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43262

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) capacity and (b) population of each (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender institution and (c) secure children's home on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	192197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Overall crime and proven offending by young people has fallen in recent years. Fewer young people have entered the criminal justice system, and as a result fewer young people have ended up in custody. This has allowed excess capacity in the youth secure estate to be decommissioned.</p><p> </p><p>The Table below shows the (a) capacity and (b) population of each Secure Children's Home, Secure Training Centre and under-18 Young Offender Institution at the end of February in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and at the end of January in 2014 (this is the latest available published data for 2014). This relates to either the last Friday of the month in question, or the first Friday of the following month, depending on which is closest to final day of the month. Data for the end of February therefore offers the closest available published data to 1 March.</p><p> </p><p>The “capacity” figure relates to the number of beds available, allowing for any “out of commission” beds due to for example, damage to rooms or contractual changes.</p><p> </p><p>This information comes from the Youth Justice Board's Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS) database and eAsset database. The January 2014 database is provisional. The final 2013/14 figures will be finalised in 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics to be published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 192197 -Khan - Final Response - Children's Home Population.doc title Table 1
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44809

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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, who the current bidders for the Transforming Rehabilitation prime provider contracts are in each of the 21 geographic areas; and which bidders for these contracts have indicated but then withdrawn an interest.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>We have a robust and diverse market. In mid December 2013, the bidders who passed the first stage of the competition to win the regional rehabilitation contracts were announced. The list includes a mix of private and voluntary sector partnerships with more than 50 organisations represented – from charities experienced in tackling a range of issues affecting offenders, to small and large British businesses and experienced multinationals. All of these Tier one bidders have experience in working with offenders or across the wider Criminal Justice System. Approximately one third of the bidders included a potential mutual organisation within their consortium. A list of the bidders who have been successful at this stage can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition</a></p><p> </p><p>The process to award Community Rehabilitation Company contracts is ongoing and the details of which bidders are interested in bidding for each Contract Package Area (CPA) is commercially sensitive information, which it would not be right to make public at this stage as this would affect the bidding process for the overall competition. Additionally, for similar commercial reasons it is not general practice to release information on those organisations which have withdrawn from the competition.</p><p> </p><p>As requested by the Authority, all bidders updated their CPA preferences on 22<sup>nd</sup> January. The current lot preferences are an initial indication of the bidders for each region. This is not finalised and we will be conducting another refresh of lot preferences before final bids are submitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44810

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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, in which instances Probation Trust staff have been co-located with other public or private organisations in (a) Probation Trust premises and (b) other organisation premises; and what the annual cost to the Probation Trust is of sub-letting space shared with another organisation for the purpose of staff co-location.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45595

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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 the total amount of fines levied on but uncollected from people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax was on 1 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	194111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals systems the value of fines that remain outstanding for specific offences. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost as identifying this would require a manual search of all fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45596

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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 the average fine was for people found guilty of non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	194112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The average amount of the number of fines issued to defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The average amount of the number of fines issued to defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for keeping a motor vehicle on the highway without a current vehicle excise licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 2</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Failure to pay council tax is not a criminal offence so cannot be dealt with by a fine.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 194112 - Khan - Tv licence - table 1 for minister.XLS title Table 1 2 file name 194112 - Khan - Tv licence - Table 2 - Response for minister.XLS title Table 2 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45597

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	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, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving custodial sentences for non-payment of (i) a television licence, (ii) vehicle excise duty and (iii) council tax on 1 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	194101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The offences of using a TV receiver without a valid licence and of failure to hold a valid vehicle excise duty licence (tax disc) are not punishable by imprisonment, so offenders cannot be sentenced to custody for these offences. Failing to pay council tax is not a criminal offence. Accordingly, there were no men or women serving custodial sentences on 1 March 2014 for non-payment of a TV licence, vehicle excise duty or council tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44111

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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 (a) gender, (b) religion or faith, (c) ethnicity and (d) grade of the staff in each prison in England and Wales was on 1 March in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	192975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on headcount of staff in each public sector prison, as at 31 March 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and 31 December 2013, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity (iii) religion and (iv) grade, has been placed in the House of Commons Library. Information on religion has only been available since 31 March 2013. These are the closest publication dates to the dates requested.</p><p> </p><p>We have maintained a consistent ratio of non-operational and operational staff since 2009 while we have been reforming and modernising the prison estate to ensure best value for the taxpayer, while also providing safe and secure prisons that deliver effective rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to equal opportunities employment and are striving to improve the diversity of the workforce, which has always proved a challenge due to factors such as regional patterns of ethnicity and the geographical isolation of prisons.</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 attachment 1 file name 192975 - Khan - Table 1.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44811

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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, how many people given custodial sentences for non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 were sentenced to (A) up to three months, (B) up to six months, (C) up to 12 months and (D) over 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The offences of using a TV receiver without a valid licence and of failure to hold a valid vehicle excise duty licence (tax disc) are not punishable by imprisonment, so offenders cannot be sentenced to custody for these offences. Failing to pay council tax is not a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders found guilty of TV licence or vehicle excise evasion may be sentenced to a fine. Failure to pay a fine can lead, following enforcement action and as a last resort, to committal to prison for fine default. Failure to pay council tax is pursued through the civil courts and can also lead, ultimately, to committal to prison.</p><p> </p><p>Data for receptions into prison for defaulting on the TV licence fine, in England and Wales, 2008 to 2012 can be viewed in table 1 below. Receptions for defaulting on the vehicle excise duty fine cannot be separately identified.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Fine defaulters received into prison for defaulting on fines imposed for using a TV without a valid licence: England and Wales, 2008-2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Length to serve in respect of fine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Less than or equal to 3 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Greater than 3 months less than or equal to 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>Data Sources and Quality:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><em>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. </em></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data in relation to failure to pay council tax are shown in table 2 below.</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disposal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p><p><strong>(To Sept )</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Immediate Imprisonment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Committal Warrant Issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>109</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>· <em>This data has been extracted solely for the purposes of answering this question and has not been subject to data quality checks that would be applied for published statistics</em></p><p>· <em>The date is based on case completion date</em></p><p>· <em>The total figures include committal to prison, detention until court rises, imprisonment and imprisonment in default.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts, and found guilty and sentenced in all courts, for installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 3.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts, and found guilty and sentenced in all courts, for keeping a motor vehicle on the highway without a current vehicle excise licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 4.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 193388, 193400 - Khan - Table 3.xls title Table 3 2 file name 193388, 193400 - Khan - Table 4.xls title Table 4 grouped question UIN 193400 question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44815

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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, how many people appearing in court for non-payment of (a) a television licence, (b) vehicle excise duty and (c) council tax in each year since 2010 were found (i) guilty and (ii) not guilty.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The offences of using a TV receiver without a valid licence and of failure to hold a valid vehicle excise duty licence (tax disc) are not punishable by imprisonment, so offenders cannot be sentenced to custody for these offences. Failing to pay council tax is not a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders found guilty of TV licence or vehicle excise evasion may be sentenced to a fine. Failure to pay a fine can lead, following enforcement action and as a last resort, to committal to prison for fine default. Failure to pay council tax is pursued through the civil courts and can also lead, ultimately, to committal to prison.</p><p> </p><p>Data for receptions into prison for defaulting on the TV licence fine, in England and Wales, 2008 to 2012 can be viewed in table 1 below. Receptions for defaulting on the vehicle excise duty fine cannot be separately identified.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Fine defaulters received into prison for defaulting on fines imposed for using a TV without a valid licence: England and Wales, 2008-2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Length to serve in respect of fine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Less than or equal to 3 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Greater than 3 months less than or equal to 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>Data Sources and Quality:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><em>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. </em></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data in relation to failure to pay council tax are shown in table 2 below.</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disposal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p><p><strong>(To Sept )</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Immediate Imprisonment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Committal Warrant Issued</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>109</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>· <em>This data has been extracted solely for the purposes of answering this question and has not been subject to data quality checks that would be applied for published statistics</em></p><p>· <em>The date is based on case completion date</em></p><p>· <em>The total figures include committal to prison, detention until court rises, imprisonment and imprisonment in default.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts, and found guilty and sentenced in all courts, for installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 3.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against in magistrates' courts, and found guilty and sentenced in all courts, for keeping a motor vehicle on the highway without a current vehicle excise licence, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012, can be viewed in Table 4.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 193388, 193400 - Khan - Table 3.xls title Table 3 2 file name 193388, 193400 - Khan - Table 4.xls title Table 4 grouped question UIN 193388 question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45816

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2014
	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, how much capital investment there was in each secure estate establishment closed since May 2010 in the 12 months prior to the public announcement of the closure of that establishment; and what items were purchased at a cost in excess of £100,000 at each such establishment.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	194308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is not readily accessible. I will write to The hon. Member for Tooting when it is available.</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 4243 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan