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62369

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) the prison governor or (b) another official gave permission for the performance of Sister Act in HMP Bronzefield in February and March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	201121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Former employees of the Trusts have transferred to the new organisations, namely the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. A small number of Chief Executives have taken early retirement or are due to do so over the next few weeks. There have also been a number of departures at Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) level. These were part of the normal turnover of staff; details of these are not held centrally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Prison Bronzefield is a private (contracted out) prison and therefore any activities in the establishment are the decision of the Director of that prison. The production of the performance of Sister Act was arranged between Sodexo Justice Services and the respective parties. Therefore this is not part of the contractual agreement between Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Sodexo Justice Services.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/06/2014 16:46:18 question first ministerially corrected 25/06/2014 12:03:56 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 4697 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

64819

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Cautions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions have been issued for offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) robbery and (e) burglary in (i) each year between 2010 and 2013 and (ii) each month since January 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders (including young people) cautioned, for offences of rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary, by months in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. There were no cautions administered for murder.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions (previously police cautions) are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Government does not believe that cautions are appropriate for serious offences. We issued new guidelines on 14 November 2014 following a detailed review of how cautions were being used by police forces, and are strengthening the law to prevent cautions being used for serious offences.</del></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The overall number of simple cautions issued has halved since 2007. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; this has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system last year announced limits on the use of simple cautions. These changes restrict the use of cautions for indictable only offences and certain serious either way offences unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered.</p><p>The MOJ guidance on Adult Simple Cautions was amended in November last year to reflect these changes, and we are currently legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 15:20:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/08/2014 11:45:56 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13 previous answer version 9230 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

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 Sir Philip Davies

65048

	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	Prison Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many training and education sessions in each prison in England and Wales were cancelled due to staff shortages in each month in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at each prison in England and Wales. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/07/2014 14:33:53 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

65055

	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	Road Traffic Offences: Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists were prosecuted for road traffic offences in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	203262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences connected with pedal cycles in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for pedal cycle offences, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>879</td><td>1,052</td><td>1,243</td><td>871</td><td>901</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) The figures given in the table 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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Ref: PQ 202362</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 08/07/2014 12:53:21 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

65160

	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	Prisoners' Transfers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which prison Michael Wheatley was transferred in December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	203459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Mr Wheatley was transferred from HMP Standford Hill to HMP Elmley on 9 November 2013.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/07/2014 12:42:10 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

65159

	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	Prisoners' Transfers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Governor of HM Prison Standford Hill played in rescinding the decision of the parole board to send Michael Wheatley to that prison.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	203458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>TheDuty Governor made the decision to return Mr Wheatley to closed conditions as a precautionary measure pending a full investigation of intelligence that he had more money in his possession than permitted.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/07/2014 12:41:19 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

65162

	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	Prisoners' Transfers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Michael Wheatley was transferred from HM Prison Standford Hill in December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	203456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Mr Wheatleytransferred from HMP Standford Hill to HMP Elmley on 9 November 2013. He was transferred following security intelligence that he had more money in possession than he was permitted. The Duty Governor made the decision to return Mr Wheatley to closed conditions as a precautionary measure pending a full investigation of this intelligence. It was stressed this was a temporary move. The intelligence received was evaluated, but found to be uncorroborated. A decision was taken on 10 January 2014 to return Mr Wheatley to open conditions. Mr Wheatley was returned to open conditions on 4 February 2014.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/07/2014 12:40:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62131

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for employment tribunal fee remission were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused between 1 January and 31 March 2014; and how many such refusals were successfully appealed.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	200818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Employment tribunal remissions data currently available does not permit this information to be readily obtained and assured.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/07/2014 09:21:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

64828

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of animal abuse in England and Wales in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	203178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of offences under selected sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, together with the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (excluding Section 13), in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p><p><strong>Offenders found guilty of selected offences, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Causing unnecessary suffering to animals <sup>(3)</sup></td><td>902</td><td>856</td><td>1,010</td><td>1,101</td><td>1,006</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offences relating to animal fights <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offences of cruelty to badgers and special protection for badgers and their setts <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>26</td><td>24</td><td>24</td><td>31</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) The figures given in the table 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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(3) Offences under Section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(4) Offences under Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(5) Offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, with the exception of Section 13</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 203178</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/07/2014 08:25:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell