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62984

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will initiate an independent audit of his Department's employment tribunal statistics.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly official statistics on the tribunals which come under it, including Employment Tribunals. These are produced by statisticians in the Analytical Services Division using data produced by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. There are no plans for a review of the statistics at this time.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/06/2014 11:34:44 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62686

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of imprisoned extremists returned from terrorist operations overseas (a) radicalising the Muslim prison population and (b) recruiting other prisoners to commit terrorist acts in the UK or overseas.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	201336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I am responding to this question as I am the Minister responsible for the prison estate. We are well aware of the risks posed by individuals who return to the UK having gained experience, through training or participation, in terrorism overseas. At the current time clearly those travelling to and from Syria are of particular concern.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Service works closely with the Police and other Agencies in all areas of Counter Terrorism work; including where individuals are held in custody having returned from overseas. All prisoners are managed according to the risk they pose, taking into consideration all relevant information and intelligence that is identified.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has long recognised the threat posed by terrorists and extremists, and has considerable experience in managing this threat. The Prison Service will continue to use its well established and effective three-tiered response: to identify behaviour that may indicate extremism, to report it using established intelligence systems, and to manage it through disruption and intervention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/06/2014 16:28:23 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

62704

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former employees of probation trusts received payouts of (a) up to £5,000, (b) up to £10,0000, (c) up to £15,000, (d) up to £20,000, (e) up to £30,000, (f) up to £40,000, (g) up to £50,000, (h) up to £75,000, (i) up to £100,000 or (j) £100,000 or more since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to 1 June, probation staff in England &amp; Wales were employed by the 35 probation trusts. Employment data of the kind requested were held by the individual probations trusts. They were not collected centrally and it would not be possible to obtain the information without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201232 201236 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:11 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62705

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation trust employees who left their jobs received higher than contractual payments since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to 1 June, probation staff in England &amp; Wales were employed by the 35 probation trusts. Employment data of the kind requested were held by the individual probations trusts. They were not collected centrally and it would not be possible to obtain the information without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201231 201236 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:11 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62707

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much former employees of probation trusts have received in severance pay since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to 1 June, probation staff in England &amp; Wales were employed by the 35 probation trusts. Employment data of the kind requested were held by the individual probations trusts. They were not collected centrally and it would not be possible to obtain the information without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201231 201232 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:11 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62714

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>There has been a 79% fall in the Department's use of higher-rate numbers since 2009.</p><p>The Department has received no revenue from higher rate telephone numbers for the period under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information held centrally for the public use of (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 telephone numbers operated (i) and (ii) sponsored by the Ministry of Justice are as follows:</p><p>(a) 0845 numbers – 32</p><p>(b) 0844 numbers – 2</p><p>(c) 0843 numbers – 0</p><p>The majority of these numbers are operated by the County Court Business Centre (CCBC).</p><p>Information on volumes for calls to higher-rate telephone numbers for the last twelve months is not systematically collected by the service providers, and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Nineteen higher rate numbers in the CCBC are in the process of being replaced by 0300 numbers. The four 0845 numbers receiving the highest volumes of calls in the CCBC are being discontinued on 1 August 2014, and when enquirers call these numbers they are being advised to contact an alternative 0300 number.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in previous answers to parliamentary questions, the Department's approach is not to use higher rate numbers and instead, wherever possible, to assign 0300 numbers, for which the tariff is similar to calling an 01 or 02 (geographic) number, whether the caller is using a fixed line or a mobile phone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/06/2014 16:36:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62715

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Colleges: Leicestershire
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 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on Secure Colleges: Leicestershire, what steps have been taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the cohort.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The requirements set out within the tender for the design and build of the Secure College pathfinder took into account departmental experience of providing safe custodial environments. The initial design for the Secure College pathfinder was evaluated against these requirements as well as design, operation and security considerations.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice will be working with Wates, the preferred design and build bidder, over the coming months to refine the initial design. This will include ensuring that different groups of young people can be accommodated discretely, if needed, within the site.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and wellbeing of young people is central to all plans for the design and operation of the Secure College pathfinder.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/06/2014 16:30:56 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62717

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what new prison accommodation is planned to come on stream and in which locations before May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and continue to modernise the prison estate so that it delivers best value for the taxpayer. This Government has a long term strategy for managing the prison estate which will provide more adult male prison capacity than we inherited from the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p>Over 2,000 further places for adult male prisoners will become available before May 2015, including new house-blocks at HM Prisons The Mount, Thameside, Parc and Peterborough. The remainder of the places will come from re-opening refurbished or mothballed capacity</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/06/2014 16:28:32 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62718

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances offenders can choose not to attend a parole board meeting when a victim reads a victim personal statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The victims of serious violent and sexual offences, where the offender has been sentenced to 12 months or more, may opt into the statutory Victim Contact Scheme, operated by the National Probation Service. Where they do so, they will be informed of a Parole Board review and offered the opportunity to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS). The VPS provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Parole Board how the offence has affected them or their family, both at the time it was committed and since, and how they think the offender's release would affect them. The VPS can contribute to a better and more informed hearing, as it may enable more robust questioning of the offender about the offence, remorse and victim empathy.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board is responsible for the conduct of parole hearings. The normal practice is that the offender will not be present when the victim reads his/her VPS, but there may be circumstances where he/she will be. In many cases, the victim does not wish the offender to be present during the reading. Whilst the conduct of an individual hearing is for the Chair of the Panel of the Parole Board, the Chair cannot insist that the prisoner attends to hear the VPS being read if s/he does not wish to do so. No estimate has been made centrally of the proportion of offenders present at the hearing when the VPS is read out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201334 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62719

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of offenders present at parole board hearings when a victim personal statement is read.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The victims of serious violent and sexual offences, where the offender has been sentenced to 12 months or more, may opt into the statutory Victim Contact Scheme, operated by the National Probation Service. Where they do so, they will be informed of a Parole Board review and offered the opportunity to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS). The VPS provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Parole Board how the offence has affected them or their family, both at the time it was committed and since, and how they think the offender's release would affect them. The VPS can contribute to a better and more informed hearing, as it may enable more robust questioning of the offender about the offence, remorse and victim empathy.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board is responsible for the conduct of parole hearings. The normal practice is that the offender will not be present when the victim reads his/her VPS, but there may be circumstances where he/she will be. In many cases, the victim does not wish the offender to be present during the reading. Whilst the conduct of an individual hearing is for the Chair of the Panel of the Parole Board, the Chair cannot insist that the prisoner attends to hear the VPS being read if s/he does not wish to do so. No estimate has been made centrally of the proportion of offenders present at the hearing when the VPS is read out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201333 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis