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179659

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of a magistrate on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Average age data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Age </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:29:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179662

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were aged (a) over 65, (b) 55 to 65, (c) 45 to 55, (d) 35 to 45, (e) 25 to 35 and (f) under 25 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Age diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994 and 2000. The available data is capable of being reported in the categories shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;3%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:49:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179664

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were (a) female, (b) male and (c) of BAME origin on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Ethnic diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:00:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179666

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of Magistrates for the period requested are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>28,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>30,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>30,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>28,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:59:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179667

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010, have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	224463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>50 prison officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers (up to 30 September 2014). The majority of the officers who have been re-employed have returned on a fixed-term basis as part of the HM Prison Service Reserves, which has been established to support capacity changes and fluctuations in staffing numbers. In total less than 1% of the officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have returned to work for NOMS.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is rounded to the nearest 10, in line with the departmental policy for presenting staffing data.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/02/2015 17:39:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179190

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in implementing each of the recommendations of the review into the needs of families bereaved by homicide, published by his Department in July 2011.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In July 2011 we published the Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide by Louise Casey (then Victims’ Commissioner). She made a wide range of recommendations. Since then we have worked closely with victims and victims’ organisations and the report’s findings have played a critical role in informing our approach to ensuring that families get the help they need.</p><p> </p><p>This includes plans to implement a victims law to put into statute the right of the victim to tell a court how a crime has affected them, providing families of homicide victims with a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks following the trial, and funding a dedicated national Homicide Service with more than £2million a year to support those affected by homicide at home and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Further information requested is in the table attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/02/2015 17:53:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 224220 - Jarvis - Table.doc title Review into Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

179192

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 9 February 2015 to Question 223157, how many times (a) aggravated damages and (b) exemplary damages have been awarded following a civil claim brought by (i) victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation and (ii) victims of trafficking for labour exploitation or forced labour.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	224205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my Answers of 2 and 9 February to Questions 221878, 221879, 221883, the answer to which can be found on the Parliamentary website at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-23/221878/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-23/221878/</a> and 223157, the answer to which can be found on the Parliamentary website at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=223157" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=223157</a> . Figures in relation to the number of civil claims brought by victims of trafficking and the award of aggravated and exemplary damages are not available. However, we are confident that the courts will award such damages wherever it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/02/2015 17:46:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

179013

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the sentences available in cases of the cyber-bullying of students.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	224106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The sending of abusive messages or material online can cause misery for victims and is an issue the Government takes extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are changing the law through the Criminal Justice and Courts Act to increase the maximum sentence to two years in prison for the offence of sending abusive or offensive material online with intent to cause distress or anxiety.</p><p> </p><p>We are also changing the law to enable prosecutions to take place three years after the alleged offence, rather than six months.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of other serious penalties available in cases of cyber bullying of students.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the offences of harassment causing alarm or distress or putting people in fear of violence carry a maximum of six months and five years imprisonment respectively.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 of sending material which is indecent, grossly offensive, obscene or menacing. It carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council stipulate that it is an aggravating factor if an offence is committed against a vulnerable victim or involves abuse of a position of power. Sentencing guidelines can be found on the Sentencing Council’s website, and courts are obliged to follow the guidelines unless it is not in the interests of justice to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/02/2015 17:27:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

179037

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to impose a residence test for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	224002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Legal aid is a fundamental part of our justice system, but resources are not limitless.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believe that individuals should have a strong connection to the UK in order to benefit from the civil legal aid scheme. We believe the residence test we proposed is a fair and proportionate way to demonstrate that connection.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed residence test was challenged by way of judicial review brought by the Public Law Project. We are disappointed with the High Court judgement and have been granted permission to appeal. The appeal has been listed for 16 and 17 June 2015 in the Court of Appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:16:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

179038

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has recieved from (a) the Law Society, (b) Rights of Women and (c) other organisations on legal aid for victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	224007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text Ministers and officials maintain a regular dialogue with key stakeholders on matters such as domestic violence. It was as a result of this type of engagement that we made changes last year to make it easier for people to access legal aid in domestic violence cases. answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:08:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter