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	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of each local magistrate advisory board.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted ‘Local magistrate advisory boards’ to mean Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, the bodies responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To enable their work to be informed by a range of knowledge and experience, Advisory Committees are composed of both magistrates and non-magistrates. At least one third of each Committee’s members should be non-magistrates.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the names of each Committee’s members and indicates which of those members are magistrates.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 224615 question first answered 25/02/2015 17:06:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 224614 224615 Table.xls title Members of Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

222622

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of local magistrate advisory boards were (a) women, (b) men, (c) of BAME origin and (d) aged over 65 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted ‘Local magistrate advisory boards’ to mean Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, the bodies responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Diversity data for the Advisory Committees’ members is not recorded for the requested years prior to 2005. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age over 65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2015 16:57:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

222624

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of local magistrate advisory boards are (a) sitting magistrates and (b) non-magistrates.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>I have interpreted ‘Local magistrate advisory boards’ to mean Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, the bodies responsible for recruiting and selecting magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To enable their work to be informed by a range of knowledge and experience, Advisory Committees are composed of both magistrates and non-magistrates. At least one third of each Committee’s members should be non-magistrates.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the names of each Committee’s members and indicates which of those members are magistrates.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 224614 question first answered 25/02/2015 17:06:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 224614 224615 Table.xls title Members of Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

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 Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179662

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were aged (a) over 65, (b) 55 to 65, (c) 45 to 55, (d) 35 to 45, (e) 25 to 35 and (f) under 25 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Age diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994 and 2000. The available data is capable of being reported in the categories shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;3%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:49:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170773

	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	Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on clerical agency staff in each month since July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	218950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - £3,421,108.62 (5 week period)</p><p>August 2014 - £2,711,052.38 (4 week period)</p><p>September 2014 - £2,946,902.62 (4 week period)</p><p>October 2014 - £4,060,595.46 (5 week period)</p><p>November 2014 - £3,082,356.77 (4 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - 2117 (Actual)</p><p>August 2014 - 2129 (Actual)</p><p>September 2014 - 2271 (Actual)</p><p>October 2014 - 2509 (Actual)</p><p>November 2014 - 2257 (Actual)</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 219185 question first answered 06/01/2015 17:23:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

227597

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	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, how many serious assaults on staff there were in HM Prison (a) Belmarsh, (b) Feltham, (c) Isis, (d) Pentonville, (e) Thameside, (f) Wandsworth and (g) Wormwood Scrubs in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	227674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not tolerate violence of any kind in prison and any assault is treated extremely seriously. A new joint protocol produced by the National Offender Management Service, Crown Prosecution Service and Association of Chief Police Officers was introduced on 27 February 2015. This puts robust and consistent arrangements in place to ensure that where possible, assaults on prison staff will be referred to the police for investigation and will be prosecuted through the courts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for serious assaults on staff at (a) Belmarsh, (b) Feltham, (c) Isis, (d) Pentonville, (e) Thameside, (f) Wandsworth and (g) Wormwood Scrubs in each year between 2010 and 2013 are provided in table 1.</p><p>Table 1: Serious (1) assaults on staff, 2010 to 2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis (2)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside (3)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Key: ‘-‘ Establishment not operational</p><p> </p><p>Notes on table:</p><p>(1) An assault is classified as serious if it complies with the definition set out in Prison Service Instruction 9/2014 the Incident Management Manual.</p><p>(2) Isis opened in July 2010</p><p>(3) Thameside opened in March 2012</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for prisoner assaults on staff at (a) Belmarsh, (b) Feltham, (c) Isis, (d) Pentonville, (e) Thameside, (f) Wandsworth and (g) Wormwood Scrubs in each year between 2010 and 2013 are provided in table 2</p><p>Table 2: Assaults on staff, 2010 to 2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The National statistics for prisoner assaults on staff are published quarterly in the Safety in Custody statistics bulletin. Recent publications can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/399135/safety-in-custody-assaults-sep-14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/399135/safety-in-custody-assaults-sep-14.xls</a>. The next publication on 30 April 2015 will include statistics for 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 227675 question first answered 19/03/2015 17:45:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179666

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of Magistrates for the period requested are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>28,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>30,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>30,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>28,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:59:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

227595

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	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 prisoners there were in (a) HMP Belmarsh, (b) HMP Feltham, (c) HMP Isis, (d) HMP Pentonville, (e) HMP Thameside, (f) HMP Wandsworth and (g) HMP Wormwood Scrubs on 1 March (i) 2010 and (ii) 2015; and how many such prisoners were (A) Muslim and (B) foreign nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	227647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We believe that foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity. That's why this Government has toughened the system, including by pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office have removed 22,000 foreign offenders since 2010 and this Government is removing 300 offenders under new 'deport first, appeal later' powers, with another 500 going through the system. We have cut the grounds on which criminals can appeal deportation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data in the exact format requested is not available but the table below sets out the information requested for each prison at the closest available dates.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2014 (1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP BELMASH</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI FELTHAM</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP ISIS (2)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP PENTONVILLE</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Population</p></td><td><p>1,216</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP THAMESIDE (3)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>---</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP WANDSWORTH</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>1,631</p></td><td><p>1,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim prisoners</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMP WORMWOOD SCRUBS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison population</p></td><td><p>1,298</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign National Prisoners</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim Prisoners</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1) The latest date for which data is available.</p><p>2) HMP Isis opened in July 2010.</p><p>3) HMP Thameside opened in March 2012, and became fully operational in Autumn 2012.</p><p>The figures in these tables 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 North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 19/03/2015 17:50:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179659

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of a magistrate on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Average age data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Age </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:29:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan