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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

387879

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
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 on electronic monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
uin	5704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to developing a new generation of electronic monitoring tags, so that we can more effectively monitor the location of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>But there have been significant problems with this programme. We have not developed the infrastructure for these new electronic monitoring tags to the timetable originally set out nor yet at the level of effectiveness required. Integrating legacy technology on the new system has caused particular delays.</p><p> </p><p>We are now in the the process of testing the new tags. But the new fully integrated service will not be ready for another 12 months at the earliest. We continue to use existing tags for a variety of offenders.<strong> <br></strong></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/07/2015 15:48:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

386128

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to help people protect their personal data.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of personal data very seriously and is committed to making sure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to ensure that organisations handle personal data appropriately and in accordance with the principles in the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last six months a number of steps have been taken to strengthen the Information Commissioner’s powers; including:</p><p>· Extending the Information Commissioner’s powers of compulsory audit to public sector NHS providers.</p><p>· Commencing section 56 of the Data Protection Act (DPA). This makes it a criminal offence for a person to require another person to use their subject access rights in the DPA to obtain and provide certain records as a condition of employment, or for providing a service, unless the relevant record is required by law or where it is justified in the public interest.</p><p>· Making it easier for the Information Commissioner to take action against companies that breach the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations by making nuisance calls.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/07/2015 16:31:48 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont