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100249

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to enforce his rulings.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	211203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to making sure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient resource to carry out its statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to keep its enforcement powers under review.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the ICO’s enforcement powers can be found on its website - www.ico.org.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:44:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100225

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many judicial review cases his Department has unsuccessfully intervened since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	211304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The purpose of an intervention in a judicial review should be to help the court decide the case.</p><p>Details of interventions made by this department since 2010 are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:43:52 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

65168

	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	Youth Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse have been reported in youth custody environments in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Establishments must report to their local authority for investigation any suspected cases of abuse or instances where a child is identified as having suffered, or is at risk of, significant harm. If the allegation or concern involves a member of staff, the establishment will report this to the designated officer, whose job it is to investigate concerns involving adults working with children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for the governance of child protection referrals are agreed between the establishment and the local authority, through Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards. Data on the referrals made through this process are collected locally and monitored in line with the agreed protocols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child protection referrals can cover a range of incidents, including complaints made by young people about any aspect of their treatment in custody. It is not possible centrally to determine how many of these referrals relate to particular concerns.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) requires each establishment to demonstrate how it fulfils its statutory safeguarding duty and undertakes a monitoring function to assure itself of performance against statutory responsibilities. Service specifications clearly reinforce and reflect the requirement that establishments and their LSCB will reach agreement on how they work together<em>.</em> This agreement will include how establishments must report to their local authority for the investigation of any suspected cases of abuse or instances where a child is identified as having suffered, or is at risk of, significant harm.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is supported by robust independent inspections by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for all under 18 YOIs, which take place annually, and by HMI Prisons, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in Secure Training Centre’s (STCs), and by Ofsted in Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The inspectorates will speak to young people and staff, review documents and observe practice. They will also engage with other partners, including local authorities, in order to fully test partnership working and delivery of child protection arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The YJB’s established relationships with these inspectorates ensures that they are made aware of any systemic issues or concerns within a particular establishment, and are then able to subsequently take appropriate action.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The YJB augments inspection findings and the outcome of local authority audits with its own assurance monitoring to identify any trends and concerns within the youth secure estate. In all cases the YJB interrogates findings and any identified or emerging trends, and takes appropriate action where necessary, including:</p><p> </p><p>· the YJB’s own referral to local authorities for investigation;</p><p> </p><p>· requests to inspectorates to instigate urgent reviews and</p><p> </p><p>· the requirement that establishments/providers instigate action plans for service improvement.</p><p>The YJB continues to monitor the progress of these actions, in order to ensure its statutory responsibilities for maintaining the safety and well being of children in custody are fulfilled.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:10 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66167

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Air Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions each Minister within his Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below details domestic flights taken on official business booked through the Department’s business travel contracts for each Minister within the Department since May 2010. The Crown Dependencies (Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man) although not part of the United Kingdom, fall with the Common Travel Area and as such are treated as domestic flights.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Itinerary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>10/09/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Aberdeen - London Heathrow</p></td><td><p>10/09/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Belfast City</p></td><td><p>06/02/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Belfast City - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>06/02/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Guernsey</p></td><td><p>23/09/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Guernsey - Jersey</p></td><td><p>23/09/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Jersey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>24/09/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Isle Of Man</p></td><td><p>07/07/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Isle Of Man - Manchester</p></td><td><p>08/07/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Belfast Intl</p></td><td><p>05/09/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Grayling</p></td><td><p>Belfast City - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>05/09/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shailesh Vara</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Belfast City, Belfast City - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>20/05/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Edward Faulks</p></td><td><p>London City - Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man - London City</p></td><td><p>04/04/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Edward Faulks</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Guernsey</p></td><td><p>19/06/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Edward Faulks</p></td><td><p>Guernsey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>21/06/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Edward Faulks</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Jersey,</p></td><td><p>04/08/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Edward Faulks</p></td><td><p>Jersey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>05/08/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeremy Wright</p></td><td><p>Exeter - Manchester, Manchester - Exeter</p></td><td><p>02/10/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Guersney, Guersney - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>08/06/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Jersey, Jersey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>26/07/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Isle Of Man</p></td><td><p>15/11/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>Isle Of Man - Blackpool</p></td><td><p>16/11/2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Guernsey, Guernsey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>16/04/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Tom McNally</p></td><td><p>London Gatwick - Jersey, Jersey - London Gatwick</p></td><td><p>14/11/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Hughes</p></td><td><p>London City - Glasgow</p></td><td><p>11/08/2014</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:54:34 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

78562

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monthly cost is of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	206212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. The monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 is detailed below. The majority of these courts were closed as part of the Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP).</p><p> </p><p>CERP is expected to deliver an estimated £99m resource savings plus £53m from the sale of buildings. Under this Government court buildings that were rarely used or no longer suitable were closed as part of our drive to cut waste. There are temporary costs associated with ensuring unused courts are kept secure and protecting the fabric of each building, as well as property tax rates payable to the local council. When disposing of surplus property assets we will always seek best value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the courts announced for closure under CERP, the Ministry of Justice has closed and disposed of a number of court buildings as a result of the integration and co-location.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 as at 30 June 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Court Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average monthly cost <sup>1, 6</sup></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ &amp; County Court <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgwater Magistrates’ Court <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridport Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton-upon-Trent County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cirencester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorking Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flint Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frome Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goole Magistrates' Court <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haywards Heath (Mid Sussex) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£7,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honiton Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton Le Spring Magistrates' Court <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£5,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£8,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Drayton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£3,898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates' Court &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontefract Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£4,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£6,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherbourne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Towcester Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Super Mare Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wimborne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Witham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p><p>1. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2013/14. Holding costs include rates, fuel and utilities, facilities management, telephony and other property costs.</p><p>2. Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ Court and County Court building was sold on 11 August 2014</p><p>3. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates in 2013/14</p><p>4. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates and accounting adjustments made in 2013/14</p><p>5. Monthly costs includes spend for associated office, The Villa.</p><p>6. Costs are not comparable between financial years due to events such as rebates for rates, utilities, facilities management and telephony.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:39:18 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100227

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown court were awaiting trial on 1 October in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	211356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Data are published in Court Statistics Quarterly showing the number of outstanding trial cases in the Crown Court annually at the end of 2001, and quarterly at the end of each quarter commencing March 2009, including at the end of 30 September. The outstanding number of cases in magistrates’ courts is published broken down by indictable only trial cases, either way trial cases, summary motoring cases and summary non-motoring cases from the quarter ending June 2012. This data set was created in April 2012 so data is not available prior to that date. Prior to this, completed proceedings were published for magistrates’ courts. The data does not distinguish between trial cases still awaiting their trial and those who have either pleaded guilty or been convicted and are awaiting sentence. Court Statistics Quarterly is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly</a> Data to September 2014 is due to be published on 18 December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100233

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases dealt with by (a) magistrates' courts, (b) family proceedings courts, (c) county courts, (d) coroners' courts, (e) the Crown court, (f) high court, (g) the court of appeal or (h) the Supreme Court involved a party for whom there is no legal representations on the court record in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	211297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Parties with no legal representation are not a new phenomenon in our courts. Judges are used to helping persons with no legal representation, including explaining procedures and what is expected of them. We have taken steps to help people who either want or have to represent themselves in court, particularly in the family court. On 23 October we announced further support for separating parents and court users in civil and family courts.</p><p>The new support will include:</p><p>· Improving online information so that it is accurate, engaging and easy to find.</p><p>· A new strategy, funded by the Ministry of Justice, and agreed with the legal and advice sectors which will help to increase legal and practical support for litigants in person in the civil and family courts.</p><p>· A new <em>‘Supporting separating parents in dispute helpline’</em> pilot run by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) to test a more joined-up and tailored out-of-court service.</p><p>This package of support will help provide separating couples and court users with the information, advice and guidance they need to help settle disputes in the most appropriate and proportionate way.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has not been possible to answer the question within the timeframe as the information is being assembled from a variety of sources, but I will write to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:40:26 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

64386

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

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	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to Parliamentary Questions.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s internal guidance for answering parliamentary questions was updated and published on the Department’s intranet on 29<sup>th</sup> September 2014. I will send the hon. Member a copy and also arrange for it to be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office has produced guidance for civil servants on drafting answers to parliamentary questions. This may be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:36:06 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Harassment: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:50:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram