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114880

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each force, are suspended and unavailable for duty as a result of the 63 active independent investigations currently being undertaken by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and which have taken more than 11 months.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	213581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The suspension of police officers is a matter for individual police forces. Information about the numbers suspended is not kept centrally or by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 16:01:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

114896

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212599, how many officials in his Department have undergone Crown and Magistrates' Court Witness Liaison Oficer Awareness training in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213603 213606 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114898

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212599, how many officials in his Department have undergone Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses Awareness training in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213603 213605 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114900

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014, to Question 212599, what estimate he has made of the number of court staff who interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213605 213606 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114905

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010; how many such tenders have been successful; how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with his Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between his Department and Capita Group plc.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are unable to answer the first part of your question as doing so would incur disproportionate costs. To provide this information would entail identifying and contacting all individuals responsible for the operational and commercial management of contracts relating to Capita Group plc to find out how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.</p><p>I will write to the honourable member in due course to answer the rest of the question.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114910

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was for fines levied by each local criminal justice board in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the value of financial impositions (made between April 2013 to March 2014) that had been collected, cancelled or remained outstanding as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014. Financial impositions include fines, prosecution costs, compensation and victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Accounting Division Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding at the end of the Period</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘percentage outstanding’ is based upon the value of accounts outstanding at the end of the period; it includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. The ‘accounts cancelled’ percentage comprises both administrative and legal cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:49:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114913

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences and under what circumstances police officers of Staffordshire Police, West Yorkshire Police and Leicestershire Police will be required to seek permission of the Crown Prosecution Service before issuing the community resolutions and suspended prosecutions being piloted in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	213567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We plan to put an end to the cautions culture and to replace the conditional caution with the suspended prosecution. Before doing so, Staffordshire Police, West Yorkshire Police and Leicestershire Police are piloting a new, two-tier framework for out of court disposals based on the conditional caution and the community resolution.</p><p> </p><p>Police officers in these areas, as in other parts of England and Wales, may in exceptional circumstances administer a conditional caution for an indictable only offence and must seek the permission of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) before doing so. There is no requirement for police officers to seek the approval of the CPS before administering a community resolution.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

106455

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
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 October 2014, to Question 212152, how many people convicted of possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 were (i) cautioned, (ii) given a custodial sentence, (iii) fined, (iv) given a community resolution and (v) given some other form of discharge in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Whilst crime is falling, sentences are getting more severe. Since 2010, offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that court will always be the right place for serious and contested cases, as well as persistent offenders. There is a range of sentences available to independent judges to impose on offenders found guilty of a crime. We are clear that prison will always be the right place for serious offenders. In addition, financial penalties play a vital role within the sentencing framework, however they must have real bite and must be enforced.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already legislating to restrict the use of cautions and has recently outlined proposals to go further and replace cautions in England and Wales, with a system of suspended prosecutions. The aim is to ensure that there are more direct consequences in future for committing even minor crimes. This new approach will empower victims and give them a say in how criminals are dealt with, as well as making it easier for officers to deal with more minor offences.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the numbers of cautions issued by the police and the number of defendants found guilty and sentenced at all courts, with outcomes, for possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website at the available link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Offence drop down list select:</p><p> </p><p>1) Possession of a controlled drug class A</p><p>2) Possession of a controlled drug class B</p><p>3) Possession of a controlled drug class C</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/11/2014 14:31:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

106030

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cycling: Public Footpaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the guidance her Department issues to police officers about cyclists riding on footpaths; what recent discussions she has had with the police about that issue; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The department receives correspondence from MPs and members of the public about the police enforcement of the offence of cycling on the footpath. The Home Office has issued no formal guidance or instructions to the police on this offence. The enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for the police, as determined locally and based on local priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 212877 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:59:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

106031

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cycling: Public Footpaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from (a) members of the public and (b) hon. Members about the enforcement of the law against cyclists using the footpath; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The department receives correspondence from MPs and members of the public about the police enforcement of the offence of cycling on the footpath. The Home Office has issued no formal guidance or instructions to the police on this offence. The enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for the police, as determined locally and based on local priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 212876 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:59:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess