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452496

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
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 23 July 2015 to Question 6280, what work has been carried out to mitigate the risks identified from the EU's accession to the European Court of Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	27179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Opinion 2/13 of The European Court of Justice raises a number of complex issues which have fundamental implications for any proposed agreement for the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It will be very difficult for the EU and contracting parties to the ECHR to work out where this leaves the accession process and to negotiate a revised accession agreement on that basis. There is clearly no prospect of accession being achieved any time soon. In any discussions we will continue to make our ongoing concerns clear.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/02/2016 16:27:17 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

452497

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.26 of the National Audit Office report, Implementing reforms to civil legal aid reports, published in November 2014, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase in the number of litigants in person in family courts for cases involving contact with children on the quality of child arrangements orders made in families known to have a history of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	27192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. Where domestic violence or abuse is admitted or proven, any child arrangements order put in place must protect the safety and wellbeing of the child and the parent with whom the child is living, and not expose them to the risk of further harm. In particular, the court must be satisfied that any contact ordered with a parent who has perpetrated violence or abuse is safe and in the best interests of the child.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where the court concludes that direct contact is safe and beneficial for the child, it can impose conditions such as supervised contact to protect the child.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has improved funding for support and advice projects led by advice, voluntary and the pro bono sector to assist litigants in person and provide them with the information and skills to effectively represent themselves in court. Further, a person who has evidence of domestic violence or abuse, or the risk of such violence or abuse, can still obtain legal aid for advice and legal representation in the family court for a protective order or to deal with other family matters, such as a child arrangements order. This is to make sure that actual or potential victims of domestic violence or abuse are given the protection they need to keep them and other family members, including children, safe.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/03/2016 10:22:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

452499

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Department were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	27003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2016 17:42:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

452500

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family courts have special access measures in place for victims of domestic violence attending the court for child contact cases.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	27056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Every family court has a system to support vulnerable court users. Protective measures are put in place whenever this is considered to be appropriate. These can include separate waiting areas, additional security and the use of separate entrances where appropriate. Parties can also request special measures such as the use of protective screens in the hearing or the use of a video link.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/03/2016 09:58:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

452501

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations have provided diversity and equality training to judges since 1 January 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	27062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Judicial training is a matter for the judiciary and is fulfilled by the Judicial College, which reports to the Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals. Some outside organisations have been invited to provide input, under judicial direction, into judicial training programmes and materials, including on specialist subjects. The Judicial College does not have a consolidated record of which organisations these are.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Judicial College Strategy, training in social context issues is incorporated into all training programmes and diversity and equal treatment issues are woven into the case studies used in training. The strategy is publicly available <a href="https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/training-support/judicial-college/judicial-college-strategy-2015-2017/" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/training-support/judicial-college/judicial-college-strategy-2015-2017/</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2016 13:06:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

452502

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Governors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations have provided diversity and equality training to prison governors since 1 January 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	27060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Equality and diversity training is accessed through the Civil Service Learning (CSL) suite of products. All Prison Governors have access to this learning offer.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the availability of CSL, up until 31 March 2013 NOMS ran an in-house package for equality training that tackled inappropriate behaviour called ‘Challenge it, Change it’. This was available to all staff including Prison Governors.</p><p> </p><p>Equality and diversity consideration is a component of all business specific learning.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2016 14:12:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

452503

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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 applications for Exceptional Case Funding there were in 2015; and how many of those applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	27061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency publishes this information as part of its official statistics, the most recent edition of which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a>.</p><p>Statistics covering the final quarter of 2015 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2016 17:09:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

452042

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
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 10 February 2016 to Question 25491, how many prisoners returned to jail having broken their licence conditions were subsequently found to be carrying concealed drugs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners recalled to custody having breached the conditions of their licence will be arrested by the police and then taken to the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested.</p><p> </p><p>Once returned to a local prison, prisoners will be searched and risk assessed in line with the prison’s local policy for stopping contraband. Prisons deploy a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners found with drugs on entry to prison could receive a range of sanctions including days added to their sentence, or, in cases where the quantity of drug or packaging suggests possession with intent to supply, are referred to the police. All visitors or staff caught with drugs are referred to the police as supply is always suspected in these cases.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of prisoners who were found with drugs following licence recall could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/02/2016 15:50:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452079

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on Action 36 of the UK Anti-Corruption plan, published in December 2014, relating to corporate criminal liability.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	26916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Gower on 28<sup>th</sup> September 2015, which can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-09/9735/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-09/9735/</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2016 12:38:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

452080

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Knives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times (a) knife, (b) shiv, (c) shank, (d) chib and (e) another slang word for a blade were recorded on the Incident Report System in HM Prison Wandsworth in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	26905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested, in respect of each of these four questions, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 26906 26907 26908 question first answered 22/02/2016 15:13:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter