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225972

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Roma, Gypsy and Traveller young people were held in (a) young offenders' institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children's homes in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what proportion of the total number of inmates each of these are.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	226667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is undertaking joint work with its partner agencies to ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to address the issue of minority groups in the youth justice system.</p><p>The YJB and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) commissioned and published the annual report 'Children in Custody 2013-14’ in December 2014. The report includes the results of surveys undertaken in Secure Training Centres (STCs) and Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in 2013/14, which showed that:</p><ul><li>In YOIs, of 729 young people surveyed, 6% of young people considered themselves to be a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT).</li></ul><ul><li>In STCs, of 231 young people surveyed, 11% considered themselves GRT.</li></ul><p>As not all young people returned a completed survey, we are unable to determine the actual number of GRT young people held in those establishments, or if this sample is representative.</p><p>Administrative data on the number of young people who considered themselves to be GRT in STCs and Secure Children’s Homes is not held centrally.</p><p>Data on ethnic background, including GRT, is collected for young people in under-18 YOIs. However, due to recording issues, figures for GRT are not considered to be of sufficient quality.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 15:50:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

226052

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, columns 134-5WS, on transforming rehabilitation, whether any of the winning bidders for the running of the 21 community rehabilitation companies were not involved when the contracts went live on 1 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	226854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Contracts were signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice with the new owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) on 18 December 2014 and on 1 February 2015, new owners assumed control of the CRCs and delivery of probation services to low and medium risk offenders. On 1 February, all providers who signed contracts on 18 December 2014 assumed ownership of the CRC for which they had successfully bid.</p><p><br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 16:07:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

226054

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects Section 28 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 to come into force.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	226835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Knives on our streets are a social scourge, and under this Government, criminals carrying knives are more likely to go to prison and to get longer sentences. Unlawful possession of a knife or offensive weapon is already a serious criminal offence (which carries a maximum 4 year custodial sentence). We have built on that in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, to make it absolutely clear that cautions should no longer be used for these offences.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has also decided that those caught for a second time in possession of a knife should face a minimum custodial sentence. The Ministry of Justice is currently considering how best to implement this provision, alongside the other legislative changes contained in the Act.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/03/2015 17:02:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

226055

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Inspectorate of Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of the appointment panel for the new Chief Inspector of Prisons.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	226832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Selection Panel for the competition to recruit a new Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons were:</p><ul><li>Dame Anne Pringle (Chair) – A Public Appointment Assessor nominated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</li><li>Antonia Romeo, the then Director of Criminal Justice, Ministry of Justice.</li><li>Lord Oliver Henley, former Minister of State, Home Office. He was the first independent selection panel member.</li><li>Amanda Sater, a member of the Youth Justice Board and the second independent selection panel member.</li></ul> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 16:00:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

226056

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people leaving prison since 1 February 2015 after sentences of under 12 months have been supervised by a community rehabilitation company.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	226834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 1 February 2015, provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 came into force, which extend post release supervision to offenders released from sentences of more than one day but less than 12 months. These provisions apply to any offender whose offence was committed on or after 1 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Official figures for the number of short sentenced offenders supervised by Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are not currently published. However, there will be a gradual increase in the number of offenders eligible for post-release supervision as cases flow through the courts. We will closely monitor numbers of all offenders being released into the supervision of both the National Probation Service and CRCs, including those from sentences of less than 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 16:12:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

225501

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on whistleblowers who have been dismissed from their employment and are unable to afford employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	226468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text We have received no representations about the impact of Employment Tribunal fees on whistleblowers since fees were introduced in July 2013. Fees were introduced following a consultation exercise in 2012. A summary of the representations received, including on whistleblowers, and the Government’s response, are set out in “Charging Fees in Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal” which is available on the Ministry of Justice website at: https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/et-fee-charging-regime-cp22-2011/results/employment-tribunal-fees-consultation-response.pdf Fee remissions are available so that those who are unable to afford to pay the fee are not prevented from accessing the Tribunal. answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/03/2015 17:11:48 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

225504

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to review the effect of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	226470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Small businesses can be hamstrung by unfounded employment tribunal claims and taxpayers should not have to pick up the £74 million bill for running the service.</p><p>We have made sure fee waivers are available for those who cannot afford to pay, as well as diverting people away from potentially acrimonious hearings, where possible, through a new early conciliation scheme which has already been used by 37,000 people in its first six months.</p><p>The Government has committed to review Employment Tribunal fees but believes this is better determined by the new Administration following the Election.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/03/2015 17:17:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

225245

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs have been incurred in (a) legal aid and (b) other court costs arising from the issuing of anti-social behaviour orders in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	226325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency made payments totalling £1,309,000 in relation to stand alone anti-social behaviour order proceedings in magistrates’ courts in England and Wales between October 2013 and September 2014. HM Courts and Tribunals Service does not separately record court costs in relation to anti-social behaviour orders.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/03/2015 15:34:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

224768

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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 the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225118, what the stages of the court reform programme are; and when his Department plans to finalise the resource allocation for each such stage.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	226123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The stages of the Reform Programme will be subject to ongoing refinement through to summer 2015. The resource allocation for each stage will be developed as this planning progresses.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/03/2015 15:40:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

224769

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
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 2 March 2015 to Question 214860, what the individual offences committed were in the violence against the person category referred to in the tables.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	226031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government and temporary release (ROTL) failures have dropped over the past 12 months during which we have taken significant steps to strengthen the ROTL regime. Between July and September 2014 (the latest period for which data are available), there were a total of 61 recorded temporary release failures, 33% lower than the same quarter in 2013. In April-June 2014, there were 40% fewer failures compared to the previous year.</p><p>The table attached shows the number of prisoners with a principal offence of violence against the person who were in open prisons on 30 May 2014 and who had previously absconded, escaped or breached temporary release conditions, broken down by offence. The data in the table is derived from a one-off exercise to look in detail at those prisoners who were in open conditions on 30 May, which was conducted as part of the review of temporary release. It should be noted that the definition of “open prison” for the purposes of this exercise included some prisons operating both open and closed conditions on the same site to ensure that all prisoners with a previous abscond, escape or serious ROTL failure were identified and assessed. It is therefore possible that a number of prisoners included in the total were actually in closed conditions at the relevant time.</p><p>Temporary release and open conditions can be valuable tools in the resettlement of prisoners in the community but never at the expense of public safety. We conducted a fundamental review of the policy and practice of release on temporary licence (ROTL) after serious failures in 2013. We have already made significant changes, including the introduction in May 2014 of a ban on transfer to open prison or ROTL for any prisoner who escapes, abscond, fails to return from ROTL or commits an offence whilst on ROTL during their current sentence.</p><p>This change in policy for eligibility for open conditions was not applied retrospectively. However, any prisoners who were assessed to present an unacceptable risk in such conditions in light of their previous non-compliance were returned to closed prisons.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/03/2015 14:38:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 226031 - Prisoners in open prisons.xls title Prisoners in open prisons on temporary licence
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies