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385627

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shared Services Connected: Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assurance he has received from Steria that work and jobs at the Newport shared services centre will not be off-shored.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	4076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>How Sahared Services Connected Limited manage their workforce is an operational issue for them as employers. Newport Shared Services staff are no longer civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/06/2015 16:55:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

385082

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was of the victim surcharge in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on collection rates for victim surcharge and other financial impositions from 2011 onwards can be found in the Criminal Courts Statistics quarterly report which can be found at <a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a></p><p>The data is not available in this format prior to April 2011.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 14:08:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385094

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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, which individual offences were committed by people granted post-conviction bail at a Crown Court who subsequently failed to appear for sentence in the violence against the person category in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The table below shows the individual offences in the violence against the person category for which the 26 offenders who were given post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for these offences subsequently failed to appear for sentence in England &amp; Wales during 2013.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders granted post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for violence against the person offences who subsequently failed to appear for sentence, by specific offence, England &amp; Wales, 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Offence</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Offenders granted post-conviction bail who failed to appear for sentence<strong><sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making threats to kill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm etc.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wound / inflict grievous bodily harm without intent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults occasioning actual bodily harm</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law and Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breach of Restraining Order</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>False imprisonment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Note: 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 3722.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:03:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385114

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that courts are aware of the foreign criminal convictions of (a) foreign and (b) British criminals for the purposes of bail and sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Criminal Procedure Rules place the responsibility for alerting the court to any defendant’s previous convictions, both domestic and overseas, whether for the purposes of bail or for the purposes of sentencing, on the prosecutor.</p><p> </p><p>Courts must give consideration to that information when it is available but rely on the Police to obtain and provide it.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 14:20:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

384734

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance to court users on the appropriateness of the use of the term victim to describe a complainant in a court case at the pre-conviction stage of proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has no current plans to issue such guidance.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/06/2015 13:14:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

384738

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
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 new out of court disposal framework being piloted in West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The pilot commenced on 3 November 2014 and is due to run until 31 October 2015. The Ministry of Justice has appointed a consortium of Ipsos MORI and Sheffield Hallam University to conduct an evaluation of the pilot. The consortium is due to report back in early 2016. The Government will make an assessment of the pilot once it has received the final evaluation report from the consortium.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:14:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

383928

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) estate is a combination of freehold and leasehold premises of which more than 500 properties are held on a leasehold basis. This includes leases from local authorities, police authorities, private sector companies and property management companies. Information relating solely to private sector landlords could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the Government Central Civil Estate, such as the address and whether the property is held on a leasehold/licence basis are recorded on the Central Government property database, Epims. These records are available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/epims" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk/dataset/epims</a></p><p> </p><p>The MoJ is constantly seeking ways of reducing its rental liability. It has secured these reductions both via an active programme of estate rationalisation and ensuring that when lease rent reviews occur these are vigorously contested and nil or minimal increases are agreed.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 14:07:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383930

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) external legal advice from Queen's Counsel and (b) other external legal advice between 7 May 2010 and the present day; what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012; to whom such payments were made; for what reasons such legal advice was sought; and what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department was since 7 May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	3158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in this form and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/06/2015 13:49:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

383933

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on plans for paperless working in the courts.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	3249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Improving the use of digital technology is key to modernising our justice system in England and Wales. We are reforming the Criminal Justice System to reduce reliance on paper both in the administration of our courts, and in the courtroom.</p><p>Our HMCTS Reform Programme will build on this foundation and ensure that the justice system makes better use of technology to provide easier access to a more responsive and swifter system.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/06/2015 15:36:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

381963

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's second generation contract for the supply of language services will require interpreters to be registered with the National Registers of Communications Professionals Working with Deaf and Deafblind People or the National Register of Public Service Interpreters.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing language service professionals who meet the needs of those requiring support in the justice system, including those working with deaf and deafblind people.</p><p> </p><p>Future provision of the service is currently being explored.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:59:15 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green