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179667

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010, have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>50 prison officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers (up to 30 September 2014). The majority of the officers who have been re-employed have returned on a fixed-term basis as part of the HM Prison Service Reserves, which has been established to support capacity changes and fluctuations in staffing numbers. In total less than 1% of the officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have returned to work for NOMS.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is rounded to the nearest 10, in line with the departmental policy for presenting staffing data.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/02/2015 17:39:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179740

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of report writers and court staff have received training arising from the implementation of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL5017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All staff have received comprehensive guidance on the implementation of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>A cadre of staff received central training to enable them to train other staff, as required, in the Act’s provisions. We do not hold statistics for the total number of staff who have been trained under this system.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/02/2015 16:34:23 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

179669

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases in which a suspect had been charged for offences committed in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 a trial had not commenced after (i) six and (ii) 12 months had elapsed.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	224447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) records the date of offence and date of trial in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. However, a number of cases do not go to trial, either because the defendant pleads guilty or the prosecution drop the case. A number of offences committed during 2014 will not yet have reached six or twelve months since receipt by HMCTS. To answer this question would require the creation of complex reports to combine the variables within the question, which would then need to be tested, this would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Also, offences committed in 2014 would be incomplete as many will not yet have reached six or 12 months since they were received by HMCTS.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does, however, publish official statistics on the timeliness of criminal cases in Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:04:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

179662

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates were aged (a) over 65, (b) 55 to 65, (c) 45 to 55, (d) 35 to 45, (e) 25 to 35 and (f) under 25 on 1 April (i) 1989, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2010 and (vi) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Magistrates from diverse backgrounds are vital in retaining public confidence in our justice system. We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Age diversity data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994 and 2000. The available data is capable of being reported in the categories shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60-70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;4%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>&gt;1%</p></td><td><p>&gt;3%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:49:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179731

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual cost to the public purse of maintaining disused court buildings; and how many disused court buildings are currently lying empty because they have not been sold.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL5008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP) was introduced in 2010 to improve efficiency through the closure of poor quality and underused court buildings. The total cumulative gross benefits expected from CERP is an estimated £152m over the SR10 period. At the end of June 2014, approximately £140m had been realised through resource savings of approximately £98m and gross capital proceeds of £42m.</p><p> </p><p>There are 32 closed courts currently not in use. Of these, 27 were closed between May 2010 and March 2013 as part of CERP and business as usual closures. The full year cost of maintaining these courts in 2013/14 was £942,162. A further five courts were closed since then. The cost of maintaining these courts since their closure to date has been £122,444. All closed courts are being prepared for or undergoing sale processes.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of maintaining courts following closure includes costs on rent and rates, maintenance, labour costs on facilities management, fuel and utilities and other property costs. One court, Stourbridge County Court, was closed but is being used for administrative purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. The sale of former courts is dependent on a number of factors e.g. market, potential future use, location and the fact that some are occupied in part by the police and local authorities which also make disposal difficult. We have improved efficiency through the closure of poor quality and underused court buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/02/2015 17:03:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

179653

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice has made an offer to invest in the equivalent of five targeted learning days a year for each member of staff. This learning takes many forms to suit both the learner and the business, including e-learning, coaching, mentoring, work-based learning, job shadowing and face-to-face learning.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministry devolves budgets for training to its agencies, business groups and non-departmental bodies. These budgets are managed locally and the Ministry does not record this information centrally. Furthermore, the definition of training varies from one business area to another. Therefore to establish the Department’s training budget, amount spent on training and an average number of training days taken would require a Ministry-wide survey of all its local business areas and non-departmental public bodies. This would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 224480 224499 224518 question first answered 27/02/2015 09:42:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179719

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Nottingham Prison
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the report of HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Nottingham in respect of its conclusion that HMP Nottingham was failing most of its core responsibilities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL4999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service has taken immediate action to improve the situation. An experienced temporary Governor was urgently appointed to bring stability and to implement rapid improvements. Subsequently, a new permanent Governor was appointed on 1 February 2015. A review of the staffing levels needed to complete the improvement work required has led to additional staff resources being deployed to the prison. There have been fewer incidents of serious assaults on prisoners and staff, concerted indiscipline and incidents at height since the inspection and there has been a marked improvement in the overall operational stability of the establishment. As with all inspection reports, NOMS will now produce an action plan in response to the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements in staffing levels have allowed an increase in the amount of time that prisoners can participate in recreational activities, such as using the gymnasium. It has also enabled prisoners to undertake more educational workshops to enhance employability skills. .</p><p> </p><p>Since the Inspection, HMP Nottingham’s Violence Reduction (VR) Policy has been rewritten and implemented and, in line with the national NOMS VR Policy, requires staff to challenge all forms of violence and apply appropriate sanctions. Additional resources have been allocated to monitoring and managing violence reduction and safer custody. Use of the Independent Adjudicator and/or referral to the Police for consideration of prosecution for violent incidents has increased dramatically. HMP Nottingham continues to challenge all forms of violence and actively promotes a zero tolerance to it. The prison is forging stronger links with the local Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that, where appropriate, prisoners involved in violence are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>The operational capacity of HMP Nottingham was reduced, at the time of the inspection, from 1100 to 1060. There are now regular bedding and clothing checks. This helps to recover items that have been stockpiled by prisoners, to ensure fair allocation of clean clothing and bedding. Additional clothes and bedding have also been issued.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5000 HL5001 HL5002 question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

179666

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of Magistrates for the period requested are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>28,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>30,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>30,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>28,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:59:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

179660

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what government funds are available for victims' support organisations in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	224451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to supporting victims, by ensuring that they have access to high-quality, effective and timely support. We have made more money than ever before available for this purpose, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support, and more than doubling the victims budget to over £92million for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Locally accountable Police and Crime Commissioners are now responsible for the provision of support services in their areas and will receive the bulk of the available funding with which to do so. This was £63.15m in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Some services remain nationally commissioned. This includes support for families bereaved by homicide, support for victims of rape and modern slavery, and support for witnesses at court. National services have recently been competitively re-commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 10:08:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

179659

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of a magistrate on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	224459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Average age data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Age </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:29:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan