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753562

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Equality
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 increase diversity in the judiciary.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	5803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor has a joint statutory duty with the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission to encourage judicial diversity.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016 broader eligibility criteria have been agreed for those applying to High Court, Deputy High Court and Recorder positions; to open up the High Court to candidates without previous judicial experience; to appoint Recorders regardless of their jurisdictional experience or geographical location; and to trial the Judicial Appointments Commission’s fast track process to let Deputy High Court judges apply for full High Court office. These measures were introduced to encourage the widest range of talent to apply for judicial office, whilst protecting the statutory criteria and appointing solely on merit.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:26:16 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

752415

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to report any solicitor firms that have been engaged in fraudulent claims alleging food poisoning of British holidaymakers on holiday overseas to the NCA for investigation of conspiracy and fraud.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>On 9 July the Government announced the action it is taking to tackle the apparent increase in claims for gastric illness by holidaymakers.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual regulators including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Claims Management Regulation Unit to take disciplinary action where rules of conduct have been broken. Regulators can and do refer cases to the police for investigation where they believe that a criminal offence may have been committed.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:16:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

752458

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the Fundamental Rights Agency.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) provides assistance and advice on fundamental rights issues to the EU institutions and to Member States when implementing Union law. The FRA is also tasked with promoting fundamental rights within the EU, which it does through the collation, analysis and dissemination of data on fundamental rights across the Member States. As the Balance of Competencies Review in 2014 showed, a small number of UK NGOs have used FRA data to support their work.</p><p> </p><p>The UK contributes to the FRA budget through its contribution to the overall EU budget. The FRA’s budget for 2017 is 22.7 million euro. While civil service time is spent dealing with FRA reports and activities, time costs are not logged on this basis. A UK official attends National Liaison Officer network meetings at the FRA; travel and accommodation expenses for these meetings are covered by the FRA.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:15:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

752757

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the outsourcing of electronic tagging of ex-offenders.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	5359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an important tool to improve supervision in the community and support offenders to change their lives; the restrictions and structure imposed can help to break habits and limit opportunities to offend, which can reinforce positive behaviour when used alongside other interventions or requirements. The Electronic Monitoring service has always been delivered using a contracted infrastructure, so it is not possible to make any assessment against another delivery model.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/07/2017 13:48:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

752758

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter of 30 March 2017 sent by the Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Justice to the Clerk of the Justice Select Committee on Ministry of Justice Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2016-17, if he will publish the (a) projected capital spending and (b) funding allocated under Spending Review 2015 for the prison building programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in the process of revising its financial plans to take account of changes to planned timescales due to the election, and also to ensure that the overall plans reflect the priorities of the new government. We will share updated financial plans with the Justice Select Committee in the Autumn. No decisions have been made as to whether there is a role for private finance.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 5491 question first answered 25/07/2017 13:49:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752759

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter of 30 March 2017 sent by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice to the Clerk of the Justice Select Committee on Ministry of Justice Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2016-17, what estimate he has made of the level of private finance required to meet the potential shortfall between projected capital spending and the funding allocated under the Spending Review 2015 for the prison building programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in the process of revising its financial plans to take account of changes to planned timescales due to the election, and also to ensure that the overall plans reflect the priorities of the new government. We will share updated financial plans with the Justice Select Committee in the Autumn. No decisions have been made as to whether there is a role for private finance.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 5492 question first answered 25/07/2017 13:49:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752760

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of non-molestation orders were issued by (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	5185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders issued by courts in England and, specifically, by Horsham County Court in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1. Number of domestic violence non-molestation orders issued in England and Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>23,482</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>23,335</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>23,724</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:15:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752761

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders were issued that led to legal aid funding being granted at (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	5186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:16:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752762

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	G4S: Electronic Tagging
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 copy of the contract with G4S for electronic tagging.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As previously advised, G4S is our preferred Bidder for the Electronic Monitoring Hardware and the contract is currently being finalised. Once agreed and signed a redacted version, which will not contain commercially sensitive information, will be published on Contracts Finder in accordance with current transparency regulations.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:58:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752763

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the weight of drugs recovered in prisons was in each year since 2010 broken down (a) by suspected drug type and (b) by (i) class A, (ii) class B and (iii) class C.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	5383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The attached table shows all drug finds by type since 2010. The data is not recorded in a way that allows direct comparison with Schedules of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Drug finds in prisons are recorded in broad categories of drug type, which would not take into account any differences in classifications for drugs of a similar type.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the weight of drugs found has been available since October 2015, when an enhanced reporting system was introduced. This enabled the selection of psychoactive substances categories. Please note that the data records the weight of all drugs found in an incident, but not separately for each individual drug type.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:59:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 5383 Luciana Berger 18 07 17 Drug seizures (final).xlsx title Drug Finds by Type since 2010
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger