Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

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

156383

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	Terrorism: Reoffenders
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 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the four people who re-offended by committing non terrorist-related offences after being released from prison for terrorist-related offences, if he will list (a) the offence originally they had been convicted of, (b) the length of the original prison sentence, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the circumstances of the new offences were, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>My Honourable Friend asks for specific and detailed information about individual offenders. Once an assessment has been made of how much of this information can and should be provided, I will write to him</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215018 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:59:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156384

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	Terrorism: Reoffenders
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 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the person who re-offended by committing a further terrorist-related offence after being released from prison for a previous terrorist-related offence, (a) what offence that person was originally convicted of, (b) what the length of the original prison sentence was, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the new offence was, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>My Honourable Friend asks for specific and detailed information about individual offenders. Once an assessment has been made of how much of this information can and should be provided, I will write to him</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215019 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:59:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156387

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	Belmarsh Prison
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 HMP Belmarsh for what offences were first time offenders on 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Of the 454 prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 that were matched on the PNC, 57 were recorded as first time offenders. A breakdown of their offences is given in the table below.</p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>First time offenders in Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 - by offence type of first offence (using new ONS crime classifications)<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence Category</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: MOJ Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(1) See 'Presentational changes to National Statistics on police recorded crime in England and Wales'. Office for National Statistics Methodology Note, 18 July 2013: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/crime-statistics-methodology/presentational-change-on-police-recorded-crime-inengland-and-wales.pdf</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/11/2014 18:00:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156388

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	Belmarsh Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sentenced and (b) remand prisoners were held in HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage on 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As at 31 December 2013 there were fewer than 5 sentenced and remand prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage.</p><p>Numbers of less than 5 cannot be produced as this may allow for the identification of a certain individual.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/11/2014 16:45:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156389

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	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours were spent in cells on average each day by (a) male and (b) female prisoners for the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up until the end of 2011-12 information was collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell.</p><p> </p><p>For 2011-12, across male establishments the estimated average time in cell was 14.5 hours per weekday; in the female estate the estimated average was 13.6 hours per prisoner per week day.</p><p> </p><p>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><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-12 because it was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons .</p><p> </p><p>Figures for weekends and for subsequent periods could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Too many prisoners have been passing their time in a state of idleness, and that is why under our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework, which came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013, prisoners are now expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged in real work whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity reported by public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,900 in 2013-14. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 14.2 million hours, as published in the National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2013-14: Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 214942 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:27:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156390

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	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours were spent in cells on average on Saturdays and Sundays by (a) male and (b) female prisoners for the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Up until the end of 2011-12 information was collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell.</p><p> </p><p>For 2011-12, across male establishments the estimated average time in cell was 14.5 hours per weekday; in the female estate the estimated average was 13.6 hours per prisoner per week day.</p><p> </p><p>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><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-12 because it was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons .</p><p> </p><p>Figures for weekends and for subsequent periods could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Too many prisoners have been passing their time in a state of idleness, and that is why under our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework, which came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013, prisoners are now expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged in real work whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity reported by public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,900 in 2013-14. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 14.2 million hours, as published in the National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2013-14: Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 214941 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:27:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156398

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	Prisoners' Release
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 previously breached a licence condition whilst released on temporary licence on more than one occasion.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Temporary release can be a valuable tool in the resettlement of prisoners in the community, but it must never take place at the expense of public safety. We have conducted a fundamental review of the policy and practice of release on temporary licence (ROTL). We have already made significant changes, including the introduction of a ban on transfer to open or ROTL for any prisoner who escapes, absconds, fails to return from ROTL or commits an offence whilst on ROTL during their current sentence.</p><p>There are few ROTL failures; substantially less than 0.1% in 2013 resulting in failure. Between April and June 2014 (the latest period for which data are available), there were a total of 69 recorded temporary release failures, 40% lower than the same quarter in 2013.</p><p>The change in policy for eligibility for open conditions mentioned above was not applied retrospectively. Offenders already in open conditions were assessed by NOMS and, for the most part, they were allowed to remain in open conditions because of their current compliance with the regime and favourable risk assessment. 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.</p><p>As at 30 June 2014, there were a total of 8 prisoners held in open prisons who are recorded as having failed their release on temporary licence on more than one occasion between 01 April 2010 and 30 June 2014. Sufficiently detailed data on failures preceding this date could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice. “ROTL Failure” includes all recorded breaches of ROTL; ie relatively minor breaches such as late return as well as more serious breaches like failure to return or offending on ROTL.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/11/2014 16:50:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156400

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	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 escaped from custody whilst on special purpose licence in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>An answer to this question cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/11/2014 17:58:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156407

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	Belmarsh Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age and (b) offence type was of prisoners held in HM Prison Belmarsh who were under the age of 21 on 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Please see the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>HMP Belmarsh population by age and by offence group for prisoners under the age of 21, as at 31 December 2013, England and Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31-Dec-13</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>18</p></td><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud and forgery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>19</p></td><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud and forgery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>20</p></td><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud and forgery</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Numbers of 5 or less cannot be produced to prevent disclosure of individuals.</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 South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/11/2014 11:43:36 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies