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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

100229

	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, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	211301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to access this information within the time limit but I will provide an answer in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 11:58:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

100228

	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	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014 to Question 204963, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>I am expecting the review to report back to the Secretary of State for Justice by the end of October 2014 and we anticipate publishing it shortly thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 211353 question first answered 24/10/2014 10:55:59 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

100234

	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	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system has held since 16 June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The review team, which includes the Chair of the review - Stephen Phillips QC MP, the advisors assisting him and the two secretariat staff, have attended fourteen meetings since 14 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These include an oral evidence session, a visit to HMP Manchester and Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC and a meeting to discuss progress between the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Stephen Phillips QC MP and myself – Mike Penning MP.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/10/2014 11:09:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

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

93006

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings have taken place in each magistrates' court in England in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	210222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Magistrates’ courts hear criminal, civil and enforcement cases. Family matters are dealt with under the jurisdiction of the Single Family Court, although they may be heard in a magistrates’ courts building. Criminal, civil and enforcement matters are recorded on the Libra case management system and total hearings for those are provided in the attached table. Family hearings are recorded on a separate system and to extract and validate which family hearings took place in magistrates’ courts would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 12:43:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 210222 Table.xls title Hearings at Magistrates' Courts 2010-11 to 2013-14
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

93007

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with magistrates regarding delays at magistrates' courts.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	210223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is committed to the continuous improvement of performance in Magistrates’ Courts; this includes minimising delays in hearing cases. The performance of Magistrates’ Courts depends upon the performance of the criminal justice system as a whole, and HMCTS works closely with other agencies in the criminal justice system, including the police and the CPS, in order to keep delays to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>My officials have had regular discussions with magistrates. The Chief Executive and HMCTS Directors meet on a quarterly basis with the Chairs of the Magistrates’ Association (MA) and the National Bench Chairmen’s Forum (NBCF) to discuss various issues, which include performance in the Magistrates’ Courts. The performance of the Magistrates’ Courts has also recently been discussed at meetings of the Senior Presiding Judge’s Magistrates’ Liaison Group (MLG) the membership of which includes both the judiciary and senior officials from HMCTS. At a regional level, Judicial Business Groups (JBG) and, more locally, Judicial Leadership Groups ( (JLG) provide a f<ins></ins>urther forum where the judiciary and my officials can discuss the performance of local Magistrates’ Courts and, where necessary, the judiciary can put in place local listing arrangements to tackle delay.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 13:15:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

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

77664

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of sex offenders categorised as very high risk in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	205588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Public protection is our top priority and is at the heart of our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. We are clear that management of the offenders who pose the highest risk of serious harm should remain with the public sector. The new National Probation Service is responsible for the direct management of those offenders who pose the highest risk of serious harm to the public and who have committed the most serious offences. This includes sex offenders and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) cases. Offenders who are deemed to pose a medium and low risk are being managed by a Community Rehabilitation Company.</p><p> </p><p>Every offender will be risk assessed prior to allocation to any probation provider and also upon leaving prison; this will be reviewed when there are indicators that their risk of serious harm to the public has increased to high.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes proven re-offending rates for adult and juvenile offenders on a quarterly basis. However, these rates cannot be provided for those offenders classified as very high risk or high risk as the information held centrally does not currently hold an assessment of risk. Assessments of risk are held locally by the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 205619 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:13:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell