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1107782

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2019
	date	29/03/2019
	date tabled	29/03/2019
	ddp created	29/03/2019 15:35:16
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	29/03/2019 15:55:28 08/04/2019 17:15:46
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
	house id	1
	identifier	238626
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/04/2019 16:34:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to implement simplified out of court disposals following the 2014 pilot on adult out of court disposals; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238626
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238626
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs) allow police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending without recourse to the courts.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring the most vulnerable offenders can access community-based support, and recognise the benefits of early intervention. So, where an OOCD is appropriate, we encourage the use of disposals which have a condition attached (be that rehabilitative, reparative, punitive or restrictive), which can achieve rapid compensation for victims and/or divert offenders into rehabilitative services to address the root causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We are working in partnership with the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) whose <em>Charging and Out of Court Disposals</em> strategy supports forces moving to the simplified two-tier framework when it is operationally and financially viable.</p>
	creator	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1107781

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2019
	date	29/03/2019
	date tabled	29/03/2019
	ddp created	29/03/2019 15:35:13
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	29/03/2019 15:55:26 08/04/2019 17:15:53
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution: Shoplifting
	house id	1
	identifier	238625
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/04/2019 16:32:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to make an assessment of the effectiveness of out of court disposals for shop theft; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238625
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238625
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recognise that shoplifting is not a victimless crime. It causes cost and disruption to businesses, as well as damage to communities and consumers. We encourage all victims, including shop workers, to report these crimes to the police so that they can be recorded and dealt with accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>A report by the Centre for Social Justice issued last year concluded that people addicted to heroin and crack cocaine account for 70% of shop thefts. We are committed to ensuring the most vulnerable offenders, including those with drug addictions, are able to access support at the right time. This includes diverting offenders away from custody where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Out of Court Disposals are one important tool available in addressing shop theft – they allow the police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending. Where an Out of Court Disposal is appropriate, we encourage the use of disposals which have a condition attached (be that rehabilitative, reparative, punitive or restrictive). This can achieve rapid compensation and/or divert vulnerable offenders with substance misuse or mental health issues into rehabilitative services to address the root causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We pay attention to trends and changes in the use of Out of Court Disposals on an ongoing basis.</p>
	creator	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1087214

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/03/2019
	date	12/03/2019
	date tabled	12/03/2019
	ddp created	12/03/2019 21:31:55
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	12/03/2019 21:42:00 19/03/2019 18:26:40
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	identifier	231414
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 17:54:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for breach of an anti-social behaviour order or criminal behaviour order was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 231414
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	231414
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions for a selected offence type for a person who received their first immediate custodial sentence for the selected offence type, covering the period year ending September 2016 – year ending September 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The data provided in the accompanying response table is sourced from MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, we are unable to answer PQ230707.</p><p> </p><p>Caution should be exercised in drawing general conclusions from this data. By definition these are the very extremes of the system – the individuals with the very most convictions. Most significantly the 2015 study suggests that giving a short custodial sentence to a prolific offender is more, not less, likely to result in them committing another offence after custody, compared to giving them a community sentence.</p>
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1110396

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/04/2019
	date	08/04/2019
	date tabled	08/04/2019
	ddp created	09/04/2019 00:35:34
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/04/2019 01:03:48 11/04/2019 16:51:02
	hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
	house id	1
	identifier	242008
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 16:19:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of people convicted of burglary offences for the first time that were handed down custodial sentences in the latest period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 242008
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	242008
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>4,239 people - both adults and youths - who had no previous convictions for burglary offences were convicted of a burglary offence in year ending September 2018, of which 2,306 (54%) received a custodial sentence. A custodial sentence includes both immediate custody and suspended sentence orders.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts, taking into account the particular circumstances of the offence and offender, and following any relevant sentencing guidelines.</p>
	creator	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1092107

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 19:57:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:15:32 29/03/2019 14:15:21
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	234712
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/03/2019 13:40:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of six months in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234712
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234712
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The highest number of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of six months in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p>
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1105468

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	27/03/2019
	date tabled	27/03/2019
	ddp created	27/03/2019 21:42:47
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	28/03/2019 16:08:23 01/04/2019 23:00:07
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	237660
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/04/2019 22:29:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the use of community service rather than short term prison sentences for minor offences.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 237660
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	237660
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is a strong case to abolish sentences of six months or less, with some exceptions. We are therefore exploring options to restrict the use of short custodial sentences, but we have not at this stage reached any conclusions.</p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p>
	creator	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1092089

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 19:55:07
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 19:59:11 29/03/2019 17:45:05
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	identifier	234674
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/03/2019 17:10:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Community Rehabilitation Companies in delivering resettlement plans.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234674
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234674
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The latest performance statistics can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: update to September 2018’ on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures show that CRC performance against target for completion of resettlement plans was at 95.5% for this period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has acted decisively in response to issues with CRC performance by bringing forward the end of CRC contracts and consulting on a range of proposals to better integrate probation provision. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs last year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched a consultation on proposals to introduce more effective future delivery arrangements. We want to learn from what has worked well and what hasn’t and better integrate public, private and third sector providers in future arrangements. Our changes will put in place a more stable and resilient probation system, which works effectively to protect the public and tackle reoffending.</p>
	creator	533 label Biography information for David Hanson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1110285

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/04/2019
	date	08/04/2019
	date tabled	08/04/2019
	ddp created	08/04/2019 23:43:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/04/2019 00:05:13 11/04/2019 17:13:46
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	identifier	242167
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 16:35:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action he has taken against the Community Rehabilitation Companies that have failed to deliver a quality service; and whether such companies will still be able to bid for future contracts despite this failure.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 242167
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	242167
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have been clear that probation services need to improve. We have taken decisive action by ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early, investing in improvements to Through the Gate services and conducting a consultation on future arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to hold Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to their contractual obligations using a variety of levers. These include putting in place action plans for all CRCs where concerns relating to quality have been identified by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service or Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, and applying service credits where appropriate for underperformance on any one of 12 Service Levels focusing on particular aspects of delivery.</p><p> </p><p>We will award contracts to those best placed to deliver them. Any bidder in a future competition will need to provide evidence of their ability to deliver probation services.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1104767

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:06:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 01:00:40 29/03/2019 17:58:01
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Probation
	house id	1
	identifier	236515
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/03/2019 17:25:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average caseload is per probation officer in each community rehabilitation company.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236515
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236515
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures on the average caseload of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s tasks are not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics showing the total caseload of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) as well as the National Probation Service (NPS). Figures for total probation caseload are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Bulletin, England and Wales: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest published figures with all offenders supervised in the community on 30th September 2018 at all 21 CRCs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Durham and Cleveland CRC</p></td><td><p>3,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria CRC</p></td><td><p>3,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire CRC</p></td><td><p>5,233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>3,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>7,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC</p></td><td><p>11,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria and Lancashire CRC</p></td><td><p>5,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside CRC</p></td><td><p>6,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire CRC</p></td><td><p>8,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC</p></td><td><p>12,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia and Warwickshire CRC</p></td><td><p>2,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London CRC</p></td><td><p>29,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire CRC</p></td><td><p>7,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex CRC</p></td><td><p>4,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk and Suffolk CRC</p></td><td><p>2,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC</p></td><td><p>8,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire CRC</p></td><td><p>3,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley CRC</p></td><td><p>4,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire CRC</p></td><td><p>6,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC</p></td><td><p>4,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales CRC</p></td><td><p>8,899</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1104768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:06:37
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 01:00:42 28/03/2019 19:12:01
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Probation
	house id	1
	identifier	236516
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/03/2019 18:39:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers worked at over 110% capacity at some point during 2018 in each community rehabilitation company.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236516
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236516
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures on the caseloads of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s tasks are not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon