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1047106

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the provisions of sections 16 to 24 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to include (a) sports coaches, (b) driving instructors, (c) faith leaders and (d) other positions of trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	211716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Any sexual activity with a child under 16 is a criminal offence, regardless of whether consent is given. Any non-consensual sexual activity is also a crime, whatever the age of the victim and whatever the relationship between the victim and perpetrator.</p><p>Where a manipulative offender grooms a child prior to them reaching the age of consent and then engages in a sexual relationship with them when they are over 16, this could be prosecuted under offences such as Section 15A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.</p><p>We remain absolutely committed to protecting children and young people from sexual abuse and we already have a wide range of criminal offences under which to prosecute and sentence those who carry out such acts. We continue to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/01/2019 17:59:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1047737

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Nottinghamshire
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 23 January 2019 to Question 20986, how many prisoners were given custodial sentences in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	212447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced to custody in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2015 has been published up to December 2017 and is available in the “Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the requested data:</p><ul><li><p>Ensure that the ‘Court Type’ filter is set to “All”</p></li><li><p>Select “15: Immediate Custody” in the ‘Outcome’ filter</p></li><li><p>Figures for Nottinghamshire can be found in row 71.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>Data for 2018 is due to be published in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/01/2019 10:28:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1047765

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fires occurred in prisons in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	212409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We will never compromise on the safety of those in our care, and staff are trained to respond to emergency situations in a timely, appropriate manner. The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in custody. This includes investing in over 4,300 additional staff since October 2015 and investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency.</p><p>The table below provides the numbers of all fires in prison over the last 3 years. It shows a fall in the number of fires in 2018, which coincides with the implementation of smoke free prisons, a reduction in the prison population and our actions to improve safety in custody.</p><p>The definition of fire incidents is not reserved for deliberate acts of arson; it also covers a wide range of circumstances including accidental fires. Although the Fire Service routinely attend fire incidents in prisons, the majority are relatively minor in their nature.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fires</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reduction as a percentage of previous year’s total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,314</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,287</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td><td><p>50.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold the number of prisoners charged and prosecuted for arson centrally and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 212410 212411 question first answered 29/01/2019 17:55:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1047766

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been charged with arson following the setting of fires in prisons in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	212410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We will never compromise on the safety of those in our care, and staff are trained to respond to emergency situations in a timely, appropriate manner. The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in custody. This includes investing in over 4,300 additional staff since October 2015 and investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency.</p><p>The table below provides the numbers of all fires in prison over the last 3 years. It shows a fall in the number of fires in 2018, which coincides with the implementation of smoke free prisons, a reduction in the prison population and our actions to improve safety in custody.</p><p>The definition of fire incidents is not reserved for deliberate acts of arson; it also covers a wide range of circumstances including accidental fires. Although the Fire Service routinely attend fire incidents in prisons, the majority are relatively minor in their nature.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fires</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reduction as a percentage of previous year’s total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,314</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,287</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td><td><p>50.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold the number of prisoners charged and prosecuted for arson centrally and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 212409 212411 question first answered 29/01/2019 17:55:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1047767

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Fires
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 for arson following the setting of fires in prisons in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	212411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We will never compromise on the safety of those in our care, and staff are trained to respond to emergency situations in a timely, appropriate manner. The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in custody. This includes investing in over 4,300 additional staff since October 2015 and investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency.</p><p>The table below provides the numbers of all fires in prison over the last 3 years. It shows a fall in the number of fires in 2018, which coincides with the implementation of smoke free prisons, a reduction in the prison population and our actions to improve safety in custody.</p><p>The definition of fire incidents is not reserved for deliberate acts of arson; it also covers a wide range of circumstances including accidental fires. Although the Fire Service routinely attend fire incidents in prisons, the majority are relatively minor in their nature.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fires</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reduction as a percentage of previous year’s total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,314</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,287</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td><td><p>50.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold the number of prisoners charged and prosecuted for arson centrally and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 212409 212410 question first answered 29/01/2019 17:55:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1046811

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts were affected by the reported recent failure of digital infrastructure at HM Courts and Tribunals Service in (a) London, (b) the Midlands (c) North West England, (d) North East England and (e) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	211700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected all 362 HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales. Connectivity has been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate.</p><p> </p><p>I want to apologise to those who were affected by the intermittent disruption last week. Services continued to operate, and court hearings continued, but I know how frustrating this was for anyone affected.</p><p> </p><p>I am very grateful to HM Courts and Tribunals staff who put in place contingency plans to make sure trials went ahead as planned and for staff who have worked tirelessly and around the clock to resolve these issues alongside our suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/01/2019 17:01:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 97870 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1046832

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the application process for victims of violent crime to apply for compensation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>In our Victims Strategy published in September 2018, we set out our commitment to review the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The terms of reference for the review were published on 18 December 2018. The review will consider how the Scheme can best reflect the changing nature of violent crime, effectively support victims in their recovery and opportunities for simplification. As part of this work, we will be considering the recommendations made by the Victims’ Commissioner in her report (Compensation without re-traumatisation) which was published on 23 January. We intend to publish proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/01/2019 13:17:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1046886

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) a religious group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2018, there are 236 Sikh staff employed within the MoJ; this is based on staff declaring their religious beliefs on the HR system (SOP), the declaration rate stands at 28.3%. This data will be included in the Workforce Monitoring Report. The tentative due date for publication of the Workforce Report is 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/01/2019 13:21:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1045890

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 6 December 2018 to Question 198197 on Television: Licensing, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been given custodial sentences for failure to pay fines levied for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	211130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of people who have been committed to prison for failure to pay fines imposed for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="14"><p><strong>Table 1: Sentenced prison admissions for non-payment of the fine associated with using a TV without a licence, by sex; 2015 to 2017</strong></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><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><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</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><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><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>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Of which:</em></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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</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><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><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><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>Data sources and quality</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="3"><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</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><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> </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> </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><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><strong>Source: </strong>PQ 211130 (Ministry of Justice; ASD-JSAS)</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><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><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><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> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/01/2019 17:13:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1045904

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies and procedures his Department had put in place in relation to the (a) legal and (b) other advice on to the release of information about an individual in the criminal justice system; what policies and procedure his Department had put in place for the (i) designation and (ii) authorisation of personnel to release that information at the time when information on Jon Venables being in custody was released on or around 2 March 2010; whether changes to those policies and procedures since that date; and how changes to those policies and procedures were issued to staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	211132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is the Department’s policy not to release information about an individual in the criminal justice system, although it will sometimes be necessary for the Department to confirm information which is already in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>Under the statutory Probation Victim Contact Scheme (VCS), qualifying victims who have chosen to receive the services of the VCS are entitled to receive certain information about an offender at key stages of the sentence being served by that offender. It is for the Probation Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) to provide that information to victims.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the offender once known as Jon Venables, a VLO employed by a Probation Trust was designated and authorised to disclose to qualifying victims on or around 2 March 2010 that Venables had been recalled to custody for breaching his licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no change to the relevant policies and procedures since that time, albeit that VLOs are no longer employed by a Probation Trust but by the National Probation Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/01/2019 16:09:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth