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521316

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of each ethnicity were sent to prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	38385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales at Crown Courts, by ethnicity, from 2011 to 2015, can be found in the sentencing data tool contained in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, linked below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to present a representative picture of ethnicity at magistrates’ courts because data on ethnicity at magistrates’ courts is not recorded for all offences.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/06/2016 15:10:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

519315

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2016 to Question 36152, which religious festivals prisoners were released on temporary licence to attend in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	37515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you shortly.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/05/2016 15:04:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

519324

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) fast and (b) standard delivery pre-sentence reports were prepared for offenders with each band number of previous convictions in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	37251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/05/2016 10:25:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517954

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Doncaster Prison and Peterborough Prison: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a comparative assessment of the proven reoffending rates of the HMP Doncaster and the HMP Peterborough payment by results pilots.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>We have learned important lessons from these pilots, which have informed our probation reforms. The final process evaluation reports can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>1) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-impact-bond-pilot-at-hmp-peterborough-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-impact-bond-pilot-at-hmp-peterborough-final-report</a></p><p>2) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmp-doncaster-payment-by-results-pilot-process-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmp-doncaster-payment-by-results-pilot-process-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>The PbR pilot operating in HMP Peterborough began on 9 September 2010 and results for cohort 1 of this pilot were published on 7 August 2014. The final set of results will be published in due course. The PbR pilot that operated in HMP Doncaster started in October 2011 and closed at the end of 2014. Results for cohort 1 were published in August 2014 and results for cohort 2 were published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The published results can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>3) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-results-for-cohorts-1-payment-by-results-prison-pilots" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-results-for-cohorts-1-payment-by-results-prison-pilots</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/payment-by-results-pilot-cohort-2-hmp-doncaster-results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/payment-by-results-pilot-cohort-2-hmp-doncaster-results</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/05/2016 11:47:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517528

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 violent incidents per 100 prisoners were committed by prisoners of each ethnic group in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Statistics for assaults committed by prisoners by ethnicity are published in the Safety in Custody statistics bulletin (see table 3.6 in the following link)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management Statistics Quarterly prison population provides information on the prison population by ethnicity, (see table 1.4 in the link)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/05/2016 15:27:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517532

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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 offenders returned under fixed term recalls have (a) submitted requests to be re-released before the end of the 28 day period and (b) been granted re-release before the end of the 28 day period in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Any offender who is believed to have committed further offences whilst on licence is liable to be arrested and charged and, if convicted, given a further sentence. If the offence is serious, they can be remanded into custody until trial. Offenders on licence who are charged with further offences are also liable to be recalled, potentially to serve the rest of their sentence in prison, as they will be in breach of the requirement of their licence to be of good behaviour. If the offender is assessed as not presenting a risk of harm to the public they can be assessed as suitable for a shorter, fixed term recall. Those who have been charged with serious sexual or violent offences will not be considered suitable for a fixed term recall.</p><p>Such offenders can apply for re-release before their automatic re-release date. In the last five years two offenders in 2011, one in 2013 and two in 2015 applied for release. Three of these offenders were subsequently released.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/05/2016 16:25:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

516873

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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, on which religious occasions prisoners are eligible for release on temporary licence; and how many prisoners were released on each such occasion in the last year for which information is held.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Faith communities can play a significant part in supporting offenders to resettle into the community. Facilities for worship are available in each establishment but, as part of restoring links between the offender and wider community, suitable, risk-assessed offenders may attend worship outside the prison to help them adjust to the climate of non-prison worship and mixing with the community. In addition, temporary release for the purpose of maintaining family ties might be timed so as to coincide with religious occasions. There is no prescription as to the nature of the religious occasion; it is for the governor, on the advice of the temporary release board, to decide whether the activity is linked to the offender’s resettlement plan.</p><p> </p><p>Records show that, in 2015, prisoners were released on temporary licence specifically in order to attend a religious service on 90 occasions.</p><p> </p><p>Releases on temporary licence (ROTL) recorded as &quot;attend religious service&quot;, 2011-2015, England &amp; Wales</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Attend religious service</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incidences of ROTL</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>NB. This is number of occasions a prisoner was released, not number of prisoners released.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/05/2016 13:56:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

516875

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: 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 prisoners convicted of each offence in the violence against the person category are held in open wings of closed prisons.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Open units within closed prisons are a cost-effective means of providing regional resettlement opportunities for prisoners who are deemed suitable for such accommodation following a risk-assessment. Progression to open prisons or to open units within closed prisons is never automatic and prisoners must generally be within two years of release before they can be considered for allocation. Only those prisoners who are assessed having a low risk of escape or abscond and risk of harm to the public a will be allocated to open prison conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners convicted of offences within the category of ‘violence against the person’ and who are held in open wings of closed prisons is set out in Table 1 below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: The number of sentenced prisoners held in open wings of closed prisons for Violence against the person offences by detailed offence as at 31 March 2016 in England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Numbers at 31 March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence against the person - Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Homicide</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter and corporate manslaughter</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence with injury</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attempted murder</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault with intent to cause serious harm</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endangering life</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault with injury</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence without injury</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Threats to kill</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidnapping</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other violence against the person offences</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><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></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of two or fewer. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Includes only prisoners held within open units which are part of a closed prison. Excludes prisoners held in dedicated open prisons or dedicated open prisons which are managed as part of a wider cluster of prisons.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice (JSAS/PQ 36181)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/05/2016 09:16:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

458939

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Knives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases of 16 and 17 year olds being convicted of committing a second knife offence the perpetrator received the mandatory four months Detention and Training Order during the quarter ending 31 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	30392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of 16 to 17 year old offenders who were found to have been convicted of committing a second knife offence and received the mandatory four months Detention and Training Order during the period 17 July to 31 December 2015 is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-brief-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-brief-october-to-december-2015</a></p><p>Any decisions and assessments taken regarding the minimum mandatory penalty are made solely by the courts. Whilst the 4 month DTO is the minimum custodial term available for 16 to 17 year old offenders, the courts also have the power to set aside the minimum term in the event of a guilty plea and/or if time has been served in custody on remand or on a tag. A decision by the courts to reduce the minimum term will result in a community penalty.</p><p>The published figures will change when the outcomes of cases passing through the criminal justice system become available on the Police National Computer. On average it takes 86 days from charging an offender for a knife possession offence to the offender receiving the court outcome. Data for the next quarter is due to be published on 9 June 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/03/2016 17:46:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

456479

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 18375, on prisoners' release, what the further offences were that those offenders were charged with.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	29049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/03/2016 10:52:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies