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164420

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014, and answered with a promise to write a letter, a letter has (a) been and (b) not been sent.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	215747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice takes its parliamentary correspondence very seriously, and every attempt is made to answer Parliamentary Questions on time. If this is not possible, Ministers commit to respond by letter once the necessary information has been obtained.</p><p> </p><p>The way this data is collected changed from 4 June 2014. To provide information before that date would incur disproportionate costs. Since 4 June, Ministers committed to respond by letter to questions from the hon. Member for Shipley 28 times.</p><p> </p><p>a) Letters have been sent to answer the following questions: 199722, 199724, 199725, 199726, 202556, 202782, 203440, 204455, 204505, 204641, 204642, 204652, 204653, 204660 and 205007.</p><p> </p><p>b) Letters in response are being prepared for: 204500, 204646, 204681, 211070, 213919, 213927, 213928 (linked to 213927), 213935, 214192, 214193 (linked to 214192), 215016, 215018, and 215019 (linked to 215018). Of these, 9 were committed to since 20 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2014 16:59:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

166400

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he has asked officials carrying out the Youth Offending Team Stock Take announced on 17 November 2014 to report.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) to a previous answer of 25 November 2014 to questions 215430, 215431, 215432 and 215433:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 216228 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:24:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

164476

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: 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 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, if he will make an estimate of the Exchequer effect of the change in the number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	215784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer to my reply of 24 November. The aim of the joint protocol between NOMS, the police and the CPS is to strengthen, rather than replace, existing policy and requirements on the reporting of crime committed in prison. It is not anticipated that a large number of additional crimes will be processed through the court as a result of the protocol. Rather, the protocol will be used to prioritise referrals of crime to the police to ensure that the Criminal Justice System can target those crimes causing most problems in prison, those committed by persistent or violent criminals or those who are part of organised crime groups.</p><p> </p><p>As stated previously, the potential costs arising from the increased number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system will depend on a number of factors and it is the expectation that any additional costs will be covered through prioritising within existing Police and Departmental budgets for handling crime.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215785 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:34:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

166043

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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, if he will consult HM Courts and Tribunal Service, the prison service, groups representing prisoners and other relevant stakeholders on the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	215853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice has already sought views from a range of stakeholders, including the Parole Board and HM Courts and Tribunal Service, on the development of the new Recall Adjudicator system and will continue to engage with these stakeholders and others, including groups who represent offenders.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 28/11/2014 14:56:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

164474

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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, when his Department plans to carry out an equality impact assessment on the effect of the new scheme for recall adjudicators proposed in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	215782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There was consideration of equality impacts before the provisions went into the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to create a system of recall adjudicators to review the detention of recalled determinate sentenced offenders. This found that the new system should not give rise to direct or indirect discrimination; and there is insufficient evidence to suggest that any particular group of offender will be put at a particular disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the new system of recall adjudicators will be subject to ongoing equality considerations, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The system will uphold the principles of procedural fairness in introducing a streamlined process for reviewing the detention of recalled determinate sentence offenders.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/11/2014 17:49:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

166408

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
	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 job titles of each official from his Department with responsibility for carrying out the fieldwork for the Youth Offending Team Stock Take announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) play a key part in the youth justice system and the Government recognises their valuable contribution to the recent successes of the system. We want to improve our understanding of how YOTs are operating and how they have evolved in light of the changing circumstances surrounding the delivery of local youth justice services.</p><p> </p><p>The stocktake is being coordinated by policy officials in the Ministry of Justice. They are working closely with the Youth Justice Board to finalise the details of this stocktake, which will establish a clearer picture of how the YOT model is operating nationwide.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/12/2014 16:32:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

164478

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214230, which courts he believes to be over 100 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	215767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Further to the answer the Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid gave the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on 18 November 2014, information on the Department’s HMCTS properties is currently being validated. A list of Courts believed to be over 100 years old will be provided as soon as this work has been completed.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 28/11/2014 14:27:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

166407

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to decide which youth offending team will be assessed as part of the fieldwork for the Youth Offending Team Stock Take announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation on 17 November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) to a previous answer of 25 November 2014 to questions 215430, 215431, 215432 and 215433:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=215430</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 216136 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:24:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

164477

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: 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 24 November 2014 to Question 215057, whether his Department made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the proposals in the press release entitled, Crackdown on violence in prisons before making that press release.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	215785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer to my reply of 24 November. The aim of the joint protocol between NOMS, the police and the CPS is to strengthen, rather than replace, existing policy and requirements on the reporting of crime committed in prison. It is not anticipated that a large number of additional crimes will be processed through the court as a result of the protocol. Rather, the protocol will be used to prioritise referrals of crime to the police to ensure that the Criminal Justice System can target those crimes causing most problems in prison, those committed by persistent or violent criminals or those who are part of organised crime groups.</p><p> </p><p>As stated previously, the potential costs arising from the increased number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system will depend on a number of factors and it is the expectation that any additional costs will be covered through prioritising within existing Police and Departmental budgets for handling crime.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215784 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:34:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

166050

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	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 November 2014 to Question 215244, what proportion of the overall number of offenders in youth custody in each year since May 2010 came from each of the ethnic groups listed in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	215983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the proportion of offenders aged under 18 in youth custody by breakdown of ethnicity in each year since April 2010 based on the monthly average custody population. The table also includes proportions of young people in custody that are of White ethnicity and the proportions of young people whose ethnicity is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average proportion of young offenders under 18 in youth secure estate by breakdown of ethnic groups in each financial year, 2010/11 to 2013/14.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Breakdown of Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Bangladeshi</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other Asian</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>African</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Caribbean</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other Black</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other Mixed</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White/Asian</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White/Black African</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White/Black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Data for 2013/14 is provisional and will be finalised in the 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics in January 2015.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 and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p>The slightly increasing trend in the proportions of young offenders in custody coming from Asian, Black, Mixed and Other ethnic groups may be partially explained by a decrease in the proportion of young people of ethnicity stated as Not Available (a decrease by 2.3% between 2009/10 and 2013/14). This is likely to be due to improved recording systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that there have been decreases in the absolute numbers of Black and Minority Ethnic young offenders in custody between 2010/11 and 2013/14 for most ethnic groups.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 28/11/2014 14:44:32 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis