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896263

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Registered Intermediaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of intermediaries were used for (a) witnesses, (b) victims and (c) defendants in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the Witness Intermediary Scheme and does not hold data on the broader use of non-registered intermediaries, many of whom help defendants. Registered Intermediaries employed by the Witness Intermediary Scheme supported 6,245 people last year: 92% of whom were victims; 8% of whom were witnesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/05/2018 16:51:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896264

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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 (a) absconds and (b) escapes from prison occurred in each month of the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconds</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Escapes</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS (formerly NOMS) Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously. Less than two per cent of offenders in open prison abscond, and the overall number of absconds has halved since 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p>Those who do abscond are returned to closed prisons where they may have to serve additional time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 16:56:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896265

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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 offenders serving a sentence for murder (a) absconded and (b) escaped in the last year for which data is available; and what the circumstances were in which each of those offenders absconded or escaped.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 4 absconds and 2 escapes of offenders serving a sentence for murder. For the two offenders who escaped, the circumstances involved escape from hospital escort.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS (formerly NOMS) Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously. Escapes are extremely rare and escaped prisoners recaptured by police face prosecution and on return to prison their categorisation is reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>Less than two per cent of offenders abscond from open prison, and the overall number of absconds has halved since 2011/12. But whilst absconds are rare, we are not complacent and carefully risk assess all offenders before they move to open prisons. Those who do abscond are returned to closed prisons where they may have to serve additional time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896266

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in open prisons as of 1 May 2018 have previously (a) absconded or failed to return to prison or (b) breached the conditions of their temporary licence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>On 31 March 2018 there were 5,092 prisoners recorded as being in open prisons. Three (0.06%) of those prisoners were recorded as having absconded between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2017, and 75 (1.47%) were recorded as having breached the conditions of their temporary release licence (including failure to return) between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on prison population, absconds and temporary release failures are published at different frequencies, and therefore data for each are available for different time periods. In answering this question, we have provided the latest published information in each area</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896267

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences in West Yorkshire were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders in West Yorkshire committed offences while on bail during the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The most recent year for which information is available is 2016.The attached table provides information on (a) the total number of offences for which offenders were convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force and (b) the total number of offenders convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force.</p><p>This data may indicate that from 2012 to 2016 there was a decrease in the numbers of offences committed by offenders on bail in West Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 140681.XLSX title Table PQ 140681
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896268

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had (a) between 15 and 49, (b) between 50 and 99 and (c) 100 or more convictions in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders with (a) between 15 and 49, (b) between 50 and 99 and (c) 100 or more convictions in 2014 to 2016 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 16:55:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name table for 140682.xlsx title table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896269

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse has been of preparing a (a) full pre-sentence report and (b) fast delivery report in magistrates' courts which includes the time spent by probation staff in court whilst the report is being delivered and considered in the last twelve months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Information is available on the direct staff costs of preparing a pre-sentence report, based on the average time in which it is expected that reports will be completed. These costs include the time spent by the officer in court to deliver the report.</p><p> </p><p>The average assumed cost of each type of report is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Report type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assumed average cost per report (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standard-Delivery Report</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short-Format Report</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oral Report</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is also available on the annual volume of pre-sentence reports delivered in courts across England and Wales in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Full-year figures for 2017-18 are not yet available. The following table shows annual volumes of pre-sentence reports ordered by the courts for 2015-16 and 2016-17, together with estimated total costs. These estimates are based on the average cost figures given above and the planning assumption that 60 per cent of all reports should be delivered as oral reports, 30 per cent as short-format reports and 10 per cent as standard-delivery reports.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Data Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of pre-sentence reports (000s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assumed Costs (£m)<br> <br> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2015 – 31 Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>160.4</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2016 – 31 Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>136.7</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 140684 question first answered 14/05/2018 16:56:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896270

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the production of pre-sentence reports for courts in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Information is available on the direct staff costs of preparing a pre-sentence report, based on the average time in which it is expected that reports will be completed. These costs include the time spent by the officer in court to deliver the report.</p><p> </p><p>The average assumed cost of each type of report is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Report type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assumed average cost per report (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standard-Delivery Report</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short-Format Report</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oral Report</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is also available on the annual volume of pre-sentence reports delivered in courts across England and Wales in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Full-year figures for 2017-18 are not yet available. The following table shows annual volumes of pre-sentence reports ordered by the courts for 2015-16 and 2016-17, together with estimated total costs. These estimates are based on the average cost figures given above and the planning assumption that 60 per cent of all reports should be delivered as oral reports, 30 per cent as short-format reports and 10 per cent as standard-delivery reports.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Data Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of pre-sentence reports (000s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assumed Costs (£m)<br> <br> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2015 – 31 Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>160.4</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2016 – 31 Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>136.7</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 140683 question first answered 14/05/2018 16:56:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896271

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of utilisation was of each magistrates' court in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in Annex A in relation to each HMCTS building which houses a magistrates’ court operation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 13:17:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 140685 Table.xls title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896272

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Reoffenders
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 murdered since 2012 by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released having served their prison sentences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Serious further offences are very rare (less than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision commit serious further offences) and each one is taken extremely seriously and investigated fully, in order to identify any lessons for the better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, murder is the most serious of all offences, and between 2012 and the end of 2017, 7 people have been murdered by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released by the Parole Board on licence, having served the minimum custodial term of their prison sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies