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43825

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) HM Courts Service, (b) the Land Registry, (c) the National Offender Management Service, (d) the National Archives, (e) the Office of the Public Guardian and (f) the Tribunals Service in each year since May 2010; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	192730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of centrally recorded security incidents (breaches of security resulting in actual or potential harm) that have occurred during each financial year since 1 April 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>01/04/2010-31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>01/04/2011-31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>01/04/2012-31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>01/04/2013-31/12/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>HM Courts Service*</p></td><td><p> </p><p>2,845</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Tribunals Service*</p></td><td><p> </p><p>577</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service*</p></td><td><p> </p><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p><p>5,077</p></td><td><p> </p><p>3,101</p></td><td><p> </p><p>2,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Public Guardian</p></td><td><p> </p><p>679</p></td><td><p> </p><p>446</p></td><td><p> </p><p>485</p></td><td><p> </p><p>389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>The National Archives</p></td><td><p> </p><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The National Offender Management Service **</p></td><td><p> </p><p>8,287</p></td><td><p> </p><p>9,298</p></td><td><p> </p><p>10,052</p></td><td><p> </p><p>8,492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*HM Courts Service and the Tribunals Service merged in April 2011 and became HM Courts and Tribunals Service and therefore these details are not recorded separately.</p><p>** Includes the number of incidents involving physical security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for HM Land Registry was transferred to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in July 2011 and therefore the Ministry of Justice does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>The figures include a wide range of types of incident, including loss of IT equipment (which would usually be password protected or encrypted to protect the information); verbal abuse and threats to court staff, judiciary and members of the public; and a wide variety of incidents in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and its agencies apply robust incident management processes, including a requirement for staff to report breaches resulting in potential harm/loss to assets (information, people, buildings and equipment).</p><p> </p><p>When a security incident involving the disclosure of personal data is identified prompt action is taken locally to limit harm and residual action is then taken to seek to alleviate further recurrence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

43833

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	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 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 209W, on the Computer Misuse Act 1990, how his Department measures compliance with the Government's cyber security strategy when rehabilitating and managing offenders convicted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	192506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Public protection is the first priority in offender management and it is rehabilitation that best secures this in the long-term. Those working with offenders may routinely assess risk and progress of sentenced offenders under supervision in the community or custody. These assessments will in turn inform offender management decisions regarding the interventions offered or controls applied to an individual.</p><p> </p><p>Progress against the Government's wider Cyber Security Strategy was published in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

43907

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 293W and 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W, on prisoners: foreign nationals, which three countries have the next largest number of foreign nationals in UK prisons; and what steps he is taking to return those offenders to secure detention in their own countries.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	192744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Data on the nationality of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) held in custody is published in the quarterly offender management statistics. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276084/prison-population-tables-q3-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276084/prison-population-tables-q3-2013.xls</a> (table 1.6)</p><p> </p><p>The countries with the 7<sup>th</sup>, 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup> largest populations of FNOs in UK prisons on 31<sup>st</sup> December 2013 are:</p><p> </p><p>7 Nigeria (469)</p><p>8 Somalia (430)</p><p>9 India (426)</p><p> </p><p>We signed a Prisoner Transfer Arrangement (PTA) with Nigeria in January and we expect to see transfers before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have any prisoner transfer arrangements with Somalia at present, and security concerns and the requirement for prison reform may provide challenges in the short-term. We have a voluntary PTA with India and are planning to work to try and make this more effective.</p><p> </p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders (FNOs). The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 234 FNOs to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

44111

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) gender, (b) religion or faith, (c) ethnicity and (d) grade of the staff in each prison in England and Wales was on 1 March in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	192975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on headcount of staff in each public sector prison, as at 31 March 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and 31 December 2013, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity (iii) religion and (iv) grade, has been placed in the House of Commons Library. Information on religion has only been available since 31 March 2013. These are the closest publication dates to the dates requested.</p><p> </p><p>We have maintained a consistent ratio of non-operational and operational staff since 2009 while we have been reforming and modernising the prison estate to ensure best value for the taxpayer, while also providing safe and secure prisons that deliver effective rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to equal opportunities employment and are striving to improve the diversity of the workforce, which has always proved a challenge due to factors such as regional patterns of ethnicity and the geographical isolation of prisons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 192975 - Khan - Table 1.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44113

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences concerning the illegal wildlife trade in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	192854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against and found guilty of triable either way offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulation 1997, together with Intentionally obstruct an authorised person acting in accordance with the powers conferred by Regulation, under Section 9(6) of the regulations, in England and Wales from 2011 to 2012 can be viewed in the table. Please note data for the triable either way offences prior to 2011, together with a large quantity of other offences to this day are kept on paper records which would require manual inspection. This would be at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Court Proceedings data for what can be provided by separate identification for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 192854 - Burns - Wildlife convictions - Table for minister.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

44116

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources his Department has provided to youth offending teams to support families in order to prevent youth offending since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	192833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The YJB distributes an annual grant to the 158 Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) in England and Wales (£92m in 2014/15). YOTs decide locally how to use this funding, and the YJB is therefore unable to determine the proportion of this funding spent specifically on supporting families to prevent youth offending:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding for the purposes of preventing youth offending is also provided to Local Authority Children's Services, via the Department for Education's Early Intervention Grant; and to Police and Crime Commissioners via the Home Office's Community Safety Grant. In addition, the Ministry of Justice has provided £25m over three years towards the Troubled Families Programme, and is helping to shape the next phase of the expanded Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

44117

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to discuss proposals in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill on extreme pornography.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	192825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government is extending the extreme pornography offence to capture pornographic images depicting rape and other non-consensual penetrative sexual activity.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have liaised closely on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

44118

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he first became aware of the so-called comfort letters issued to on-the-runs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	192838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government has announced an independent inquiry led by Lady Justice Hallett which will set out the facts in relation to the operation and extent of the 'on the runs' scheme. This issue is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

44263

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Ministry of Justice and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice and its agencies (the National Offender Management Service, the Legal Aid Agency and the Office of the Public Guardian) have conducted the following customer, user and satisfaction surveys in the last 12 months:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Justice:</strong></p><ul><li>Pilot postal and telephone survey with civil court customers</li><li>E-questionnaire with individuals and businesses who have brought commercial cases to the rolls building</li><li>Inclusion of questions in the Crime Survey for England and Wales to explore views and experiences of users of our services</li></ul><p>These surveys were not commissioned by the Executive Committee and the findings from these surveys have not been reported to the Committee.</p><p> </p><p><strong>National Offender Management Service:</strong></p><ul><li>The Offender Management Feedback Questionnaire (OMFQ) survey of offenders under probation supervision</li><li>The Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) survey of prisoners</li></ul><p>The results of both surveys are reported to the NOMS Agency Board. The OMFQ was agreed at Director level, and the MQPL surveys are undertaken for many years with the agreement of the NOMS Agency Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Office of the Public Guardian:</strong></p><ul><li>Deputy customer satisfaction survey</li><li>Lasting power of attorney (LPA) customer satisfaction survey</li><li>Digital LPA tool user feedback survey – at the end of the online digital application process</li></ul><p>These surveys were commissioned/approved by the OPG Board, and the survey results have been passed to the board.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal Aid Agency:</strong></p><ul><li>Client satisfaction surveys with users of the civil legal aid telephone advice service</li><li>Survey to pilot users of the new civil legal aid online system</li><li>Customer service survey of legal aid providers</li><li>Other ad hoc customer satisfaction surveys</li></ul><p>The findings from the surveys with users of the civil legal aid telephone advice service have been reported to the LAA Board. The remaining surveys have not been reported to or commissioned by the LAA Board.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service have not conducted any surveys in the last 12 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

44429

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Ashford, of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 317-20WH, on fatal domestic violence, if he will make it his policy that the New Homicide Scheme supports victims involved in a homicide prior to April 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure that there is no loss of support for those bereaved prior to 2010. I have listened to representations made by Police and Crime Commissioners and the Victims' Commissioner that our support for those families bereaved pre-2010 should be continued, and I will write to the Rt Hon Gentleman shortly on how this is being taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 193171 193209 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis