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872265

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Facial Disfigurement: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of discrimination cases relating to disfigurement brought under the Equality Act 2010 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes data on six discrimination jurisdictions including age, sex, religion, disability, race and sexual orientation, which are dealt with in the Employment Tribunal. The data can be found using the link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</p><p> </p><p>There are no future plans to include the number of discrimination cases relating to disfigurement brought under the Equality Act 2010 in the published statistics.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2018 15:20:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

872320

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post-mortems: Tomography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using computerised tomography for post-mortems; and what guidance his Department has issued to coroners on the use of that technology.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	134234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not assessed the use of computerised tomography for post-mortem examinations because this is a matter for individual coroners who decide how to proceed in light of guidance from the Chief Coroner. The guidance can be found on his website at: <a href="https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guidance-no-1-use-of-port-mortem-imaging.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/guidance-no-1-use-of-port-mortem-imaging.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The guidance says that a coroner should consider, with the assistance of a pathologist and, where appropriate, a radiologist, whether this method is the most appropriate in any particular case, bearing in mind the wishes of the bereaved family and, if known, of the deceased.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2018 15:19:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

872337

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pyramid Selling: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been relating to pyramid selling schemes under the (a) Fraud Act 2006 and (b) Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	134251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>Centrally collated data on court proceedings held by the Ministry of Justice do not identify all the specific circumstances surrounding offences which were proceeding against under the Fraud Act 2006 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. It is therefore not possible to separately identify offences involving pyramid selling schemes without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:57:28 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

872347

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Jamaica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Jamaican nationals were in UK prisons as of (a) 30 June 2015 and (b) 31 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	134261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>On 30 June 2015 there were 619 Jamaican nationals held in prisons in England and Wales, and HMPPS run Immigration Removal Centres, with this figure declining to 448 on 31 December 2017, our most recent published figures. In regard to Jamaican nationals held in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as prisons are a devolved matter, figures would need to be provided by the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, with a record number of over 6,300 removed in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:58:06 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

872348

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Albanian, (b) Nigerian, (c) Somalian, (d) Rwandan, (e) Chinese, (f) Vietnamese and (g) South African nationals were held in UK prisons as of (i) 30 June 2010 and (ii) 31 January 2018; and how many of those prisoners were transferred to serve their sentences in their home nation.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	134262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, with a record number of over 6,300 removed in 2016/17.</p><p>The UK has Prisoner Transfer Agreements in place with over 100 countries and territories around the world, which includes Albania, Nigeria and Rwanda; however, transfer agreements are not in place with China or the Republic of South Africa. Furthermore, while a Prisoner Transfer Agreement is not in place with Somalia, there is a transfer agreement with Somaliland. Between the 30 June 2010 and 31 December 2017, a total of 442 prisoners were transferred from the UK to prisons around the world to serve sentences of imprisonment.</p><p>The specific information requested is set out in the table below. Please note that the prison population data quoted for 30 June 2010 and 31 December 2017 includes offenders on remand, those serving sentences for civil or financial offences, and those detained under immigration powers in prisons or in HMPPS run Immigration Removal Centres, all of whom are not eligible for prisoner transfer. As such, only a proportion of the offenders in the data quoted will be eligible for transfer, and only to countries where a Prisoner Transfer Agreement is in place.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Nationals held by HMPPS on 30 June 2010</p></td><td><p>Nationals held by HMPPS on 31 December 2017 (the latest published data)</p></td><td><p>Number of prisoners removed under Prisoner Transfer Agreements, since those arrangements entered into force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>727</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 15:02:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

872362

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 128599, what the grounds were for each of the 419 cases of dismissal of Band 2 to 5 staff from prisons in England and Wales in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	134276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of band 2-5 staff in the Prison Service in England and Wales who have been dismissed in 2017, by reason are provided in the table below:</p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong> <strong>Number of band 2-5 staff in the Prison Service who have been dismissed, by reason, January - December 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount of staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conduct</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unsatisfactory Attendance/Medical Efficiency<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poor Performance</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>419</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Since January 2017, information regarding dismissals as a result of medical inefficiencies have been recorded as unsatisfactory attendances. Therefore, these categories have been combined.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:56:50 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

872398

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Courts: South Tyneside
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 provide financial support to families and victims from Sunderland who now have to travel to South Tyneside to attend the Youth Court.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	134312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not currently provide financial support for families and victims attending the youth court but we do endeavour to list any hearings required following the first hearing at South Tyneside at the most convenient location for victims and families. There are regular and affordable public transport options available for travel between Sunderland and South Tyneside ensuring the journey is both reasonable and practical.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/04/2018 14:49:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

872399

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Courts: South Tyneside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the Sunderland Youth Court to South Tyneside for victims, families and young people in Sunderland.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	134313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Secretary of State. The decision followed a local public consultation in spring 2017 which assessed and considered the merits of moving the Sunderland Youth Court work to South Tyneside Court.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:57:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

870200

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Contact Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to support the establishment and operation of child contact centres in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	134068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no overall responsibility for funding child contact centre provision. However, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) procures contact sessions at supervised child contact centres for families involved in family proceedings. The level of funding is dependent on demand but has remained broadly stable since 2014/15. Cafcass also provides small value grants of up to £3,000 per annum to assist child contact centres run by the voluntary sector (supported centres), where such organisations seek financial assistance. The value of these grants decreased in 2013/14 due to additional top-up funding for these centres provided in 2012/13 before increasing in 2014/15. Funding since 2015/16 has remained broadly stable.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, and previously the Department for Education, has provided core grant funding to the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) to help it set standards and run an accreditation scheme for child contact centres in England, supported by training. The value of this grant has increased in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18 are shown in the table below. Unit cost efficiencies, changes in demand volume and changes to the ways suppliers are paid mean that figures are not directly comparable across all financial years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Core grant funding of child contact centres: financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14 £</p></td><td><p>2014/15 £</p></td><td><p>2015/16 £</p></td><td><p>2016/17 £</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (provisional) £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supervised child contact centres</p></td><td><p>2,443,305</p></td><td><p>1,579,351</p></td><td><p>1,368,605</p></td><td><p>1,546,065</p></td><td><p>1,599,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supported child contact centres</p></td><td><p>160,585</p></td><td><p>385,544</p></td><td><p>446,223</p></td><td><p>447,787</p></td><td><p>434,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NACCC core grant</p></td><td><p>128,605<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>128.958<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>130,000<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td><td><p>192,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Notes: <sup>1</sup> Department for Education. <sup>2 </sup>Transitional year with a grant of £65,000 each from Ministry of Justice and Department for Education.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/03/2018 16:35:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

870232

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has met with representatives of (a) SCL Group and (b) Cambridge Analytica.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	134096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has not met with any representatives of SCL Group or Cambridge Analytica.</p><p> </p><p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2017</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:36:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford