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750252

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date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons published on 30 June 2017 following an unannounced inspection of Feltham Young Offenders Institution; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' inspection of Feltham took place from 23 January to 3 February 2017. Safety in prisons and young offender institutions is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and addressing safety concerns is at the heart of our reform plans. The findings from the report highlighted serious concern over safety and levels of violence and we are already taking action to address this and other issues identified. We are currently working on an action plan based on the inspectorate’s recommendation to address the concerns raised in the report.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/07/2017 14:56:16 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

750253

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff and officers were employed at Feltham Young Offenders Institution between 2011 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	4100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff employed in Feltham YOI from 2013 and 2017 can be found in the workforce statistics bulletins at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of staff employed in Feltham YOI in 2011 and 2012 are contained in the table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Staff numbers (Full-Time Equivalent) in Feltham YOI, as at 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Band 3-5 Officers</p></td><td><p>All other staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To note: band 3 officers refers to Prison officers</p><p>band 4 officers refers to Specialist officers</p><p>band 5 officers refers Custodial Managers</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/07/2017 15:23:39 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

750254

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parking Offences: Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgments were issued for non-payment of private parking prosecutions in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those judgments were processed at Northampton Crown Court.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	3882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 13:59:13 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

750258

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mentally Disordered Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restricted patients' discharge procedures were awaiting approval by his Department in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	4032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The number of applications received by the Secretary of State for Justice to consider whether to approve the conditional discharge of a restricted patient in each of the last six months is set out below:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>Jun-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/07/2017 14:57:28 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

750260

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Housing: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce sentencing guidelines for offences under the Housing Acts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps the penalties for housing related offences under review to ensure that the courts have sufficient powers to deal effectively with those convicted of these offences. Sentencing for housing related or any other offence, however is entirely a matter for the independent judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 3793 question first answered 13/07/2017 14:00:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750262

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Landlords: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure consistency in sentencing criminal landlords for housing-related offences.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps the penalties for housing related offences under review to ensure that the courts have sufficient powers to deal effectively with those convicted of these offences. Sentencing for housing related or any other offence, however is entirely a matter for the independent judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 3794 question first answered 13/07/2017 14:00:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

749460

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met Mr Justice McCloskey to discuss delays in immigration tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	3322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has not met Mr Justice McCloskey, but work is ongoing to reduce delays in immigration tribunals.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 15:02:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

749463

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016; and how much compensation was paid in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	3367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff who left the Department under Voluntary Exit, Voluntary Redundancy and Compulsory Redundancy, as well as the cost of these exits between 1 November 2016 and 31 March 2017 is contained in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Staff who left</p></td><td><p>Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Exit</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>2,415,060.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Redundancy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory Redundancy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/07/2017 14:59:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749465

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders charged with possession of an offensive weapon received non-custodial sentences in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those offenders were juveniles.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	3373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon who received a non-custodial sentence in the last three years, and the proportion who were juveniles, can be viewed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon, England and Wales<sup>1</sup>, year ending March 2015 to year ending March 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned who received a non-custodial sentence<sup>2,3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned and received a non-custodial sentence who were juvenile<sup>2,3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>MoJ extract of the National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas and the British Transport Police.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2) The disposal considered in this table is only the most severe of the disposals given as a result of the offender being found guilty and may also be dependent on other offences committed at the same time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>3) A custodial sentence includes immediate custody and suspended sentences. Non-custodial sentences refer to other sanctions including community sentences, cautions, fines, absolute or conditional discharges and other disposals such as restraining orders.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>4) The proportion of those convicted who were juvenile has been estimated from raw figures to which no estimation method has been applied.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 15:20:31 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

749466

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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, what steps the Government is taking to increase the availability of legal aid in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	3580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The reforms to the scope of civil legal aid were designed to refocus funding on those who need it most and on the most serious cases in which legal advice and representation are justified.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Previous Ministers have made a commitment to publishing both a post-legislative memorandum for the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 as a whole and a post-implementation review of recent legal aid reform.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 15:20:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi