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155689

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Northumberland Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Ministry of Justice advised Sodexo, the contractors managing HM Prison Northumberland at Acklington, not to appear before the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Northumberland County Council; and, if so, on what basis.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry has not given Sodexo Justice Services any advice on whether to accept an invitation to appear before the committee. It is a matter for the company itself to decide.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 01/12/2014 15:56:59 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

156032

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deduction of earning orders for payment of compensation orders have not been placed within the three-month target period in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	214685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial impositions collected over the last three years.</p><p>It is not possible to identify how many deductions from benefits orders or attachment of earnings orders have been used for the recovery of compensation without incurring disproportionate cost as this information can only be obtained by a manual search of all live and closed financial imposition accounts.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2014 13:02:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

156033

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deduction of earning orders for payment of compensation orders have been placed on offenders' benefit payments in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	214686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial impositions collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many deductions from benefits orders or attachment of earnings orders have been used for the recovery of compensation without incurring disproportionate cost as this information can only be obtained by a manual search of all live and closed financial imposition accounts.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/11/2014 09:41:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

156041

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sanctions there are for (a) male and (b) female prisoners for not engaging in education or work programmes.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Both male and female prisoners are expected to engage in education and work, as directed, and those who do not can be dealt with under prisoner discipline procedures. Prisoners who intentionally fail to work properly or, being required to work, refuse to do so can be charged under the Prison Rules 1999 and Young Offender Institution Rules 2000. In addition to the range of punishments that can be incurred for offences against prison discipline, where prisoners attend work or education but fail to sufficiently engage, deductions from prisoners’ pay can be made for poor attendance to an activity place and/or for poor performance.</p><p> </p><p>The revised Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) policy framework came into effect on 1 November 2013 and, under it, adult prisoners are expected to demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, engage in purposeful activity (for example, attend work and/or education), reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others. Prisoners who do not engage sufficiently with these requirements can be placed on the lowest level of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156042

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department offers to male prisoners who are reluctant to engage with education or work programmes.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are committed to delivering purposeful activity in prisons, so that people have the best chance of not reoffending. Under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS), resistant learners are offered personal and social development activities. This can increase their confidence and provide the motivation required to progress to formal learning and work activities. Where possible, learning is embedded into other regime activities.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoner Learning Representatives, Peer Mentors and Learning Champions offering help with reading and life skills and providing information, advice and guidance, individualised support and encourage other prisoners to engage in regime activities.</p><p> </p><p>OLASS providers offer individualised programmes of support to prisoners who present with a learning difficulty or disability.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156046

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
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 proposals to make prisoners released on parole from life sentences ineligible for parole again if they reoffend.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst crime is falling, sentences are getting more severe. Under this Government fewer individuals are entering the criminal justice system for the first time but those who do offend are more likely to go to prison, and for longer.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners serving life sentences, imprisonment for public protection, certain extended determinate sentences and some historical long determinate sentences of four years or more for a serious sexual or violent crime committed prior to 5 April 2005, and also certain offenders who have been recalled for breach of their licence conditions, are subject to discretionary release by the Parole Board. A prisoner serving a life sentence or a sentence of imprisonment for public protection must serve their minimum term in full before being eligible for consideration for release. A prisoner serving an extended determinate sentence of 10 years or more must serve at least two-thirds of their custodial term before being considered for release, and a prisoner serving an historical long determinate sentence must serve at least half of their custodial term before being eligible to come before the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>All prisoners are subject to the same release test and they are only released (prior to any automatic release provisions which may apply in the case of determinate sentence prisoners) if the Parole Board is satisfied that it is safe to do so. Where an offender is turned down for parole his or her case is normally considered again after a period of two years in indeterminate sentence cases and one year for those serving determinate sentences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where an offender is released on licence but then commits a further offence and is recalled to prison, unless the prisoner is subject to a fixed term recall, he or she may serve the rest of their sentence in custody unless the Parole Board considers it safe to re-release the prisoner. Fixed term recalls are not available for offenders serving indeterminate or extended sentences. The sentence imposed for the further offence may also affect when the offender next becomes eligible to be considered for release. The seriousness of the further offence committed, the offender’s general behaviour on licence and their level of risk will, of course, be important factors which the Parole Board will take into account when considering re-release. Where a recalled offender is serving an indeterminate sentence it is possible that they will remain in prison for the rest of their life, and other offenders serving determinate sentences may remain in prison until the end of their custodial term, but it is important to review their progress regularly to determine whether or not the offender’s continued detention is necessary to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to change the above arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 214734 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:31:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156047

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions sellers of motor vehicles have been convicted of failing to use form V5C/3 to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of the transfer of a vehicle to a new owner in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	214486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. However, not all offences are individually reported within the centrally held data. Data for offences of failing to use form V5C/3 to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of the transfer of a vehicle to a new owner are held as part of a related group of vehicle licensing offences, and it is not possible to separately identify prosecutions for this specific offence from other offences within this grouping. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/11/2014 09:10:59 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

156055

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences committed in prison will be subject to trial rather than be dealt with by the prison adjudicator; and what estimate he has made of the potential additional costs to the public purse arising from such trials and associated legal aid and custodial time costs.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	214763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Any crime committed in prison is liable to be reported to the police depending on the aggravating and mitigating factors present and many offences committed in prison are already investigated by the police. The recently announced protocol on appropriate handling of crimes in prison sets out those crimes within prisons, including violent crimes, which must be reported by establishments to the police for consideration for investigation. It will be published before the end of the financial year following final consultation. The NOMS Unions are supportive of the protocol.</p><p> </p><p>Potential costs arising from any increase in the number of serious crimes that will now be dealt with by way of the Criminal Justice System rather than the prison disciplinary system will depend on a number of factors and the costs are expected to be covered through prioritising within existing Police and Departmental budgets for handling crime.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the protocol is to strengthen existing policy and requirements on the reporting of crime. It is not intended to remove the internal prison adjudication system which can still be a cost effective means of dealing with minor crime in prison. We do not anticipate large numbers of additional crimes being processed through the courts as a result of this protocol. Rather, the protocol will be used to ensure that in those instances where a serious assault or other serious crime occurs there is greater consistency across prison, police and CPS areas in how it is dealt with so that this type of crime can be targeted. The protocol is subject to annual evaluation and review by the signatories.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence in prisons is a major priority of this Government and appropriate steps are being taken to manage increased levels of violence within a complex and challenging prison population. We will be issuing new guidance on managing violence early next year. The impact of the overall package of violence management measures will be monitored closely in the coming year. Consultation on all aspects of the revised violence management policy is ongoing. Trade Unions will be included in this consultation.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215054 215055 215056 215057 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:27:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

156056

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Northumberland Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether homosexual prisoners taking part in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme delivered at HM Prison Northumberland are having additional weighting points allocated on the grounds of their sexual orientation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	214774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>National Offender Management Service does not, as part of the Sex Offender Treatment Programme, use a prisoner's sexual orientation when coding and allocating them to a particular risk level.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/11/2014 17:22:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

156057

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been (a) paid to victims and (b) remains outstanding for compensation orders agreed by the courts in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	214709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial impositions collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total amount of compensation collected in each year and the amount outstanding at the end of the year.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total compensation collected regardless of imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Compensation outstanding at end of the year regardless of imposition date</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£28.8m</p></td><td><p>£69.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£29.6m</p></td><td><p>£68.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£28.2m</p></td><td><p>£68.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£33.3m</p></td><td><p>£67.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£28.3m</p></td><td><p>£67.7m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The balance outstanding includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service are looking to work with an external provider for future provision of the compliance and enforcement service. Working with an external provider would bring the necessary investment and technology HMCTS needs to achieve its aspirations for compliance and enforcement services in the future. It will enable the automation of many of the manual administrative processes and in turn decrease the cost of providing fine enforcement and increase the amount of fines that are paid. The innovation this will bring and the use of automated administrative processes will free up staff time to be more pro-active in pursuing offenders to ensure they comply with their court order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/11/2014 08:45:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson