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171314

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	219187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171660

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	219549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>By virtue of Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the 1983 Act), the Secretary of State for Justice may, by warrant, direct that a sentenced prisoner be removed and detained in a secure hospital provided that he is satisfied by reports from at least two registered medical practitioners that:</p><p>· the person is suffering from mental disorder; and</p><p>· the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to be detained in hospital for medical treatment; and</p><p>· appropriate treatment is available for him.</p><p>The number of prisoners serving custodial sentences who have been admitted to hospital after the issue of a transfer direction under the 1983 Act in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below. Such transfers directions are valid for 14 days. The figures for total admissions include sentenced prisoners admitted to hospital more than once in a given year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table One</p><p>Year Total Admissions</p><p>2010 446</p><p>2011 442</p><p>2012 462</p><p>2013 457</p><p> </p><p>Once a transfer direction has been issued, it is the Secretary of State’s expectation that the prisoner is always transferred to hospital within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>However, there may be exceptional circumstances in which the transfer does not take place or is delayed. Such circumstances may include:-</p><p> </p><p>· the proposed hospital bed placement becomes unexpectedly unavailable and the transfer direction expires after 14 days (in which case the Secretary of State will issue a new direction once a new bed placement has been confirmed);</p><p>· other court proceedings may intervene, with a new court order superseding the transfer direction</p><p> </p><p>The number of transfer directions issued under section 47 the Act in respect of prisoners serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table Two</p><p>Year Total of Directions Issued</p><p>2010 451</p><p>2011 444</p><p>2012 458</p><p>2013 463</p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted that as the direction is valid for 14 days, it may be issued in late December one calendar year with the actual admission to hospital not taking place until early January the next calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>For the reasons set out above, the number of transfer directions issued in each year will not match exactly the number of hospital admissions in that year. However, the difference between the figures for any given year is small.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Table One - These figures include those admitted more than once in the year</p><p>2. Table One - The data is drawn from Ministry of Justice/National Offender Management Service casework systems and from published Offender Management Annual and Quarterly tables. The link is: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p><p>3. 2013 is the latest year for which we have audited and published statistics.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219545 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:56:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170766

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions court cells were made available for housing prisoners overnight in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	219029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Court cells have not been used to hold prisoners overnight since 28 February 2008.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 16:46:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170520

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Archives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has and in what time frame to digitise (a) records from North Staffordshire and Newcastle Manor Copy Rolls and (b) other records in the National Archive; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Joan Walley
	uin	218838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Surviving manorial documents dating back to the 12<sup>th</sup> century are spread across a number of repositories and private owners, and digitisation would be a matter for the record owners. The National Archives holds a paper index (the Manorial Documents Register) which describes and locates these records and is available for the public to view in its reading rooms. The National Archives and its partners are currently revising, updating and publishing this index online, and entries relating to North Staffordshire and Newcastle will be made available online in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The National Archives is committed to digitising as many of the historical records it holds as possible and with its partners currently digitises around 10 million pages each year, with a focus on those series of records which are most in demand.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 18/12/2014 15:42:56 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

171316

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department has not carried out an impact assessment of The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment of Functions) Order 2014; and if he will ensure that such an assessment is published.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	219254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The <em>Youth Justice Board for England &amp; Wales (Amendment of Functions) Order 2014</em> will, subject to Parliamentary approval, assist the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in more efficiently and effectively carrying out its statutory function of overseeing the operation of the youth justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Having considered the additional functions which would be given to the YJB through the Order against the criteria in the Cabinet Office’s <em>Guide to Making Legislation</em>, an impact assessment is not required. The Order would not impose additional costs or reduce existing costs on business or civil society organisations, impose new or remove existing information obligations in respect of the public sector, introduce other administrative burdens or unfunded policy costs, involve some kind of redistribution affecting public, private or civil society organisations, and would not involve regulatory change relevant to the Government’s “one-in, one-out” rule in respect of regulatory burdens. The Government therefore does not intend to publish an impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170132

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the refurbishment of magistrates' court buildings in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service are unable to collate the information required to answer the question without a detailed check. I will write to the hon. Member for Hammersmith in due course with the information once it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/12/2014 17:24:13 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170522

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215302, whether he plans to commission external (a) consultants and (b) accountants to plan the five year investment.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	218841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Reform Programme is led by officials in HMCTS, but will draw on specialist external resource where necessary, to allow the department to effectively plan and deliver the programme. This will ensure that we deliver the best possible value for money from the investment, on behalf of the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/12/2014 17:31:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

170512

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Child Rearing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome on family breakdowns; and what plans he has to issue guidance or bring forward legislative proposals to deal with that syndrome and its effects.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	218665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The family courts consider the facts of each case with the welfare of the child as paramount. Parental Alienation Syndrome is not recognised as a 'syndrome' by many professionals in this country<strong>. </strong> The courts do, however, recognise that some resident parents are responsible for alienating their children from non-resident parents and can take this into account when considering their decisions.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 218667 question first answered 18/12/2014 15:52:51 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170772

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given imprisonment for public protection sentences of at least two years less than in a decision handed down before 14 July 2008 are still in prison; and what offences each such person committed.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	218949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in late 2012, but not retrospectively. It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving an IPP should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody. It is right that IPP prisoners should remain in custody until it is safe for them to be released.</p><p> </p><p>Some short tariff IPPs who were sentenced prior to the 2008 changes are achieving release, where they engage with opportunities provided to them to reduce their risk. As the table below shows, a total of 594 of these prisoners remain in custody as at the end of September 2014. This compares to 650 at the end of March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose tariff length was less than 2 years and who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>52.2% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The third table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>72.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced prior to 14th July 2008, by Offence, as at 30 September 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>95.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218965 219050 219060 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171309

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	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 G4S strategic plan on HMP Altcourse that has been received by the National Offender Management Service.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	219177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no plans to do so. The National Offender Management Service will monitor its progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:20:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram