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106023

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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, if he will consult the Prison Officers' Association on the work-related well-being of prison staff.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My officials do consult and will continue to consult the Prison Officers’ Association on the work-related well-being of prison staff within England and Wales. My Ministry launched an Employee Assistance Programme on 6<sup>th</sup> October 2014 that provides: 24 hour helpline including counselling; a health promotion and well being website; trauma support for staff within England and Wales prisons involved in serious incidents; business support for managers; mediation and other services. The POA and other recognised TUS were all aware of the proposals for this service and had opportunities in the Whitley consultative committees to discuss them with the lead officials<strong>. </strong>Please note that the answer provided is only for prisons within England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2014 17:41:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

106040

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department, along with every other government department, is reviewing the needs of its staff to work effectively, and is seeking the delivery of solutions to meet these needs, including flexible IT. The provision of iPhones on a trial basis to selected staff is one element of this work.</p><p>Please see below departmental spend on iPhones each year since 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Spend*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£6,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£11,404.84</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Spend data relates to invoiced spend up to 3<sup>rd</sup> September 2014 and is inclusive of both hardware and voice / data costs.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/11/2014 16:46:38 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106041

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information for number of appointments by exception in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recruitment Exceptions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>239</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for 2010/2011 is not available as this data was not collated centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Data Protection Act, we are also unable to provide details of who was appointed to each post.</p><p> </p><p>The Recruitment Principles explain the legal requirement that selection for appointment to the Civil Service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. They also set out the circumstances in which appointments can be made as exceptions to this requirement; and describe the responsibilities of departments and agencies in meeting this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Recruitment Principles 2014 came into operation on Monday 21 April 2014. The Recruitment Principles 2012 apply to appointments made before then.</p><p> </p><p>The data provided refers to the Recruitment Principles 2012 which can be accessed at the following link: <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Recruitment-Principles-April-2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Recruitment-Principles-April-2012.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106042

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly and annual statistical reports on the handling of requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The reports, which date back to 2010, include statistics on the number of resolvable requests (requests where it would have been possible to provide a substantive response) where the information was withheld in full. These reports can be accessed via the following webpage:</p><p><a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/foi/implementation" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/foi/implementation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/11/2014 17:24:22 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106043

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cycling: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to cyclists riding on footpaths in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) the London Metropolitan Police area; and how many such notices (i) have been paid, (ii) are currently outstanding, (iii) have been written-off and (iv) have had a warrant issued for the arrest of the offender.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Trend data can be viewed in table 3.</p><p>Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - force table.xlsx title cycling offences by police force 2 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - courts table.xlsx title cycling offences by court 3 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - trends table.xls title cycling offences trends grouped question UIN 212859 212860 212873 212874 212913 212968 212992 212993 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:16:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

106044

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists in each police force area have been convicted of each type of offence relating to contravention of Road Traffic Acts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Trend data can be viewed in table 3.</p><p>Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - force table.xlsx title cycling offences by police force 2 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - courts table.xlsx title cycling offences by court 3 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - trends table.xls title cycling offences trends grouped question UIN 212859 212860 212873 212874 212913 212968 212991 212993 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:16:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

106045

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cycling: Public Footpaths
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 (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of cycling on footpaths in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Trend data can be viewed in table 3.</p><p>Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - force table.xlsx title cycling offences by police force 2 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - courts table.xlsx title cycling offences by court 3 file name 212859-212860-212873-212874-212913-212968-212992-212991-212993 - trends table.xls title cycling offences trends grouped question UIN 212859 212860 212873 212874 212913 212968 212991 212992 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:16:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

106047

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided by my Right Honourable friend, the Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, on 10<sup>th</sup> November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/11/2014 16:25:53 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106052

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. To obtain this information each Ministry of Justice business area would need to review every Freedom of Information request it had handled since 2010 to establish if any legal fees had been paid and, if they had, if any of those fees related to cases where the information had been withheld. Therefore, it would only be possible to provide this information at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/11/2014 17:52:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106054

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) rewards individuals for exceptional contributions which further the aims and objectives of the department or meet an exceptional shorter-term operational challenge. The MoJ currently offers two types of reward and recognition: cash awards and voucher awards. Cash awards are payments of non-consolidated performance pay for amounts of up to £100 for a once-off contribution or payments of £100 - £500 for sustained outstanding contribution. Voucher awards are vouchers up to the value of £50 to recognise outstanding once-off contributions, or contributions which a benchmarking panel considers deserve recognition but do not warrant a higher payment. For the financial year April 2013 to March 2014 4,555 cash awards were made, the total value of which was £968,751. 21,898 vouchers were awarded, the total value of which was £639,260. Information on reward and recognition is collated on an annual basis so the data for March 2014 to date is not currently available. Like other organisations, we use a full range of pay and reward mechanisms which will reward exceptional performance from our staff both in year and for a sustained level of performance over the year. Both ensure responsible use of public money. Since 2010 we have reduced our spend on instant rewards by almost 30%, with significant saving for the taxpayer. answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/11/2014 16:37:09 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney