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58261

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the people who have received the Royal Prerogative of Mercy by Letters Patent in the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There has been no one who has received a pardon within England and Wales by Letters Patent in the last 20 years. Neither have any Letters Close (or Litterae Clausae) been issued by the Crown Office during the last 25 years.</p><p>Letters Patent all pass under the Great Seal of the Realm and an entry for each is made in the Crown Office Docquet Book (a record which is designated for permanent preservation). A Patent Roll which sets out the text of the Letters Patent is also maintained by the Crown Office, The Patent Roll entries are sent annually to the National Archives for permanent preservation.</p><p>With regard to the final question, the wording, drafting, formatting, production, approval and processing of Letters Patent is governed by:</p><ul><li>The Crown Office Act 1877</li><li>The Great Seal Act 1884</li><li>The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 1730) as amended</li><li>The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1162)</li></ul><p>An exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy is currently effected by means of Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual. A record is maintained of all such Warrants granted since the Lord Chancellor assumed responsibility for this remit from the Home Secretary and these records are transferred to the National Archives from time to time.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 199270 199271 199272 question first answered 11/06/2014 09:45:18 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58262

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there has been any occasion when the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy has been granted by way of Letters Close (Litterae Clausae); and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There has been no one who has received a pardon within England and Wales by Letters Patent in the last 20 years. Neither have any Letters Close (or Litterae Clausae) been issued by the Crown Office during the last 25 years.</p><p>Letters Patent all pass under the Great Seal of the Realm and an entry for each is made in the Crown Office Docquet Book (a record which is designated for permanent preservation). A Patent Roll which sets out the text of the Letters Patent is also maintained by the Crown Office, The Patent Roll entries are sent annually to the National Archives for permanent preservation.</p><p>With regard to the final question, the wording, drafting, formatting, production, approval and processing of Letters Patent is governed by:</p><ul><li>The Crown Office Act 1877</li><li>The Great Seal Act 1884</li><li>The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 1730) as amended</li><li>The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1162)</li></ul><p>An exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy is currently effected by means of Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual. A record is maintained of all such Warrants granted since the Lord Chancellor assumed responsibility for this remit from the Home Secretary and these records are transferred to the National Archives from time to time.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 199269 199271 199272 question first answered 11/06/2014 09:45:18 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58263

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Letters Patent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the (a) Crown Office and (b) Office of the Lord President of the Council maintains a list of all Letters Patent issued in the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There has been no one who has received a pardon within England and Wales by Letters Patent in the last 20 years. Neither have any Letters Close (or Litterae Clausae) been issued by the Crown Office during the last 25 years.</p><p>Letters Patent all pass under the Great Seal of the Realm and an entry for each is made in the Crown Office Docquet Book (a record which is designated for permanent preservation). A Patent Roll which sets out the text of the Letters Patent is also maintained by the Crown Office, The Patent Roll entries are sent annually to the National Archives for permanent preservation.</p><p>With regard to the final question, the wording, drafting, formatting, production, approval and processing of Letters Patent is governed by:</p><ul><li>The Crown Office Act 1877</li><li>The Great Seal Act 1884</li><li>The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 1730) as amended</li><li>The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1162)</li></ul><p>An exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy is currently effected by means of Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual. A record is maintained of all such Warrants granted since the Lord Chancellor assumed responsibility for this remit from the Home Secretary and these records are transferred to the National Archives from time to time.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 199269 199270 199272 question first answered 11/06/2014 09:45:18 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58264

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Letters Patent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance notes used in his Department and in the Office of the Lord President of the Council regarding the wording, drafting, formatting, production, approval and processing of Letters Patent.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There has been no one who has received a pardon within England and Wales by Letters Patent in the last 20 years. Neither have any Letters Close (or Litterae Clausae) been issued by the Crown Office during the last 25 years.</p><p>Letters Patent all pass under the Great Seal of the Realm and an entry for each is made in the Crown Office Docquet Book (a record which is designated for permanent preservation). A Patent Roll which sets out the text of the Letters Patent is also maintained by the Crown Office, The Patent Roll entries are sent annually to the National Archives for permanent preservation.</p><p>With regard to the final question, the wording, drafting, formatting, production, approval and processing of Letters Patent is governed by:</p><ul><li>The Crown Office Act 1877</li><li>The Great Seal Act 1884</li><li>The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 (SI 1992 No. 1730) as amended</li><li>The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988 (SI 1988 No. 1162)</li></ul><p>An exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy is currently effected by means of Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual. A record is maintained of all such Warrants granted since the Lord Chancellor assumed responsibility for this remit from the Home Secretary and these records are transferred to the National Archives from time to time.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 199269 199270 199271 question first answered 11/06/2014 09:45:18 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58437

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that funds devolved to the budgets of police and crime commissioners for victims' services are allocated according to crime rates.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Funding for the commissioning of victims' services has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners using a transparent formula based solely on population data. One of the reasons we are moving to a local commissioning model is to allow Police and Crime Commissioners to provide services tailored to meet local needs. The population based formula ensures that funding is allocated according to where the victim lives, and therefore where they will likely seek the support of victims' services. Additionally the relatively low variation in distribution of population between areas year on year means these proportions should remain relatively stable over time.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 16/06/2014 09:55:59 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58438

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding available for victims' services of devolution to police and crime commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>From 1 October 2014 the majority of support services for victims of crime will be commissioned at the local level by democratically elected and publicly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and this Government is making more money than ever before available to ensure that victims receive the vital support they require.</p><p> </p><p>PCC's with their knowledge of local victims' needs are uniquely placed to ensure that available funding is targeted where most required to help victims of crime to both cope with and, where possible, recover from the impacts of crime.</p><p> </p><p>PCCs are also ideally placed to co-commission with other local commissioners such as Health or Local Authorities, thereby reducing duplication and achieving better value for money.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/06/2014 09:22:44 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58441

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential need for a separate national policy on the collection, use and retention of data gathered by unmanned or other surveillance aircraft operating in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Existing regulation and guidance, which includes the surveillance camera <br>code of practice issued under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, applies to <br>the use of aircraft including remotely piloted aerial vehicles. The code <br>provides a framework of good practice for surveillance camera operators in <br>England and Wales and sets out obligations arising from other legislation, <br>including those for the processing of personal data under the Data Protection <br>Act 1998. Any covert surveillance undertaken by a public authority which is <br>likely to obtain private information would be subject to authorisation under <br>the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/06/2014 16:33:34 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58495

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the advice of Jemima Stratford QC to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	199444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Existing regulation and guidance, which includes the Covert Surveillance and <br>Property Interference Code of Practice, applies to the use of aircraft <br>including remotely piloted aerial vehicles. The Code provides a framework of good <br>practice for public authorities using covert surveillance techniques. The <br>Department has noted the responses by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on <br>Drones to the recent consultation on a revised version of the Code and intend <br>to lay a further draft before Parliament in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/06/2014 16:33:04 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest