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759803

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received one fixed-term recall in the last year for which information is available; and what the (a) violence against the person and (b) other offence category was relating to each of those recalls.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of offenders who received one fixed-term recall during 2016, by offence type; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,073</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offence type:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence Against the Person</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of offenders who received more than one fixed-term recall during 2016, by offence type; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>790</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offence type:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence Against the Person</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Fixed-term recalls as a proportion of all recalls, 2015 and 2016; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total recalls</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,467</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,559</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed-term</p></td><td><p>8,294</p></td><td><p>6,988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>As a percentage of total</em></p></td><td><p><em>39%</em></p></td><td><p><em>32%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>The figures in these tables 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.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst information on previous convictions of offenders who receive a fixed term recall is held, to produce the number of convictions for those who had received more than one fixed term recall could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 10076 10077 10078 question first answered 20/09/2017 14:49:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759804

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received more than one fixed-term recall in the last year for which information is available; and what the (a) violence against the person and (b) other offence category was relating to each of those recalls.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of offenders who received one fixed-term recall during 2016, by offence type; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,073</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offence type:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence Against the Person</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of offenders who received more than one fixed-term recall during 2016, by offence type; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>790</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offence type:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence Against the Person</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Fixed-term recalls as a proportion of all recalls, 2015 and 2016; England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total recalls</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,467</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,559</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed-term</p></td><td><p>8,294</p></td><td><p>6,988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>As a percentage of total</em></p></td><td><p><em>39%</em></p></td><td><p><em>32%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>The figures in these tables 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.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst information on previous convictions of offenders who receive a fixed term recall is held, to produce the number of convictions for those who had received more than one fixed term recall could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 10075 10077 10078 question first answered 20/09/2017 14:49:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759404

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive<br>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:14:53 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759406

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to complete the roll-out of the Section 28 pilots in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown courts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	9902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Section.28 is one of the Special Measures introduced under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. It was commenced for vulnerable witnesses under 16 year olds and those lacking mental or physical capacity in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown Court Centres in December 2013. This was extended to under 18 year olds in January 2017, and will be rolled out nationally for all vulnerable witnesses in a phased approach from this autumn. We are also testing s.28 for certain eligible intimidated victims of sexual offences and modern slavery in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown Court Centres this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:15:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

759407

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Chichester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to secure appropriate alternative court provision in Chichester after the closure of Chichester Magistrates Court and Combined Court.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	9941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Officials are assessing options for the provision of suitable alternative court provision for Chichester and a decision on the options will be made in due course. Chichester Combined Court remains open and will not close until this provision is in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

759408

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of detaining foreign prisoners in British prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>MoJ does not analyse cost by prisoner nationality at an individual prisoner level, as costs recorded on the central accounting systems do not allow identification of costs attributable to holding individual offenders.</p><p>However, HMPPS information is published on an annual basis on average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales.</p><p>This information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2017 13:52:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

759410

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is the Government's position that no child can consent to their own abuse.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	9796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The abuse and neglect of children is abhorrent. There is a range of criminal offences and robust sanctions that deal with this cruel and serious offending. A child’s alleged consent to any abusive activity should not be a defence against any criminal offence.</p><p>A child’s consent to sexual activity is not recognised under criminal law if the child is under the age of 16.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 17:14:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

759411

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
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 13 July 2017 to Question 4856, on rape: trials what information is collected and by which agency of his Department on the number of rape trials in which subsection 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 has been used (a) with and (b) without an application pre-trial.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:17:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

759413

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of the insurance industry to discuss changing the formula for calculating deductions from personal injury awards.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In separate meetings on 2 March 2017 Ministry of Justice officials met with the Association of British Insurers and then with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss issues arising from the Written Ministerial Statement about the personal injury discount rate made by the then Lord Chancellor on 27 February (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-27/HCWS503).</p><p> </p><p>The department has not had any other meetings with representatives of the insurance industry or the victims of accidents to discuss changing how the personal injury discount rate is to be set since 7 December 2016 when the then Lord Chancellor announced her intention to complete the then current review of the rate by 31 January 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Justice have, however, been present at meetings since that date with insurer and claimant interests on other subjects at which the subject of the discount rate has been raised, including a meeting with insurers and representatives of the insurance industry chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-meets-insurance-sector-leaders-to-discuss-personal-injury-discount-rate).</p><p> </p><p>The proposed changes to the way in which the discount rate is set could potentially affect the size of all lump sum awards of personal injury damages for future pecuniary loss. The size of the change would depend on the rate set and the composition of the award in question. The potential effect of the changes is analysed in the impact assessment published alongside the Command Paper <em>The Personal Injury Discount Rate How it should be set in future Draft Legislation </em>(Cm 9500). Copies of both documents were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 7 September. Copies are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future</a> and</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9850 9851 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759415

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department has had with the victims of accidents to discuss changing the formula for calculating deductions from personal injury awards.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In separate meetings on 2 March 2017 Ministry of Justice officials met with the Association of British Insurers and then with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss issues arising from the Written Ministerial Statement about the personal injury discount rate made by the then Lord Chancellor on 27 February (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-27/HCWS503).</p><p> </p><p>The department has not had any other meetings with representatives of the insurance industry or the victims of accidents to discuss changing how the personal injury discount rate is to be set since 7 December 2016 when the then Lord Chancellor announced her intention to complete the then current review of the rate by 31 January 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Justice have, however, been present at meetings since that date with insurer and claimant interests on other subjects at which the subject of the discount rate has been raised, including a meeting with insurers and representatives of the insurance industry chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-meets-insurance-sector-leaders-to-discuss-personal-injury-discount-rate).</p><p> </p><p>The proposed changes to the way in which the discount rate is set could potentially affect the size of all lump sum awards of personal injury damages for future pecuniary loss. The size of the change would depend on the rate set and the composition of the award in question. The potential effect of the changes is analysed in the impact assessment published alongside the Command Paper <em>The Personal Injury Discount Rate How it should be set in future Draft Legislation </em>(Cm 9500). Copies of both documents were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 7 September. Copies are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future</a> and</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9849 9851 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon