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49342

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 638, on Freedom of Information Act, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to designate the RSPCA as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
uin	197248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government currently has no plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act to the RSPCA. However, we are considering ways in which the Act can be extended further to enhance transparency.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

49663

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to expand the boundaries of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	903862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has already legislated to extend the Freedom of Information Act and brought more than 100 additional organisations within scope. We are currently considering ways in which the Act can be extended further to enhance transparency.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

49053

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W, on female prisoners, which domestic violence programmes and interventions will be delivered in which prisons in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the recorded domestic violence programmes and interventions due to be delivered across the women's prison estate during 2014-15.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual and domestic abuse in childhood counselling</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Styal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic violence-women's abuse counselling</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Askham Grange</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women Ahead Programme</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Holloway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Power to Change Programme</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Drake Hall</p><p>HMP/YOI Bronzefield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOR Project</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Drake Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Freedom Programme</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Low Newton</p><p>HMP/YOI Peterborough</p><p>HMP/YOI East Sutton Park</p><p>HMP/YOI Styal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Athena Project</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI New Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Safe Choices</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Holloway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thyme Project</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Holloway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women's Rape &amp; Sexual &amp; Domestic Abuse Counselling</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Peterborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Rape Crisis counselling service</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI New Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Trauma Service</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Low Newton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reducing Re-offending Intervention Fairs (All Pathways covered) supporting women who have been affected by violence</p></td><td><p>HMP/YOI Eastwood Park</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

48866

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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 coroner's inquests (a) with and (b) without a jury were held in the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	196974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of coroner's inquests held with and without a jury can be found in the statistical tables accompanying the ‘Coroners Statistics 2012' publication, which is accessible via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coroners-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coroners-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 10 provides data from 1995 to 2012. Data for 2013 will be published on 15 May 2014 in the ‘Coroners Statistics 2013' publication, which will be available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

48492

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 steps he is taking to improve the rate of return of Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service satisfaction surveys by children between the ages of five and eight.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	196593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not carry out satisfaction surveys with the children it works with. They have other child-friendly ways of gaining feedback from children, which does include a feedback form. They have different versions of the form for children and young people. One encourages young people to write out their feedback to Cafcass in response to various questions, while the feedback form for younger children asks them to circle the feelings and emotions they have about Cafcass. These are therefore qualitative rather than quantitative. This feedback is collected and acted on at a local level rather than a national one. Complaints are monitored at a national level but addressed at the local level.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not provide a return to the UK Statistics Authority; however they have published anonymised comments from feedback forms as part of their Annual Reports to draw out their direct work with children.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass commissioned the Family Justice Young People's Board to review the means by which Cafcass encourages feedback from the children and young people it works with. This review resulted in four recommendations which Cafcass has taken forward including ‘feedback trees' and changes to the feedback forms.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 196588 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

48493

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 advice he has received from the UK Statistics Authority on the required rate of return of Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service satisfaction surveys for younger children between the ages of five and eight before a reliable satisfaction figure may be arrived at.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	196588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not carry out satisfaction surveys with the children it works with. They have other child-friendly ways of gaining feedback from children, which does include a feedback form. They have different versions of the form for children and young people. One encourages young people to write out their feedback to Cafcass in response to various questions, while the feedback form for younger children asks them to circle the feelings and emotions they have about Cafcass. These are therefore qualitative rather than quantitative. This feedback is collected and acted on at a local level rather than a national one. Complaints are monitored at a national level but addressed at the local level.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not provide a return to the UK Statistics Authority; however they have published anonymised comments from feedback forms as part of their Annual Reports to draw out their direct work with children.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass commissioned the Family Justice Young People's Board to review the means by which Cafcass encourages feedback from the children and young people it works with. This review resulted in four recommendations which Cafcass has taken forward including ‘feedback trees' and changes to the feedback forms.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 196593 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

48654

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 to the hon. Member for Tooting of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 754W, on sentencing, how many women were committed to prison for fine default related to non-payment of the television licence fee in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012; and how many of those women had children who were taken into care as a result of their imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	196564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>No published information is available. The information in the table attached is taken from a live case management system. As such, it is subject to change and is not checked to the level of official statistics. No information is available in respect of children taken into care where the imprisonment of a parent is a contributory factor.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison Service will be completing the Basic Custody Screening Tool (BCST) for every prisoner who enters custody within 72 hours of reception once the planned Community Rehabilitation Companies have been established. The BCST has specific questions relating to family circumstances, including whether the prisoner has children, whether the prisoner is the main carer for their children and if social services are involved with the family. This will allow for consistent collection of information on the family circumstances of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 196564 .xls title Table 1
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

48295

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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, if she will introduce legislative proposals to protect police dogs by recognising them as an extension of their handler as a police officer.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	196315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government agrees that attacks of any sort on police dogs, horses or any other police animal should be dealt with severely under the criminal law. However, it is not necessary to create a new offence in order to do this.</p><p> </p><p>An attack on a police dog can be treated as animal cruelty under s4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The maximum penalty is six months imprisonment, or a fine of up to £20,000, or both.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

48330

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 30 January 2014, Official Report, columns 649-50W on judges: housing, when he expects the review of the spend on judges' lodging to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	196453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the review of spend on judges' lodgings to conclude before the summer.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

47663

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 women have been charged with child sex offences but not convicted in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of offenders given custody for sexual offences has increased since 2003.</p><p> </p><p>The number of female defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty or not guilty at all courts for sexual offences against children, in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 (the latest data available), can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 1.doc title Table 1 2 file name 195892, 195893 - Shannon - Table 2.doc title Table 2 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon