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540089

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which other government departments and executive agencies her Department works to provide support for victims of terrorism; and what steps her Department is taking to improve co-ordination between those bodies and her Department.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	43387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of terrorism can access effective and timely support to help them cope, and as far as possible, recover from the trauma they have experienced.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, which administers both the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and Victim of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme, which provides compensation to victims of terrorist attacks in the UK and of designated terrorist attacks overseas respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to work pan Government to understand current support provision for victims of terrorism, to ensure that victims and their families are aware of the sources of MoJ funded support available in England and Wales and to identify potential gaps in support including guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/07/2016 16:04:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

525017

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which other EU countries the UK does not have arrangements for the return of non-UK nationals to prisons in their country of origin.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	40607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has prisoner transfer arrangements with all Member States of the European Union. With the exception of the Ireland and Bulgaria, all Member States have implemented Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement). Poland has a partial derogation which expires in December 2016. Transfers to Ireland and Bulgaria may take place under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons until such time as they implement the EU PTA.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/06/2016 09:13:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

60508

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK is currently negotiating prisoner transfer agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	199506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Prisoner transfer agreements can be a sensitive issue for some countries and it could be counter-productive to reveal details of discussions before they are concluded. However, I can assure you that my Ministerial colleagues and I are actively engaging with a number of countries and remain determined to secure compulsory agreements wherever possible.</p><p>All foreign national offenders sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed over 240 FNOs to date.</p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/06/2014 16:46:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

648846

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK has compulsory prison transfer agreements; and how many foreign national offenders have been returned to prison in their own country under those agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	55577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) removed from our prisons. Prisoners should serve their sentences in their home countries wherever possible, reducing the burden on the taxpayer. To this end the United Kingdom is a party to over 100 multi-national and bilateral agreements which provide for the transfer of a prisoner either on a voluntary or compulsory basis. Prisoner transfers are one of three mechanisms available for the early removal of FNOs; the others being the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, 2,071 FNOs were removed via ERS, 52 via TERS, and 62 via PTAs. The EU PTA came into force in December 2011; Member States implemented the agreement at various dates between 2011 and 2015 (2 Member States have not yet implemented the Agreement). To date we have transferred 154 EU national prisoners to their home countries under this Agreement. Compulsory PTAs are also in place with Albania, Georgia, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Somaliland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine. A total of 18 FNOs have been returned under these arrangements. A further 103 prisoners have been transferred on a voluntary basis to a range of countries across the world over this same period since December 2011.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 14:21:48 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

44820

	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, with which countries the EU as a legal personality is currently negotiating co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	193454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer to the response provided by the Minister for Europe on 24 March [PQ 191707 Col 70W]. In addition, JHA agreements have been concluded between the EU and Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government, which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

44821

	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, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	193455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer to the response provided by the Minister for Europe on 24 March [PQ 191707 Col 70W]. In addition, JHA agreements have been concluded between the EU and Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government, which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60496

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries and on what dates the UK has (a) signed and (b) ratified prisoner transfer agreements (i) between May 1997 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	199517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>Table 1: Prisoner Transfer Arrangements (PTAs) signed between May 1997 and May 2010:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Date of signature</p></td><td><p>Date came into force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary or Compulsory Agreement (i.e. consent of prisoner required or not)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua and Barbuda</p></td><td><p>23 June 2003</p></td><td><p>20 January 2004</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>3 April 2002</p></td><td><p>2 March 2003</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>20 August 1998</p></td><td><p>11 December 2001</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuba</p></td><td><p>13 June 2002</p></td><td><p>2 July 2003</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth of Dominica</p></td><td><p>2 May 2006</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>18 February 2003</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>17 July 2008</p></td><td><p>17 July 2008</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong SAR</p></td><td><p>5 November 1997</p></td><td><p>19 March 1998</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>18 February 2005</p></td><td><p>21 November 2005</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>26 June 2007</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>7 May 2009</p></td><td><p>25 September 2009</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p><p>(provisionally applied on signature)</p></td><td><p>6 June 2007</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>17 November 2008</p></td><td><p>29 April 2009</p></td><td><p>Compulsory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>21 February 2002</p></td><td><p>1 July 2013</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>6 September 2005</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>24 August 2007</p></td><td><p>19 August 2008</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>7 March 2003</p></td><td><p>11 September 2003</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>11 February 2010</p></td><td><p>23 November 2010</p></td><td><p>Compulsory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Lucia</p></td><td><p>27 April 2006</p></td><td><p>17 June 2008</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>6 February 2003</p></td><td><p>24 March 2004</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suriname</p></td><td><p>29 June 2002</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>12 September 2008</p></td><td><p>Not in force</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>12 June 2012</p></td><td><p>15 April 2003</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>12 September 2008</p></td><td><p>20 September 2009</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Prisoner Transfer Arrangements (PTAs) signed May 2010 to date:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>15 January 2013</p></td><td><p>11 June 2013</p></td><td><p>Compulsory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>9 January 2014</p></td><td><p>Not in force*</p></td><td><p>Compulsory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>2 January 2012</p></td><td><p>2 July 2012</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somaliland (Memorandum of Understanding rather than a PTA)</p></td><td><p>16 April 2014</p></td><td><p>16 April 2014</p></td><td><p>Compulsory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>24 January 2013</p></td><td><p>2 February 2014</p></td><td><p>Voluntary</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Nigerian PTA will shortly be in force. We are awaiting final exchange of diplomatic notes. First transfers are expected by the end of this calendar year (2014).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the bilateral prisoner transfer arrangements listed above the United Kingdom became a party to the following multi-party arrangements:</p><p> </p><p>The Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons</p><p> </p><p>Signed: 9 February 2009 Entered into Force: 1 November 2009</p><p> </p><p>Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of the 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union</p><p> </p><p>Adopted: 27 November 2008 Entered into force: 5 December 2011</p><p> </p><p /> <p /> <p /> <p>All foreign national offenders sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p /> <p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed over 240 FNOs to date.</p><p /> <p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/06/2014 16:54:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

432834

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Religious Practice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech given by the Secretary of State for Justice at Prisons Hearing Alliance on 17 July 2015, whether he plans for participation in chaplaincy-led programmes with a proven effect on rehabilitation rates to count towards earned release in the same manner as does classroom-based educational activities.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	17977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Reoffending rates for offenders sentenced to custody are too high and the Ministry of Justice is looking at ways to make sure that offenders are properly rehabilitated and better equipped to lead a crime free life. As the Secretary of State indicated in his speech of 17 July, earned release is being explored as an option to help achieve this. We are still at the very early stages of exploring how any earned release scheme might work.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/12/2015 15:31:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

177212

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech by the Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties of 24 September 2014 at the Family Mediation Association Annual Conference 2014, whether his Department plans to seek the views of children, young people and expert non-governmental organisaitons in its review of children's access to legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	222962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Following the reforms to civil legal aid, funding remains available in around 95% of cases where a child or young person is the applicant. This includes legal aid for all public law children cases, and where a child is a party in private family law cases.<br><br>The Government has made clear that it will undertake a post-implementation review of the legal aid provisions within the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) within 3-5 years of implementation. Although the scope of this review has not been finalised, it is expected that it will consider evidence from a wide range of sources. <br><br>In the mean time, the Government continues at all times to review the operation of the legal aid system. Ministers have considered, and will continue to consider, all representations and evidence about the impact of LASPO on young people.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 05/02/2015 16:42:21 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

443473

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Law: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the second bullet point of page 26 of the report, entitled Getting it right in social welfare law, published by the Low Commission in March 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Commission's recommendation.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	21672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice welcomes the work done by the Low Commission in producing its reports, and notes its recommendation on Alternative Dispute Resolution. As part of our work to reform the courts we are considering how to make processes speedier and more accessible.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/01/2016 17:47:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter