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387884

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the position of the incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions in view of the recent decision to charge Lord Janner.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
	uin	5644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Decisions on whether or not to bring criminal charges are taken by prosecutors who are independent from government and independent from Parliament. I am confident of the independence and the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, in making the difficult judgements the job of a prosecutor involves.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Victims’ Right to Review, which Alison Saunders helped to bring in, allows any victim of crime who is dissatisfied with a decision taken by a prosecutor not to proceed with their case to ask for the decision to be reviewed. This review has operated as it was designed to in the case of Greville Janner.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are world leaders in offering that safeguard for victims and since Alison Saunders has been DPP, the CPS has prosecuted and convicted more child sex offenders than ever before.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In the year to 31<sup>st </sup>December 2014, the Law Officers personally considered 469 cases and referred 128 offenders to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Leave was granted by the Court in 95% of cases which included some of the most serious violent and sexual offences, including murder, rape and sexual assault.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">The Attorney General’s Office publishes statistics for unduly lenient sentences at the end of the calendar year. This is to ensure that the figures are released in a consistent format and are accurate and quality assured. Unduly lenient sentences statistics for 2013 and 2014 are published on the Attorney General’s Office website - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>. </del></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2015 12:58:22 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2015 13:24:23 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 13176 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

524189

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	40180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

60619

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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 prisoners in an open prison have previously breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	199722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Keeping the public safe is our priority. That is why this Government has taken action on both releases on temporary licence (ROTL) and absconds from prison.</p><p> </p><p>We commissioned a fundamental review of ROTL policy and practice last year and, in March, announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. We have brought forward some of those measures so that they take effect immediately; particularly with more serious offenders, where the review concluded that an enhanced risk assessment approach should be taken.</p><p> </p><p>Absconds have reached record lows under this Government but each incident is taken seriously. Immediate changes have already been ordered to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course. </ins></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/06/2014 16:59:29 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2014 13:55:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 1732 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

179514

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2014 to Question 207315, whether a Shawcross exercise has been conducted in relation to Serious Fraud Office investigations since the date of that Answer; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	224413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>It is my department’s usual policy not to comment on any live investigation. In the period referred to there have been no Shawcross exercises in respect of any concluded SFO cases.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 24/02/2015 17:02:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 45780 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

426984

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of expenditure in (a) 2014-15 prices and (b) as a proportion of total Departmental spending on (i) temporary agency staff, (ii) consultants, (iii) non-payroll staff, (iv) administration and (v) marketing and advertising in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	15443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The following tables contain details of the expenditure incurred by the Law Officers’ Departments in the categories requested during the last five financial years. Expenditure has not been restated in 2014-15 prices, as to do so would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Government Legal Department <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,921k</p></td><td><p>£3,589k</p></td><td><p>£5,248k</p></td><td><p>£9,097k</p></td><td><p>£11,935k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£9k</p></td><td><p>£43k</p></td><td><p>£11k</p></td><td><p>£4k</p></td><td><p>£24k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruitment advertising <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£12k</p></td><td><p>£25k</p></td><td><p>£11k</p></td><td><p>£45k</p></td><td><p>£88k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue expenditure <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£109,102K</p></td><td><p>£116,648k</p></td><td><p>£116,128k</p></td><td><p>£139,163k</p></td><td><p>£179,816k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em> GLD figures also cover the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. </em><em>The information is taken from the published accounts for HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. All GLD revenue expenditure is classified in the accounts as administration </em></p><p><em><sup>2 </sup></em><em>GLD do not have non-payroll staff other than agency and contracted staff.</em></p><p><em><sup>3 </sup></em><em>GLD do not routinely incur expenditure on marketing or advertising our services and do not separately capture these costs except those in relation to advertising for new staff. The amounts relating to these adverts are shown above.</em></p><p><em><sup>4 </sup></em><em>All GLD revenue expenditure is classified in the accounts as administration. </em></p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 0.1% of outturn.</em></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Serious Fraud Office </strong><sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff</p></td><td><p>£3,693k</p></td><td><p>£2,296k</p></td><td><p>£2,672k</p></td><td><p>£3,926k</p></td><td><p>£4,610k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£1,557k</p></td><td><p>£856k</p></td><td><p>£31k</p></td><td><p>£48k</p></td><td><p>£7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marketing and advertising</p></td><td><p>£9k</p></td><td><p>£73k</p></td><td><p>£6k</p></td><td><p>£21k</p></td><td><p>£30k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>Nil<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£7,546k</p></td><td><p>£7,019k</p></td><td><p>£7,281k</p></td><td><p>£6,237k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong><em>SFO do not have non-payroll staff other than agency and contracted staff.</em></p><p><strong><em><sup>2</sup></em></strong><em> From 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2011 all operating costs for the SFO were classified as programme costs. The Comprehensive Spending Review 2010, which covered the financial years 2011/12 to 2014/15, reinstated the requirement for reporting expenditure split between programme &amp; Administration.</em></p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 1% of outturn.</em></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Crown Prosecution Service <em><sup>1</sup></em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff</p></td><td><p>£1,616,284</p></td><td><p>£257,057</p></td><td><p>£66,866</p></td><td><p>£189,624</p></td><td><p>£491,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>0.23%</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non payroll staff</p></td><td><p>£392,968</p></td><td><p>£23,355</p></td><td><p>£2,861</p></td><td><p>£273,935</p></td><td><p>£1,350,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>£21,704,994</p></td><td><p>£9,637,983</p></td><td><p>£13,627,407</p></td><td><p>£12,426,376</p></td><td><p>£11,826,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>3.11%</p></td><td><p>1.48%</p></td><td><p>2.18%</p></td><td><p>2.03%</p></td><td><p>2.07%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong>No money was spent by the CPS on marketing and advertising in the relevant period other than when recruiting for vacant posts.</p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 0.1% of outturn.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2015 11:57:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 29955 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

76992

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the funding of HM Chief Inspectorate of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in his Annual Report 2013-14, page 4 that the background of continuing resource reductions is now having an impact on the ability of the CPS to deliver effectively across the whole range of its activity.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a comprehensive cost reduction strategy to 2015-16 that is fully aligned to, and supports, CPS priorities and objectives. The strategy will ensure that the department meets the SR2013 savings targets.</p><p>In their annual report for 2013-14 the Inspectorate acknowledged that CPS had improved its performance on serious and complex cases and also highlighted CPS success in hate crime cases and those involving violence against women and girls. The report was largely based on cases completed more than a year ago and more recent data shows performance improvements across the board since then. For example, magistrates' courts are seeing more guilty pleas and fewer cases dropped while the Crown Courts are showing increasing conviction rates – now at 81% across England and Wales. The challenges mentioned in the report are being addressed but they should be seen in the context of an improving prosecution service across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/07/2014 15:11:39 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 10485 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76994

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the finding of HM Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Inspector in his Annual Report 2013-14, page 12, that there was a considerable decline in performance of the CPS in that year in relation to how it handled its disclosure obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The CPS is committed to the proper application of the disclosure provisions in the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and is already engaged in a range of activities that will improve performance in this area:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· A disclosure assurance regime is in place for Crown Court disclosure;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· The CPS contributed to the Kinch / Riddle review into disclosure in the magistrates’ courts and is implementing the recommendations as part of the cross-CJS efforts to transform summary justice. This will mean more targeted and effective disclosure at first hearing in magistrates’ courts; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· CPS has addressed the recommendations of the Gross reviews and the HMCPSI review of disclosure in R v Mouncher to further improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS continues to look at how compliance with the disclosure regime can be improved and will actively consider further initiatives as necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 15:08:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 10484 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

45112

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his plans are for HMP The Verne.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	193595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Prison The Verne started taking immigration detainees as scheduled from 24 March 2014. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) will retain The Verne as a prison in the short term but its population will comprise immigration detainees as planned with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS intends to review the designation of The Verne later this year, with the intention of completing the re-designation to an immigration removal centre by the end of September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice and the Home Office are committed to working together to expedite the removal of foreign criminals. NOMS will always supply sufficient prison places for those committed by the courts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3879 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

45113

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what restrictions, by category of prisoner, are placed on access to (a) a prisoner's own books and (b) books from the prison library in the first four weeks of a prison sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	193597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Up to 12 books may be held by prisoners in their cell at any one time. Prisoners may have additional books stored locally at the prison. Every prison has a library, to which every prisoner has access. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Access to books is not determined by category of prisoner and nor does it differ for those in the first four weeks of their sentence.</em></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3863 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

45330

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that the probation contracts in England and Wales are let without risk to the public or waste of public money.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	193895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Under our reforms the market will be opened up to a diverse range of new rehabilitation providers, so that we get the best out of the public, voluntary and private sectors, at the local as well as national level. Protecting the public must remain our top priority,and the new National Probation Service will manage all offenders who pose a high risk of harm to the public or have committed the most serious offences. The Secretary of State will continue to issue national standards for the management of offenders, and the Government will place contractual requirements on Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to ensure that the risk of harm posed by offenders is effectively managed. Providers bidding to run CRCs will need to demonstrate in their bids how they would deliver high quality rehabilitative support to offenders, and they will be held to account to deliver these services in their contracts. Bidders will also need to demonstrate how they will maintain a workforce with appropriate levels of competence and training to deliver these services.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals will be affordable within the context of the MoJ commitment to deliver annual savings of over £2 billion by 2014/15. We plan to make efficiency savings through the use of competition, the introduction of private and voluntary sector providers, and by consolidating back-office functions within the public sector. Releasing these efficiency savings will enable us to invest in rehabilitation and extend provision to support supervision to a wider group of offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3882 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion