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793001

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action his Department requires courts to take upon being notified that a defendant has given an invalid or unavailable bail address to the court.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	114786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the courts acting in accordance with the law. Where an individual has a condition of bail to reside at a particular address and it transpires that he is not, or may not, be living at that address, the court may notify the police who will investigate whether or not there has been a breach of bail conditions. If there is evidence of an alleged breach the individual can be arrested and brought before the court. The court may then either remand the individual in custody or amend the bail conditions.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/12/2017 12:34:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

793015

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of criminal courts charges that have (a) been levied, (b) been paid, (c) been written off and (d) remained outstanding in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	114800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the total value of criminal courts charge imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding in England and Wales in the last 12 months</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Collected regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Legally Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Administratively Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Outstanding regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year to 30/09/2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7,099,073</p></td><td><p>1,694,221</p></td><td><p>203,853</p></td><td><p>35,614,174</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The criminal courts charge was introduced in April 2015 and applied to all adult offenders. It was abolished on 24 December 2015 but impositions prior to that date remained outstanding. HM Courts and Tribunals service actively manages all outstanding court ordered financial impositions and uses a number of intelligence tools to identify and implement suitable enforcement sanctions against those who fail to comply with the order. Outstanding amounts can be taken from the offender’s benefits or earnings or if this is not possible warrants can be issued to recover the amounts owed. HMCTS remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been year on year increase in the total amount of financial imposition collected over the last five years. The amount of financial imposition collected has risen from £381m at the end of 2015/16 to a record of £440 million at the end of 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Impositions can only be cancelled in one of two ways:</p><p>Legal cancellations which are at the direction of Judge or magistrate and are used where cases have been re-opened and the defendant has been found not guilty, following the presentation of additional information. Legal cancellations can be full or partial remittances of financial impositions.</p><p>Administrative cancellations which are non legal and can only be applied in very limited specific circumstances and in accordance with strict cancellation criteria for example when the defendant is deceased.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/12/2017 10:54:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759806

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Fringe Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department and non-departmental public bodies received (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Within the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its non-departmental public bodies: <br>a) 1,536 staff are in receipt of Excess Fares Allowance; <br>b) 51 staff are in receipt of High Mileage Allowance; and <br>c) There are currently 0 staff in receipt of subsidised healthcare benefits.</p><p>The MoJ, including HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) pay an Excess Fares Allowance in respect of home to work travel in exceptional cases where staff incur additional travel expenses and/or do not qualify for removal expenses or choose to move home when they are permanently and compulsorily transferred to a new location. This is normally payable for a maximum of three years. The cost of home to office travel is reimbursed in limited cases such as where staff are required to work late night and public transport is no longer available; where an employee is on a posting term such as Dual Workplace (travel costs being reimbursed from home to the additional permanent workplace only); and where staff are on long term detached duty over 2 years.</p><p>MoJ excluding HMPPS pays a High Mileage Allowance to reimburse staff who undertake over 5,000 miles for official duties in their own car per year. The value is linked to motoring costs and the number of staff in receipt of this allowance has reduced significantly from 303 to 51.</p><p>MoJ and HMPPS do not provide subsidised health insurance to staff. Staff may however choose to buy membership of Civil Service originated healthcare organisations such as Benenden out of post taxed income.</p><p>It has not been possible to provide the information from the Youth Justice Board in the time allowed. I will write to the honourable member in due course providing the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/09/2017 15:26:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759808

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce a system for financial checks to be carried out on means forms filled out by offenders in criminal courts which are used to determine the level of fines and the contribution that should be made to the costs of the case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The criminal courts already have powers to make further checks if the court is not satisfied with the means information supplied by the defendant.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/10/2017 15:33:38 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758279

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) foreign and (b) British national defendants of each (i) sex and (ii) ethnic group were sentenced to immediate custody for each offence type in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Reliable information on the proportion of foreign and British national defendants of each sex and ethnic group who were refused bail or sentenced to immediate custody could only be provided at disproportionate cost because court proceedings data does not include information on nationality.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 9136 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:20:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758282

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what power a court has to require a person to hand over a device if that device has been seen to have been used or is thought to have been used to take a photograph or recording in court.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Court Act of 2003 Part 4 (54) provides the court security officer acting in the execution of his duty with the power to ask a person to surrender an article that may be evidence or in relation to an offence. It is an offence to take a photograph or recording in court and therefore the person will be asked to surrender the device by the court security officer. If this takes place within a court/hearing room this will be upon the direction of the judge.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:26:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758283

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what power a court has to search a person for a device if that device has been seen to have been used or is thought to have been used to take a photograph or recording in court.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Court Act of 2003, Part 4 (52) provides the court security officer acting in the execution of his duty with the powers to search any person who is in a court building, and any article in their possession. If a person is thought to have used a device to take a photograph or recording in court, and they refuse to surrender that device, the court security officer may search that person. If this takes place within a court/hearing room this will be upon the direction of the judge.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:30:38 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758285

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) foreign and (b) British national defendants of each (i) sex and (ii) ethnic group were refused bail for each offence type in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Reliable information on the proportion of foreign and British national defendants of each sex and ethnic group who were refused bail or sentenced to immediate custody could only be provided at disproportionate cost because court proceedings data does not include information on nationality.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 9137 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:20:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies