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61253

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:</p><p>“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.</p><p>The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.</p><p>This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.</p><p>Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:15 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

61506

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to recover records of royal pardons granted between 1987 and 1997.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The review of Departmental record keeping ordered by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is ongoing.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials continue to seek information on use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) for the years 1987 to 1997. This includes contact with other Government Departments where relevant material might be held.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/06/2014 14:34:16 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

61509

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have sought assistance from the Royal Household in recovering records of royal pardons granted between 1987 and 1997.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The review of Departmental record keeping ordered by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is ongoing.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials continue to seek information on use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) for the years 1987 to 1997. This includes contact with the Royal Household to ascertain whether they hold any relevant information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/06/2014 15:13:34 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

57547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1984 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL20
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder. Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others, the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice. As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 18:37:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL20_Table 1.doc title No of offenders with previous convictions
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57560

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 11 March (WA 374), what offence would be committed by an RSPCA inspector making entry, or attempting to make entry, to private property of a private home without the permission of the owner.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL33
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>If the RSPCA are investigating an allegation of animal cruelty and the owners do not cooperate or refuse entry to their property, the RSPCA would normally call upon the assistance of the police. The RSPCA has no special powers for entry or search and seizure – these powers lie with police constables and some local authority officers.</p><p> </p><p>As such they would be subject to the law as any member of the public would be.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 16:57:16 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

57566

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Euthanasia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying for people with a terminal illness.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
	uin	HL39
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not itself made any assessment of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 17:09:31 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher

58557

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	EU Institutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the European Commission regarding the interpretation of European Regulation 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 so as to promote effective access to information without excessive restrictions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL82
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of transparency by European Union institutions, with appropriate safeguards for genuinely sensitive information, and the key role the Regulation plays in promoting openness and accountability. However, the Government has no plans to make representations to the European Commission regarding the interpretation of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 16:56:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

60528

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the budgeted annual expenditure of the National Probation Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The total probation budget for 2014-15 is £804 million. This includes the first two months of the financial year, during which services were provided by the probation trusts. As well as operational delivery, the probation budget includes provision of corporate services to support the new operating model.</p><p> </p><p>The budget figureis based on an initial assessment of operational and business needs and may vary within the financial period. The costs associated with high-risk offenders fall within a number of budget items and do not constitute a separate category.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL118 question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:49 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

60529

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the National Probation Service budget has been allocated for the management of high-risk cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The total probation budget for 2014-15 is £804 million. This includes the first two months of the financial year, during which services were provided by the probation trusts. As well as operational delivery, the probation budget includes provision of corporate services to support the new operating model.</p><p> </p><p>The budget figureis based on an initial assessment of operational and business needs and may vary within the financial period. The costs associated with high-risk offenders fall within a number of budget items and do not constitute a separate category.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL117 question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:49 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

60530

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the event of a rise in the anticipated costs of community rehabilitation companies emerging from the bidding process, the Secretary of State will delay the process; and, if so, what estimated impact on the National Probation Service would trigger such a decision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Transforming Rehabilitation Programme is opening up the market to a diverse range of new providers, so that we can harness the best that the private and voluntary sectors has to offer to reduce reoffending. We are on track to award and mobilise Payment by Results (PbR) contracts for offender rehabilitation services across England and Wales by 2015. Bids to run the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) have yet to be submitted, but are expected by the end of June 2014. We currently have strong, competitive bidder interest across all Contract Package Areas, and we do not expect rising costs to be an issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 15:11:31 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham