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223360

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative information his Department holds on pay rates of the Information Commissioner's Office and other independent regulators and ombudsmen with similar functions for staff at the same grade.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a comparative list on pay rates at the Information Commissioner’s Office and other similar bodies, and the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on salaries of senior staff in public bodies is published by the Cabinet Office and can be found on the GOV.UK website, or within relevant annual reports of individual bodies.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/03/2015 10:22:40 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

223361

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage pay rise was of Executive Team staff at the Information Commissioner's Office since June 2014; and what average pay increase has been proposed for non-executive staff excluding buy-out of contractual progression.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In July 2014 the Executive Team of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was restructured and reduced from the Commissioner plus four Directors to the Commissioner plus three Directors. As a part of the restructure, the Remuneration Committee of the ICO’s non-executive Management Board reviewed the salaries of the remaining Directors and made recommendations to the Commissioner based on the changes to individual Director’s responsibilities that resulted from the restructure. The mean percentage increase was 11.7% but as a result of the restructure the overall spend on Executive salaries has been reduced.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is subject to the 1% public sector pay cap but it is the ICO’s intention to focus the money available under the cap on those staff who will not benefit from the buyout of contractual progression, providing a pay increase of 3% for most of these staff.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/03/2015 10:13:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

223363

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 13 January 2015 to Question 217622, what the resource requirements are for each planned stage of the court reform programme; what the planned (a) start and (b) finish time is for each stage of the programme; and what the planned staff allocation is for each planned stage of the programme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	225118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Planning for the stages of the programme, which spans five years, is underway and will be subject to ongoing refinement through the mobilisation phase up to Summer 2015. The resource requirement for these stages has not yet been finalised and will be developed as part of the ongoing planning.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/03/2015 16:09:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

223366

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence trials in each magistrates' and Crown court in Lancashire in 2014 (a) collapsed and (b) were postponed due to the complainant not being present.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	225139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested in relation to both the magistrates’ courts and Crown Court is not held centrally and could only be provided by accessing and examining individual files at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Computerised data is available on the number of adult trials which did not proceed because a prosecution witness did not attend. However it is not possible to filter down that information to domestic violence trials or to the non attendance of the complainant in domestic violence cases as the computer recording systems for the magistrates’ and Crown court do not break down trial data into specific types of cases or types of witnesses (complainant or other).</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/03/2015 10:23:22 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

222722

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Law: Conferences
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 Faulks on 12 February (HL4585), whether they will publish a list of countries invited to the Global Law Summit, and of those represented at the conference.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>We will not be providing a further list of attendees over and above the delegate list already produced by the Global Law Summit for the event itself.</p><p> </p><p>Official invitations were issued to all EU and Commonwealth countries, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, and a list of countries drawn up by the Board of the Global Law Summit. Of these, approximately 65 countries, Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies sent delegations which included Justice Ministers, Attorneys General, Chief Justices or representatives of equivalent seniority.</p><p> </p><p>In total delegates registered for the summit from 110 countries, Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/03/2015 17:41:35 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

222784

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with regard to increasing fees in the civil court, what attempts were made (1) prior to 1 April 2013, and (2) after 1 April 2013, to measure the impact of the plans.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL5125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Both before and after 1 April 2013 the Ministry of Justice used, and continues to use, HMCTS management information to measure court fee income including court fee remissions. Impact assessments have been and will be published to accompany proposed court fee reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/03/2015 17:44:10 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

222793

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the average number of visits, and (2) the average length of visits, by prisoners to libraries, in each prison establishment in England and wales, in each month of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5135 HL5136 question first answered 10/03/2015 12:52:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

222794

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners were able, and were not able, in accordance with PSI 45/2011, for the mandatory 30 minutes every two weeks in each month since that regulation came into force, to access the library in each prison establishment in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5134 HL5136 question first answered 10/03/2015 12:52:18 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

222795

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions access to the prison library in accordance with PSI 45/2011 has been restricted due to lack of staff available to escort prisoners (1) in total, and (2) for each prison in England and Wales, in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5134 HL5135 question first answered 10/03/2015 12:52:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

222796

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budget has been allocated for the provision of libraries in prisons in England and Wales as (1) a total, and (2) a proportion of the overall prison service budget, in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL5137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Prison Service has always recognised the importance of reading and literature in the rehabilitative process, and the positive effects these have on prisoners. Every prison has a library, which is available to all prisoners to ensure they have access to books and other material for education and training purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total allocated budget for prison library services for financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 and the proportion in percentage terms of the direct expenditure on public sector prisons for the same periods.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Allocated budget for library services</p></td><td><p>Percentage of Direct prison expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7.994</p></td><td><p>0.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8.209</p></td><td><p>0.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7.992</p></td><td><p>0.43%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Notes:</em> 1. The figures show the amount allocated by NOMS to prison establishments for library services. The amount spent by the prisons may have been slightly different. 2. For most private sector prisons the library budget figures are not included as the allocation is subsumed within the main contract. For this reason public sector prisons’ direct expenditure (as provided in the annual prison costs’ publication) has been used as the comparator.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 09/03/2015 17:43:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham