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385974

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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, with reference to the pardon granted to Alan Turing for his conviction under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, what his policy is on granting pardons posthumously to people convicted under (a) the Witchcraft Acts 1563 and 1603, (b) the Blasphemy Act 1604 and (c) other legislation that has been repealed.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Your question has been referred to the Ministry of Justice who have policy responsibility to this area. Any application for a pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy will be considered on its merits. A pardon is normally only granted if new evidence comes to light which demonstrates conclusively that the individual is innocent.</p><p> </p><p>While Dr Turing’s pardon did not meet these requirements, we believe it was appropriate to take this exceptional step to recognise the unique abilities and achievements of a very great man.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/07/2015 13:29:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

229395

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing Guidelines Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much it cost to run the Sentencing Guidelines Council in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/03/2015 10:12:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228615

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force in the North West charged to each football club in their area for policing of football matches in 2014; and how much of those charges are currently outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>While the Home Office provides the majority of Government funding to the police, decisions on how this is spent are made locally by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and their chief constables. As such, the allocation of budgets by individual police forces in England and Wales to cover any potential additional costs arising from policing any events is entirely a local decision. This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 15:25:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228635

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of cruelty to persons under 16 under the provisions of Section 1(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 at each magistrates' and Crown court in the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Protecting children from harm is a Government priority. All children should be able to grow up in a safe, happy environment. The focus must be on early intervention as we know that the earlier that help and support is given to vulnerable children and families, the more chance there is of turning their lives around, protecting children from harm and preventing problems escalating into child cruelty.</p><p> </p><p>However, where that is not possible, tough legislation is in place to punish offenders for this intolerable behaviour. This includes the offence of child cruelty at section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. The Government has recently updated and clarified this offence, in particular to make it absolutely clear that cruelty which causes psychological suffering or injury is covered by it. These changes to section 1 of the 1933 Act are made by section 66 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, which was given Royal Assent on 3 March.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Court proceedings data for the calendar year 2014 are due for publication in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 17:10:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228636

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Truancy: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted under the provisions of section (a) 444(1) and (b) 444(1A) of the Education Act 1966 each magistrates' and Crown court in the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015</p><p> </p><p>The Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2013 can be viewed at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 16:52:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228331

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Theft: North West
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 theft in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Theft is a serious offence punishable on indictment by up to seven years’ imprisonment. Charges will be brought where there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and offenders found guilty at all courts of theft offences by police force area in the North West region from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table. The Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2014 are due for publication in May 2015. Data requested for Preston is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>While the figures show that the annual number of convictions has fallen since 2010, the percentage of prosecutions which led to conviction in the North-West has increased during the life time of this Parliament - from 88% in 2010 to 91% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Offenders found guilty at all courts of theft offences, by police force area, in the north west region, 2010 - 2013<sup>(1)(2)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Police force area</td><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td> </td><td>1,339</td><td>1,341</td><td>1,271</td><td>1,192</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td> </td><td>5,275</td><td>5,086</td><td>4,995</td><td>4,528</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td> </td><td>4,124</td><td>3,723</td><td>3,420</td><td>3,479</td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester</td><td> </td><td>8,782</td><td>8,780</td><td>7,390</td><td>6,990</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td> </td><td>2,262</td><td>2,294</td><td>2,236</td><td>2,220</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td> </td><td>21,782</td><td>21,224</td><td>19,312</td><td>18,409</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQC 228184</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2015 14:28:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227170

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions tasers were used by the police in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publish the Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales. The Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales for July to <br>December 2014 have not yet been published. The Police Use of Taser Statistics for January to June 2014 are published on Gov.uk. <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables</a><br><br>The statistics show that Taser was used (either drawn, red-dot, aimed, arced, drive-stun, angle drive-stun, or fired) by the police 84 times in Lancashire <br>between January and June 2014. Police forces in the North West, including Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, used Taser on <br>756 occasions in this period.The Home Office cannot provide detailed figures on the number of occasions Taser was used in Preston. Data on location is incomplete. The cost to retrieve, validate and quality assure this data would be disproportionate.<br><br>The Home Secretary has already set out, in October 2014, that there is a need to bring much greater transparency and accountability to how this sensitive tactic <br>is used, and has asked Chief Constable David Shaw to conduct an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 14:57:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

224019

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: North West
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 of what rank retired from each police force in the North West in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	225526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The table provided shows the number of police officer retirements, by rank, for <br>each police force in the North West of England from 2009/10 to 2013/14. These <br>figures include normal retirements and medical retirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/03/2015 16:04:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ225526_table.xlsx title Number of police officer retirements
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

222598

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in each constabulary in the North West have been (a) closed and (b) reduced to part time status since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	224739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Decisions about the most effective use of available resources, including the numbers and operating hours of police stations, are a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable locally, tailored to the needs of the local community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2015 14:54:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

222599

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many newly qualified police officers have been employed in (a) Preston and (b) each constabulary in the North West of England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	224737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The table provided shows the number of new police officers who joined each police force in the North West of England from 2009/10 to 2013/14. These figures include police officer standard direct recruits and police officers who were previously special constables. They exclude transfers and re-joiners.</p><p>The Home Offices does not collect these statistics below police force area level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2015 16:56:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ224737_ table.xlsx title North West of England new police officers
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick