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45934

	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 people have been given more than one life sentence on separate sentencing occasions in the last 10 years; and what the offences were for which they received those life sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	194380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory for murder and discretionary life sentences are available to Judges for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>Under a life sentence, the court determines the minimum period to be served in prison for the purposes of punishment and deterrence. Once that period has been served it is for the Parole Board to determine if and when the offender may be released from prison on life licence and subject to recall for the rest of their life.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of offenders who have been sentenced to life in the 12 months ending September 2013 who previously had one or more previous life sentence on a separate sentencing occasion within the last 10 years, in England and Wales. The table also shows details of their latest and previous offences for which they received a life sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders who receive a second life sentence is small. A number of life sentence prisoners commit offences in prison which result in a second life sentence. Some life sentence prisoners can also receive a second life sentence on conviction for offences committed prior to being imprisoned (e.g. a previous murder or rape). Only one of the offenders shown in Table 1 had been released from prison on life licence when he committed a further offence which resulted in a second life sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</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
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

46596

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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 Indian nationals there are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Mr Alan Reid
	uin	194948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As of 31 December 2013, the latest period for which figures are available, there were 223 Indian nationals serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.</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 previous answer version 4904 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1385 label Biography information for Mr Alan Reid

46597

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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 Answers of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 293W, 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W and 31 March 2014 on prisoners: foreign nationals, which three countries have the next largest number of foreign nationals in UK prisons; and what steps he is taking to return those offenders to secure detention in their own countries.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	194906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Data on the nationality and numbers of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) held in custody is published in the quarterly offender management statistics. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276084/prison-population-tables-q3-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276084/prison-population-tables-q3-2013.xls</a> (table 1.6)</p><p>The countries with the 10<sup>th</sup>, 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> largest populations of FNOs in UK prisons on 31 December 2013 are:</p><p>10. Bangladesh (276)</p><p>11. Albania (275)</p><p>12. Vietnam (247)</p><p>We do not currently have a Prisoner Transfer Arrangement (PTA) with Bangladesh. We signed a compulsory PTA with Albania last year and hope to see the first transfers soon. We have a voluntary PTA with Vietnam and made three prisoner transfers under this arrangement last year.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing Foreign National Offenders (FNOs). The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 237 FNOs to date.</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 previous answer version 4900 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

45955

	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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow mandatory sentencing in cases of carrying an article with blade or point of offensive weapon; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	194327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Possession of an offensive weapon or bladed article is a serious offence which carries a maximum 4 year custodial sentence. This Government has already introduced new offences for threatening with a knife, which carries a minimum mandatory custodial sentence for adults and 16-17 year olds in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2013. More recently we made it clear that cautions for adults can not be used for knife possession offences, and are legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to put statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p><p>Knife crime continues to fall, with a higher proportion of offenders going to prison for knife possession than in previous years and average custodial sentences getting longer.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this is encouraging, this Government continues to keep this area of the law under close scrutiny and if further action is necessary it will bring forward proposals. <br></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
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

45949

	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, which books are available to be bought from the shop in prisons in England.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead
	tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
	uin	194356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Prisoners are able to purchase any book through prison retail, other than where there are reasons to believe the book is not suitable. It is for Governors locally to determine when a particular book is not suitable, based on the prisoner's risk profile and the nature of the book itself. There is no centrally approved list of books.</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
	tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

49073

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 days in total have been lost due to staff sickness in each prison in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	197081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Sickness absence is measured as the average working days lost per staff year, which is the measure used across all Government Departments. Sickness rates in adult prisons have fallen over the last ten years and remain below the rate of 14.8 days lost, across public sector adult prisons, in 2002/03.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for average working days lost for prisons in the public and contracted sectors are used in the Prison Rating System and have been published annually since 2011/12 as part of the data set that accompanies the published ratings.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2012/13 can be found on the 'Data' sheet of the published spreadsheet at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225231/prs-data-12-13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225231/prs-data-12-13.xls</a>'</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2011/12 are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/218342/prison-rating-system-2011-12.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/218342/prison-rating-system-2011-12.xls</a>,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2010/11 can be seen in the table below.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Table: Average number of working days lost per member of staff due to sickness related absence in adult prisons in England and Wales, 2010/11</strong></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Working Days Lost<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Acklington</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashwell</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blantyre House</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blundeston</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullwood Hall</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castington</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorchester</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edmunds Hill</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Everthorpe</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haslar</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewell</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntercombe</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Castle</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latchmere House</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leyhill</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northallerton</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheppey Clustered Services</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheppey Reducing Re-Offending</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shepton Mallet</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spring Hill</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Verne</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note</p><p>1) Average Working Days Lost is calculated as the number of full time equivalent days lost due to sickness related absence divided by the average number of full time equivalent staff in post.</p><p>2) Figures for Dovegate and Lowdham Grange were provided by private contractors for calendar year 2010 instead of for financial year 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013-14 will be published on 31 July 2014 in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46353

	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 (a) sentences and (b) other outcomes were received by people aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 and over who were prosecuted for carrying a bladed or pointed article in a public place in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	194748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 2009 there has been an overall decline in knife crime. A higher proportion of people are going to prison for knife possession than in previous years and sentences are getting longer. Whilst sentencing remains a matter for the independent judiciary we continue to keep this area of the law under close scrutiny. We have already introduced new offences of threatening with a knife in a public place or school under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. We are currently legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to make it clear that cautions should no longer be used for knife possession offences for adults and we are exploring further changes to how we tackle knife offences.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest available figures on the outcomes by age group for offences involving carrying a knife or offensive weapon are available in table 2 and annex table 1 of the Knife Possession Sentencing Quarterly Brief October – December 2013 which was published on 13<sup>th</sup> March 2014. The quarterly bulletin is available from the Ministry of Justice website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</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 previous answer version 4884 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

48314

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 plans he has to introduce individual case reviews following the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda into magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	196371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not yet decided on the future of the provision for case reviews. We have no plans to introduce specialisation in magistrates' courts. However, the Government is currently undertaking a review of the role of magistrates with a view to ensuring that the magistracy remains the cornerstone of our justice system. A public consultation paper will be issued later in the year. We are engaging with the magistracy and sentencers to ensure they are fully informed about the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 196372 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

48315

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 plans he has to introduce specialisations in magistrates' courts in England and Wales following the introduction of the Transforming Rehabilitation Agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	196372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not yet decided on the future of the provision for case reviews. We have no plans to introduce specialisation in magistrates' courts. However, the Government is currently undertaking a review of the role of magistrates with a view to ensuring that the magistracy remains the cornerstone of our justice system. A public consultation paper will be issued later in the year. We are engaging with the magistracy and sentencers to ensure they are fully informed about the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 196371 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

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