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453810

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many key lock incidents there have been in each month since May 2010; how many such incidents related to doors of gates left unlocked; and in which establishments those incidents took place.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 16:30:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453812

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Knives
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 14 January 2016 to Question 21315, whether the changes to the Incident Report System of September 2015 made any improvements to the recording of knife finds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Finds of certain prohibited items in prisons, including knives, are recorded on the NOMS Incident Reporting System (IRS).</p><p>Until October 2015, any weapon in prison would be recorded under a miscellaneous incident type, and therefore would not provide consistent and complete information on weapon finds. In October 2015 we introduced a new incident type ‘Find’ on IRS, including a new category for ‘Weapons’, which means that separate data on weapons is now recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 27812 question first answered 25/02/2016 16:41:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453813

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Belmarsh Prison: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken in response to the findings set out in the 2014-15 Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HM Prison Belmarsh on the prison's online and telephone booking system.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	27808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We had already recognised the issues highlighted in the 2014-15 Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HM Prison Belmarsh. I am pleased to inform the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead that we will be increasing the number of social visit slots that are available per session and we have added an additional booking telephone line. There are also plans to introduce an automated system to increase our capacity to manage visit calls.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 16:36:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

453814

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Knives
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 26908, what steps he is taking to improve the recording of knife finds in prisons to ensure that the data is easy to use and analyse.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Finds of certain prohibited items in prisons, including knives, are recorded on the NOMS Incident Reporting System (IRS).</p><p>Until October 2015, any weapon in prison would be recorded under a miscellaneous incident type, and therefore would not provide consistent and complete information on weapon finds. In October 2015 we introduced a new incident type ‘Find’ on IRS, including a new category for ‘Weapons’, which means that separate data on weapons is now recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 27813 question first answered 25/02/2016 16:41:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453816

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason not all the monthly announcements of Freedom of Information releases for 2015 have been published on his Department's website.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Freedom of Information Act does not require the Ministry of Justice to publish all our responses to Freedom of Information requests. The Ministry of Justice maintains a disclosure log on GOV.UK, and we review what is published on the log on an ongoing basis: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/freedom-of-information-disclosure-log#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/freedom-of-information-disclosure-log#history</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/02/2016 16:53:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453819

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Belmarsh Prison: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times (a) family and (b) legal visits to prisoners in HM Prison Belmarsh have been cancelled in each of the last 12 months; and for what reason each such visit was cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	27766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Family and legal visits have been cancelled on two occasions in the last 12 months at HM Prison Belmarsh. These were;</p><p> </p><p>8 October 2015 – Due to a full lock down search of the prison</p><p>9 December 2015 – To enable a Trade Union meeting</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 12:55:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

453820

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prevent family and legal visits being cancelled in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	27765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Maintaining family ties, including through visits, plays a vital role in helping prisoners turn away from crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All convicted prisoners are entitled to a minimum of two visits every 28 days and this has not changed since 1992. Extra visits can also be granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Public Sector Prisons benchmark provides prisons with a core day and staffing resource to deliver all required activities and services. Part of the benchmark provision is the delivery of social and legal visits and there is an expectation that these are critical activities which will not be cancelled.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 17:23:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

453343

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that proposed revisions to the sentencing guideline for guilty plea reductions do not lead to a culture of plea bargaining.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	27375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>On 11 February the independent Sentencing Council launched a consultation on a new proposed guideline for reductions in sentence for a guilty plea. This is a consultation, and no decisions have been made. Accepting a plea is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service. All decisions by the prosecution are made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/02/2016 17:35:17 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

453347

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for consultation with (a) civil society groups, (b) the devolved administrations and (c) Northern Ireland to inform its report for the third cycle of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	27335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>We have not yet been informed of the date of the third Universal Periodic Review of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/02/2016 17:19:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

453350

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on The Queen on the application of Rights of Women v The Lord Chancellor and Anr. Appeal of Claimant from the order of Mrs Justice Lang, dated 22 January 2015, filed 12 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Since 22 January 2015 we have spent approximately £12,500 (excluding VAT) on legal fees in this case. We are pleased the court confirmed the Lord Chancellor did have the power to set domestic violence evidence requirements. We will now carefully consider the two findings made about the period of time for which evidence applies and concerns about victims of financial abuse.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/02/2016 16:07:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter