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416975

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) males, and (2) females, over the age of 80 are currently serving sentences in prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2015 there were 133 male, and 1 female, prisoners aged over 80 years serving sentences in England and Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/09/2015 12:48:59 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

416997

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend the mandation of electronic tagging to include priority and persistent offenders as part of integrated offender management programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL1917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>A comprehensive review of the Electronic Monitoring programme to introduce GPS technology is underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 07/10/2015 11:28:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

416998

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the delays in implementing the contract for GPS electronic tagging technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL1918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A comprehensive review of the Electronic Monitoring programme to introduce GPS technology is underway.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/09/2015 14:32:09 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

417026

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of their consultation on costs protection in defamation and privacy claims, they plan to introduce a new costs protection regime to help people and organisations of modest means to bring and defend defamation and privacy claims; and if so, when they plan to.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL1946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Coalition Government consulted on introducing a costs protection regime for defamation cases in 2013. This Government is considering the way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/09/2015 14:40:53 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

417075

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of whether the present changes to the number and locations of magistrate courts meet the interests of witnesses, in particular regarding their privacy and protection.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No decisions have been taken relating to the number and locations of magistrates’ courts and all responses to the ongoing consultation on the court estate will be carefully considered before any decisions are made.</p><p> </p><p>Our programme of courts reform will create a more modern and efficient service which works better for victims and witnesses. Witnesses could particularly benefit from such arrangements as we seek to expand existing provision such as video links meaning witnesses do not have to attend court in person increasing their privacy and reducing risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/09/2015 14:41:48 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

417091

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Ministry of Justice has target times by which members of the public can reasonably expect to get through on the telephone and speak to an official; by what percentage extent there has been a change over the past three years in the number of telephone calls from the public seeking information or assistance from the Ministry of Justice; and what training in communication skills is provided for the officials in that Department.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2015 the average answer time for calls to the Public Enquiry Line has been 28 seconds. The Ministry of Justice does not have set target times for call answering.</p><p> </p><p>Calls to the MoJ public enquiry line have decreased steadily since 2012. Volumes reduced by 40% between 2012 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Regular training is held for staff for on call handling and customer service.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/09/2015 14:44:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

417129

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Euthanasia: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence for the offence of assisted suicide is for each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	9328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of offenders sentenced at all courts, by type of sentence and custodial sentence length band, for the offence of encouraging or assisting suicide or attempted suicide, in England and Wales, for the period 2009 to 2014, is available at the following link:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Select the offence “76 Aiding Suicide” to present information on offenders sentenced at all courts for this offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not publish the average custodial sentence length in circumstances where the number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody is too small to give a meaningful average – specifically when there are fewer than five offenders.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/09/2015 13:55:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

417138

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what work his Department is undertaking to review whether tribunal fees are acting as a barrier to justice; and how many officials were engaged in that work (a) in March 2015 and (b) on the last date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The Review is being undertaken by the Fees Policy team, which comprises five officials, with support from officials working in Analytical Services, the legal team, and HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/09/2015 09:59:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417318

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review and clarify the law on joint enterprise.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department has been considering the Justice Select Committee’s recommendation that the law in this area should be reviewed. The Department will respond formally to the Committee in due course.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 12:45:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417332

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential additional (a) travel expenses, (b) costs of non-attendance and (c) other costs to the public purse that would arise due to closure of magistrates courts in (i) Kettering and (ii) Corby.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	9093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No decision has been taken to close the magistrates’ courts in Kettering and Corby.</p><p>We will consider all identified impacts once the consultation closes and all responses have been fully analysed. To ensure that access to justice is maintained, even in more rural locations, we are committed to providing alternative ways for users to access our services, including the use of other civic buildings. We are building a justice system which is simpler, swifter and more efficient. By using modern technology we can meet the needs of everyone who uses our services now and in the future.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 13:42:09 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove