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388689

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the Supreme Court has declared an incompatibility between domestic legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Court's inception; and what the Government's response was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	6204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text Since its inception, the Supreme Court has confirmed two declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, both of which had been made previously by the Court of Appeal. These were in the cases of R (F and Thompson) v SSHD (2010) UKSC 17 and T &amp; Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department &amp; Anor [2014] UKSC 35.<p>In the first case, the incompatibility was remedied by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In the second case, while the Government’s application to appeal to the Supreme Court was outstanding, changes were made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and to the Police Act 1997 by secondary legislation in response to the Court of Appeal’s earlier judgment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2015 14:02:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

387878

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on the plans for a Secure College.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Suella Fernandes
uin	5710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Coalition Government originally legislated for Secure Colleges as a way to deliver better education in the youth justice system. This Government is also completely committed to improving the quality of education enjoyed by young offenders. This is one of the Government's top priorities. But the nature of the challenge has changed. The youth custody population has fallen from 1,349 in January 2013 to 999 in April 2015, a fall of 26%. A Secure College could have been desirable with a larger population, but it would not be right to house one third of the entire youth offender population in one setting. It would also be a mistake to press ahead with such a development when resources are so tight.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore not going ahead with the creation of a secure college pathfinder. All work on the proposed secure college pathfinder at Glen Parva has now ceased.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/07/2015 16:50:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman

387879

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on electronic monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
uin	5704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to developing a new generation of electronic monitoring tags, so that we can more effectively monitor the location of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>But there have been significant problems with this programme. We have not developed the infrastructure for these new electronic monitoring tags to the timetable originally set out nor yet at the level of effectiveness required. Integrating legacy technology on the new system has caused particular delays.</p><p> </p><p>We are now in the the process of testing the new tags. But the new fully integrated service will not be ready for another 12 months at the earliest. We continue to use existing tags for a variety of offenders.<strong> <br></strong></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/07/2015 15:48:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

387886

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the decision to award the contract to collect court fines will be made by his Department or by the Courts and Tribunals Service; and whether that body will take into account the performance of Synnex Concentrix in its contract with HM Revenue and Customs when deciding whether to award that company the contract to collect court fines.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The decision as to whether or not to award a contract will be made by the Department. Past performance is being considered in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/07/2015 13:20:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387235

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Inquiries
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 introduce a parliamentary mechanism for initiating judicial inquiries.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Judge led inquiries can be established either under the framework provided by the Inquiries Act 2005 or on a non statutory basis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2015 13:59:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387255

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners that were selected for the national community service volunteers scheme and were released for up to four weeks (a) committed an offence on their release, (b) failed to attend the programme and (c) breached the conditions of their temporary licence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of prisoners released on temporary licence under the Community Service Volunteers scheme is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 5438 question first answered 09/07/2015 09:30:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387256

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3689, how many prisoners have been selected for the national community service volunteers scheme to be released for up to four weeks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of prisoners released on temporary licence under the Community Service Volunteers scheme is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 5437 question first answered 09/07/2015 09:30:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387257

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
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 2 July 2015 to Question 3688, what offences are included in the Violence against the person category.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Allocation to open prison is never automatic. Prisoners serving sentences for violent or other serious offences may be allocated to open prison towards the end of their sentence but only where they have successfully completed relevant offender behaviour work and are assessed as a low risk. Prisoners serving a determinate sentence must be within 2 years of release before they can be considered for allocation to an open prison, and those serving indeterminate sentences will only be transferred following a recommendation from the Parole Board. A prisoner in open conditions can be returned to the closed estate immediately should new risks be identified. Following a comprehensive review, the Government has tightened the eligibility for open prisons. All those located in open conditions have been rigorously risk assessed and categorised as being of low risk to the public.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the specific offences for which offenders in open had been sentenced, within the category of ‘violence against the person’, as at 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Offences contained within the “Violence against the person” category.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MURDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO INFLICT GBH</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOUNDING (INFLICTING GBH)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANSLAUGHTER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATTEMPTED MURDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING RTA 1988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSAULT OCCASIONING ABH</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF FIREARM WITH INTENT. ENDANGER LIFE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OTHER VIOLENCE OFFENCES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAKING THREATS TO KILL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSS FIREARM WI FEAR OF VIOLENCE (SECTION 16A)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CRUELTY TO OR NEGLECT OF CHILDREN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING/DRINK DRUGS (SECTION 3A)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSSESSION OF AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARRYING A FIREARM WITH CRIM INTENT (SECTION 18)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POSS F/A TIME COMMIT/ARREST FOR OFF (SECTION 17/2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMON ASSAULT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADMINISTER POISON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASSAULT OCCASIONING ABH (WHERE VICTIM IS A CHILD)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATTEMPT TO CHOKE, SUFFOCATE OR STRANGLE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HARASSMENT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INTIMIDATION OF WITNESS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAKE/KEEP EXPLO WI ENDANGER LIFE/PROP (SECTION 3)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MALICIOUS WOUNDING (SECTION 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RACIALLY OR RELIGIOUSLY AGG ASSAULT (CDA 1998 c37)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/07/2015 09:00:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387324

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
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 applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5290 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387325

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
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 applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly and annual basis. They are available via the following link and include up to the first quarter of 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used across all monitored bodies. The table below outlines the number of times s.38 has been used broken down by subsection. Figures for 2010 show only the total number of times s.38 has been used as the records themselves have been destroyed in line with the Department’s record retention policy:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>s.38 (1) (a) &amp; (b)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* records are no longer held for 2010.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 5311 question first answered 10/07/2015 09:53:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant