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156408

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in open prisons have absconded or escaped on more than one occasion.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no central records of the number of prisoners who have self-declared a transgender status. Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems in their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender.</del></p><p /> <p><ins class="ministerial">In March, we announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government, but we take each incident seriously. As a result of a comprehensive review, we have made major changes to tighten the eligibility for open prisons. Prisoners may no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, attempted to escape, or if they have failed to return or have re-offended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The change in policy for eligibility for open conditions was not applied retrospectively: the majority of these offenders who were already in open conditions were allowed to remain. However, any prisoners who were assessed to present an unacceptable risk in such conditions in light of their previous non-compliance were returned to closed prisons.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Progression to open prison is never automatic. All prisoners undergo regular, mandatory assessment of their risk of escape or abscond and risk of harm to the public. Only those who are assessed as having an acceptable level of risk for conditions of lower security can be allocated to open prison.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As at 31 March 2014, there were no prisoners held in open prisons who had absconded or escaped on more than one occasion between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 13 prisoners who, in the year ending 31 March 2014, either escaped or absconded from prison, having previously done so between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of business as usual, open prisons return prisoners to closed conditions where they judge that they can no longer be managed safely in open conditions. Figures for this ongoing process are not included here.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/11/2014 18:00:51 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 10:10:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 29127 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385101

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Electronic Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) games consoles, (b) tablets and (c) telephones in their cells.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Prisoners are not allowed electronic tablet devices<ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">or laptops that are able to access the internet in their cells</ins>. The other information requested is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on access to games consoles is available on page 20 of Prison Service Instruction 30/2013, Incentives and Earned Privileges, which can be accessed at: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2013" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2013" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2013</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/07/2015 16:59:25 question first ministerially corrected 03/09/2015 15:52:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 10608 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417756

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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, from which prisons prisoners have been released on temporary licence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>I attach a list of each of the prisons from which prisoners have been released on temporary licence (ROTL) in the last 5 years.</p><p>Eligibility for ROTL primarily depends upon the assessment of the prisoner in question rather than the classification of the establishment in which they are currently detained. So, whilst a Category A prisoner cannot have ROTL and Category B prisoners can take it only in exceptional circumstances, lower category prisoners who are eligible to be considered for ROTL are held in category B and in some category A prisons. The key test is whether the prisoner in question is eligible to be considered, has a legitimate purpose for temporary releases linked to the sentence plan, and passes the rigorous risk assessment required.</p><p>Since 2013 when the process was revised there has been a 39% drop in the number of temporary release failures. This is the lowest failure rate since 2002, and the absconding rate has reached record lows under this and the Coalition government.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 15:17:09 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2016 14:46:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 9482 - table.xlsx title temporary licence releases Jan 2011 - March 2015 previous answer version 21827 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385083

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Squatting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the prevalence of squatting in commercial premises following the introduction of the criminal provisions contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We continue to monitor the situation closely.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on life sentence prisoners who commit offences of homicide and other serious offences are taken from the NOMS Public Protection Unit Database.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">From 1 May 2013 – 31 April 2015, 12 offenders have been convicted of further offences, having been released on a life licence. The table below provides a breakdown of the offences. These offences are limited to those which fall in scope under the Probation Serious Further Offence (SFO) Review Procedures, and relate to those offences contained in Schedule 15a of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which attract a sentence of 14 years or more.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">01/05/2013- 31/04/2014</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other serious offences</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">01/05/2014- 31/04/2015</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other serious offences</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Public protection is our priority, and offenders serving a life sentence are subject to strict controls for as long as their risk requires them. If they fail to comply with these conditions or their behaviour indicates that it is no longer safe for them or for the public if they remain in the community, they can be immediately returned to prison. All 12 of these offenders were returned to prison when charged with serious further offences.</del></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 16:44:17 question first ministerially corrected 01/07/2015 17:03:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 10598 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522683

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to place the offences committed by offenders who participate in out-of-court restorative justice on the Police National Computer and make them available to courts dealing with any future offending.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	39177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As I said during my appearance before the Justice Select Committee on 24 May, there is a difference between restorative justice and out of court disposals. Restorative justice is not a disposal in its own right, however, it can be used in conjunction with community resolution or a conditional caution.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">As stated in the previous response to this question there are no plans to record participation in restorative justice on the Police National Computer unless this is already recorded as part of a conditional caution or other formal disposal.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">As stated in the previous response to this question (PQ 36187), the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. </del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/06/2016 16:51:27 question first ministerially corrected 14/06/2016 10:18:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 3439 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

932285

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offence or offences each current prisoner serving a sentence of 12 months or less was imprisoned.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	158712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/08/2018 answer text <p>The offence(s) for which each prisoner serving a sentence of less than 12 months was imprisoned, as at 31 March 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences of less than 12 months do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart previous answer version 68131 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart 72810 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table.xlsx title Table for PQ 158712 question first answered 17/08/2018 09:31:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/12/2018 13:36:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table (Revised 28 November).xlsx title Revised Table for PQ 158712
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198579

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of allegations of domestic abuse that are upheld in courts and result in convictions after trial.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	51756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested centrally and information could only be identified by manually searching case records at disproportionate cost. . Offences involving domestic abuse can take various forms and are prosecuted under the offence in law that best reflects their nature and circumstances, for example, harassment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, a public order offence. These offences can take the form of domestic abuse or non-domestic abuse and data collected centrally from courts does not distinguish between the two.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/06/2020 09:44:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1218080

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence and Homicide: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ethnicity was of (a) the perpetrator and (b) the victim in each case of (i) grievous bodily harm/unlawful wounding, (ii) grievous bodily harm/wounding with intent and (iii) attempted murder in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	64872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of prosecutions and convictions, including the ethnicity of the defendants, in England &amp; Wales up to December 2019. This data is available here:</p><p><em>Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool</em></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>Select ‘Offence’ and search: (i) ‘8F Wound/ inflict grievous bodily harm without intent’, (ii) ‘5A Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm’ and (iii) ‘2 Attempted murder’. Open the field list (click anywhere on the table) then drag and drop the ‘Ethnicity’ variable from the ‘filters’ box into the ’rows’ box.</p><p>The total number of convictions for defendants of each ethnic group since 2013 will be shown in rows 39-44.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on victim characteristics unless specified in statute.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/07/2020 13:20:05 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1241361

	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: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to parliamentary questions; and if he will set out his Department's step by step sign off procedure before Ministerial approval is given to answers.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	100315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>This government values the ongoing work of MPs and Peers whose scrutiny, whether through written Parliamentary Questions or other methods, is an invaluable part of our democratic process.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s internal guidance for answering parliamentary questions was updated and published on the Department’s intranet in April 2020. I will arrange for a copy of the attached guidance to be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office has produced guidance for civil servants on drafting answers to parliamentary questions. This may be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary questions are cleared by Senior Civil Servants in the relevant policy area, then Special Advisers, before receiving final sign off from Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 10:33:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name parliamentary-questions-guidance (1).doc title parliamentary questions guidance
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1254961

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: International Men's Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department took to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	120011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>International Men’s Day offers an opportunity to highlight how outcomes for men and boys can be improved and to talk about some of the important work going on every day across Government to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice marked International Men’s Day with the following range of activities:</p><p> </p><p>- Eight events for colleagues to mark International Men’s Day lead by the Staff Networks. These events included an awareness building session on prostate cancer and an intersectional event covering the support available to men who have suffered domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>- Articles and blogs featured on the organisation’s intranet to mark International Men’s Day.</p><p> </p><p>- Other activities across MoJ have included a workshop on men’s health that signposted staff to useful information, links and other resources; the annual Men’s Health and Wellbeing event where over 200 colleagues attended; and an awareness event preventing male suicide and self-harm.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/12/2020 17:39:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies