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387235

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Inquiries
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 introduce a parliamentary mechanism for initiating judicial inquiries.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Judge led inquiries can be established either under the framework provided by the Inquiries Act 2005 or on a non statutory basis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2015 13:59:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387255

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners that were selected for the national community service volunteers scheme and were released for up to four weeks (a) committed an offence on their release, (b) failed to attend the programme and (c) breached the conditions of their temporary licence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of prisoners released on temporary licence under the Community Service Volunteers scheme is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 5438 question first answered 09/07/2015 09:30:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387256

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners have been selected for the national community service volunteers scheme to be released for up to four weeks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of prisoners released on temporary licence under the Community Service Volunteers scheme is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 5437 question first answered 09/07/2015 09:30:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387257

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3688, what offences are included in the Violence against the person category.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Allocation to open prison is never automatic. Prisoners serving sentences for violent or other serious offences may be allocated to open prison towards the end of their sentence but only where they have successfully completed relevant offender behaviour work and are assessed as a low risk. Prisoners serving a determinate sentence must be within 2 years of release before they can be considered for allocation to an open prison, and those serving indeterminate sentences will only be transferred following a recommendation from the Parole Board. A prisoner in open conditions can be returned to the closed estate immediately should new risks be identified. Following a comprehensive review, the Government has tightened the eligibility for open prisons. All those located in open conditions have been rigorously risk assessed and categorised as being of low risk to the public.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the specific offences for which offenders in open had been sentenced, within the category of ‘violence against the person’, as at 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Offences contained within the “Violence against the person” category.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MURDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO INFLICT GBH</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING (INFLICTING GBH)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANSLAUGHTER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATTEMPTED MURDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING RTA 1988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSAULT OCCASIONING ABH</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITH INTENT. ENDANGER LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OTHER VIOLENCE OFFENCES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAKING THREATS TO KILL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSS FIREARM WI FEAR OF VIOLENCE (SECTION 16A)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CRUELTY TO OR NEGLECT OF CHILDREN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING/DRINK DRUGS (SECTION 3A)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARRYING A FIREARM WITH CRIM INTENT (SECTION 18)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSS F/A TIME COMMIT/ARREST FOR OFF (SECTION 17/2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMON ASSAULT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADMINISTER POISON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSAULT OCCASIONING ABH (WHERE VICTIM IS A CHILD)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATTEMPT TO CHOKE, SUFFOCATE OR STRANGLE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HARASSMENT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INTIMIDATION OF WITNESS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAKE/KEEP EXPLO WI ENDANGER LIFE/PROP (SECTION 3)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MALICIOUS WOUNDING (SECTION 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RACIALLY OR RELIGIOUSLY AGG ASSAULT (CDA 1998 c37)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/07/2015 09:00:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387324

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5290 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387325

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5311 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387326

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a href="http://www.justuce.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justuce.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/07/2015 15:38:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387471

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the proposed offence of failure to prevent economic crime is intended to have extra-territorial effect where a UK link can be proven.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, tasks the Ministry of Justice to <em>examine the case for a new offence of a corporate failure to prevent economic crime and the rules on establishing corporate criminal liability more widely.</em> This work is progressing and any announcements on decisions will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2015 15:41:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387096

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase access to legal aid for people with a mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	5052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on Monday 22 June 2015.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2474/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-15/2474/</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/07/2015 09:26:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

387098

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its potential effect on the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	5209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the implications of a Bill of Rights on devolution as we develop our proposals, and we will fully engage with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/07/2015 10:05:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick