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date	17/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, in how many instances people have been imprisoned for defaulting on payment of their council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Data showing how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are presented in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>These data are sourced from the Libra Management Information System (MIS). As such this data set is not subject to the same levels of quality assurance as national statistics</p><p>In extracting this data only offences of complaint for council tax committal application have been included where the court hearing date occurred within each year reported (i.e. between 1 January and 31 December).</p><p>It should also be noted that, although committals to prison are reported as occurring within a particular financial year, the non-payment of council tax itself may relate to a previous financial year or even a period covering more than one financial year.</p><p>Committal to prison for non-payment of council tax can be challenged through a judicial review in the High Court. The table below shows the number of judicial reviews relating to imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and the outcomes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Judicial Reviews</p></td><td><p>Upheld</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>These data were obtained from a manual check of judicial reviews carried out specifically to answer this question.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3589 question first answered 26/11/2015 12:41:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

428865

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, what was the estimated cost to the public purse of people being imprisoned for defaulting on payment of their council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison, and in summary form the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. These can be found on Gov.uk. answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 25/11/2015 13:50:03 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

428866

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Unpaid Taxes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, how many cases of individuals imprisoned for defaulting on their council tax were appealed to the High Court, and in how many of those cases the appeals were upheld.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Data showing how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are presented in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>These data are sourced from the Libra Management Information System (MIS). As such this data set is not subject to the same levels of quality assurance as national statistics</p><p>In extracting this data only offences of complaint for council tax committal application have been included where the court hearing date occurred within each year reported (i.e. between 1 January and 31 December).</p><p>It should also be noted that, although committals to prison are reported as occurring within a particular financial year, the non-payment of council tax itself may relate to a previous financial year or even a period covering more than one financial year.</p><p>Committal to prison for non-payment of council tax can be challenged through a judicial review in the High Court. The table below shows the number of judicial reviews relating to imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and the outcomes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Judicial Reviews</p></td><td><p>Upheld</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>These data were obtained from a manual check of judicial reviews carried out specifically to answer this question.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3587 question first answered 26/11/2015 12:41:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

391051

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Age
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the future age profile of the prison population.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice publish annual projections of the prison population broken down by juveniles (15-17 year olds), young adults (18-20 year olds) and adults (21+). These are published as part of the annual prison population projections.</p><p>The next release of this publication will be in November 2015, when it is planned to include further tables showing projections for populations aged over 50 years and over 60 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 29/07/2015 16:01:32 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

168479

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Protection Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to implement the European Protection Order (EU Directive 2011/99/EU) that requires member states to introduce procedures whereby the victims of domestic violence can get a non-molestation order from the courts in one member state which will then be automatically recognised in other member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL3509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>EU Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order comes into force on 11 January 2015 and the Government plans to implement it by way of statutory instrument made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, on the same day. At the same time, the Government will also implement the related EU Regulation on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters, (606/3013) which comes into force on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2014 16:53:36 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

156467

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the outcome of the meeting held with the NSPCC on 14 November to discuss the Serious Crime Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL2909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The meeting between Government officials, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Police and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to discuss the case for criminalising sexual communications with a child was constructive.</p><p>As my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary indicated during Home Office oral questions on 17 November (House of Commons, official report, column 17), we will complete our consideration of the case for a new offence in good time to enable an amendment to be tabled to the Serious Crime Bill in the House of Commons should the Government decide to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 03/12/2014 16:47:02 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey