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33663

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each supplier of such contract following the contract award.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	183913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has taken a number of steps to improve commercial capability across the department. We regularly review suppliers' performance against key performance indicators and have recently embarked on a programme aimed at introducing a more robust approach to contract management, to ensure that contracts deliver best possible value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The table below features the ten largest contracts let by the Ministry of Justice since the financial year 2010/11, and provides details of savings and of any under- or overspend in each financial year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 183913.doc title Table 1
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

101973

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value was of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected was in financial year 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	212720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <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 amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years, reaching a record high in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in the financial year 2013-14 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Amount imposed</p></td><td><p>Amount collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£420,255,840</p></td><td><p>£290,311,831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total amount collected in the financial year 2013-14 was a record high and was £5.8 million higher than the previous financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts above include all elements of financial impositions (excluding confiscation orders): fines, costs, compensation and victim surcharge. The amounts collected in a particular year can relate to impositions from that year or any previous year. The amounts include those that were being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/11/2014 16:15:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

174047

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what types of offence resulted in confiscation orders being made in 2012-13; and how much was collected as a result of those orders.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	220978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the primary offence type for all confiscation orders made between 01/04/2012 and 31/03/2013 and the current amount paid against those impositions as of 16/01/2015. The ‘Amount Paid’ does not include any sums of interest that may have been collected on those orders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Primary Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Amount Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arms Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 2,274.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bribery and Corruption</p></td><td><p>£ 724.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary / Theft</p></td><td><p>£ 5,178,518.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Counterfeiting / Intellectual Property / Forgery</p></td><td><p>£ 3,482,693.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 27,142,467.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excise Duty Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 1,250,612.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handling Stolen Goods</p></td><td><p>£ 778,521.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 390,863.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Drugs</p></td><td><p>£ 8,183,885.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Other</p></td><td><p>£ 18,291,592.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 8,045,149.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Fraud / Embezzlement / Deception / Crimes of dishonesty</p></td><td><p>£ 22,650,449.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 281,589.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pimps and Brothels / Prostitution / Pornography</p></td><td><p>£ 965,260.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>£ 167,503.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax and Benefit Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 9,078,615.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Terrorism</p></td><td><p>£ 39,945.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trading Standards Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 435,591.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>£ 125,986.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VAT Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 10,548,046.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 917,892.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£ 117,958,186.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/01/2015 16:08:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

175127

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of fines was (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in 2013-14 in each local criminal justice board area.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	221639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <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><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of financial impositions ordered by the courts in 2013/14, and the total value of financial impositions collected in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Impositions 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total collected in the year - regardless of imposition date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>£10,488,481</p></td><td><p>£3,816,902</p></td><td><p>£7,172,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>£4,225,416</p></td><td><p>£1,859,237</p></td><td><p>£3,202,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>£4,890,202</p></td><td><p>£1,933,970</p></td><td><p>£3,547,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>£7,518,203</p></td><td><p>£3,839,030</p></td><td><p>£6,066,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>£3,994,238</p></td><td><p>£1,275,769</p></td><td><p>£2,882,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£4,381,676</p></td><td><p>£1,500,696</p></td><td><p>£2,790,743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>£4,619,046</p></td><td><p>£1,802,742</p></td><td><p>£3,453,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>£7,275,905</p></td><td><p>£3,492,226</p></td><td><p>£6,154,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>£4,254,020</p></td><td><p>£1,592,455</p></td><td><p>£3,388,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>£3,100,039</p></td><td><p>£1,169,332</p></td><td><p>£2,473,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>£3,774,386</p></td><td><p>£1,743,944</p></td><td><p>£2,898,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>£10,989,916</p></td><td><p>£5,222,015</p></td><td><p>£8,443,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>£2,145,012</p></td><td><p>£894,327</p></td><td><p>£1,840,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>£22,329,688</p></td><td><p>£7,039,630</p></td><td><p>£15,250,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>£4,788,550</p></td><td><p>£1,762,976</p></td><td><p>£3,527,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>£11,013,958</p></td><td><p>£4,079,985</p></td><td><p>£8,459,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£9,563,529</p></td><td><p>£3,829,326</p></td><td><p>£6,440,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7,136,166</p></td><td><p>£2,837,722</p></td><td><p>£5,694,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>£11,982,516</p></td><td><p>£4,191,673</p></td><td><p>£8,362,118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>£13,146,146</p></td><td><p>£4,475,514</p></td><td><p>£7,798,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>£6,044,190</p></td><td><p>£2,577,867</p></td><td><p>£4,320,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>£6,141,834</p></td><td><p>£2,706,212</p></td><td><p>£4,210,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>£37,479,069</p></td><td><p>£12,591,694</p></td><td><p>£21,055,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North East</p></td><td><p>£19,420,646</p></td><td><p>£5,919,447</p></td><td><p>£10,646,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West</p></td><td><p>£23,238,619</p></td><td><p>£8,598,442</p></td><td><p>£14,243,408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South West</p></td><td><p>£1,627,698</p></td><td><p>£903,715</p></td><td><p>£3,659,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>£12,266,671</p></td><td><p>£3,901,058</p></td><td><p>£9,556,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>£4,810,313</p></td><td><p>£1,825,238</p></td><td><p>£3,307,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>£5,476,857</p></td><td><p>£2,476,682</p></td><td><p>£4,264,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£4,247,146</p></td><td><p>£2,168,730</p></td><td><p>£3,489,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>£4,046,826</p></td><td><p>£1,391,365</p></td><td><p>£2,909,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>£10,806,079</p></td><td><p>£3,613,008</p></td><td><p>£7,385,384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£8,409,069</p></td><td><p>£3,050,949</p></td><td><p>£5,254,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>£16,335,911</p></td><td><p>£6,584,635</p></td><td><p>£10,762,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£9,955,309</p></td><td><p>£2,808,251</p></td><td><p>£5,752,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£8,075,539</p></td><td><p>£2,824,654</p></td><td><p>£6,008,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>£4,945,931</p></td><td><p>£1,887,068</p></td><td><p>£3,309,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>£7,833,947</p></td><td><p>£4,298,880</p></td><td><p>£6,331,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>£7,295,943</p></td><td><p>£3,024,765</p></td><td><p>£5,986,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£13,975,694</p></td><td><p>£6,347,357</p></td><td><p>£10,957,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>£5,478,730</p></td><td><p>£1,967,666</p></td><td><p>£3,137,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>£9,034,521</p></td><td><p>£3,169,955</p></td><td><p>£5,749,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£18,824,807</p></td><td><p>£5,980,168</p></td><td><p>£14,196,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£19,708,027</p></td><td><p>£6,593,972</p></td><td><p>£11,421,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>£3,159,373</p></td><td><p>£1,163,257</p></td><td><p>£2,547,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£420,255,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£156,734,504</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£290,311,831</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include fines, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and prosecution costs orders. The value of the impositions that remain outstanding at the end of the year includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/01/2015 17:08:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176799

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average value was of a confiscation order for drug-related crimes in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average value of confiscation orders made for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders issued</strong></p></td><td><p>6401</p></td><td><p>6033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average value of orders issued (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£16,336.86</p></td><td><p>£16,490.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222732 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176800

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders were issued for drug-related crimes in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for drug related offences in 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average amount recovered for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders made (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>3610</p></td><td><p>3537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average amount recovered (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£10,165.73</p></td><td><p>£8,904.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222715 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176801

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders were issued in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average value of confiscation orders made for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders issued</strong></p></td><td><p>6401</p></td><td><p>6033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average value of orders issued (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£16,336.86</p></td><td><p>£16,490.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222730 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176802

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders convicted in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 were convicted for what drug-related crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under this Government crime is falling and criminals are more likely to go to prison and for longer. Drug offending is serious in itself, and drug dealers can expect substantial prison sentences, but drug abuse also underlies a huge volume of acquisitive and violent crime which can blight communities. The independent Sentencing Council issued a sentencing guideline on drug offences, effective from February 2012, which brought sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for all drug offences that come before courts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of drug offences and of all drug-related offences, by quarter, in England and Wales from 2012 to 2013, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8">Offenders found guilty at all courts of drug offences, by quarter, England and Wales, 2012 to 2013 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td colspan="4">2012</td><td colspan="4">2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Q1</td><td>Q2</td><td>Q3</td><td>Q4</td><td>Q1</td><td>Q2</td><td>Q3</td><td>Q4</td></tr><tr><td>Importation and Exportation <sup>(3)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>167</td><td>135</td><td>112</td><td>129</td><td>138</td><td>101</td><td>111</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Production <sup>(4)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>1,789</td><td>1,656</td><td>1,640</td><td>1,601</td><td>1,631</td><td>1,602</td><td>1,622</td><td>1,454</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td></tr><tr><td>Supply <sup>(5)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>1,040</td><td>916</td><td>842</td><td>760</td><td>1,050</td><td>982</td><td>922</td><td>936</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Possession <sup>(6)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>10,491</td><td>9,331</td><td>10,457</td><td>9,557</td><td>9,925</td><td>9,840</td><td>9,646</td><td>9,108</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td><td>3%</td></tr><tr><td>Possession with intent to supply <sup>(7)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>1,854</td><td>1,682</td><td>1,657</td><td>1,659</td><td>1,691</td><td>1,774</td><td>1,893</td><td>1,737</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td><td>1%</td></tr><tr><td>Incitement to supply <sup>(8)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Permitting premises to be used for illegal purposes <sup>(9)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>135</td><td>102</td><td>120</td><td>112</td><td>127</td><td>116</td><td>127</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Vienna Convention offences <sup>(10)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous offences <sup>(11)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>67</td><td>39</td><td>35</td><td>38</td><td>41</td><td>63</td><td>56</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>Proportion of total offences</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total (drug offences)</td><td>15,543</td><td>13,863</td><td>14,863</td><td>13,856</td><td>14,605</td><td>14,478</td><td>14,377</td><td>13,527</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total (other offences)</td><td>312,074</td><td>282,920</td><td>289,521</td><td>288,946</td><td>286,896</td><td>276,833</td><td>277,308</td><td>273,944</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total (England and Wales)</td><td>327,617</td><td>296,783</td><td>304,384</td><td>302,802</td><td>301,501</td><td>291,311</td><td>291,685</td><td>287,471</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Drug convictions (%)</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td><td>5%</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(3) Offences under SS 50(2),(3),(5), 68 (2) &amp; (4) &amp; 170 (1-4) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(4) Offences under Section 4(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(5) Offences under Section 4(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(6) Offences under Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(7) Offences under Section 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(8) Offences under Section 19 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(9) Offences under Section 8 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(10) Offences under SS12-19 of the Criminal Justice (International C-Operation) Act 1990 and RR6(5), 7, 7(5) &amp; 8 of the Controlled Drug (Drug Precursors)(Community External Trade) Regulations 2008</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(11) Offences under SS 9, 11(2), 12 (6), 13(3), 17 (4), 18 (2-4), 20 &amp; 23 (4) of The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 &amp; SS 327 - 330, 333, 336 (5) &amp; (6) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>NB - 0% readings are due to rounding down from below 0.5%</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 222733</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst criminal justice statistics for England and Wales as a whole for the years 2012 and 2013 are in the public domain, statistics for the year 2014 are planned for publication on the Ministry of Justice website in May 2015. Please note that whilst quarterly court proceedings and convictions headline data are published on the Ministry of Justice website and are currently available up to end June 2014, these data are subject to revision as later quarters are published, and are finalised only when the annual publication is made publicly available. To ensure consistency of data released to users, further breakdowns (in this case by specific offences under certain legislation) of 2014 Quarter 1 (January to March) data are not available until the annual criminal statistics publication is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/02/2015 17:06:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176803

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount recovered through confiscation orders for drug-related crimes was in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for drug related offences in 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average amount recovered for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders made (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>3610</p></td><td><p>3537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average amount recovered (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£10,165.73</p></td><td><p>£8,904.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222731 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176804

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-related confiscation orders were issued for (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £5,000, (c) £5,001 to £10,000, (d) £10,001 to £20,000, (e) £20,001 to £50,000, (f) £50,001 to £100,000, (g) £100,001 to £500,000, (h) £500,001 to £1 million, (i) £1 million to £5 million and (j) more than £5 million in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued in 2012/13 and 2013/14 by value groups. It also shows the total number of drug related confiscation orders issued in 2012/13 and 2013/14 by value group.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Order value</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drug related offences </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drug related offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0 to £1,000</p></td><td><p>2833</p></td><td><p>1809</p></td><td><p>2690</p></td><td><p>1824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1,001 to £5,000</p></td><td><p>1257</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>1205</p></td><td><p>844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5,001 to £10,000</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10,001 to £20,000</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£20,001 to £50,000</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>558</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50,001 to £100,000</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100,001 to £500,000</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500,001 to £999,999*</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1million to £5million</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £5million</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total:</p></td><td><p>6401</p></td><td><p>3610</p></td><td><p>6033</p></td><td><p>3537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure amended from £500,001 to £999,999 (other than £1m as requested in question) to avoid the double counting of orders as number ranges overlapped.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14; as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222761 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:48:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie