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222620

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving have not been subject to automatic release in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	224635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The majority of people sentenced to immediate custody for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving are subject to the standard determinate sentence release provisions, with automatic release at the half-way point in accordance with the requirements of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Some offenders serving this type of sentence may be eligible to be considered for release on home detention curfew (HDC) before their automatic release date, but those convicted of causing death by dangerous driving are presumed unsuitable for HDC and can only be considered in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2015 16:40:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

222622

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of local magistrate advisory boards were (a) women, (b) men, (c) of BAME origin and (d) aged over 65 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted ‘Local magistrate advisory boards’ to mean Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, the bodies responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Diversity data for the Advisory Committees’ members is not recorded for the requested years prior to 2005. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age over 65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2015 16:57:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

222623

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
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 each local magistrate advisory board.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted ‘Local magistrate advisory boards’ to mean Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, the bodies responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To enable their work to be informed by a range of knowledge and experience, Advisory Committees are composed of both magistrates and non-magistrates. At least one third of each Committee’s members should be non-magistrates.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the names of each Committee’s members and indicates which of those members are magistrates.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 224615 question first answered 25/02/2015 17:06:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 224614 224615 Table.xls title Members of Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

222625

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release Damian Green: new rehabilitation powers for magistrates, published on 25 March 2014, when he plans to publish a White Paper on magistrates' reform.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to publish a White Paper on magistrates’ reform before the General Election. The role of magistrates will be reviewed again once our rehabilitation and summary justice reforms have bedded down.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2015 15:03:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179659

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of a magistrate on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Average age data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Age </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:29:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179662

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were aged (a) over 65, (b) 55 to 65, (c) 45 to 55, (d) 35 to 45, (e) 25 to 35 and (f) under 25 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Age diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994 and 2000. The available data is capable of being reported in the categories shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;3%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:49:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179664

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were (a) female, (b) male and (c) of BAME origin on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Ethnic diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:00:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179666

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of Magistrates for the period requested are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>28,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>30,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>30,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>28,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:59:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179667

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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 who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010, have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>50 prison officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers (up to 30 September 2014). The majority of the officers who have been re-employed have returned on a fixed-term basis as part of the HM Prison Service Reserves, which has been established to support capacity changes and fluctuations in staffing numbers. In total less than 1% of the officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have returned to work for NOMS.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is rounded to the nearest 10, in line with the departmental policy for presenting staffing data.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/02/2015 17:39:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179190

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in implementing each of the recommendations of the review into the needs of families bereaved by homicide, published by his Department in July 2011.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In July 2011 we published the Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide by Louise Casey (then Victims’ Commissioner). She made a wide range of recommendations. Since then we have worked closely with victims and victims’ organisations and the report’s findings have played a critical role in informing our approach to ensuring that families get the help they need.</p><p> </p><p>This includes plans to implement a victims law to put into statute the right of the victim to tell a court how a crime has affected them, providing families of homicide victims with a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks following the trial, and funding a dedicated national Homicide Service with more than £2million a year to support those affected by homicide at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Further information requested is in the table attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/02/2015 17:53:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 224220 - Jarvis - Table.doc title Review into Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis