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177575

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many orders for compensation for victims were made in courts in North Wales in the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Hardworking taxpayers deserve to know that criminals will pay. The courts continue to maintain strong performance levels with more than £518 million in financial impositions collected from offenders in 2013 and an increase of £28 million in Victim Surcharge, providing support to victims of crime and their families.</p><p>The number of offenders ordered to pay compensation, by police force area, in North Wales, from 2011 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table below.<br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Number of offenders ordered to pay compensation, in North Wales, 2011-2013<sup>(1)(2)(3)(4)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td> </td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total Compensation orders</td><td> </td><td>1,827</td><td>1,695</td><td>1,617</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Including compensation orders given as secondary disposals for principal offences.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) The above figures include compensation order for all offences, excluding summary motoring offences.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(3) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/02/2015 17:32:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177210

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse access legal aid for family cases.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	222992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Legal aid in England and Wales is available to victims of domestic violence where they need it to help break free from the abusive relationship. Access to legal aid for protective injunctions to prevent domestic violence remains identical to that prior to the legal aid reforms. These matters continue to be funded without the need for evidence. In private family law cases (such as child or financial arrangements) legal aid continues to be available where there is evidence of domestic violence or child abuse - the list of acceptable evidence is wide and comprehensive.</p><p> </p><p>In a recent judgment, the High Court found that the domestic violence evidential requirements are lawful and reflect the intention of Parliament in providing legal aid for those victims of domestic violence who require assistance because they will be intimidated or materially disadvantaged by having to face their abuser in court.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/02/2015 17:37:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

177211

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18 and (b) 18 to 24 year olds have applied for legal aid under the Exceptional Case Funding Scheme in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures presented are taken from published legal aid statistics or more detailed breakdowns where necessary. The age groupings provided are taken from the statistical reporting currently produced and are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Age of client for Legal Help and Civil Representation covering family, immigration and social welfare outcomes, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Social Welfare</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>24,035</p></td><td><p>13,192</p></td><td><p>3,716</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,027</p></td><td><p>28,320</p></td><td><p>39,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>27,431</p></td><td><p>8,222</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,181</p></td><td><p>18,141</p></td><td><p>33,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>30,227</p></td><td><p>5,252</p></td><td><p>2,567</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>57,143</p></td><td><p>14,818</p></td><td><p>26,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>36,703</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td><td><p>1,477</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>44,561</p></td><td><p>11,812</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures covering prison law outcomes are not available from the administrative system as applicant dates of birth are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Age of client in all legal aid scheme outcomes for 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 and under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>97,078</p></td><td><p>244,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>92,965</p></td><td><p>204,641</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The full official published statistics are available since 2012/13 and can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv</a>. Corresponding figures for 2011/12 are not available across all areas of law.</p><p>These published figures suppress values where low volumes may allow identification of the client alongside further attributes released in the same data extract including ethnicity, gender and disability status.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Exceptional Case Funding applicants is supplied in the table below:</p><p><strong>Table 3: Age of applicant ECF Oct 2013 to Sep 2014</strong></p><p /> <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 to 24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013 to Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014 to Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding applicants was collected from October 2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014 and the figures supplied show each individual applicant only once.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222917 222918 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

177212

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech by the Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties of 24 September 2014 at the Family Mediation Association Annual Conference 2014, whether his Department plans to seek the views of children, young people and expert non-governmental organisaitons in its review of children's access to legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Following the reforms to civil legal aid, funding remains available in around 95% of cases where a child or young person is the applicant. This includes legal aid for all public law children cases, and where a child is a party in private family law cases.<br><br>The Government has made clear that it will undertake a post-implementation review of the legal aid provisions within the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) within 3-5 years of implementation. Although the scope of this review has not been finalised, it is expected that it will consider evidence from a wide range of sources. <br><br>In the mean time, the Government continues at all times to review the operation of the legal aid system. Ministers have considered, and will continue to consider, all representations and evidence about the impact of LASPO on young people.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 05/02/2015 16:42:21 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

177213

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children received (a) social welfare, (b) family, (c) immigration and (d) prison legal aid in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures presented are taken from published legal aid statistics or more detailed breakdowns where necessary. The age groupings provided are taken from the statistical reporting currently produced and are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Age of client for Legal Help and Civil Representation covering family, immigration and social welfare outcomes, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Social Welfare</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>24,035</p></td><td><p>13,192</p></td><td><p>3,716</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,027</p></td><td><p>28,320</p></td><td><p>39,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>27,431</p></td><td><p>8,222</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,181</p></td><td><p>18,141</p></td><td><p>33,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>30,227</p></td><td><p>5,252</p></td><td><p>2,567</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>57,143</p></td><td><p>14,818</p></td><td><p>26,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>36,703</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td><td><p>1,477</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>44,561</p></td><td><p>11,812</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures covering prison law outcomes are not available from the administrative system as applicant dates of birth are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Age of client in all legal aid scheme outcomes for 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 and under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>97,078</p></td><td><p>244,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>92,965</p></td><td><p>204,641</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The full official published statistics are available since 2012/13 and can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv</a>. Corresponding figures for 2011/12 are not available across all areas of law.</p><p>These published figures suppress values where low volumes may allow identification of the client alongside further attributes released in the same data extract including ethnicity, gender and disability status.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Exceptional Case Funding applicants is supplied in the table below:</p><p><strong>Table 3: Age of applicant ECF Oct 2013 to Sep 2014</strong></p><p /> <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 to 24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013 to Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014 to Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding applicants was collected from October 2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014 and the figures supplied show each individual applicant only once.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222918 222961 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

177214

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18 and (b) 18 to 24 year olds received legal aid in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures presented are taken from published legal aid statistics or more detailed breakdowns where necessary. The age groupings provided are taken from the statistical reporting currently produced and are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Age of client for Legal Help and Civil Representation covering family, immigration and social welfare outcomes, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Social Welfare</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>24,035</p></td><td><p>13,192</p></td><td><p>3,716</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,027</p></td><td><p>28,320</p></td><td><p>39,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>27,431</p></td><td><p>8,222</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,181</p></td><td><p>18,141</p></td><td><p>33,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>30,227</p></td><td><p>5,252</p></td><td><p>2,567</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>57,143</p></td><td><p>14,818</p></td><td><p>26,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and under</p></td><td><p>36,703</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td><td><p>1,477</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>44,561</p></td><td><p>11,812</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures covering prison law outcomes are not available from the administrative system as applicant dates of birth are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Age of client in all legal aid scheme outcomes for 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 and under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>97,078</p></td><td><p>244,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>92,965</p></td><td><p>204,641</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The full official published statistics are available since 2012/13 and can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv</a>. Corresponding figures for 2011/12 are not available across all areas of law.</p><p>These published figures suppress values where low volumes may allow identification of the client alongside further attributes released in the same data extract including ethnicity, gender and disability status.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Exceptional Case Funding applicants is supplied in the table below:</p><p><strong>Table 3: Age of applicant ECF Oct 2013 to Sep 2014</strong></p><p /> <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 to 24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013 to Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014 to Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding applicants was collected from October 2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014 and the figures supplied show each individual applicant only once.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222917 222961 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

177215

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released from prison did not attend the first scheduled meeting with their probation officer in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	222912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible within the deadline to produce the requested information from operational systems. However, I will write to the honourable member with this information as soon as possible.</p><p /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/02/2015 17:06:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

177216

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released from prison on a Friday in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	222892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below in respect of releases from determinate sentences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of releases from determinate sentences<sup>(1)</sup> on Fridays, 2010 to September 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p><p><strong>Q1-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All releases</p></td><td><p>89,666</p></td><td><p>85,540</p></td><td><p>85,525</p></td><td><p>78,748</p></td><td><p>54,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which were on a Friday</p></td><td><p>30,813</p></td><td><p>29,877</p></td><td><p>30,397</p></td><td><p>27,557</p></td><td><p>19,527</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>1) Not inclusive of releases from remand or from indeterminate sentences.</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Sources and Quality: The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are released either once they reach their automatic release date – that is, when they have a statutory entitlement to be released – or on a discretionary basis either by the Parole Board, the Secretary of State or by prison governors (if being released early on Home Detention Curfew (HDC)).</p><p> </p><p>If a prisoner has an automatic release date that falls on a weekend or Bank Holiday, they are released on the Friday before. It would be unlawful to hold them beyond the date on which they have a statutory entitlement to be free, so for that reason they are released on the first working day immediately preceding their release date.</p><p> </p><p>The exception to this is prisoners serving very short sentences – of less than 5 days – where there is specific statutory provision for them to be released on a Saturday if their release date falls on a weekend.<br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/02/2015 17:06:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

176919

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 906848, what guidance his Department issues on when Government departments should seek to legislate to establish a legal basis for the sharing of personal data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not publish guidance on when departments should legislate to establish a legal basis for sharing personal data. However, we have published general guidance for departments, which seeks to clarify the legal circumstances in which the data sharing powers of public bodies can be exercised. The Public Sector Data Sharing guidance can be found at:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/information-access-rights/data-sharing/annex-h-data-sharing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/information-access-rights/data-sharing/annex-h-data-sharing.pdf</a></em></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/02/2015 09:53:47 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176791

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people prosecuted for child neglect were sentenced to jail terms of ten years or more in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	222707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Protecting children from harm is a Government priority. All children should be able to grow up in a safe, happy environment. The focus must be on early intervention as we know that the earlier that help and support is given to vulnerable children and families, the more chance there is of turning their lives around, protecting children from harm and preventing problems escalating into child cruelty.</p><p> </p><p>However, where that is not possible, we have tough legislation in place to punish offenders for this intolerable behaviour. This is the offence of child cruelty at section 1 of the Children and Young Person’s Act 1933. Neglect is one way that the offence can be committed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently taking forward a provision (clause 66) in the Serious Crime Bill, to update and clarify the law on child cruelty, in particular to make absolutely clear that cruelty which causes psychological suffering or injury is covered by this offence.</p><p>The number of people cautioned, prosecuted and sentenced at all courts for cruelty or neglect of children, from 2009 to 2013 ( the latest available), can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website at the following link:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>after selecting an offence of “11 Cruelty and neglect of children”.</p><p> </p><p>Those convicted of child cruelty are more likely to go to prison now than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of offenders given a custodial sentence of 10 years, or a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection, for offences relating to cruelty or neglect of children, in England &amp; Wales, from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the table. (The maximum custodial sentence for the offence in section 1 of the 1933 Act is 10 years’ imprisonment. Previously, it was also possible to be given a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection for this offence.)</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222706 question first answered 04/02/2015 09:49:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths