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747414

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether all government funded bodies are required to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe guidelines on human rights, and if so who monitors their compliance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Under international law, the United Kingdom has undertaken to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives further effect in domestic law to certain rights and freedoms drawn from the Convention, called the Convention rights. Section 6(1) of the Act makes it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right. Under section 6(3), “public authority” is defined as including a court or tribunal, and “any person certain of whose function are functions of a public nature”; but does not include either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament. Section 73(2) of the Care Act 2011 additionally specifies that a provider of regulated care and support that has been arranged or paid for by a local authority or Health and Social Care trust is also to be taken as exercising a function of a public nature for the purposes of the Human Rights Act. Any allegation that a public authority has acted incompatibly with a Convention right may be brought to court as specified in section 7 of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>Guidelines produced by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are not legally binding.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2017 15:17:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

747378

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to extend the remit of the proposed public advocate in cases of public disaster to other areas of bereavement and its consequences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We will consult in the autumn on detailed proposals as to the Independent Public Advocate’s powers, duties and functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2017 15:17:13 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

747724

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how does a prison notify the next of kin of a prisoner's death in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	2564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Each prison is required to have at least one family liaison officer or FLO. The FLO acts as the family’s chief point of contact with the prison. They must inform the prisoner’s nominated next of kin in person, as soon as possible following the prisoner’s death. If it is not possible to do this in person, for example because of distance, the FLO must arrange a follow-up visit promptly. They will then continue to meet the family and/or correspond with them, according to their wishes, to offer continuing information and support until all investigations of the death are concluded.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found in Prison Service Instruction 64/2011, which can be viewed on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/07/2017 15:44:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

747608

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in the Stroud District in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	2628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in Stroud<sup>1</sup> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Benefit Type</p></td><td><p>Receipts</p></td><td><p>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,110</em></p></td><td><p><em>184</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,811</em></p></td><td><p><em>602</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,618</em></p></td><td><p><em>625</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>2,474</em></p></td><td><p><em>963</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>2,288</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,356</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>~</em><sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>286</em></p></td><td><p><em>165</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>132</em></p></td><td><p><em>42</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>342</em></p></td><td><p><em>203</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>430</em></p></td><td><p><em>246</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>638</em></p></td><td><p><em>272</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>846</em></p></td><td><p><em>410</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><em> SSCS data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The data above represent appellants with home addresses in the Stroud district who had appeals heard at the Tribunal’s Gloucester, Swindon and previously Cheltenham venues. Appeals were last listed to the Cheltenham venue in May 2017.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><em> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</em></li></ol><p> </p><p><em><sup>3. </sup></em><em>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. It was trialled in areas of the North of England and gradually rolled out across other regions. As such there were no appeals cleared in the Stroud district in 2013-2014.</em></p><p> </p><ol start="4"><li><em> By financial year - from 1 April to 31 March. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li><em>Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</em></li></ol><p> </p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/07/2017 15:46:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747726

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner deaths attributed to suicide were recorded in prisons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	2567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Improving safety is an urgent priority for this Government. We are taking immediate action to strengthen the frontline by recruiting around 2,500 more prison officers and rolling out improved training for staff on suicide and self-harm reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes statistics on deaths in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. They can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016--2</a>.</p><p>Numbers of deaths in custody for the last ten years (including those that were self-inflicted) are published in Table 1.1 of “Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2016”. The tables will next be updated and published on 27 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 2568 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:40:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

747727

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner deaths were recorded in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	2568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Improving safety is an urgent priority for this Government. We are taking immediate action to strengthen the frontline by recruiting around 2,500 more prison officers and rolling out improved training for staff on suicide and self-harm reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes statistics on deaths in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. They can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016--2</a>.</p><p>Numbers of deaths in custody for the last ten years (including those that were self-inflicted) are published in Table 1.1 of “Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2016”. The tables will next be updated and published on 27 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 2567 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:40:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

747760

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under-18 year olds have been starred up in each prison in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	2539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Starring up is the term used to define the early transition process whereby young people under the age of 18 can be moved into the young adult estate prior to their eighteenth birthday. The starring up process can be used for a range of reasons, but past usage has mainly been in relating to the management of disruptive or violent behaviour or transfers to Mother and Baby Units.</p><p> </p><p>In practice, the starring up process is rarely used and then only in exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Data in relation to the number of young people who were starred-up into the young adult estate in each of the last three years (by the establishment they were starred-up from) is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMPPS under 18 YOI</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cookham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To date, the data for the current year (2017) is:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMPPS under 18 YOI</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cookham</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 06/07/2017 10:37:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

747496

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to include (a) sports coaches and (b) youth leaders within the Positions of Trust provisions of section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plan to legislate in this way. However, the protection of children remains a priority for this Government and we keep this important area of the law under review.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/07/2017 15:46:00 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747729

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of female prisoners in June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	2499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest snapshot of the prison population as at 30 June, 2017, shows that there were 4,007 female prisoners, which is an increase of 36 from 2 June, 2017. From an analytical perspective, these increases are small, of less than 1%. It is too early to say what, if anything, is causing this increase.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 11/07/2017 15:29:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

747476

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alzheimer's Disease: Powers of Attorney
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards for people living with Alzheimer's from those appointed with lasting power of attorney who act against their best interests.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	2359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>When someone makes a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) a ‘certificate provider’ is required to be impartial and sign the application to certify that the donor is making the LPA by choice, has not been put under any pressure and understands its implications.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 the holder (‘donee’) of a LPA must act in the donor’s best interests, whatever the cause of loss of capacity. The Court of Protection (CoP) has the power to revoke a power of attorney if the donee acts in a way that is not in the donor’s best interests. There may also be a criminal investigation.</p><p> </p><p>Any concerns about the use of a power of attorney should notify the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) which registers LPAs and has the power to investigate. The OPG acts on such ‘safeguarding referrals’ from relatives, local authorities, care homes and financial institutions. OPG works with organisations such as the CoP, local authorities and the police to protect donors.</p><p>OPG received a total of 2,681 safeguarding referrals during 2015/16 and investigated 876 cases, of which 151 cases resulted in an application to the CoP.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 2367 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:28:51 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch