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175870

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Vulnerable Adults
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that support is made available for vulnerable defendants by registered intermediaries in the criminal justice system, as currently is the case for vulnerable witnesses.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all defendants receive a fair trial. We are currently considering formalising the provision of intermediaries for vulnerable defendants. It should be noted that, as well as a variety of measures currently available to courts to ensure a fair trial, if necessary, the Judiciary can already grant the use of an intermediary to assist vulnerable defendants. <br></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/02/2015 17:56:21 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

175968

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence have been imprisoned for contempt of court in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Domestic violence and abuse is a dreadful crime and has no place in our society. Tackling it has been one of this Government’s top priorities. We are determined to support victims in rebuilding their lives and reporting these crimes, and to make sure perpetrators are brought to justice. We have piloted and rolled out Clare's Law and domestic violence protection orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; and placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learned from individual tragedies. More recently we have added an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill at Commons Committee stage to create a new offence of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible separately to identify from this centrally held information how many people imprisoned for contempt of court have also been victims of a crime. This detailed information may be held on court records but is not reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. As such, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/02/2015 17:50:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

175587

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and why they made the decision to stop publishing annual statistical information, including raw data percentages and outcomes, on employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly statistical data on employment tribunals and summary data for employment tribunal appeal cases. The latest statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Detailed statistics on employment appeal tribunal cases are still published annually but no longer released as a standalone publication. They are included within annual tables published in September each year alongside the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. The latest statistics can be found at the following link in the spreadsheet named Employment and EAT tribunal statistics: 2013 to 2014.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4431 question first answered 09/02/2015 16:55:27 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

175588

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they undertook consultations prior to taking the decision to stop publishing annual statistical data on employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal cases; if so, with whom they consulted and what were the results; and whether the consultation was published.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly statistical data on employment tribunals and summary data for employment tribunal appeal cases. The latest statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Detailed statistics on employment appeal tribunal cases are still published annually but no longer released as a standalone publication. They are included within annual tables published in September each year alongside the Tribunal Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. The latest statistics can be found at the following link in the spreadsheet named Employment and EAT tribunal statistics: 2013 to 2014.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4430 question first answered 09/02/2015 16:55:27 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

175774

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support services are available for victims of digital and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. Support is offered irrespective of whether the crime has been reported to the police, and includes where someone has been the victim of digital or online crime.</p><p> </p><p>In September last year, the Government published “Our Commitment to Victims”, which included a commitment to establish a new nationwide Victims’ Information Service. This will provide the first ‘one stop shop’ to ensure better information and support is available and easily accessible to any victim of crime– whether that be searching for local support services or finding out more about to expect from the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>We implemented a new Victims’ Code in December 2013 to give victims of crime clearer entitlements throughout the criminal justice process following their reporting of a crime to the police. This includes the entitlement to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS), which gives victims a stronger voice as they are able to explain to the court how the crime has personally affected them. The Victims’ Code also entitles victims of the most serious crime, persistently targeted victims and vulnerable and intimidated victims to enhanced services and support, such as receiving information on pre-trial therapy and counselling. The new Victims’ Code also includes an improved section on complaints, and it explains who the victim should contact and what to expect if things go wrong.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made more money than ever before available for victims’ support services in England and Wales, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support and almost doubling the budget in previous years of circa £50m, with the majority allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to ensure local provision of support for victims matches local need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to the number of people convicted of an offence involving domestic abuse who were also involved in digital or cyber-crime against the same victim in each of the last three years, data is not centrally collected and recorded upon which actual figures or an estimate could be provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222000 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:06:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175787

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parc Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether G4S has replaced the credit union operating at Parc Prison with an in-house saving scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	221960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A credit union can assist prisoners leaving custody to build a more settled way of life in the community and to avoid reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The credit union at HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Parc is still in operation. The establishment also has a children’s savings credit union account for prisoners residing in the Family Unit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/02/2015 17:51:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

175788

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will direct the National Offender Management Service to ban cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	221967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning for implementation of a smoke free policy continues and this will include consideration of implementing arrangements at some early adopter sites instead of pilot arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/02/2015 17:26:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

175789

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the National Offender Management Service suspended the pilot scheme to ban cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	221968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning for implementation of a smoke free policy continues and this will include consideration of implementing arrangements at some early adopter sites instead of pilot arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/02/2015 17:23:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

175790

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Prison Officers Association on the proposal to ban cigarette smoking on the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	221970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) provides regular updates to the Prison Officers Association and other staff associations on plans to implement a smoke free policy in prisons as part of the agreed Whitley council arrangements. POA officials have also met separately with NOMS officials to discuss the plans and these meetings will continue.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/02/2015 17:20:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

175791

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers took sick leave in each prison in England and Wales in each month in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	221984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The data requested can be found in the table attached. Figures from April 2014 to December 2014 are not enclosed as they are due to be published in July 2015 in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing levels of sickness in a sustainable way is a priority. NOMS is working hard to achieve a sustained reduction in sickness absence through targeted local initiatives in prisons, and at a national level through a range of interventions to manage absence and promote staff wellbeing. There are several support measures available to staff to assist their recovery or prevent time off due to sickness. These include access to comprehensive occupational health services and counselling.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 221985 question first answered 02/02/2015 15:42:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name Equivalent working days lost sick leave.xls title Equivalent Working Days Lost to Sick Leave 2013-14
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington