for prison officers are determined independently of Government by the Prison Service Pay Review Body having considered evidence from both NOMS and trade unions. The award recommended for 2015/16 does not include a salary increase for most prison officers who remain in the old NOMS grade (although a small number will receive a contractual incremental increase). All officers in the new (Fair and Sustainable) pay structures will receive an increase. The recommended award recognises that significant pay reform is an important part of delivering future savings . <br><br>The Government has accepted the recommendations in full. To do otherwise would undermine the independence of the Review Body as a genuine compensatory measure for restrictions placed on prison staff participating in lawful industrial action over pay.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/03/2015 17:39:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

227920

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to appoint a National Crematorium Inspector after the amendment of cremation regulations and death certification reforms.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	227773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer to my answer of 5 March for PQ 225548 which can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-26/225548/</p><p> </p><p>When I set out that the Department of Health implements its death certification reforms, the Ministry of Justice will also amend its cremation regulations to reflect the changes to cremation authorisation processes. Planning for these reforms will present an opportunity for consultation and to consider the recommendations both of the Shropshire inquiry and the 2014 Infant Cremation Commission in Scotland, including the appointment of a National Inspector of Crematoria.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/03/2015 17:40:25 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

227922

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Abuse in North Wales Judicial Inquiry Review
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 on the Macur Review.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	227740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and therefore its timetable is a matter for her. She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, aware that the Review is nearing its completion and that the Government will receive Lady Justice Macur’s Report this year.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 227741 227742 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:16:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

227923

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Abuse in North Wales Judicial Inquiry Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent updates he has received from Lady Justice Macur about the progress of the Macur Review.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	227741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and therefore its timetable is a matter for her. She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, aware that the Review is nearing its completion and that the Government will receive Lady Justice Macur’s Report this year.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 227740 227742 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:16:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

227924

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Abuse in North Wales Judicial Inquiry Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Macur Review to report.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	227742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and therefore its timetable is a matter for her. She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, aware that the Review is nearing its completion and that the Government will receive Lady Justice Macur’s Report this year.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 227740 227741 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:16:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

227925

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	227964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Diversity data for all staff within the Ministry of Justice including its executive agencies is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-report-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-report-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>The next report is due to be published November 2015.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/03/2015 10:34:35 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227928

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how frequently prison recall data for the licence period and the new supervision period will be published; and whether such data will be recorded and published separately for Essex.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	227881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on offenders recalled and returned to custody are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) bulletin. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics dates for future releases of this bulletin have been pre-announced in the Department’s statistical publication schedule. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the latest release of OMSQ, my Department published a consultation document and set of statistical tables proposing how this information on recalls could be presented in the future. These new tables aim to ensure that the changes this Government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme have made in this area can be monitored. These documents are available online at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The proposed set of statistical tables do not currently include a separate breakdown for Essex. I have asked my officials to consider this request, alongside other consultation responses, as they develop the final tables that will be included with the next edition of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly which is due to be published on 30 April 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/03/2015 14:53:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

227931

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	King Richard III
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who will represent the Government at the service at Leicester Cathedral for the reburial of King Richard III.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, will be attending the reinterment ceremony on 26 March. The day marks a momentous occasion in English history, and I am pleased the ceremony will grant the late monarch a dignified and honourable burial.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/03/2015 17:23:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

227595

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there were in (a) HMP Belmarsh, (b) HMP Feltham, (c) HMP Isis, (d) HMP Pentonville, (e) HMP Thameside, (f) HMP Wandsworth and (g) HMP Wormwood Scrubs on 1 March (i) 2010 and (ii) 2015; and how many such prisoners were (A) Muslim and (B) foreign nationals.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	227647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We believe that foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity. That's why this Government has toughened the system, including by pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office have removed 22,000 foreign offenders since 2010 and this Government is removing 300 offenders under new 'deport first, appeal later' powers, with another 500 going through the system. We have cut the grounds on which criminals can appeal deportation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data in the exact format requested is not available but the table below sets out the information requested for each prison at the closest available dates.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2014 (1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP BELMASH</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI FELTHAM</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP ISIS (2)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP PENTONVILLE</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Population</p></td><td><p>1,216</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP THAMESIDE (3)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP WANDSWORTH</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>1,631</p></td><td><p>1,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP WORMWOOD SCRUBS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>1,298</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim Prisoners</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1) The latest date for which data is available.</p><p>2) HMP Isis opened in July 2010.</p><p>3) HMP Thameside opened in March 2012, and became fully operational in Autumn 2012.</p><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 19/03/2015 17:50:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan