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576490

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Missing Persons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create a new legal status of guardian of the property and affairs of a missing person by 1 December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	44982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text We will bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows. answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 08/09/2016 12:54:21 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

595959

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to increase capacity at the Asylum and Immigration Chamber.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	47206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). HMCTS have provided an additional 4,500 tribunal sitting days for this financial year compared to 2015/16. HMCTS keeps performance and resource levels under close review. answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 17/10/2016 12:46:22 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

582076

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each offence category were released on post-conviction bail by Crown Courts in each of the last three years; and (a) how many and (b) in what proportion of such cases the offender received a custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	46056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text Robust and reliable information on post-conviction remand status of offenders convicted at the Crown Court is not centrally held, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/09/2016 11:42:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

604148

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Arrest Warrants
	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 17 October 2016 to Question 47082, if she will provide a breakdown by region of the figures provided in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	48951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The number of arrest warrants issued for defendants who failed to attend court in England and Wales, by region, for the period 2010 to 2014 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the table below: <strong>Number of Failure to Appear (FTA) Warrants received <sup>(1)</sup> by region in England and Wales, 2010- 2014. </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region<sup> (2)</sup></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</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></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>16,061</p></td><td><p>15,440</p></td><td><p>12,448</p></td><td><p>11,817</p></td><td><p>11,779</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>6,098</p></td><td><p>5,765</p></td><td><p>4,878</p></td><td><p>5,106</p></td><td><p>5,056</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>11,973</p></td><td><p>10,480</p></td><td><p>9,420</p></td><td><p>8,271</p></td><td><p>7,851</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>6,963</p></td><td><p>6,580</p></td><td><p>3,205</p></td><td><p>2,812</p></td><td><p>2,914</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>6,213</p></td><td><p>5,930</p></td><td><p>5,518</p></td><td><p>5,457</p></td><td><p>5,858</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>8,999</p></td><td><p>8,267</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td><td><p>5,638</p></td><td><p>5,284</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10,825</p></td><td><p>10,674</p></td><td><p>9,257</p></td><td><p>9,304</p></td><td><p>9,716</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>13,146</p></td><td><p>12,407</p></td><td><p>9,942</p></td><td><p>10,752</p></td><td><p>11,107</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>7,732</p></td><td><p>7,617</p></td><td><p>5,874</p></td><td><p>5,851</p></td><td><p>6,010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,628</p></td><td><p>5,401</p></td><td><p>5,217</p></td><td><p>4,441</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England &amp; Wales</p></td><td><p>93,473</p></td><td><p>88,788</p></td><td><p>72,819</p></td><td><p>70,225</p></td><td><p>70,016</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>(1) 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 live systems used by police forces principally for operational reasons. As such, they are subject to change over time. For these reasons, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>(2) Defined as comprising the following police force areas: <strong>East of England</strong> - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex. <strong>East Midlands</strong> - Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire. <strong>London</strong> - City of London, Metropolitan police. <strong>North East</strong> - Cleveland, Durham, Northumbria. <strong>North West</strong> - Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester. <strong>South East</strong> - Sussex, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent. <strong>South West</strong> - Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. <strong>Wales</strong> - Gwent, South Wales, Dyfed-Powys, North Wales. <strong>West Midlands</strong> - West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia. Yorkshire and Humberside - North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Humberside. (3) West Midlands constabulary are unable to supply any FTA warrant data from 1 April 2012. (4) Lincolnshire Police were unable to supply any data for Q4 of 2014 because of technical issues related to the introduction of a new warrant management system. Procedures for supplying the Ministry of Justice with data relating to FTA warrants have been revised to ensure that in future these data are captured. Data presented are for the first three quarters of 2014 only. Note: These data are reported to the Ministry of Justice by police forces. As such, they are not directly comparable with other data presented in the Criminal Statistics bulletin, which are returned directly from administrative data systems used by magistrates' courts and the Crown Court.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 26/10/2016 15:38:07 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

604160

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost is of supervising an individual offender in Wales by Working Links for the most recent financial year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	48897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Working Links provides individual tailored rehabilitation programmes to the specific requirements of the offender.</p><p> </p><p>These are unique to the individual and therefore the cost of each rehabilitation programme varies.</p><p>We have given providers the flexibility to use both innovated and mandated programmes to do what works to reduce reoffending, and support offenders.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/10/2016 10:53:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

577625

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of whether the five-day turnaround for pre-sentence allows sufficient time for safeguarding checks to be carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	45569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>When preparing a pre-sentence report, the report author must initiate safeguarding checks regarding children and vulnerable adults at risk at the earliest opportunity<em><p><p></em></p><p>The duty under the Children’s Act 2004 on all relevant agencies to make arrangements to ensure they discharge their functions in regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children does not end with an initial check and assessment at pre-sentence stage. Assessments begin at the pre-sentence report stage and continue through to the end of sentence.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 22/12/2016 01:35:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

595954

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison and Oakwood Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contractual agreement between her Department and G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited at HM Prison (a) Birmingham and (b) Oakwood, how many performance points have been incurred and for what reason those performance points have been incurred in each year from 2012-13 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	47220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p>Prison Contracts set out a strict performance framework, consisting of prescriptive performance targets. Failure by the provider to meet performance targets results in performance points being applied.</p><p>Performance points are awarded according to the severity of failure. If the total number of points exceeds the agreed baseline for the performance quarter or year, financial remedies are applied against the Contractor in accordance with the Contract. In certain circumstances financial remedies can also be applied directly, without performance points being accrued. The amount of points awarded therefore cannot always be linked to the value of remedies imposed.</p><p>The number of performance points incurred at HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood for the reporting years 2012-2013 through to 2015-2016 are as follows.</p><p>Data for reporting year 2016-2017 is not yet available as it has not been finalised.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Points</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Points</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Points</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Points</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Birmingham</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Failure to comply with procedures</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p>248.9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Incidents</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Failure to comply with prison regime</em></p></td><td><p><em>135</em></p></td><td><p>45.71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Oakwood</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Failure to comply with procedures</em></p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Incidents</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Failure to comply with prison regime</em></p></td><td><p><em>90</em></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/10/2016 09:35:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

576903

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bill of Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that any future UK Bill of Rights covers all of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	45168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>We will set out our proposals for a Bill of Rights in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 14/09/2016 11:57:23 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

576902

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women pursuing a sex discrimination claim.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	45124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We will publish the outcome of our review into Employment Tribunal Fees in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 12/09/2016 15:48:33 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

578731

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that re-offending rates are reduced.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
	uin	45681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>We want to ensure that prisons are places of safety and rehabilitation. The key to this is achieving better outcomes for prisoners in employment, education and health, in order to reduce reoffending and protect the public. We will do this by giving governors increased responsibility on the front line and by putting sharper accountability in place, and will announce proposals for reform in autumn.</p><p> </p><p>We have already reformed the way adult offenders are managed in the community.</p><p>Almost all adult offenders now receive targeted support on release, getting the help they need to turn away from crime and keep communities safer. For young offenders, Charlie Taylor has conducted a review of the youth justice system. This has been submitted to ministers and will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2016 11:42:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh