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1349580

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the consequences are for a (a) witness, (b) defendant, (c) complainant, (d) juror, (e) judicial office holder, (f) court employee and (g) visiting member of the public who does not wear a face mask in accordance with the mandatory covid-19 face covering policy in place from 19 July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	38195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions across respective parts of Great Britain this summer has allowed courts and tribunals to operate more flexibly, and so increasingly efficiently. But notwithstanding the success of the Government’s vaccine rollout, some safety measures must continue to remain in place.</p><p>There has never been a legal requirement to wear face coverings in a court or tribunal building. Regulations on the wearing of face coverings in place before 19 July in England, imposing criminal sanctions backed by appropriate enforcement powers, applied only in prescribed sectors like retail and transport. However, Public Health guidance has for some time made clear the benefits associated with face coverings, which other sectors have been encouraged to follow. Face coverings can help to minimise exposure to the virus, and therefore reduce the risk of transmission. Accordingly, and alongside a range of other measures embedded to manage Covid risks, in July 2020 HM Courts and Tribunals Service introduced a policy asking that face coverings be worn (unless exempt) across its estate, for the reasons set out in its <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1012423/HMCTS589_Organisational_Risk_Assessment_A4L_Aug21_v1.pdf" target="_blank">Organisational Risk Assessment</a>.</p><p>Given the lack of any prescribed legal requirement to wear face coverings in court and tribunal buildings, the compliance and enforcement options open to HMCTS before the 19th July are essentially the same as those after 19<sup>th</sup> July. In determining its policy, HMCTS has considered a range of factors, including the clear balance to be struck between ensuring reasonable compliance of the policy on face coverings, and not damaging the efficacy of proceedings before the court (for example, allowing those who are legally compelled to attend court to avoid that appearance by refusing to wear a covering).</p><p>Insofar as members of staff are concerned, HMCTS employees will continue to be required to wear face coverings in court and tribunal buildings, unless exemptions apply. All HMCTS employees have an obligation to follow HR policies. The consequences of non-compliance would be dealt with, as appropriate, under usual personnel management procedures. Members of the judiciary are similarly asked to wear face coverings in certain areas of court and tribunal buildings (not including, for example, whilst presiding in hearing rooms). Any compliance issues would be a matter for the leadership judiciary, not HMCTS.</p><p>For court and tribunal users including parties, witnesses, jurors, and members of the public, Court and Tribunal Security Officers (CTSOs) will ask that face coverings are worn upon entry into the buildings and will provide free face coverings if needed. Signage around the buildings make clear where face coverings are to be worn. Ultimately, under the Courts Act 2003 section 53, CTSOs have the power to exclude or remove any person from a building for the purposes of securing the safety of those in the building – which includes for these purposes considering non-compliance with reasonable requests in respect of face coverings introduced and maintained in line with prevailing Public Health guidance. In assessing the need for (and proportionality of) deploying those exclusion/removal powers, CTSOs (acting in consultation with HMCTS managers and the judiciary as necessary) will have regard to the balance between furthering public safety, and ensuring the ongoing efficacy of proceedings, as described above.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 12:25:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1349612

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his current policy is on the wearing of face coverings in his (a) Department, (b) departmental agencies and (c) related bodies during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	38211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Civil Service / Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has followed, and continues to follow, the latest government guidance in relation to managing the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace, including any variations between the four nations of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the BEIS ‘Working Safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)’ guidance provides sensible precautions employers can take to manage risk and support their staff. The guidance is available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19/offices-factories-and-labs#offices-7-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19/offices-factories-and-labs#offices-7-2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual employers to determine which mitigations are appropriate to adopt as they review their workplace risk assessments in light of the updated guidance. Face coverings, which are no longer required by law, are one possible mitigation employers could adopt if the situation / context warranted it.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ fully supports individuals who choose to wear a face covering in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 12:10:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1351379

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is in place for family courts to ensure meaningful contact for children and parents.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	40789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Section 1 of the Children Act 1989 sets out that the welfare of the child is the court’s paramount consideration. This fundamental principle applies when the court is making a decision with respect to contact arrangements for children.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 also provides that in such cases, the court is to presume that involvement of each parent in the life of the child will further the child’s welfare, unless there is evidence to suggest that involvement of a parent would put the child at risk of suffering harm. Involvement can be direct or indirect. The Government is currently undertaking a review of the courts’ application of this presumption and its exception, and its impact on children.</p><p> </p><p>Judges are also guided in their decision-making by the ‘Welfare Checklist’ set out in the Children Act 1989. This guidance is not exhaustive but requires the court to consider factors such as the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child (considered in light of the age and understanding of the child), the range of powers available to the court, risk of harm, and the likely effect on the child of any change in their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>‘Contact’ can mean direct or indirect contact between a child and a parent. The court will determine appropriate contact arrangements in the light of all of these provisions and in all the circumstances of the individual case.</p><p> </p><p>Family Procedure Rules (FPR) and Practice Directions (PDs) also provide supplementary rules and direction to courts in their determination of contact questions between children and parents.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 12:06:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1338488

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2020, HCWS652, on Unconscious bias training, what steps he has taken to phase out unconscious bias training in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	19546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>In December 2020, the Government Equalities Office commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team for a summary of the evidence on unconscious bias and diversity training. The report highlighted that ‘there is currently no evidence that this training changes behaviour in the long term or improves workplace equality in terms of representation of women, ethnic minorities or other minority groups’. It also states that there is emerging evidence of unintended negative consequences.</p><p>In light of these findings, Ministers concluded that the unconscious bias learning provision did not achieve its aims and should be phased out in the Civil Service.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has taken the following actions to phase out Unconscious Bias training.</p><p>In December 2020, department Senior Leadership Group directors, along with HR practitioners in Learning &amp; Development and Diversity &amp; Inclusion, were alerted to the withdrawal of Unconscious Bias training. Guidance explained that MoJ group should also look to wind-up the use of unconscious bias stand-alone products.</p><p>The same information was also cascaded through the Diversity &amp; Inclusion and Learning &amp; Development networks in department business areas, staff support networks and through subject champions.</p><p>The Diversity, Inclusion &amp; Wellbeing team is currently refreshing the strategic approach to diversity and inclusion. In the meantime, staff who are looking for diversity training are encouraged to make use of 'Inclusion in the Civil Service', a revised version of Diversity and Inclusion that has been added to the Civil Service Learning website. This includes four modules:</p><ol><li>Equality, diversity and inclusion in the Civil Service</li><li>Our inclusive workplace</li><li>Our customers</li><li>The legal framework</li></ol><p> </p><p>Unconscious Bias has also been removed from the department Learning Management System and the 'Essential Learning' learner pathway has been updated to include 'Inclusion in the Civil Service' instead.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/06/2021 16:38:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1329577

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of assaulting an emergency worker have been given an immediate custodial sentence of longer than six months since that offence was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Offence’ filter, select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’. Number of defendants convicted will populate Row 24, and those sentenced to immediate custody will populate Row 35. The number of defendants who received sentence lengths greater than 6 months will populate Rows 60 to 77.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 14:18:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1329578

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judiciary: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason it is proposed to average over a 10-year period the raising of the judicial mandatory retirement age from 70 to 75; and how that averaging is planned to be implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment and Equality Statement, published in 2020 as part of the Judicial Mandatory Retirement Age (MRA) consultation, outlined our assessment of the potential effects of raising the MRA. Analysis of retirement trends suggested that with an MRA of 75, the number of judges and non-legal members in post could be around 400 higher than if the MRA had remained at 70. For magistrates, this figure was 2,000. These estimates were calculated as an average over a 10-year period.</p><p>The government intends to legislate to raise the MRA to 75 through the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill, to be introduced shortly. When the MRA is changed to 75, it will immediately apply to all judicial office holders who are in office on the date that the legislative measure is commenced. The legislation will include a transitional provision to enable retired magistrates who are younger than the new MRA to apply to return to the bench, subject to business need.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 15:15:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1329598

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes against the Person: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in each of the last five years what the average immediate custodial sentence was for (a) each offence in the violence against the person category; (b) burglary; (c) robbery and (d) possession of weapons.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the PivotTable Fields, remove the ‘Values’ variable from the ‘Rows’ field and replace with ‘Offence’. Then, drag the ‘Average custodial sentence length (months)’ variable into the ‘Values’ field. Use the ‘Offence group’ filter to select (a) ‘01: Violence against the person’, (b) ‘04: Theft Offences’, (c) ‘Robbery’ and (d) ’07: Possession of weapons’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 14:20:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1329599

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes against the Person: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of (a) each offence in the violence against the person category; (b) burglary; (c) robbery and (d) possession of weapons were not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p>Use the ‘Offence group’ filter to select (a) ‘01: Violence against the person’, (b) ‘04: Theft Offences’, (c) ’03: Robbery’ and (d) ’07: Possession of weapons’. In order to identify the number of offenders sentenced who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, subtract the values of Row 35 (Total immediate custody) from the respective values of Row 25 (Sentenced).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 14:21:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1312032

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of increasing the sentencing powers of Magistrates in accordance with Section 154 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on the number of outstanding cases at Crown Courts.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	187181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The government keeps this policy under review, but an assessment of the impact on outstanding cases at the Crown Court cannot be made available at this time.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 12:00:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1312035

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
	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 7 September 2020 to Question 78583 on Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Shipley to supply that information.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	187182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to fully answer the question asked on 22 July 2020, involves accessing the Police National Computer (PNC). This system can only be accessed via a fixed location in our offices. Access to the PNC has been severely restricted since March 2020 due to the national restrictions and the need to minimise non-essential travel.</p><p> </p><p>Work to clear the backlog of parliamentary questions, alongside data uploads and other priority work using the PNC, has commenced but there is continued reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member with the requested information as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 12:07:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1282968

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding (a) Magistrate's court cases and (b) Crown court cases there were in (i) March 2020 and (ii) January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	147797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>The volume of outstanding cases in the criminal courts is published routinely. The latest monthly data available for the number of cases outstanding in (a) the magistrates’ courts and (b) in the Crown Court of England and Wales, is November 2020. The table below sets out the outstanding number of cases in March 2020 and November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly management information (MI) for January 2021 is expected to be available from 11<sup>th</sup> March 2020. Weekly MI that covers the period from March 2020 to 27<sup>th</sup> December 2020 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-outbreak</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Magistrates' <strong>1-4</strong> Outstanding</p></td><td><p>Crown <strong>1,2</strong> Outstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>338,675</p></td><td><p>40,037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-20</p></td><td><p>403,568</p></td><td><p>53,950</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case-management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information.</p><p>2) The management information presented is different from the quarterly MOJ official statistics published due to timing and definitional reasons. The official statistics go through a more comprehensive quality assurance and analysis process to ensure quality and coherence.</p><p>3) Only criminal cases are included (civil and enforcement cases are excluded). Any cases entered in error have been removed.</p><p>4) Figures above include all case offence types. However, MOJ published statistics are filtered to include only the following offence types: Triable-either-way, Indictable Only, Summary Motoring, Summary Non-Motoring, Breaches.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/02/2021 15:33:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1279862

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Christmas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy was on temporary release from prison over the Christmas 2020 period.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	142853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>By providing opportunities to work, learn and build family ties, release on temporary licence (ROTL) from prison helps prevent offenders from returning to crime when they leave prison.</p><p>Most ROTL has been suspended during the pandemic to help limit the spread of the virus and protect the NHS. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has worked closely with public health authorities to plan when and where to re-introduce ROTL safely. Resumption of the full range of ordinary ROTL activities, including release to domestic addresses, has not been possible to date and temporary release is currently limited to essential work and compassionate reasons, such as accessing medical treatment.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/02/2021 17:15:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1241370

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the biggest pay rise given to someone in his Department was in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	100320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Between the period of 01/07/19 - 30/06/2020 the biggest pay rise given to someone in the Department was (a) 7.6 in percentage terms and (b) £7,059 in cash terms.</p><p>This pay increase, determined through the independent Prison Service Pay Review Body process and calculated as a percentage increase, was for Prison Service staff. HMPPS received the highest pay rise.</p><p>Figures are based on staff in post as at 30 June who received their pay awards in September which were backdated to 1 April. Figures do not include annual pay increases for staff in the National Probation Service which have yet to be confirmed and paid and excludes pay award for SCS grades as not yet implemented.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2020 10:39:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1227412

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people given a custodial sentence for assaulting an emergency worker have been released before the half way point of their sentence on home detention curfew since the introduction of that offence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they face being returned to custody.</p><p>The latest available data shows that, by 31 December 2019, 1,610 people had been sentenced to immediate custody for a main offence of assaulting an emergency worker contrary to section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 since it came into force in November 2018. By 31 March 2020, 98 people sentenced to immediate custody for such an offence had been released on HDC. We are not able to give the proportion of those sent to prison who have been released on HDC as it is possible that some of those sentenced by 31 December 2019 will have been released on HDC since 31 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/09/2020 16:41:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228685

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Theft: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous theft offences was for people convicted of a further theft offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81707 81708 81709 81710 81711 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228687

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of burglary was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81708 81709 81710 81711 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228688

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of assault was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81709 81710 81711 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228689

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of possession of an article with a blade or point was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81710 81711 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228690

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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 highest number of previous offences of sexual assault was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81711 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228691

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Robbery: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of robbery was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81710 81712 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228692

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous drug offences was for people convicted of a further drug offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81710 81711 81713 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228693

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Vandalism: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of fraud was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81710 81711 81712 81714 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228694

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Vandalism: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of criminal damage was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81710 81711 81712 81713 81715 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1228695

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of possession of an offensive weapon was for people convicted of that offence and not given a sentence of immediate custody in each of the last three years; and what the chronological sentencing history for all previous such offences was for those offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	81715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p><p>You may wish to note that the latest available data is included in the responses to the following PQs provided in February: 13960–13962, 13967, 13968 and 14632–14636 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-07/13960#</a>).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81706 81707 81708 81709 81710 81711 81712 81713 81714 question first answered 08/09/2020 15:27:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1227406

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of assaulting an emergency worker since the offence was introduced had previously committed (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100, (i) between 101 and 150, (j) between 151 and 200 and (k) over 200 offences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2020 15:50:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1227407

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences that were recorded as convictions for assaulting an emergency worker were assaults against (a) police officers, (b) NHS staff, (c) prison officers, (d) firefighters and (e) other emergency workers since the offence was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Never has the debt of gratitude we owe our emergency workers been greater, they are heroes who risk their lives to keep us safe. Assaulting an emergency worker is wholly unacceptable and we need to make sure that the criminal law can reflect the seriousness with which we take these crimes.</p><p>That is why the Government recently announced a consultation on doubling the maximum penalty for assaulting an emergency worker, in line with its manifesto commitment.</p><p>Court outcomes data centrally held by the Ministry of Justice does not identify the specific occupation of the victim. The exception to this is the summary offence ‘Assault on a constable’. This offence, albeit that it remains on the statute book with a maximum penalty of 6 months imprisonment, has been superseded by the triable either way offence of ‘Assault on an emergency worker’, which was introduced in November 2018. This offence has a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment and applies to the police, in addition to other categories of emergency workers.</p><p> </p><p>The information may be held on court records, however identification of the occupation of victims would require access to these records to manually collect information, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes for the following offences: ‘Assault on a constable’, ‘Assault of an emergency worker’ and ‘Common assault’ up to December 2019, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2020 16:05:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1227428

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of assaults on shop workers resulted in (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended custodial sentence and (e) an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse can have on victims, businesses, and the wider community; and we are committed to tackling this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office published their response to a call for evidence on assaults against shopworkers on 7 July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/violence-and-abuse-toward-shop-staff-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/violence-and-abuse-toward-shop-staff-call-for-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p>Court outcomes data centrally held by the Ministry of Justice does not identify the specific occupation of the victim. The information may be held on court record, however identification of the occupation of victims would require access court records to manually collect information, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing outcomes for ‘Common assault’ up to December 2019, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2020 16:07:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1200169

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for the use of nitrous oxide have been brought in each year since the introduction of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	54052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of prosecutions and convictions in England &amp; Wales up to December 2019. This data is available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Select the pull down for ‘Detailed Offence’, and in the field search bar type ‘psychoactive substance’ and select all the options that appear.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of prosecutions under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 in each year since 2016 can be found in row 31 of the pivot table.</p><p> </p><p>To identify the number of prosecutions specifically for use of nitrous oxide under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 would require a manual search of court records as this level of detail (specific substance) is not held within the courts proceedings database; which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/06/2020 11:51:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1200237

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	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 2 June 2020 to Question 49622 on Courts: Coronavirus, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making arrangements with the new owners of (a) Camberwell Green Magistrates Court and (b) any other recently sold courts to utilise those courts for a temporary period to help assist with the need for increased court capacity as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	54054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answers of 2 June, to Question 49622, and 8 June, to Question 53319.</p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) officials are looking at how we make the best possible use of the existing estate, as well as creating more capacity. This means considering whether any recently closed courts which are still owned by HMCTS are suitable for reopening, and identifying alternative spaces to further extend provision. Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court has been decommissioned and sold and we are therefore not looking to make arrangements to utilise that court.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/06/2020 16:28:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1197540

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using recently closed courts such as Camberwell Green Magistrates Court to help increase capacity that will be needed in the future as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	49622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The former Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court building was sold and ownership transferred to the purchaser on 24 April 2020.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service officials are considering whether any recently closed courts which are still owned by HMCTS are suitable for reopening to provide increased capacity.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 15:54:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1194966

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to ascertain the views of (a) victims of crime and (b) the general public on sentencing policy.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	46010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring victims of crime and the general public have confidence in the criminal justice system and there are a number of routes where the public’s confidence in the criminal justice system is regularly tested.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics has published data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales on confidence in the criminal justice system, for several years. This data can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/008964dataonconfidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/008964dataonconfidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales</a></p><p>with additional information here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/010292confidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales/finaltable.xls" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/010292confidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales/finaltable.xls</a></p><p>and separately in tables S13 and S27 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesannualsupplementarytables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesannualsupplementarytables</a></p><p> </p><p>The independent Sentencing Council also has a statutory duty to have regard to the need to promote public confidence in the criminal justice system when developing the sentencing guidelines and monitoring their impact. The Council has interpreted this duty more widely as an obligation to take direct steps to promote public confidence in the criminal justice system, and sentencing in particular.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 the Council published research to consider what drives public confidence in the criminal justice system with the aim of understanding the public’s knowledge of and attitudes towards sentencing, sentencing guidelines and the criminal justice system. As part of this research, interviewers also carried out in-depth interviews with victims of crime. The report on the findings of the research can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Public-Knowledge-of-and-Confidence-in-the-Criminal-Justice-System-and-Sentencing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Public-Knowledge-of-and-Confidence-in-the-Criminal-Justice-System-and-Sentencing.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/05/2020 15:21:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1194967

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences were committed by people sentenced to terms of imprisonment of between 18 months and four years, in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	46011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on the offences committed by offenders sentenced to imprisonment for between 18 months and four years has been published in the ‘Sentencing data tool’, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain the information requested, in the pivot table, filter the Custodial Sentence Length field to the following:</p><ul><li>10: Over 18 months and up to and including 2 years</li><li>11: Over 2 years and up to and including 3 years</li><li>12: Over 3 years to less than 4 years.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Then, click on the table to open the field list and remove ‘Offence Type’ from the Rows field and drag ‘Offence’ into that field. The table will populate with offences which received custodial sentences of between 18 months and four years.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing data up to December 2019 is due to be published on 21 May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/05/2020 15:23:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186793

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average period of home detention curfew was in each of the last five years for those released early from prison that were sentenced to (a) less than or equal to six months, (b) greater than six months and less than 12 months, (c) 12 months to less than two years and (d) two years to less than four years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>HDC allows prisoners to be released up to 135 days before their automatic release date at the halfway point of their sentence, to work towards rehabilitation and resettlement in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. The attached table shows the average number of days spent on HDC by offenders released in the last four years for which annual data is available (2015 to 2018), reliable data is not available for 2014.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/03/2020 15:32:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 32661 final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186782

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners were out of prison on temporary licence in each day in the latest month for which figures are available; and what offences each of those prisoners had committed.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a thorough risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence (ROTL). ROTL is proven to reduce reoffending, helping offenders build and maintain family ties as well as find work.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table gives the number of prisoners on release on temporary licence (ROTL) on each day of September 2019, broken down by the relevant offence group for the principal offence for which they were sentenced to imprisonment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2020 10:03:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 32653 final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186786

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time served in prison by (a) men and (b) women that had been given life sentences was for those that were released from prison in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The attached tables show the mean and median average time served by men and women sentenced to life imprisonment who were released from custody in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our priority. It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving life sentences who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community using the powers available to them.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2020 10:11:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 32656_final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186980

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences in (a) Magistrates Courts and (b) Crown Courts were marked as receiving no separate penalty in the latest year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	33471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>Detailed information on the number of offences that were marked as receiving no separate penalty is not centrally held. This information may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2020 11:52:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186779

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time served in prison was by (a) men and (b) women sentenced for attempted murder for those that were released from prison in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The tables attached give the mean and median average period spent in custody by males and females sentenced to imprisonment for attempted murder and released from prison in 2014 to 2018 inclusive.</p><p>We have been clear that serious violent and sexual offenders must serve sentences that truly reflect the severity of the crime – helping to protect the public and giving victims confidence that justice has been served. We have therefore introduced legislation – the Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2020 – which comes into force on 1 April 2020. From that date, anyone given a standard determinate sentence of 7 years or more for the most serious sexual or violent offences, including attempted murder, will be required to spend two-thirds – rather than half – of that sentence in prison.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/03/2020 15:21:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 32650 reply_final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186780

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentences handed down by (a) Magistrates' Courts and (b) Crown Courts were suspended prison sentences in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on the number and proportion of suspended sentences imposed in England and Wales, broken down by court type, has been published in the ‘Sentencing data tool’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain the information requested, in the Pivot Table Fields:</p><ul><li><p>Remove ‘Offence Type’ from the rows field and replace with ‘Courts’.</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Sentence Outcome’ variable into the rows field (beneath ‘Courts’).</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>The number of suspended sentences imposed at a specified court in a specified year will then be shown in the table. The proportion for each court can be calculated by dividing the number of suspended sentences imposed at a specified court in a specified year by the total number of sentences imposed at such a specified court in a specified year.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/03/2020 15:24:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186781

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women were found guilty after a trial in (i) Magistrates' Courts and (ii) Crown Courts for violence against the person offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on convictions in England and Wales, up to December 2018. This information, by sex, court and offence group, can be found in the Prosecutions and Convictions tool, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802307/prosecutions-and-convictions-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802307/prosecutions-and-convictions-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Filter ‘Convicted/ Not convicted’ to ’01: Convicted’.</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Offence Group’ variable from the rows field to the filters field and filter to ’01: Violence against the person’.</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Court type’ variable to the rows field.</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Sex’ variable to the rows field (beneath ‘Court type’).</p><p> </p><p>Proportions of males and females found guilty can be calculated by dividing the number of male or female offenders by the total (excluding those where sex is not known and companies, public bodies, etc).</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/03/2020 16:08:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186783

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders in each police force area were convicted and sentenced to immediate custody that had previously committed (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100, (i) between 101 and 150, (j) between 151 and 200 and (k) 200 offences in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32655 32665 33458 33459 33470 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186785

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders that had (a) zero, (b) between one and 4, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100, (i) between 101 and 150, (j) between 151 and 200 and (k) 200 or more previous offences on their record at the time of sentencing were given an immediate custodial sentence for their latest offence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32654 32665 33458 33459 33470 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186798

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of life sentences given to an offender during their offending history is in each of the 30 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	32665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32654 32655 33458 33459 33470 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186967

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) average and (b) highest number of previous offences for dangerous driving a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in (i) England and Wales and (ii) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	33458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32654 32655 32665 33459 33470 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186968

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the highest number of previous dangerous driving offences held by a person who was not given a sentence of immediate custody upon a further dangerous driving offence in (a) England and Wales and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and what was the sentence for the most recent conviction for that offence in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	33459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32654 32655 32665 33458 33470 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1186979

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
	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 24 February 2020 to Question 505, Suspended Sentences, on what dates each of the suspended sentences were given for each offender; what offences were committed on each occasion; and what was the (a) custodial period and (b) period of suspension for each of those sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	33470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 32654 32655 32665 33458 33459 question first answered 26/03/2020 14:45:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1180864

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Union Jack, (b) St George, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) Flag of Wales flags his Department owns.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested in relation to the Ministry of Justice and its agencies is not held centrally.</p><p>The department’s Headquarters at 102 Petty France holds two Union Jack flags, one flag of St. George, two Scottish Saltires, and one Flag of Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/03/2020 16:55:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1181215

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the (a) Union Jack, (b) St George's flag, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) flag of Wales has been flown from the headquarters of his Department in London in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/03/2020 16:56:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1179287

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reece Dempster
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the previous offences by (a) date, (b) category and (c) disposal of each offence committed by Reece Dempster who was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 6 February 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>As is consistent with established procedure, we do not intend to publish the previous offences. An application for disclosure may be made to the relevant court under Part 5.8 Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 as amended.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:07:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1179289

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the custody rate was (a) in total and (b) by sex of the offender for each category of offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on sentencing outcomes relating to specific offence categories is published in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain the total custody rate for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Offence group’ to the Rows field.</li><li>The total custody rate can then be found by dividing ‘Total Immediate Custody’ (rows 206 – 218) by ‘Sentenced’ (rows 66 - 78) for each offence group.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To obtain the custody rate by sex of the offender:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Sex’ to the Rows field above the recently inserted ‘Offence group’.</li><li>The custody rate by sex of the offender for each category of offence can then be found by dividing ‘Total Immediate Custody’ (rows 714 - 764) by ‘Sentenced’ (rows 184 - 234) for each offence group and corresponding sex.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:01:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

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	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence length was (a) in total and (b) by sex of the offender for each category of offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on sentencing outcomes relating to specific offence categories is published in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the average custodial sentence length for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Offence group’ to the Rows field.</li><li>The average custodial sentence length can then be found in rows 472 - 484.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To obtain the average custodial sentence length by sex of the offender for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Sex’ to the Rows field above the recently inserted ‘Offence group’.</li></ul><p>The average custodial sentence length by sex of the offender for each category of offence can then be found in rows 1721 – 1771 for each offence group and corresponding sex.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 12:58:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies