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50303

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 815, how the assisted digital service for lasting power of attorney is provided and accessed; and what assisted digital services are in place for other Government digital services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	198286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office of the Public Guardian (an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice) is piloting an assisted digital service through three third sector organisations: Alzheimer's Society, Age UK and CAB. Customers identified as requiring the service are signposted by the OPG contact centre to the providers national contact numbers. The pilots are being used to assess the extent of the assisted digital need and to evaluate different methods for delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before going live every digital by default service is required to make sure appropriate assisted digital support is in place. Services are working with GDS to understand who their assisted digital users are and what this support should look like.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

50403

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to consult on the introduction of custodial sentences under section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 relating to data protection breaches; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	198236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing the sanctions available for breaches under the Data Protection Act 1998. This includes considering whether to consult on introducing section 77 (CJIA) and commence the enhanced public interest defence under section 78 (CJIA).</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

50074

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of interpretation services provided to the (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown Court in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	198150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold centrally all of the information that has been requested. In order to provide the information we would be required toobtain a number of large reports from individual locations. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

50076

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants being held in custody pending trial are foreign nationals.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	198113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the remand population is published quarterly and the latest available data is as at 31 March 2014 and can be found in Table 1.6 of the Prison Population spreadsheet Q1 2014 via the weblink below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

50107

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers left Prison Service employment within (a) six months, (b) one year and (c) two years of becoming an officer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	198003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of prison officers who left employment within the first two years of joining public sector prisons in England and Wales in 2009 – 2013 is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Headcount of officers leaving public sector prison service in England and Wales within (a) 6 months, (b) 1 year, (c) 2 years 2009 - 2013 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officers leaving Within 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officers leaving within 1 year<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officers leaving within 2 year<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> Figures are cumulative i.e. the number leaving within 1 year includes those leaving within 6 months.</strong></p><p>Officer numbers, which are derived from a dynamic administrative system, have been rounded to the nearest 10 to reflect the level of uncertainty in the figures.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide figures for privately contracted prisons with the time available. This is because information on leavers is held not held centrally and is only available from the individual contractors. This information has been requested and I will write to you again when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

50172

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will invite the Sentencing Council to consult and report on the adequacy of current sentences available for killing with one punch.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	198154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Manslaughter has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Whilst sentence lengths for manslaughter have increased by almost 50% since 2008 there remains clear public concern about the sentences imposed in so called “one punch” manslaughter cases.</p><p> </p><p>Clarification of the sentencing of these difficult cases would assist the courts and be helpful to the public. The Secretary of State therefore wrote to Lord Justice Treacy, the Chair of the Sentencing Council on 8 May 2014, to make a formal request that the Council gives consideration to producing guidance on the sentencing of these cases.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

50188

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median number is of half-day sittings at magistrates' courts in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	198018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>The Department does not keep this information centrally and it could only be collected at a disproportionate cost.</em></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198011 198019 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

50189

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of half-day sittings in the Youth Court by members of the Youth Court Bench was in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	198019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>The Department does not keep this information centrally and it could only be collected at a disproportionate cost.</em></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198011 198018 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

50191

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of sittings was by magistrates who sat more than 70 half days in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	198011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>The Department does not keep this information centrally and it could only be collected at a disproportionate cost.</em></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198018 198019 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

50276

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Newby on 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to the information given by my Noble Friend on 6 May (WA 365) I can add that the Ministry of Justice does not operate a strict percentage based escalation process for financial issues. The Departmental Board receive a routine update on the Ministry's financial position at every meeting. This provides a summary of the overall position and, where necessary, highlights any significant variations from, or changes to, budget forecasts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling