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451356

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in compensation to prison staff in relation to prisoner attacks in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	26218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>From the data currently held by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) it is not possible to distinguish prison staff compensation claims for prisoner attacks from other similar claims such as other injuries at work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/02/2016 13:19:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

450785

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 January 2016, WS499, how much the Government spent on work on the criminal legal aid tendering process before deciding not to go ahead with that process.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	26013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/02/2016 14:36:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

450786

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is available for judges and barristers to assist them when questioning child witnesses in cases involving sexual offences.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	25947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Judicial training is a judicial matter and fulfilled by the Judicial College, which reports to the Lord Chief Justice. Training for barristers is a matter for their own professional bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial College have advised me that a workshop on the cross examination of vulnerable witnesses is incorporated into their Serious Sexual Offences Seminar. This is mandatory training for all judges who have been authorised to hear cases involving serious sexual offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/02/2016 14:23:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

450265

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time of cases in employment tribunals related to non-payment of the National Minimum Wage was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The average clearance time of employment tribunal claims for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage<sup>1</sup> in each of the last five years is as shown in Table 1 below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>source: ET Database February 2016</p><p><sup>1</sup> &quot;Suffer a detriment and/or dismissal related to failure to pay the minimum wage or allow access to records&quot;</p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15 we reviewed outstanding cases and removed a backlog of very old cases from the case management system. The overall trend in average clearance time for single cases is improving and this can be seen in the Published Statistics at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/02/2016 13:42:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450271

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Death: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests have taken place related to the death of UK citizens whilst at sea in each year including and since 2010.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	25576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/02/2016 13:28:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

450272

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the National Offender Management Service's budget was for its allocation of illicit alcohol-detecting dogs in each of the last five years; and how many finds have been made by those dogs in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	25558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>There are more than 500 specially trained dogs used within prisons to search prisoners, visitors, prison perimeters and suspicious packages for illicit items, such as drugs, weapons, alcohol and mobile phones. Many dogs are trained so that they can detect a range of contraband rather than one particular substance. The specific combination of capabilities is managed by regional search teams so that dogs can be used most effectively to tackle prevalent risks in that region.</p><p> </p><p>For those reasons, it is not possible to allocate a specific budget to dogs who have been trained to detect alcohol. Data on the number of alcohol finds made by dogs is not recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/02/2016 14:44:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

450431

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of UK membership of the EU on policy areas in the remit of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	25770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear that the European Union needed to reform if it was to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the UK, so we can get a better deal for our country and secure our future. We are confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 10/02/2016 11:38:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

450433

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of personal independence payment appeals were successful in (a) Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency and (b) the UK in each month in 2014 and 2015,
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p> </p><p>Appeals lodged with the Tribunal are not recorded on a constituency basis, but by the office which dealt with the case. Appellants living in the Lancaster and Fleetwood<sup>1</sup> constituency have their appeals heard in one of three SSCS hearing venues: Lancaster, Barrow or Blackpool.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides information on the proportion of PIP appeals which were decided in favour of the appellant in Lancaster, Barrow and Blackpool venues and Great Britain<sup>2</sup> each month from January 2014 to September 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage of PIP appeals heard by a tribunal found in favour of the appellant<strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lancaster, Barrow, Blackpool</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p><sup>~</sup></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p><sup>~</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Note: SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the Tribunal hearing is normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Data cannot be retrieved based on the appellant’s actual address but can be produced detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p>[2] HMCTS administer appeals received from appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. The Appeals Service, part of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p>[3] Some of the percentages for Lancaster, Barrow and Blackpool are based on very low volumes and so can be volatile and should be treated with caution. The symbol ~ advises no appeals cleared at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>Note: Cleared at tribunal hearing excludes those cases disposed of without the need of a hearing (i.e. decisions retrospectively superseded by the First-Tier Agencies and those stuck out or withdrawn prior to hearing)</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as these data were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/02/2016 14:17:17 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

449876

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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, how many incidents there have been of usage of illegal highs in prisons in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not tolerate drugs in prison. Prisoners are tested for a range of controlled drugs through our mandatory drug testing (MDT) system, which randomly tests up to 10% of the population in each prison, each month. In addition, prisoners can be subject to testing in response to specific threats. Any prisoner found through MDT to have used controlled drugs will face an internal adjudication and could receive a range of sanctions including days added to their time in custody.</p><p> </p><p>We have begun a pilot to expand this testing to include new psychoactive substances and in April we plan to introduce this across the prison estate. We have also introduced new legislation to counter the smuggling of NPS into prisons and are training 300 sniffer dogs to detect NPS.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of positive MDT tests for illegal drugs over the past five financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of positive MDT tests</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>10324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6742</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li><p>Table shows instances where a prisoner has tested positive for a controlled drug, one of amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepine, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, opiates, methadone and buprenorphine.</p></li><li><p>Where a prisoner is found to have used more than one substance, a separate positive will be reported for each substance found to have been used.</p></li><li><p>Includes MDT tests arising from all prison MDT programmes including random, suspicion, at risk, frequent and reception testing</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 16:18:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449878

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Children: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing a registered intermediary when children are interviewed by police in sexual offence cases.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	25284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The specific needs of vulnerable witnesses, including children, are assessed on a case by case basis. The guidance, “Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings”, sets out best practice for the police when undertaking an initial assessment. This assessment may identify a specific need for the assistance of an intermediary during the course of the investigation, for example in an interview or latterly at court when giving evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/02/2016 17:10:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski