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46322

	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 facilities prison libraries have to help prisoners order books through the internet.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.</p><p> </p><p>An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.</p><p> </p><p>No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.</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
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46323

	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 newspapers are provided in prison libraries.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194761 194765 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46325

	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, how much prisoners have to pay to order a book through the inter-library loan system.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.</p><p> </p><p>An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.</p><p> </p><p>No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.</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
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46326

	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 cultural events have been organised in prison libraries in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194761 194763 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46327

	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 books in (a) foreign languages and (b) Welsh prison libraries have.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194763 194765 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46333

	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 budget is for each (a) private and (b) public prison.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	194760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Allocated budgets for individual prisons for financial year 2014-15 are in the process of being finalised and are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Budget allocations will be made on the basis of need and according to Departmental priorities.</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
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46336

	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 284W, on Muslim prisoners, how many and what proportion of Muslim prisoners included in the figures listed for 2013 have converted to that religion since they arrived in prison; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	194707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of prisoners who convert to each religion (including Islam) whilst in prison is not held centrally. The data held centrally relates to prisoners' current declared religion, not any previously declared religion.</p><p> </p><p>In order to provide data relating to offender conversions to Islam in prison, it would be necessary to manually examine the individual prison records of over 11,700 Muslims in prison as at 31 December 2013 - this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</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
	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

46947

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, which prisons received how many detached duty staff of which grade in each month since December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	195226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</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
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46948

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how many staff of each grade were used as part of the detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	195227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</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
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan