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76659

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunals in which the appellant had a terminal condition and was contesting a dismissal that occurred because of their diagnosis took place in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	204907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of claims made by appellants with a terminal condition on the grounds of unfair dismissal is not collated centrally by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS). This information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost by manually checking hard copy tribunal files or judgments.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/07/2014 10:41:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

76667

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cybercrime
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 ensure that online theft is punishable in line with traditional theft of items of the same monetary value.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	204684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer my honourable friend to the answer I gave to his written question (205872) on 21 July 2014 (Hansard reference: 21 July 2014 Column 854W).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/07/2014 16:36:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

76680

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Government Departments: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library (a) the number of Freedom of Information requests received by each Government Department in each of the last four years, (b) the number and proportion of such requests that received a full answer from each Department and (c) the number and proportion of such requests which did not receive a full answer in each category of reason for refusal in each Department.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	204955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government publishes detailed statistics on freedom of information requests received by central government departments quarterly and annually. These include the number of requests received by government departments, the number of requests which received a full answer and the number which did not receive a full answer. The statistics for the last four years can be found on the following web addresses:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual</a> (for 2013 Annual);</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual</a> (for 2012 Annual);</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series</a> (for 2011 Annual and 2010 Annual)</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:28:40 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

76874

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of the privatisation of Ministry of Justice shared services on jobs in Bootle constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Mr Joe Benton
uin	204927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office services with the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014. We expect this to bring increased savings and efficiency in back-office functions, provide further benefits across wider Government and offer better value for money to the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>SSCL have stated their intention of providing 12 months job protection for all transferring staff from the point of transfer in October 2014. This means that there will be no compulsory redundancies during this period. No decisions have been made to close buildings and we expect all sites to remain open during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Following the transfer of staff, services and IT, there will be a stabilisation stage during which SSCL will look at how the service is currently delivered. No decisions will be made until SSCL has had the opportunity to fully understand the operation.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with staff, trade unions and other stakeholders to assess any impacts on staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:07:28 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	479 label Biography information for Mr Joe Benton

76875

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect personal data held by Ministry of Justice Shared Services when that data is off-shored to countries with less robust data protection than the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Mr Joe Benton
uin	204929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office services with the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014. We expect this to bring increased savings and efficiency in back-office functions, provide further benefits across wider Government and offer better value for money to the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>It is a part of Shared Services Connected Limited's business strategy to move some of its work offshore. However, no decision has been taken to move any of the work of MoJ Shared Services offshore. Should there be any proposals to offshore MoJ work in the future, specific agreement would be needed from the MoJ. This would also include the need to make sure that the right level of data security was in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:26:17 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	479 label Biography information for Mr Joe Benton

76876

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions took place between officials in his Department, the Home Office and STERIA before the decision to privatise Ministry of Justice shared services was taken.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Mr Joe Benton
uin	204926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Prior to entering these detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (a joint venture between STERIA and the Cabinet Office) all options were fully evaluated. A business case was developed to evaluate the two Independent Shared Service Centre (ISSC) options, alongside the option to remain a standalone organisation.</p><p>The business case was informed by proposals from both ISSC framework providers, which included SSCL. In order to complete these proposals, both providers learned about the existing MoJ Shared Services organisation through visits to our sites and through the information that was provided to them about:</p><p> </p><p>· How Shared Services fitted in to the MoJ organisation.</p><p>· What services they provided and who their customers were.</p><p>· How many transactions were processed in a typical day.</p><p>· Who their partners were and what systems they used.</p><p>· The projects that were currently underway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The evaluation criteria in the business case included people impact, services delivery, cost and IT. Overall the SSCL proposal was the strongest, in part due to the investment that they were already making in a new IT platform and the fact that the costs of this could be shared across multiple government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is now entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office services, with the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014.</p><p><em>The Home Office have also been considering their options at the same time as the Ministry of Justice but the two departments have completed their evaluations as separate and independent exercises. The Home Office </em>have reached the same conclusion and assessed SSCL to be its preferred option. <em>The two departments have started contract negotiations at the same time but each will have a separate contract with SSCL. </em>It's intended that MoJ and Home Office follow the same process going forward and will make changes within the same timescales.</p><p><em>Both of these evaluations followed the publication of the Government's Next Generation Shared Services Strategy in December 2012 and a rigorous procurement exercise completed by Cabinet Office to select the providers of the two Independent Shared Service Centres.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:42:41 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	479 label Biography information for Mr Joe Benton

76877

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p><strong>The review is due to report back to the Secretary of State for Justice in autumn 2014 and we anticipate publishing it shortly thereafter. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/07/2014 13:44:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76878

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason his Department did not consult the Public and Commercial Services Union on an in-house bid for the Ministry of Justice shared services contract.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Mr Joe Benton
uin	204928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office serviceswith the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to entering these detailed discussions with SSCL, all options were fully evaluated. A business case was developed to evaluate both Independent Shared Service Centre (ISSC) options as well as the option for back office to remain a standalone organisation.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information was put together on the in-house option, which reflected our existing organisation and also any known plans for the coming years, including those for growth in our customer numbers. This information was prepared in parallel with the proposals from the two ISSC framework providers. The costs and benefits of all three options between now and 2021/22 were assessed and this informed the business case, which was approved by the MoJ Departmental Board.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has been meeting regularly with trade union representatives since we started considering the options in December 2013 prior to any decisions being made and also prior to taking the outcome of the evaluation to the MoJ Departmental Board. Trade Union representation includes representatives from Public and Commercial Services (PCS).</p><p> </p><p>Once we knew the decision had been taken to enter into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL). We informed trade union representatives. Formal consultation is now taking place about the transfer of MoJ staff to SSCL under TUPE. We have been working with these staff and keeping them informed of developments. This will continue throughout the transition process.</p><p> </p><p>SSCL recognise our existing unions, including PCS, and will continue to consult with them after the staff transfer has taken place. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:16:01 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	479 label Biography information for Mr Joe Benton

76879

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases involving adults and children jointly charged, the child co-defendants were tried together with the adults in (a) an adult magistrates' court and (b) a Crown Court.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>Where a trial may involve both youth and adult co-defendants criminal courts must consider whether it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together and deal with them in the adult magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. In reaching this decision courts must take into account factors such as age, maturity, culpability, inconvenience to witnesses or injustice to the case as a whole, including whether there are benefits in the same tribunal sentencing all offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS do not centrally collate data on the number of young people and adults jointly charged and subsequently tried together.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of cases where a child or young person has been tried in (a) the adult magistrates’ court. A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts<sup>(1), (2), (3) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>10,667</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number of cases where there was at least one youth defendant and at least one adult defendant from 2009/10 to 2013/14 in (b) the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at the Crown Court <sup>(4) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.</p><p>_______________________________________</p><p>(1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table 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><p>(3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p>(4) The figures given in the table 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><p>(5) 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 which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. 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><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/07/2014 11:10:46 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76880

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the new electronic tagging system was not subject to a pilot before the decision to implement it was taken.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	204991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The contracts have not yet been awarded. An announcement was made on 15<sup>th</sup> July.</p><p> </p><p>Yes we comply with the OJEU / EU procurement rules as well as cabinet office processes.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The new electronic monitoring service has not been subject to a pilot as in the first instance we need to ensure continuity of service. However, there will be a significant period of testing and validation for the new system before introduction. There is also a robust programme of testing for the new tags themselves, and we will have to be satisfied that they meet our standards before they are introduced on the new platform. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Electronic monitoring using GPS was piloted in three probation areas in 2004 to 2005 and the evaluation found qualitative evidence to show that it:</p><p>o acted as a deterrent because offenders thought they would be caught if they were to reoffend;</p><p>o was a constant reminder which prompted offenders to ‘think twice' when a criminal opportunity presented itself and gave them the spur they needed to walk away;</p><p>o provided offenders with renewed determination to get their lives back together after a period of incarceration; and</p><p>o was perceived by offenders to help stop wrongful identification for crimes they hadn't done.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 204814 204815 204816 204992 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:21:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd