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759801

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by HM Prison and Probation Service on recruitment in each month since September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	10171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recruitment costs* (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>129,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>219,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>301,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>563,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>338,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>76,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>1,176,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>1,109,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>227,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>438,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>1,097,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>1,181,421</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Recruitment costs provided only include spend on advertising and recruitment through external suppliers and does not account for recruitment-associated costs of any HMPPS staff working on resourcing initiatives or any other miscellaneous costs of recruiting staff (this data is not readily available within centrally held records). Figures include advertising costs in respect of recruitment and various media campaigns for prison officers, probation officers and the Unlocked Graduates scheme.</p><p> </p><p>*The figure provided has been drawn from our central accounting system and although care is taken when processing data, this may be subject to the inaccuracies and input errors inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 08:24:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

674895

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support the prison service on reporting problems and sharing best practice on preventing the misuse of drones around prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	60657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We remain vigilant to all incidents involving drones and take the threat they pose to prison security very seriously. A range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate. This includes the use of technology to detect and block drones, the enhancement of physical security and working with drone manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the National Offenders Management Service (NOMS) provide support to prisons on how to report drone related incidents alongside other key security incidents. A new reporting category for drones was introduced on the Incident Reporting System (IRS) in October 2016 to support clearer reporting. The introduction of a specific reporting category was accompanied by an educational piece on how prisons should report incidents and for what purpose in order to help inform the developing threat picture and advise the national response.</p><p> </p><p>Best practice is also shared regularly through security nudges direct to prison mailboxes, senior leader bulletins and frequent prison visits to promote practical support.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/01/2017 11:32:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

657230

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons in each category are (a) fitted and (b) not fitted with netting on outdoor areas to restrict drone access; and what other anti-drone techniques are being trialled in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	57249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>A range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate. This includes the use of technology to detect and block drones, the enhancement of physical security and working with drone manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on netting fitted by each prison and by purpose is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:42:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

606838

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings (a) Ministers of her Department and (b) officials of HM Prison Service have had with drone manufacturers in each quarter of each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	49618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>Details of all ministerial meetings with external companies are published on gov.uk. Information on officials’ meetings is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant to all incidents involving drones and take the threat they pose to prison security very seriously. We have already introduced new legislation to further strengthen our powers, so that anyone found using a drone in an attempt to get contraband into prisons can be punished with a sentence of up to two years imprisonment. We take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure those caught are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>A range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are continuously being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/10/2016 13:57:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

506688

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aviation: Lasers
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 15 March 2016 to Question 30119, on aviation: lasers, what proportion of those cases ended in prosecution in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	32959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts specifically of offences under article 222 of the Air Navigation Order 2009, with the conviction ratio, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2014 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under S222 Air Navigation Order 2009, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></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></tr><tr><td><p>Statute</p></td><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2010 <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</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></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></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Air Navigation Order 2009, AA.221(a) &amp; (b), 222 &amp; 241(5) &amp; Sch 13 Part B</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Exhibiting, directing or shining a light which by its glare or liability to be mistaken for an aeronautical ground light would endanger aircraft</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conviction ratio <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>90%</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>(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.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>(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.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(3) Data for 2010 includes other offences related to lasers which cannot be separately analysed.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(4) The conviction ratio is calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</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>Ref: PQ 32959</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></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/04/2016 11:32:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

484369

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to reply to Question 31430, on Antisemitism, tabled on 16 March 2016 for named day answer on 21 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	32163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that PQ 31430 was answered on the 30<sup>th</sup> March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/04/2016 10:29:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

480661

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech to the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism on 15 March 2016, what legal changes he was referring to in that speech.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	31769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to 31430 on 30<sup>th</sup> March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 30/03/2016 10:35:55 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

479245

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech of 15 March 2016 to the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism Conference, what legal changes he has made following a campaign led by Jewish Human Rights Watch.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	31430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>On 3 October 2015, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced the Government’s position on boycott, divestment and sanctions, including legal changes.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 30/03/2016 10:35:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

458241

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aviation: Lasers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under Article 222 of the Air Navigation Order 2009 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	30119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ court specifically for offences under article 22 of the Air Navigation Order 2009, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2014 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offence under article 222 of the Air Navigation Order 2009 , England and Wales, 2010-2014<sup>(1)(2)</sup></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></tr><tr><td><p>Statute</p></td><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>2010<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</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></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></tr><tr><td><p>Air Navigation Order 2009, AA.221(a) &amp; (b), 222 &amp; 241(5) &amp; Sch 13 Part B</p></td><td><p>Exhibiting, directing or shining a light which by its glare or liability to be mistaken for an aeronautical ground light would endanger aircraft</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</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></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></tr><tr><td><p>&quot;-&quot; Nil</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></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(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.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(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.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Data for 2010 includes other offences related to lasers which cannot be separately analysed.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>NB - the Air Navigation Order 2009 came into force on 1 January 2010</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></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</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>REF: PQ 30119</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></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2015 are planned for publication in May 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/03/2016 14:33:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

448403

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal (ET) cases involved employees and employers from the maritime industry in each year since 2008-09; and what proportion of the total number of ET cases such cases were in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	24447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/02/2016 17:56:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden