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511265

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Lie Detectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a lie detector test has been used for serious sex offenders as part of their licence conditions, upon completion of their custodial sentence, since August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text Since August 2014 there have been 820 polygraph examinations conducted on sex offenders on licence in the community. answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/04/2016 12:26:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

511415

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custodial Treatment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts relating to (a) secure training centres and (b) prisons MTC Novo have been awarded; and how many such contracts that firm is currently under consideration for.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	33632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text The Ministry of Justice holds contract information related to (a) secure training centres and (b) prisons, and can confirm that MTCnovo Limited have been awarded one contract associated with Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre. At present MTCnovo Limited are not under consideration for any further secure training centre or prison contracts. answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/04/2016 12:37:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

511440

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape and (d) attempted rape are currently unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded from prison.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	33614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of escapes and absconds are published annually, by financial year, in the Prison Digest:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494121/prison-performance-digest.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494121/prison-performance-digest.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Both escapes and absconds from prison have fallen to record lows since 2010. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/04/2016 12:22:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

510144

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional costs incurred by his Department arising from appeal hearings at the First-tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration) being adjourned as a result of no Home Office representative being present.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	33377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/04/2016 13:44:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

510146

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Capita Translation and Interpreting has met its key performance target since it has been contracted to provide courtroom interpreting services; and how many fines that company has incurred for missing those targets over that period.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	33365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The key performance target under the Language Services contract relates to successful completion of service requests for the provision of interpreters. The contract sets out a 98% target completion rate. The success rates for the first six months of the last financial year 2015/16 are 96.4 percent (Q1) and 97.3 percent (Q2). In addition the rate of complaints over this period was at its lowest level at just over 1 per cent.</p><p>Service credits can be imposed on Capita in line with the terms of the contract when performance falls below the contractual level of 98% success rate. From the beginning of the contract in January 2012 until September 2015 Capita TI has paid Service Credits on 44 occasions.</p><p>We are absolutely committed to further improving performance to ensure a standard of language services that meets the needs of all those who use the service in the justice system.</p><p>The contract has delivered significant improvements so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver a quality service at an affordable level. Since we introduced a new interpreting contract in 2012 we have spent £38m less on language service fees.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/04/2016 14:10:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

510147

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sivaraj Tharmalingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to investigate the findings of the report by HM Senior Coroner, Mary Hassell on the death of Mr Sivaraj Tharmalingham, that Serco fabricated the number of checks that its staff made on Mr Tharmalingham at Thames Magistrates' Court.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	33366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Following the inquest into the tragic death of Mr Tharmalingham, a prevention of future deaths report has been sent to Serco by HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London under Regulation 28 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has received a copy of the report. Serco are currently considering the report and will respond in accordance with the Regulations. NOMS manages all contracts with third party providers robustly and will work closely with Serco to ensure that the matters of concern identified by the Coroner are examined and appropriately addressed.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/04/2016 13:58:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

506614

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of unlawful marketing of knives in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	32817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Knife crime has no place on our streets and the government continues to work with the police and partners, including retailers, to ensure that we reduce violence and knife crime. There are strict laws on sales of knives and on how knives can be marketed, which are enforced by the police and Trading Standards. Anyone who markets a knife in a way that indicates or suggests that is suitable for combat or is likely to encourage violent behaviour faces a prison sentence of up to four years.</p><p> </p><p>There were no convictions for the offence of unlawful marketing of knives, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2014 (the latest available), on a principal offence basis.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/04/2016 11:06:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

506633

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to (a) shorten the immigration appeals process and (b) reduce the number of immigration appeals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	32993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Immigration appeals are determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) which are administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS works with the Home Office and others to monitor and continuously improve appeal processes and timeliness.</p><p> </p><p>The Immigration Act 2014 simplified the appeals system, reducing the number of decisions that can be appealed. For the quarter October to December 2015, 18,368 appeals were received – a 29% reduction when compared with the same quarter in 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:01:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506635

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of immigration appeals have been successful in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	32995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Published statistics detailing the total number of appeals disposed of by the tribunals, and the percentage of these which have been allowed and dismissed by the First-tier Tribunal from 2007/08 and the Upper Tribunal from 2010/11, can be viewed on the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-and-gender-recognition-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/04/2016 12:05:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

506684

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisons record whether inmates are registered as organ donors; and what protocols are in place for donation of organs after a death in custody.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	33183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The decision to be an organ donor is for prisoners to discuss with their next of kin and to decide whether they wish to add their name to the National Organ Donor Register. Organ donation by prisoners who are transferred to hospital prior to death may be considered in certain clinical circumstances and providing that it does not affect any coroner investigation.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/04/2016 10:42:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods