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43439

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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 in each police force area have been caught speeding and received points on their driving licence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	192301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The maximum penalty for speeding is a fine of up to £1,000 and for speeding on a motorway, £2,500. The courts also have the power to disqualify the offender from driving and must in any event endorse the offender's licence by between three and six penalty points. Alternatively, if the police decide that the nature of the offence was less serious, they may offer the motorist the opportunity to receive a fixed penalty notice instead of prosecution. If a fixed penalty is issued, the driver may instead chose to plead innocence or mitigating factors in court, and if convicted, any sentence will be decided within the maximum penalty limit and in line with sentencing guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons receiving endorsements only on their driving licence for speeding offences at all courts in England and Wales by police force area from 2008 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice in May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name 192301 - Creagh - Final Response - Speeding.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

43437

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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 prison staff were dismissed in 2013 for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	192342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service is committed to dealing with all allegations of misconduct swiftly and robustly. The NOMS Conduct and Discipline Policy sets out the standards of behaviour that all staff are expected to maintain. Where these standards are found to have been breached the disciplinary process set out in the NOMS Conduct and Discipline policy is applied.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 there were a total of 11 NOMS employees dismissed for having an 'Inappropriate Relationship with a prisoner / ex prisoner'.</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
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44434

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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, whether his Department's new national homicide service will provide support to victims involved in a homicide that took place abroad prior to November 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure that there is no loss of support for those bereaved prior to 2010. I have listened to representations made by Police and Crime Commissioners and the Victims' Commissioner that our support for those families bereaved pre-2010 should be continued, and I will write to the Rt Hon Gentleman shortly on how this is being taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 193174 193209 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

44429

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Ashford, of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 317-20WH, on fatal domestic violence, if he will make it his policy that the New Homicide Scheme supports victims involved in a homicide prior to April 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure that there is no loss of support for those bereaved prior to 2010. I have listened to representations made by Police and Crime Commissioners and the Victims' Commissioner that our support for those families bereaved pre-2010 should be continued, and I will write to the Rt Hon Gentleman shortly on how this is being taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 193171 193209 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

44450

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims of 5 March 2014, Official Report, columns 319-20W, on fatal domestic violence, what estimate he has made of the number of people bereaved before 2010 who will no longer receive support as a result of the scope of the new Homicide Scheme not covering cases predating the current service.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure that there is no loss of support for those bereaved prior to 2010. I have listened to representations made by Police and Crime Commissioners and the Victims' Commissioner that our support for those families bereaved pre-2010 should be continued, and I will write to the Rt Hon Gentleman shortly on how this is being taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 193171 193174 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

45333

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 senior decision makers were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each region on (a) 31 March 2011, (b) 31 March 2012 and (c) 31 March 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	193735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) divides its case work between six teams, each of which handles applications from a particular region of Great Britain. When the need arises they also create cross-regional special exercise teams to carry out projects. All of these teams work from a single office. Northern Ireland has a separate Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which CICA does not administer. The six regional teams are numbered as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Scotland and Wales</p><p>2. North-West England</p><p>3. North-East England</p><p>4. Midlands</p><p>5. South England</p><p>6. London</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CICA publish <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/staff-organograms-and-pay-cica" target="_blank">detailed datasets of their staff numbers broken down by job title</a>, but these do not specify which regional team someone works in. The table below sets out how many staff CICA employed on the dates specified, and how many of those were senior decision makers (SDMs) and decision makers (DMs) in each region. CICA may move staff between regions throughout the year to fill temporary staff vacancies or address variances in the number of cases each region is handling. These figures do not show if staff were temporarily redeployed to assist another region on the date specified.</p><p>In recent years CICA have invested in improved technology and introduced more efficient processes which have allowed them to reduce administration costs while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of staff</p></td><td><p>Number of SDMs</p></td><td><p>Number of DMs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-3</p><p>Region 4-2</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p><p>Special exercise-1</p></td><td><p>Region 1-6</p><p>Region 2-11</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-7</p><p>Region 5-5</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-3</p><p>Region 3-1</p><p>Region 4-3</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p></td><td><p>Region 1-3</p><p>Region 2-6</p><p>Region 3-5</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-7</p><p>Region 6-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-0</p><p>Region 4-5</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-2</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td><td><p>Region 1-5</p><p>Region 2-7</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-8</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3886 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

45334

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 convicted of an offence contrary to articles 43 to 54 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 3884 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45339

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 decision makers were employed for work in each region by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	193781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) divides its case work between six teams, each of which handles applications from a particular region of Great Britain. When the need arises they also create cross-regional special exercise teams to carry out projects. All of these teams work from a single office. Northern Ireland has a separate Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which CICA does not administer. The six regional teams are numbered as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Scotland and Wales</p><p>2. North-West England</p><p>3. North-East England</p><p>4. Midlands</p><p>5. South England</p><p>6. London</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CICA publish <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/staff-organograms-and-pay-cica" target="_blank">detailed datasets of their staff numbers broken down by job title</a>, but these do not specify which regional team someone works in. The table below sets out how many staff CICA employed on the dates specified, and how many of those were senior decision makers (SDMs) and decision makers (DMs) in each region. CICA may move staff between regions throughout the year to fill temporary staff vacancies or address variances in the number of cases each region is handling. These figures do not show if staff were temporarily redeployed to assist another region on the date specified.</p><p>In recent years CICA have invested in improved technology and introduced more efficient processes which have allowed them to reduce administration costs while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of staff</p></td><td><p>Number of SDMs</p></td><td><p>Number of DMs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-3</p><p>Region 4-2</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p><p>Special exercise-1</p></td><td><p>Region 1-6</p><p>Region 2-11</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-7</p><p>Region 5-5</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-3</p><p>Region 3-1</p><p>Region 4-3</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p></td><td><p>Region 1-3</p><p>Region 2-6</p><p>Region 3-5</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-7</p><p>Region 6-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-0</p><p>Region 4-5</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-2</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td><td><p>Region 1-5</p><p>Region 2-7</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-8</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3887 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

45336

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 convicted of an offence contrary to Articles 122 (1)(a) and 123 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 3891 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45337

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Our laws in these areas are robust and clear. The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to sexual abuse including the abuse of children. The proportion of offenders sentenced who were sentenced to immediate custody rose to 86% in 2012, compared to 58% in 2009.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants found guilty of offences under sections 30 – 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for England and Wales for 2013 are planned for publication as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics publication in May 2014</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible separately to identify the age of the victim from centrally held data or to give figures for each individual offence requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under Sections 30-41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, England and Wales, 2008 to 2012 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2008 <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conviction ratio <sup>(5)</sup></p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspended sentence</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community sentence</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</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>Conditional discharge</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>Absolute discharge</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>Otherwise dealt with<sup> (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Custody rate <sup>(7)</sup></p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, 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> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(4) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(5) Conviction ratio is calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(6) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(7) The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3892 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson