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registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the potential risk of the judicial system being used to delay investigations by regulatory bodies where there is an ongoing risk to children.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	145577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>We are determined to maintain our resolute focus on protecting children and vulnerable victims and tackling crimes committed against them. We keep the criminal justice system under review and remain open to evidence that further change and improvement is needed. It is right however, that where criminal investigations are actively progressing that regulatory bodies take that into account.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:26:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

907100

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
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, what steps are being taken to reduce the number of assaults on staff and prisoners in Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	145547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Assaults on our hardworking staff and prisoners will not be tolerated. We are taking urgent action to make our prisons safer and address the levels of violence by recruiting extra staff and giving staff the tools to help them reduce violence, including rolling out body worn cameras and trialling the use of PAVA spray.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £100 million to boost the front line and have surpassed our target to recruit 2,500 extra prison officers. This increase will allow us to introduce a new key worker role in all prisons to support better staff-prisoner relationships.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting the Honourable Member for Rhondda’s Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, which will double the maximum sentence for an assault on an emergency worker, including prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We have implemented a new drug testing programme and are taking urgent and decisive action to tackle the threat of illicit mobile phones including detection dogs, body scanners and intelligence-led searches. We have invested £2 million in proven and reliable technology to detect illicit items, and we are also taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for organised criminals to bring contraband into prisons.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:29:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

907104

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions have been made under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 in each year since that Act was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	145548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime of any form is unacceptable and this Government is determined to stamp it out. Sentencing guidelines are clear that hostility towards minority groups should be treated as an aggravating factor – which means offenders face higher maximum penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office published a Hate Crime Action plan in July 2016, setting out plans for further reducing hate crime, increasing reporting and improving support for victims.</p><p> </p><p>We have some of the toughest laws in the world in this area, but sentencing is a matter for independent judges based on the facts of each case.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 from 2007-2017 can be viewed in the table. Data for 2018 will be published in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:30:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Final table PQ 145548.xlsx title Table
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

907113

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences involving racial or religious hatred by offence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	145562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime of any form is unacceptable and this Government is determined to stamp it out. Sentencing guidelines are clear that hostility towards minority groups should be treated as an aggravating factor – which means offenders face higher maximum penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office published a Hate Crime Action plan in July 2016, setting out plans for further reducing hate crime, increasing reporting and improving support for victims.</p><p> </p><p>We have some of the toughest laws in the world in this area, but sentencing is a matter for independent judges based on the facts of each case.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally held information only records offences which are defined in statue as involving racial or religious hatred and this can be accessed via the below link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please note some other offences can involve a racial or religiously motivated element. This detailed information may be held on the court records but not reported centrally to the MoJ. To identify all offences with a racial or religiously motivated element would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:27:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

907115

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prison
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 May 2018 to Questions 142391, 142392 and 142807 to 142816, on Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prison, what the sentence listed as other was in each case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	145563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>'Other' sentences include anything other than immediate custody, a suspended sentence, a community sentence, an absolute or conditional discharge, or a fine.</p><p> </p><p>Pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2018 to Questions 142391, 142392 and 142807 to 142816, the nature of the most recent offence listed as ‘other’ in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:25:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ145563 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

907116

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men were sent to immediate custody from (a) Crown Courts and (b) magistrates' courts for sentences (i) below 6 months and (ii) 6 months or above in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	145564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of adult males sent to immediate custody from (a) Crown Courts and (b) magistrates' courts in each police force area in England and Wales can be found in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area tool at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p><p>The police forces, sentence lengths, court types, sex and age groups can be identified from the various relevant drop down boxes in the tool.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:23:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies