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1135724

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any estimate of the number of prosecutions of people over the age of 75 that may arise from non-payment of TV licences from June 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL16817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made as to the potential increase in prosecutions for non-payment of TV licences from June 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/07/2019 13:28:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1135823

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the unemployment rate among former male inmates compared with the rate among the general male population.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	271362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>In May last year, we published our plans for reforming prison education and improving employment outcomes for ex-offenders in the Education and Employment Strategy. The strategy created a system in which each prisoner was set on a path to employment, with prison education and work geared towards employment on release from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>In line with this, we introduced new performance measures to record the rates of employment for prison leavers at six weeks post-release. The Department is scheduled to publish the statistical data for this on 25 July in an annex to Community Performance Statistics on Gov.uk, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:14:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1135826

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Employment
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 support people leaving prison to move directly to employment on their release.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	271365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>One year ago, our Education and Employment Strategy set out plans to transform the way prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, we have introduced the New Futures Network (NFN), which brokers partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales. The Network places prisoners in jobs ahead of their release as well as facilitating Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) placements, which offer continuity and can lead to immediate employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our new ROTL framework aims to increase the number of people these opportunities are available to by allowing more prisoners to access ROTL sooner and for longer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:12:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1135830

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	271366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of individuals proceeded against and convicted of an assault against an emergency worker can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Using the pivot table, filter by ‘Offence’ for:</p><p> </p><p>`8.22 Assault against an emergency worker’.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:11:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1135845

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for knife crime.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	271405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>For possession or threatening with an offensive weapon or possession of an article with a blade or point offences, offenders are now more likely to receive an immediate custodial sentence for a knife and offensive weapon offence and to go to prison for longer than at any point over the past 10 years. In the year ending March 2019 over a third (37%) of offences resulted in immediate custody, compared to 22% in the year ending March 2009. The average length of immediate custodial sentences has increased from 5.5 months in the year ending March 2009 to 8.1 months in the year ending March 2019. This is the highest since the series began.</p><p>There are a range of offences available to prosecute knife crime and Parliament has set penalties that are proportionate to the nature of these serious offences.</p><p> </p><p>Unlawful possession of a knife or offensive weapon in public is a serious criminal offence with a maximum penalty of four years’ imprisonment. Since 2015, adults convicted of threatening with a knife in public, or for second or subsequent knife possession face a minimum sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment and young people aged 16 or 17 face a minimum sentence of a 4 month Detention and Training Order. Courts can only depart from minimum sentencing if the court considers would be unjust in all the circumstances to impose these terms.</p><p> </p><p>Where someone is physically injured by a knife or offensive weapon there are a range of other offences, such as causing grievous bodily harm, that the person may be charged with. These can result in lengthy determinate sentences or life imprisonment. In England and Wales, all murder convictions for adults must result in a life sentence, and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out a starting point of a minimum term in prison of 25 years for offenders aged 18 and over who bring a knife or another weapon to the scene of a murder with the intention of using it.</p><p> </p><p>It is already the case that for offences where the possession or use of a knife or offensive weapon is not inherent to the offence or charged separately, possession will be treated as an aggravating factor, which increases the seriousness of the offence. This is outlined in several sentencing guidelines produced by the independent Sentencing Council.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 16:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1135881

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Synthetic Cannabinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences there were of the use of synthetic cannabinoids in prisons in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	271590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Drug testing is an essential element of the HMPPS drug strategy and provides us with robust evidence on the prevalence of drug misuse. It can be used in support of security measures, to identify and signpost into drug treatment, monitor treatment compliance and act as an incentive to engage in treatment and drug free living.</p><p>HMPPS continues to explore new methodologies to develop our mandatory and voluntary drug testing frameworks enabling us to be responsive to the changing patterns of drug misuse in prisons. This includes the misuse of prescribed medication, and the dynamic market in psychoactive substances.</p><p>Data and information on drug testing is routinely published as part of the normal publication schedule which can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Data on drug tests in 2018-19 will be published in due course in line with the normal publication schedule.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:16:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1135898

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous community orders issued to an offender sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	271592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the highest number of previous community sentences received by an offender sentenced to immediate custody, covering the period 2007 – 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 15:42:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 271592 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135901

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions offenders had in each year since 2007 before being sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	271593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271594 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135905

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of and anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud, (n) vehicle taking in each year since 2007 had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more convictions and cautions for an offence.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	271594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271593 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135912

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon in each year since 2007; and of those people how many had (a) no, (b) one to four, (c) five to 10 and (d) 11 or more previous cautions or sentences for carrying an offensive weapon.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	271595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that 2007 data has not been included as the time series data on the number of possession of offensive weapon offences used in the knife possession bulletin is only available from quarter 4 in 2007, so a full year’s data is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> given immediate custody for a possession of an offensive weapon offence by year and number of previous<sup>2,3</sup> convictions or cautions for the same offence, England and Wales<sup>4</sup>, 2008 to 2018.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions and cautions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 to 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5 to 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11 or more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,195</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,543</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1) Each offender is counted only once in each year they were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon, but may appear in multiple years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) Previous occasions on which the offences for which the offender was cautioned or convicted included possession of an offensive weapon, as counted on the last occasion in each year that the offender was given an immediate custodial sentence for offences including possession of an offensive weapon.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>3) Previous sentencing occasions may have resulted in an immediate custodial sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 13:48:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien