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170511

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts have closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2010 Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) took responsibility for the governance and performance management of the 143 accredited Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVCs) across England and Wales. As of March 2014 there were 137 accredited SDVCs. However, the closure of SDVCs in some areas does not necessarily mean that provision in that area has ceased, as many of the SDVC systems cover a number of courthouses. Closure of an SDVC in one courthouse would simply mean that the case would be heard in another accredited courthouse within the Local Justice Area.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS remains committed to a partnership approach to supporting domestic violence victims going through the Criminal Justice Process.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:14:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Mr Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171314

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	219187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Mr Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

168479

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Protection Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to implement the European Protection Order (EU Directive 2011/99/EU) that requires member states to introduce procedures whereby the victims of domestic violence can get a non-molestation order from the courts in one member state which will then be automatically recognised in other member states.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL3509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>EU Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order comes into force on 11 January 2015 and the Government plans to implement it by way of statutory instrument made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, on the same day. At the same time, the Government will also implement the related EU Regulation on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters, (606/3013) which comes into force on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2014 16:53:36 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

168074

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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, how many people in each age group have been admitted to prison in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Annual information on receptions of offenders into prison establishments in England and Wales is published routinely in the Annual Tables of the ‘Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin’ and can be found in Table A2.4. Copies of the publication are available from the Library of the House and via the following link:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305747/2013-Annual.zip" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305747/2013-Annual.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305747/2013-Annual.zip</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/12/2014 17:59:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171660

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	219549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>By virtue of Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the 1983 Act), the Secretary of State for Justice may, by warrant, direct that a sentenced prisoner be removed and detained in a secure hospital provided that he is satisfied by reports from at least two registered medical practitioners that:</p><p>· the person is suffering from mental disorder; and</p><p>· the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to be detained in hospital for medical treatment; and</p><p>· appropriate treatment is available for him.</p><p>The number of prisoners serving custodial sentences who have been admitted to hospital after the issue of a transfer direction under the 1983 Act in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below. Such transfers directions are valid for 14 days. The figures for total admissions include sentenced prisoners admitted to hospital more than once in a given year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table One</p><p>Year Total Admissions</p><p>2010 446</p><p>2011 442</p><p>2012 462</p><p>2013 457</p><p> </p><p>Once a transfer direction has been issued, it is the Secretary of State’s expectation that the prisoner is always transferred to hospital within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>However, there may be exceptional circumstances in which the transfer does not take place or is delayed. Such circumstances may include:-</p><p> </p><p>· the proposed hospital bed placement becomes unexpectedly unavailable and the transfer direction expires after 14 days (in which case the Secretary of State will issue a new direction once a new bed placement has been confirmed);</p><p>· other court proceedings may intervene, with a new court order superseding the transfer direction</p><p> </p><p>The number of transfer directions issued under section 47 the Act in respect of prisoners serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table Two</p><p>Year Total of Directions Issued</p><p>2010 451</p><p>2011 444</p><p>2012 458</p><p>2013 463</p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted that as the direction is valid for 14 days, it may be issued in late December one calendar year with the actual admission to hospital not taking place until early January the next calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>For the reasons set out above, the number of transfer directions issued in each year will not match exactly the number of hospital admissions in that year. However, the difference between the figures for any given year is small.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Table One - These figures include those admitted more than once in the year</p><p>2. Table One - The data is drawn from Ministry of Justice/National Offender Management Service casework systems and from published Offender Management Annual and Quarterly tables. The link is: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p><p>3. 2013 is the latest year for which we have audited and published statistics.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219545 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:56:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170766

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions court cells were made available for housing prisoners overnight in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	219029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Court cells have not been used to hold prisoners overnight since 28 February 2008.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 16:46:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170587

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce reoffending.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	906654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Despite investment, reoffending rates remain stubbornly high. We are fundamentally reforming rehabilitation services by opening up the market to new providers and incentivising them to focus relentlessly on reducing reoffending. For the first time in recent history virtually every offender released from custody will receive statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the community. We remain on track to deliver these key reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:57:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

169360

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage Protection Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications for a Forced Marriage Protection Order have been made since the coming into force of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007; and how many have been successful.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL3646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Forced marriage is an appalling practice and should not be tolerated. That's why the Government has criminalised forced marriage to ensure that victims are protected by the law. The new offences of forced marriage in section 121 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into force on 16 June.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 came into force on 25 November 2008 and up to the end of September 2014, 762 applications for a forced marriage protection order have been made, and 785 forced marriage protection orders have been issued. The number of orders made generally exceeds the number of applications as forced marriage protection orders are sometimes made during the course of applications for other family orders, and there is no differentiation between interim orders and final orders.</p><p> </p><p>Section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which also came into force on 16 June 2014, made it a criminal offence to breach a forced marriage protection order. There were 63 applications for a forced marriage protection order in the period 1 July to 30 September 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3647 question first answered 23/12/2014 12:54:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

169014

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disabled Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a disability work in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	217911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of staff who have declared themselves as “disabled” is published within the Ministry of Justice’s diversity report, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The data within this report is compiled from staff who have updated their personal diversity data to indicate that they consider themselves to have a disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that equality of opportunity and diversity is a normal part of everyday business, and that its policies are fair and accessible to all.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 17:54:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168348

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been suspended from duty in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of staff within the MoJ and NOMS who have been suspended from duty each month is set out in the tables below. Information prior to February 2011 is not available as this data was not recorded centrally.</p><p>Suspension is not a disciplinary sanction or a sign of guilt, but is used to progress an investigation smoothly or to protect the health and safety of those involved.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p><strong>316</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2014 16:56:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter