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436077

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many prisoners are prevented from progressing towards release because they are unable or unwilling to take specified training courses that the Parole Board insists are the only acceptable evidence of reduced risk on release.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>It is not mandatory for a prisoner to complete specific courses or programmes before he can be considered for release by the Parole Board. The Parole Board is required to assess the prisoner’s overall risk of serious harm to the public and, in doing so, will consider a range of factors, including, where available, the prisoner’s response to specific offending behaviour programmes (OBPs).</p><br /><p>The Parole Board already takes into account other indicators of reduced risk, including where the prisoner has engaged effectively with professional staff on a one to one basis or undertaken education, work and training. In addition, the Parole Board will consider the prisoner’s behaviour in custody, together with evidence drawn from the prisoner’s attitudes - for example, how well the prisoner handles stressful situations.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4374 question first answered 17/12/2015 16:30:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

436078

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will require the Parole Board to take into account all the available evidence that individual prisoners serving long sentences have changed their attitudes and lifestyles while in prison.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>It is not mandatory for a prisoner to complete specific courses or programmes before he can be considered for release by the Parole Board. The Parole Board is required to assess the prisoner’s overall risk of serious harm to the public and, in doing so, will consider a range of factors, including, where available, the prisoner’s response to specific offending behaviour programmes (OBPs).</p><br /><p>The Parole Board already takes into account other indicators of reduced risk, including where the prisoner has engaged effectively with professional staff on a one to one basis or undertaken education, work and training. In addition, the Parole Board will consider the prisoner’s behaviour in custody, together with evidence drawn from the prisoner’s attitudes - for example, how well the prisoner handles stressful situations.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4373 question first answered 17/12/2015 16:30:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

436085

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) how many prison staff, and (2) what proportion of prison staff, have received Prevent awareness training for each (a) prison, and (b) young offender institution.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a range of Prevent awareness training and briefing packages available for staff. Since April 2015 data has been collated recording the amount of training provided to staff in prisons and probation on extremism awareness.</p><p>Between April 2015 and September 2015, 4,100 hours of training were delivered to over 4,900 staff in prisons directly managed by NOMS. The training is targeted at staff in prisoner facing roles. A further 650 staff from contracted establishments have also received training during this period. There figures do not include any staff trained before April 2015.</p><p>Since April 2015 new Prison Officers receive Extremism Awareness Training as part of their entry level training, a total of 1,566 since this date.</p><p>Some of the training sessions described above were delivered to staff from more than one prison and therefore to provide information on proportions of staff trained from each establishment would involve disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:34:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436086

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue has been raised from call charging associated with the legal aid telephone gateway.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Between March 2014 and January 2015 the LAA phased out the use of 0845 access numbers for CLA and replaced them with 0345 numbers.</p><p /> <p>This means there is a single national point of contact for CLA without callers having to pay extra to call them.Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to a 01 or 02 number and count towards inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. This applies to calls from any type of line including mobile, fixed line or payphone.</p><p /> <p>The LAA provides clear information about the costs of making a call. Individuals can also check whether they may qualify for legal aid via a free digital service on gov.uk before requesting a call back. They also have the option of asking CLA staff to make a return call.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:35:04 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436087

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide statistics detailing civil legal aid claims and grants by sector broken down by protected characteristics since January 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Legal aid is a vital part of our justice system, but we cannot escape the continuing need to reduce the deficit. The Coalition Government reformed legal aid to reduce its cost and ensure the system commands the confidence of the public. As part of our public sector equality duty, the Legal Aid Agency has made it a contractual requirement that providers have an Equality and Diversity policy in place.</p><p>The number of civil claims by sector broken down for protected characteristics are shown in the tables below for the period 2010-11 to 2014-15. Figures for grants or applications at this level of detail are not held for the Legal Help and Controlled Legal Representation categories of civil legal aid and so figures for grants have not been provided.</p><p>The not for profit sector providers are shown based on the administrative system classification and all other providers are classified as solicitor firms. Where values for the protected characteristics are not held, unknown or the claimant has preferred not to state their answer, they are included within the unknown category.</p><p>The MoJ routinely publishes statistics on client characteristics for each area of legal aid on an annual basis on the government website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 17:00:24 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name Civil legal aid claims.doc title Civil legal aid claims by protected characteristic
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436089

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the quantities and types of drugs found in each prison, and the additional sentences given to those caught.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prison.</p><br /><p>Strict measures are in place to tackle visitors who smuggle or attempt to smuggle drugs into prison. This includes arrest and prosecution where there is sufficient evidence. Likewise, any prisoner found in possession of drugs will face disciplinary action, which could include a further prosecution and sentence.</p><br /><p>In addition, as of 10 November 2015, we have introduced new laws so that those who smuggle packages, including new psychoactive substances, over prison walls will face up to two years in custody.</p><br /><p>NOMS collects data on drug finds on a central database. Historically, this data has not included retrievable information on the quantity of the drug find. In October 2015, changes were made to reporting forms to improve data collection to include quantity. The tables below provide figures for (a) the quantities and (b) the types of drugs found in prisons in England and Wales over a two month period between October and November 2015.</p><br /><p>It is not always possible to attribute a drug find to an individual prisoner. In those cases where a drug find has been attributed to a particular prisoner, NOMS does not collate centrally information on any additional sentences handed down and to do so would involve disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>Notes to Tables:</p><ol><li>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</li><li>It is important to note that many seizures are similar in appearance and require chemical testing to determine precise type. Drugs marked as “unknown” in table 2 have not been tested.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:55:12 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name PQ HL4385 drugs finds quantity.xls title Incidents where drugs were found in prisons
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436090

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Governors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage of, prison governors have worked at two or more prisons in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Of the governors of public sector prisons in post at 30 September 2015, a total of 90 (85%) had worked at two or more prisons in the previous five years.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:53:10 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436126

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for dishonest concealment of material information under Section 397 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 there have been since 2008.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	19198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under section 397 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, from 2011 to 2014, can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences under Section 397 Financial Services and Markets Act, England and Wales, 2011 to 2014 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>'-' = Nil</p></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><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></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that 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></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ref: PQ 19198</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p>Offences under this section were recorded under an offence grouping, which it is only possible to separately analyse from 2011 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2015 17:55:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

436294

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of crime are informed (a) when prisoners appeal against their sentences and (b) the progress of such appeals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	19160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Victims of crime are informed of any notice of appeal; the date, time and location of any hearing and the outcome of that appeal, including any changes to the original sentence in accordance with the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.</p><p>Victims are notified of this information on appeals from the magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court within one working day. For appeals from the Crown Court to the Court of Appeal, vulnerable or intimidated victims will receive this information within one working day and for all other victims of crime within five working days.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/12/2015 12:35:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

436301

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many nationals of other countries living in the UK have been convicted of a crime since 30 September 2014; and how many such people came from each country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database does not hold the nationality of offenders convicted or sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. Obtaining this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/12/2015 15:25:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon