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76890

	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	Ministry of Justice: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many off-payroll engagements for more than £220 a day and for a period of longer than six months were established in each of the last four years; and what the total cost of such payments has been.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	204748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In responding to this question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of interim staff who fall into the category above. This data is only available for the last 3 years under contract. Where the interim’s contract spans financial years the spend data is reported for the year in which spend was incurred, all figures are based on total charge rate exc VAT:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Contractors paid £220 or more, with a total contract length of more than 6 months</p></td><td><p>Spend in Financial Year from workers who have had contracts over 6 months in duration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>£20,814,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>£23,792,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>£26,152,415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There are currently no off-payroll staff from whom assurances about their tax status are outstanding. We have made it absolutely clear to all relevant contractors that they must meet their tax and national insurance obligations. Any senior off-payroll workers who fail to provide assurances about their tax arrangements face having their contracts terminated.</p><p>We only use temporary staff to fulfil essential roles within the Ministry of Justice; these staff provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.</p><p>Spend for this requirement has increased due to the demand of our priority programmes – which will deliver significant savings across the Ministry of Justice’s budget. It should be noted that since April 2010 the annual spend on interims as a whole has decreased by £10m.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:27:49 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100277

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work working-age households received winter fuel payments in 2013-14; what estimate he has made of how many such households will be claiming winter fuel payments in each of the next four financial years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of equalising the state pension age for men and women on the take-up of winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	211255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of people aged under 65 receiving a Winter Fuel Payment and the associated expenditure in years 2009-10 to 2018-19 inclusive:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload (000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>640.8</p></td><td><p>3,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>624.1</p></td><td><p>3,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>451.5</p></td><td><p>2,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>385.4</p></td><td><p>2,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>324.1</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>268.2</p></td><td><p>1,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>215.8</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>157.1</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>85.8</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Numbers are for Winter Fuel Payments made to those eligible in Great Britain, European Economic Area and Switzerland aged 60-64: outturn to 2013-14; forecast 2014/15 onwards.</p><p>Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.</p><p>One of the Winter Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person’s age in the qualifying week (the third full week in September). This age has been rising in line with the increase to the female State Pension age.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/10/2014 13:51:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

100249

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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: Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to enforce his rulings.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	211203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to making sure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient resource to carry out its statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to keep its enforcement powers under review.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the ICO’s enforcement powers can be found on its website - www.ico.org.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:44:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

65063

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) drug caches including heroin and (b) needles used for drug-taking were found in each prison during the last year for which figures are available; and how many prisoners tested positive for heroin use in each such prison in that year.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	203390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p><strong>I am sorry that the response to this question was delayed by a failure in the data collection system.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) takes the issue of all contraband in prisons extremely seriously and deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. These include targeted searching, random and targeted mandatory drug tests, the use of x-ray machines and CCTV surveillance cameras, Body Orifice Security Scanners to detect contraband secreted internally, and the imposition of closed (non-contact) visits. Prisoners found with prohibited items face swift and robust punishment. This can include having days added to their custody, being transferred to a different prison and losing privileges.</p><p> </p><p>The table below gives the number of seizures of heroin and needles (including improvised needles) seized in prisons in England and Wales in 2013. The third column shows the number of prisoners that tested positive for opiates, including heroin in each of those prisons. To disaggregate the data to show those samples positive for heroin from those positive for other opiates would require a detailed investigation of every prison’s locally held records, which would entail significant disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Finds of heroin, needles and Opiates by establishment<sup>1</sup> 01.01. 2013 to 31.12.2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Heroin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Needles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Positive Opiates Tests</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorchester</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Everthorpe</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatfield</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle Of Wight</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Wolds</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>203</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>192</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1328</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Heroin finds have reduced by 82% when compared to 2007, positive opiate tests by 82% also, and the total number of incidents of drug finds has fallen by 19% since 2007. And, under this Government, the Random Mandatory Drug Testing rate has reached the lowest level since records began.</p><p> </p><p>No drugs or equipment were found, or opiate tests failed, in 2013 at prison establishments that are not listed above.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is important to note that many drugs are similar in appearance and in many cases drugs seized are not categorically identified by scientific analysis. Many will have been identified by appearance only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/10/2014 10:41:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

100269

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the support available to disabled people in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Access to Work provides practical and financial support with the additional costs faced by individuals whose health or disability affects the way they do their job.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the Sayce review, the government committed to spending an extra £15m on Access to Work by the end of this Spending Review period. Access to Work has been extended to support some pre-employment activity such as Supported Internships, Traineeships and certain work experience. We no longer apply mandatory cost share for small employers and we have removed the list of standard equipment Access to Work will not fund; instead Access to Work advisers are working constructively with employers and employees to identify where Access to Work can assist.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. This can offer support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. The service supports those experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or other mental health issues that are affecting their work.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Fit for Work will be launched in late 2014 with a phased roll-out coming to a close by the end of May 2015. Fit for Work will deliver both a supportive occupational health assessment and general health and work advice to employees, employers and GPs, to help individuals stay in or return to work.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, Work Choice provides disabled people with complex barriers to employment with a seamless service covering all stages of the journey into work. Short to longer-term in-work support is provided and progression into open unsupported employment is encouraged, where it is appropriate for the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Work Choice can provide an indefinite period of support once the customer is in work in recognition of the fact that some Work Choice participants may need ongoing support to overcome barriers in work that cannot be met through normal workplace adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 24/10/2014 13:54:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

91067

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Julian Assange
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was of the court hearings about the bail sureties given in the case of Julian Assange.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service records the costs incurred in the operation of all our courts and tribunals and carefully monitors those costs on an ongoing basis. Average costs are published in the HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts. However, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record the cost of individual cases or hearings due to the complexity and additional costs this would incur.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 12:54:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100230

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
	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 14 July 2014 to Question 204963, whether the review of veterans in the criminal justice system has reported to him.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I am expecting the review to report back to the Secretary of State for Justice by the end of October 2014 and we anticipate publishing it shortly thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 211355 question first answered 24/10/2014 10:55:59 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

64386

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names are of all prisoners who have absconded from prison and currently not been returned; and if he will specify in each such case (a) the offence each absconder originally committed and (b) the length of custodial sentence they were serving when they absconded.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	202782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I apologise for the delay in replying. The table below provides details of index offence and length of sentence of those absconders who are unlawfully at large having absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 (the most recent period that statistics are available). Information prior to April 2004 could only be collated by performing manual checks across different databases and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In order to disclose the names of absconders who are unlawfully at large, it is necessary to make appropriate checks to ensure that disclosure will not jeopardise ongoing Police operations to recapture the offender, will not place any one else in danger and to ensure that any victim has been informed of both the abscond and release of the name. These checks are still on-going and I will write shortly as soon as the information has been prepared.</p><p> </p><p>The number of absconds has reduced by 80% over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table1: Index offence and sentence length of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as at 30 September 2014</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p>OFFENCE</p></td><td><p>SENTENCE</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>SUPPLYING DRUGS</p></td><td><p>3 YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO CHEAT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO CHEAT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGGRAVATED BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>4YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>18MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY RECKLESS DRIVING</p></td><td><p>4YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>19YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>3YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>9YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>8MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>12YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>78MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>12YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td><td><p>23MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLACKMAIL</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>3YRS 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>10YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS EVASION (DRUGS RELATED)</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FINES</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>30MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMPORT/EXPORT DRUG</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS EVASION (DRUGS RELATED)</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSISTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS</p></td><td><p>54MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>9MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRESPASS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>26MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSISTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>12MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY DRUGS</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>12MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANSLAUGHTER</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT DRUGS</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FALSE INSTRUMENTS</p></td><td><p>18MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECEPTION</p></td><td><p>30MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>4YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONTEMPT OF COURT</p></td><td><p>15MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUPPLYING DRUGS</p></td><td><p>42MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GBH</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRAUD</p></td><td><p>5YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRAUD</p></td><td><p>DETAINEE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY DRUG</p></td><td><p>40MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>112DAYS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>7YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOING EQUIPPED TO STEAL</p></td><td><p>6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEFT</p></td><td><p>2YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXCESS ALCOHOL</p></td><td><p>112DAYS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD</p></td><td><p>6YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS DRUGS WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>6Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>3 YRS 3 MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESS FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARSON</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAPE</p></td><td><p>LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>9YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>6YRS 8MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>3YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GBH</p></td><td><p>8YRS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROBBERY</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>32MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>2Y 6MTHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH INTENT</p></td><td><p>ISPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY</p></td><td><p>64MTHS</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note: Table shows absconds of prisoners and excludes absconds of immigration detainees from NOMS operated establishments and those operated as Immigration Removal Centres by NOMS under contract to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p><em>These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. </em></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:34:50 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of sex offenders categorised as very high risk in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	205588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Public protection is our top priority and is at the heart of our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. We are clear that management of the offenders who pose the highest risk of serious harm should remain with the public sector. The new National Probation Service is responsible for the direct management of those offenders who pose the highest risk of serious harm to the public and who have committed the most serious offences. This includes sex offenders and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) cases. Offenders who are deemed to pose a medium and low risk are being managed by a Community Rehabilitation Company.</p><p> </p><p>Every offender will be risk assessed prior to allocation to any probation provider and also upon leaving prison; this will be reviewed when there are indicators that their risk of serious harm to the public has increased to high.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes proven re-offending rates for adult and juvenile offenders on a quarterly basis. However, these rates cannot be provided for those offenders classified as very high risk or high risk as the information held centrally does not currently hold an assessment of risk. Assessments of risk are held locally by the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 205619 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:13:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

78562

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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, what the monthly cost is of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	206212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. The monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 is detailed below. The majority of these courts were closed as part of the Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP).</p><p> </p><p>CERP is expected to deliver an estimated £99m resource savings plus £53m from the sale of buildings. Under this Government court buildings that were rarely used or no longer suitable were closed as part of our drive to cut waste. There are temporary costs associated with ensuring unused courts are kept secure and protecting the fabric of each building, as well as property tax rates payable to the local council. When disposing of surplus property assets we will always seek best value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the courts announced for closure under CERP, the Ministry of Justice has closed and disposed of a number of court buildings as a result of the integration and co-location.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 as at 30 June 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Court Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average monthly cost <sup>1, 6</sup></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ &amp; County Court <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgwater Magistrates’ Court <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridport Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton-upon-Trent County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cirencester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorking Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flint Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frome Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goole Magistrates' Court <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haywards Heath (Mid Sussex) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£7,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honiton Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton Le Spring Magistrates' Court <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£5,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£8,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Drayton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£3,898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates' Court &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontefract Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£4,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£6,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherbourne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Towcester Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Super Mare Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wimborne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Witham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p><p>1. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2013/14. Holding costs include rates, fuel and utilities, facilities management, telephony and other property costs.</p><p>2. Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ Court and County Court building was sold on 11 August 2014</p><p>3. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates in 2013/14</p><p>4. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates and accounting adjustments made in 2013/14</p><p>5. Monthly costs includes spend for associated office, The Villa.</p><p>6. Costs are not comparable between financial years due to events such as rebates for rates, utilities, facilities management and telephony.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:39:18 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan