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date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps have been taken and what steps they plan to take to increase the number of registrations with the Information Commissioner’s Office; what estimate they have made of the consequential annual increase in income, and of the recovery of lost income from those who have not paid the required fee as data controllers; and what assessment they have made of current levels of fees.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every data controller who is processing personal information to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unless they are exempt. Failure to do so is a criminal offence.</p><p>The ICO’s website sets out the criteria for notification and provides guidance on the level of fee organisations should be paying. The ICO have also made it easier for organisations to notify and pay the fee by introducing online payments.</p><p>In 2014/15 the ICO brought eight prosecutions against organisations for non-notification and two prosecutions for wrong purposes.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice and the ICO are looking at the current funding model as part of negotiations on the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL1146 HL1147 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:14:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

388019

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budgetary provision the Information Commissioner’s Office has made regarding its data protection activities for the next financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) data protection activities are funded by fees from organisations that process personal data. The amount available to spend each year is dependent on the number of organisations that notify with the ICO.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/07/2015 14:02:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

388020

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial incentive or disincentive for the Information Commissioner’s Office to maximise the registration fee income it receives and recoup any registration fee income that has not been paid by data controllers in previous years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every data controller who is processing personal information to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unless they are exempt. Failure to do so is a criminal offence.</p><p>The ICO’s website sets out the criteria for notification and provides guidance on the level of fee organisations should be paying. The ICO have also made it easier for organisations to notify and pay the fee by introducing online payments.</p><p>In 2014/15 the ICO brought eight prosecutions against organisations for non-notification and two prosecutions for wrong purposes.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice and the ICO are looking at the current funding model as part of negotiations on the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL1144 HL1147 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:14:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

388021

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Ministry of Justice have given to ensuring that action is taken against all those who have not complied with their registration obligations; what weight the possible disadvantage to those who have paid their due fees is given in deciding whether to prosecute non-registration; and what assessment they have made of whether all those involved in the administration of justice are compliant.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every data controller who is processing personal information to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unless they are exempt. Failure to do so is a criminal offence.</p><p>The ICO’s website sets out the criteria for notification and provides guidance on the level of fee organisations should be paying. The ICO have also made it easier for organisations to notify and pay the fee by introducing online payments.</p><p>In 2014/15 the ICO brought eight prosecutions against organisations for non-notification and two prosecutions for wrong purposes.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice and the ICO are looking at the current funding model as part of negotiations on the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL1144 HL1146 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:14:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

386194

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	First Offenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants with no previous convictions or cautions were given a custodial sentence for a first offence in magistrates' courts in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Whilst crime is falling, offenders committing serious offences are more likely to be sent to prison and for longer; Sentencing Guidelines make clear that custodial sentences should be reserved for the most serious offenders. Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, which take into account all the facts of each individual case. Offenders with no previous convictions, are generally less likely to receive an immediate custodial sentence than a repeat offender.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number and proportion of offenders<sup>(1)</sup> with no previous convictions or cautions<sup>(2)</sup> who were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for a first offence in a magistrates court, 2010 to 2014.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending December</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immediate custodial sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All disposals<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion given an immediate custodial sentence</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>54,030</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong><em>Source</em></strong><em>: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>(1) Figures are based on counting the number of sentencing occasions for offences committed by offenders which were prosecuted by police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>(2) Figures are based on counting the number of occasions on which offenders have previously received a conviction, caution or the youth caution for any offences recorded on the Police National Computer, including some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>(3) Includes some deferred sentences that the police will update on the Police National computer at a later date when the final decision is known.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/07/2015 10:20:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies