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	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were for the offences of (1) gross indecency, (2) attempted gross indecency, (3) buggery, and (4) attempted buggery, in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of all gross indecency and buggery offences in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003 can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of selected sexual offences, England and Wales, 1987-2003<sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Buggery</p></td><td><p>Gross Indecency and Indecency between males</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>1,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Includes the following offences: Buggery includes Sexual Offences Act 1967 Section 1(4),3(1),12, Justice and Public Order 1994 sec 143, 144.Sexual offences Act 2000 sec1. Gross Indecency and Indecency between males includes Criminal Justice and Public 1994 Sec 144, Sexual Offences(Amendment) Act 2000 Sec 1, Indecency with Children Act 1960 Sec 1.</p><p>(2) 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.</p><p>(3) 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.</p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:15:41 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764341

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Secretary of State for Justice has had with the Prison Officers' Association regarding recruitment and retention in the Prison Service, and when he next plans to meet staff representatives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL1678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Much communication has taken place between the Secretary of State and the Prison Officers’ Association through written correspondence. The Secretary of State spoke with the POA on 21 June 2017 and met with them on 29 June 2017 to discuss several important subjects, including Prison Officer recruitment and retention.</p><p> </p><p>The Prisons Minister also plans to meet with the POA on 23 October 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/10/2017 10:25:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

764343

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Secretary of State for Justice intends to implement the ratio of personal responsibility for six prisoners being given to every prison officer, as stated during scrutiny of the Prisons and Courts Bill.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL1680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places where staff and offenders feel safe and where those in our care are challenged and supported to make the most effective use of their time in custody to best prepare them for release.</p><p>This is why we have committed to the introduction of the new Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model will improve the way in which we case manage offenders through their sentence and on to release.</p><p>We have therefore invested £100m to boost the front line by 2,500 prison officers by the end of December 2018. These additional officers will enable us to rollout the OMiC model. The key worker model is currently being rolled out across the prison estate which started with 11 ‘pathfinder’ prisons, 4 of which have had sufficient numbers of new officers to commence their keyworker sessions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:22:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

764344

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Secretary of State for Justice has made of the current provision of mental health assessments and treatment in the prison and probation systems.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL1681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>We take mental health provision very seriously and are committed to working closely with health partners to ensure that offenders are assessed at the appropriate time and are able to access the treatment and support required for their mental health needs.</p><p>Health services in English prisons are commissioned by NHS England. In the community, NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups are responsible for commissioning health services, including mental health services, for the general population in their locality, including offenders on probation. NHS England are responsible for making assessments of the current provision of mental health assessments and treatment in the prison systems in England. We are committed to working closely with them to support this responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>Mental Health is devolved to the Welsh Government and NHS Wales. Local Health Boards are commissioned to deliver these services in public sector prisons in Wales, which includes mental health assessments and treatment. There are separate arrangements for the private prison HMP Parc.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/10/2017 10:26:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

767315

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of creating alternative penalties for offences that normally require custodial sentences in order to address overcrowding in prisons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for the independent courts. The law already allows judges to impose a non-custodial sentence, even when the threshold for a custodial term is reached.</p><p>Sentencing Guidelines are clear that sentencers must consider all the available disposals in any given case and will impose the sentence most appropriate to the offence and offender.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:58:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767316

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that prisoners know about, and have effective access to, release on temporary licence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Instructions issued in 2015 require each prison governor to make available to prisoners information on the sort of release on temporary licence (ROTL) opportunities available locally and how prisoners can access them.</p><p>The evidence shows that temporary release from prison can help ensure offenders do not return to crime when they leave prison, and compliance rates stand at well over 99%. We want to maintain improvements made to ROTL recently while allowing governors greater discretion so that prisoners get the skills and training they need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:56:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767322

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there were in 2016 for causing death by driving; and of those, how many resulted in a conviction.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Defendants proceeded against and found guilty at all courts in England and Wales 2016 for offences of causing death by driving are in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Defendants prceeded againt at magistrates' courts and offenders found guilty at all courts of causing death by driving <sup>(1)</sup> in England and Wales 2016 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Procecuted at Magistrates' courts</p></td><td><p>Found guilty<sup>(4)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01. Causing death by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02. Causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03. Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03a. Causing death by driving without due care / consideration while over prescribed limit - specified controlled drug</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04. Causing death by driving unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05. Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- ' = Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) defined as Sections 1, 3 (a)(b)(c) Road Traffic Act 1988 and 12A of the Theft Act 1968.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(3) 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.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Convictions may exceed prosecutions in a given year because defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ HL 1740</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/10/2017 12:29:31 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767350

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of Community Rehabilitation Companies; and what evidence they have to demonstrate that part-privatisation of the probation services is keeping the public safe and turning discharged prisoners' lives around.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL1768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We closely monitor and robustly manage Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments and deliver effective probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Data on CRC performance against service levels are published quarterly, with the latest data published in July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-and-annual-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-and-annual-2016-to-2017</a>. The first set of final reoffending data for offenders supervised by CRCs will be published later this month and thereafter data will be published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>We have already taken action to change CRC contracts so they can focus on critical operational services, and we continue to work with them to ensure they protect the public and rehabilitate offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/10/2017 14:57:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

767351

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the Local Government Association's request for an urgent action plan to improve conditions in youth custody provision, following the conclusion by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, set out in the 2016–17 Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, that "there was not a single establishment…inspected…in which it was safe to hold children and young people."
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL1769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve safety and reduce the risk of serious incidents, violence and self-harm in youth custody. We acknowledge that levels of violence within the youth estate are too high and outcomes for children and young people in custody are not good enough. Following the Government’s response to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system, a new Youth Custody Service (YCS) has been created to focus on performance in the Youth Secure Estate and a Youth Justice Reform Programme has been established.</p><p>The aims of the programme are to improve standards by making youth custody a place of safety, both for young people and those who work there; and to improve the life chances of young people in custody. We are investing £64 million to entrench the reform of youth custody. We will boost the number of frontline staff in youth offender institutions by 20% – 120 additional recruits, including newly trained specialist youth justice workers, equipped to tackle the needs of young offenders. We are also developing two new Secure Schools.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:57:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

767352

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals will be refunded employment tribunal fees, following the decision of the Supreme Court in R v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51; and what is the estimated cost of those refunds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL1770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect centrally information on the number of individual claimants and respondents who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals. The number of fee payments received in the Employment Tribunals between 29 July 2013 (when fees were introduced) and 30 June 2017 is published at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017</a>. These statistics are updated quarterly.</p><p>The estimated cost of Employment Tribunals fees refunds, including interest, is £33m.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/10/2017 13:04:22 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley