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46142

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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, how many prisoners who are in open prisons are serving (a) a life sentence and (b) an indeterminate sentence for public protection.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	194415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Depending on the length of tariff and the risk they pose, indeterminate sentenced prisoners (ISPs – both those serving life and Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences) move through their sentence via a series of progressive transfers into lower security establishments in the closed estate and then usually into open conditions. The purpose of any placement in open conditions is for such prisoners' risks to be tested in less stringent conditions in order to inform the Parole Board's consideration as to whether it is safe to release them into the community. It is also is an important part of the offender's rehabilitation. The decision to transfer ISPs to open conditions is a categorisation decision which is a matter for the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may take this decision after seeking advice from the Parole Board or executively where the prisoners may demonstrate exceptional progress.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is nothing automatic about progress from open conditions to eventual release. Rather, the period in open prison will serve as an important time to test the prisoner and will help inform the Parole Board's decision whether the offenders risk is such that it may be safely managed in the community.</p><p> </p><p>For many prisoners, in particular those such as ISPs who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these are essential components for successful reintegration in the community and therefore an important factor in protecting the public. To release these prisoners directly from a closed prison without the resettlement benefits of the open estate would undoubtedly lead to higher levels of post-release re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>The main purpose of open conditions is to test prisoners in conditions more similar to those that they will face in the community. It also enables them to develop their plans for eventual release. Time spent in open prisons affords prisoners the opportunity to find work, re-establish family ties, reintegrate into the community and ensure housing needs are met. Open prisons are the most effective means of ensuring that prisoners are subject to testing, with appropriate risk assessment to ensure the protection of the public, before they are released into the community. Once tariff has expired, an ISP's continued detention is justified only so long as it is necessary for the protection of the public.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is the priority and the Board will take into account a range of factors when assessing whether an offender's risk is reduced sufficiently, in order that they can be managed in open conditions or on licence in the community. These might include the completion of offence related courses, a sustained period of good custodial behaviour, access to appropriate and stable accommodation, access to education, training and employment, and support from professionals as well as family and friends. The Parole Board would not recommend a prisoner's transfer to open conditions unless they considered it safe to do so. Prisoners located in open prison conditions have been rigorously risk assessed and categorised as being of a low enough risk to the public to warrant their placement in an open prison.</p><p>The requested information is provided in the table attached.</p><p /> <p>These figures 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><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 194415 - Table.doc title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

46337

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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, what the average custodial sentence was for people of each gender sentenced in the West Yorkshire Police Force area to immediate custody for (a) summary only offences, (b) either way offences and (c) indictable only offences; and for which offences such people were sentenced.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	194705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The sentencing framework and sentencing guidelines apply equally to all offenders. Sentencing is entirely a matter for the courts, taking account of all the circumstances of each case. This will include all aggravating and mitigating factors, the criminal history of the offender and a guilty plea.</p><p> </p><p>Defendants are now more likely to be convicted for committing crime and sent to prison for longer than they were a decade ago. In addition criminals convicted since 2010 are more likely to receive an immediate custodial sentence, both overall and for a first time offence.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders sentenced at all courts, by gender, class type, offence type in West Yorkshire police force area from 2008 to 2012 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. In many cases the numbers are too small for the average custodial sentence length to be meaningful.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 194705 (table).xls title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1172208

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Abortion: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929, how many people have been convicted in each category of offence of child destruction for performing abortions on other people in each of the last 30 years.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	6068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on the number of convictions for child destruction. This is available for each year since 2008 up to 2018, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘4.3 Child Destruction’ in the Offence filter; convictions can be found in row 25.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of convictions for child destruction in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 2007, can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/01/2020 18:00:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 6068 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1138057

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	275836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 275836 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

837373

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the repair completion rate compiled by Amey at each prison for which that company has a contract to provide maintenance services, for each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	126492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Please see the attached table. The repair completion rate has been interpreted as the percentage of reactive maintenance tasks responded to and satisfactorily rectified in month in accordance with the corresponding service level.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers play an important role in maintaining the prison estate. Performance of all providers, including adherence to reactive maintenance, is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/02/2018 17:27:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ126492 Reactive Maintenance Performance.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

901284

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many animal cruelty (a) offences and (b) convictions there have been in Kent in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	142831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Kent Police Force area, from 2010 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/05/2018 12:02:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee attachment 1 file name PQ 142831 (table).xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1135991

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	271433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the 12 months of 2018 can be found in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 15:55:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 271433 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

909016

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for badger-baiting were (a) launched and (b) successful by police force in each year from 2010 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	146085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2017, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally collated data on prosecutions does not include the Police Force that brought a prosecution, only the Police Force Area in which the case was originally prosecuted at Magistrates’ Court. However, in most cases these will be the same. The data provided is therefore based on the location of the Court in which the prosecution was brought. Information is included only for those Police force Areas where there has been at least one prosecution.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:24:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 146085 - table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1124206

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Romford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many animal cruelty (a) offences and (b) convictions there were in Romford constituency in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of defendants prosecuted and offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Metropolitan Police Force area and the North East London local justice area, from 2012 to 2017, can be viewed in the table. Information specifically related to Romford is not available so the North East London Local Justice Area (which includes Romford) has been provided.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/05/2019 16:18:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 249875 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

902117

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for breaching an antisocial behaviour order was for an individual convicted of a further breach of an antisocial behaviour order in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	143129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of previous convictions for a person convicted of a further offence in 2014-2016 who was not given a sentence of immediate custody, and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 143128 143130 143131 143132 143133 143134 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 143128 - 143134 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies