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388689

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the Supreme Court has declared an incompatibility between domestic legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Court's inception; and what the Government's response was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	6204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text Since its inception, the Supreme Court has confirmed two declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, both of which had been made previously by the Court of Appeal. These were in the cases of R (F and Thompson) v SSHD (2010) UKSC 17 and T &amp; Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department &amp; Anor [2014] UKSC 35.<p>In the first case, the incompatibility was remedied by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In the second case, while the Government’s application to appeal to the Supreme Court was outstanding, changes were made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and to the Police Act 1997 by secondary legislation in response to the Court of Appeal’s earlier judgment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2015 14:02:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

388695

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Press
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 7 July 2015 t Question 5246, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department's office at 102 Petty France, Westminster subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical and newspaper his Department at that address receives each day; and what the cost of subscribing to such newspapers and periodicals sent to this address was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	6127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and collecting it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/07/2015 16:55:29 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

387324

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5290 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387325

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5311 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387326

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a href="http://www.justuce.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justuce.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/07/2015 15:38:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387098

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its potential effect on the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	5209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the implications of a Bill of Rights on devolution as we develop our proposals, and we will fully engage with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/07/2015 10:05:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

387101

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and collecting it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 07/07/2015 14:57:54 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

386499

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to UK companies who will need to implement the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	4893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4892 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386500

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislation to enact the General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	4894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4892 4893 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386529

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with the (a) Corporation of London and (b) FCA on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation and possible costs to the UK financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4893 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond