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165890

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 27 of his Department's Research Strategy 2014-15, when the outcome of the survey of small businesses to assess the impact of the Bribery Act 2010 on small and medium-sized enterprises will be published.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	215901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has shared with the Ministry of Justice the results of a survey commissioned following the Business Services Red Tape Challenge assignment to help small business fully understand the appropriate application of the Bribery Act 2010 and guidance so as not to spend unnecessary time and money on disproportionate measures. At this stage, there are no plans to publish the results of the survey.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/12/2014 13:34:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

169880

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>a) The overall spend on taxis has reduced significantly over the past five years. Taxis can only be used if the proposed journey is not practicable by public transport. These figures include the transportation of prisoners to medical appointments and funerals. The spend comes out of each prisons budget and can vary, depending on location. Greater use of pool cars has reduced the overall spend on taxis over the past five years.</p><p> </p><p>MOJ has spent the following on taxis in the periods requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£6,914,699.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£6,052,236.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£5,118,258.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£4,207,627.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£3,110,229.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>b) There is a ban on all first class travel. The only exception to this ban is to support the needs of some disabled staff in carrying out their duties, where it is reasonable to do so. Exceptions for rail travel cannot be made on any other grounds.</p><p> </p><p>The MOJ has spent the following on first class rail travel in the periods requested (excluding spend by MOJ in December 2010 as this data is not currently available):</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£1,988,205.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£421,346.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£352,927.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£398,930.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£411,327.18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>c) There is a ban on all first class travel, and on business class travel for flights less than eight hours duration, except in the case of flights of five hours and over where there is a business need, such as where staff are required to go straight into a meeting following a flight or where staff are required to work on a flight and a business case is approved.</p><p>The MOJ has spent the following on business class air travel for 2013 and 2014. Prior to 2013, the MoJ were contracted with a different supplier and to go through all of the individual travel records would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£78,547.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£86,214.89</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/12/2014 16:44:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

170510

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 215901, tabled on 25 November 2014; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer that Question.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	218674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>I am sorry for the delay in answering Question 215901. I can confirm that the question has been answered today, 18<sup>th</sup> December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/12/2014 13:39:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

170488

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Email: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for organising online phishing scams in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	218745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling all types of fraud regardless of whether they are committed on- or offline. The Fraud Act 2006 contains a range of offences that can be used to prosecute fraudsters who are suspected of phishing. Sections 6 and 7 of the Act, for example, criminalise the possession, making and supply of articles for the use in fraud which could include computer software programme used to create phishing websites.</p><p> </p><p>Although we hold data on the total number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under the the Fraud Act 2006, we cannot separately identify what proportion of these cases specifically relate to phishing scams.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/01/2015 17:40:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

170763

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Squatting: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on ensuring that prosecutions are made under squatting legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	219044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Squatting in someone’s home can cause the rightful owner untold misery and it is right that the practice is now criminal. We worked closely with the enforcement agencies when preparing for the commencement of the offence of squatting in a residential building, created by section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Prosecutions will always be brought where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/01/2015 17:39:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

171840

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reform the powers of the Crown Prosecution Service to authorise out-of-court disposals.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	906842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>On 3 November 2014, the Ministry of Justice published its response to the public consultation on adult out-of-court disposals (OOCDs). This response proposes a new, two-tier OOCD framework, elements of which are currently being piloted in three police forces (Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Leicestershire). If this proposed framework were rolled out on a national level, it would require legislation to put Community Resolutions and the new Suspended Prosecution on a statutory footing. However, substantive reform of the legal powers of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is not envisaged.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/01/2015 15:40:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

172006

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on fine collection in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
uin	219669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) in the area of enforcement of the payments of fines in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of staff (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2010</p></td><td><p>1541.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2011</p></td><td><p>1819.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2012</p></td><td><p>1513.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2013</p></td><td><p>1382.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/11/2014</p></td><td><p>1352.79</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for 2014 is only available as a snapshot as at the end of November.</p><p>It is not possible to differentiate on the HR management system between those staff employed in enforcement of court orders as opposed to collection of fines.</p><p>Enforcement as a separate HMCTS function was not created until June 2011. For data purposes prior to that date, the business code name and hierarchy information has been used to identify staff who work in enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years. The amount of money collected reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise. In 2013/14 the total outstanding balance of financial impositions reduced by £26.7m (5%) in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/01/2015 15:13:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

155548

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department gives court users on the use of the term victim at the pre-conviction stage of a court case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued guidance to court users on the use of the term ‘victim’.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 13:19:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

171993

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of cautions issued since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	219657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The use of cautions is at its lowest point for 30 years and nearly half the level seen in 2007. The total number of cautions has decreased by 11% in the year ending June 2014 as compared to the previous 12 months. However, the Government is not complacent and wants to ensure that serious offences are always brought to court.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a review of simple cautions in early 2013, to examine the way in which simple cautions were being used and consider the need for any changes to policy or practice.</p><p> </p><p>Following this review, the Ministry of Justice issued updated guidance in November 2013 on the process to be followed by the police when administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This placed limits on the circumstances in which a simple caution should be issued, particularly for serious offences. We have banned the use of simple cautions for possession of any offensive weapon (including a knife), supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children, including child prostitution and pornography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place further restrictions on the use of cautions for certain serious offences which will be set out in secondary legislation, as well as stopping their use for indictable only offences and repeat offenders (unless there are exceptional circumstances).</p><p> </p><p>In 2013 we consulted on whether there is a need for more radical change in the out of court disposal framework, which includes simple cautions. After this, the Government announced plans to simplify the current range of disposals into two tiers: a suspended prosecution (based around the conditional caution) and a new statutory community resolution.</p><p> </p><p>This new framework would remove the option of a simple caution and move away from a system of warnings and reprimands. It would give the police the power to tackle offending behaviour in a more effective way. Offenders would be required to take action to comply with the new disposals and face meaningful consequences if they failed to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed framework is being piloted in three police forces before a decision is taken on whether to roll them out across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 17:54:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

172601

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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 25 November 2014 to Question 215243, how many times all members of the Advisory Committee to the Phillips Review met to discuss the report (a) before and (b) after it was submitted to the Secretary of State.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Chair of the independent review of veterans in the criminal justice system, Stephen Phillips MP, formally met the Advisors to the review four times. A number of the advisors attended two stakeholder visits. They were also consulted on the text of the report.</p><p>Stephen Phillips QC MP submitted his completed review to the Secretary of State on the 5 of November 2014, and the members of the advisory committee did not meet subsequent to this.</p><p>The government published the review, the government response and two supporting analytical reports on the 21 December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 17:08:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis