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417576

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men were found to be using a television without a licence by inspectors in the most recent year for which information is available; and what proportion of (i) women and (ii) men were subsequently prosecuted for a television licence offence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>According to TV Licensing's data, in 2014 232,290 women and 114,347 men were interviewed under caution by TV Licensing officers in the course of investigating TV licence offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted for licence fee evasion in 2014 is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a> From “offence” drop down list select 191A Television licence evasion. From “sex” drop down list select the male or female.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 11 men and 28 women were committed to prison for non-payment of a fine where the registered fine was for non-payment of the TV Licence. The average time spent in prison was 18 days for men and 20 days for women.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 9632 question first answered 16/09/2015 10:42:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

384740

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) of each sex, (b) in each age group and (c) who committed each type of offence are in prison under sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent courts, which take into account all the facts of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is published in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly, Prison Population Quarterly Tables, Table 1.2b, “Prison population under an immediate custodial sentence by offence group, age group and sex”:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424896/prison-population-q1-2015.xlsx" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424896/prison-population-q1-2015.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424896/prison-population-q1-2015.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 30/06/2015 14:05:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

164420

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014, and answered with a promise to write a letter, a letter has (a) been and (b) not been sent.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	215747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice takes its parliamentary correspondence very seriously, and every attempt is made to answer Parliamentary Questions on time. If this is not possible, Ministers commit to respond by letter once the necessary information has been obtained.</p><p> </p><p>The way this data is collected changed from 4 June 2014. To provide information before that date would incur disproportionate costs. Since 4 June, Ministers committed to respond by letter to questions from the hon. Member for Shipley 28 times.</p><p> </p><p>a) Letters have been sent to answer the following questions: 199722, 199724, 199725, 199726, 202556, 202782, 203440, 204455, 204505, 204641, 204642, 204652, 204653, 204660 and 205007.</p><p> </p><p>b) Letters in response are being prepared for: 204500, 204646, 204681, 211070, 213919, 213927, 213928 (linked to 213927), 213935, 214192, 214193 (linked to 214192), 215016, 215018, and 215019 (linked to 215018). Of these, 9 were committed to since 20 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2014 16:59:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

147628

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
	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 number of prisoners declaring themselves to be transgendered.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	213931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There are no central records of the number of prisoners who have self-declared a transgender status. Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems in their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213932 213937 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:56:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417724

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were committed to prison for the non-payment of a fine for a television licence offence in the most recent year for which information is available; and how many days each such offender spent in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>According to TV Licensing's data, in 2014 232,290 women and 114,347 men were interviewed under caution by TV Licensing officers in the course of investigating TV licence offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted for licence fee evasion in 2014 is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a> From “offence” drop down list select 191A Television licence evasion. From “sex” drop down list select the male or female.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 11 men and 28 women were committed to prison for non-payment of a fine where the registered fine was for non-payment of the TV Licence. The average time spent in prison was 18 days for men and 20 days for women.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 9560 question first answered 16/09/2015 10:42:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

147629

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transgender prisoners there were in (a) 2010 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	213932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no central records of the number of prisoners who have self-declared a transgender status. Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems in their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213931 213937 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:56:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

147632

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
	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 current number of (a) male prisoners living as women and (b) female prisoners living as men.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	213937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no central records of the number of prisoners who have self-declared a transgender status. Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems in their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213931 213932 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:56:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76894

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	204755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Prisoners liable to any type of enforcement proceedings are risk assessed very carefully to ensure they are suitable for open conditions. On 13 August 2014 we amended the Prison and YOI Rules so that prisoners who have a Deportation Order served against them and have exhausted their rights of appeal from within the UK can no longer be moved to open conditions or considered for temporary release.</p><p>Prisoners who have not yet been served with a Deportation Order, but are being considered by the Home Office for removal from the UK, are now subject to a more rigorous assessment before being considered for open conditions or temporary release to ensure that they are of very low risk of absconding.</p><p>To provide information on the number and proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation and had applied for, and were refused Category D/open conditions status in each of the last five years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:45:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417770

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dog Fighting: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for dog fighting in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>10 defendants were proceeded against at magistrates' courts, and five were found guilty at all courts of offences related to dog fighting in England and Wales, in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>This information was obtained from a manual review of court case files that centrally held data indicated may be relevant, and as such has not been through the same quality assurance processes as for routinely published data.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 14:28:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156058

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of all recalls to prison have been fixed term recalls in each year since their introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A fixed-term recall is one where an offender on licence is recalled for a 28 day period before being automatically re-released. It is available only to those offenders on licence who are not assessed as presenting a high risk of harm to the public. Offenders who are assessed as presenting a high risk of harm are not eligible to receive a fixed-term recall and will be given a standard recall, under which they can remain in custody, potentially, until the end of their sentence. They will be released before the end of their sentence only if the Parole Board or Secretary of State is satisfied they no longer need to be detained to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory provisions for fixed-term recalls were included in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and commenced in July 2008. The provisions were amended by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and commenced in December 2012. The amendments were designed to provide offender managers with additional flexibility to determine whether a fixed-term recall was the appropriate way to respond to an offender’s breach of his licence conditions, notwithstanding that he had been given a fixed-term recall on a previous occasion.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is introducing a new test, in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which must be applied to determine the type of recall given to an offender and to decide whether to re-release a recalled offender. The new test will ensure that any offender who has abused a fixed-term recall previously and persistently and wilfully refused to comply with his licence conditions will not receive a further fixed-term recall. The test will guide offender managers, so that all relevant considerations are taken into account before a decision is taken on the type of recall appropriate to deal with the breach of licence conditions. It will also ensure that a fixed-term recall is given only where we can be satisfied that the offender can be effectively managed when released after 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of all recalls to prison that were fixed term given in the calendar years from 2008 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Fixed Term Recall (FTR)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Total Recalls which were FTRs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to June)</p></td><td><p>8412</p></td><td><p>3569</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17330</p></td><td><p>7280</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16481</p></td><td><p>5124</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>16227</p></td><td><p>4532</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15479<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>4293<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,719<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>3,979<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>13,554<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1,722<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> denotes data that has not been published. It has been taken from a live database and as such, it is subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> the proportion of recalls which were FTRs in 2008 reflects that the FTR was available only from July 2008.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2015 18:11:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies