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1682883

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animal welfare: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pet owners (a) have been convicted of and (b) served prison sentences for offences against their pets under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions and sentence outcomes in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e44aed27ca001327b161/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023</a> including offences as set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e16aed27ca000d27b149/offence_group_classification_june_2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Offence Group Classification</a>. The total number of individuals convicted and sentence outcomes for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, can be obtained by selecting the following HO codes: 10829, 10830, 10831, 10832, 10833, 10834, 10835, 10836, 10837, 10838, 10839, 09701, 09702, 09703, 09704, 09705.</p><p>However, whether the offence was committed by a pet owner against their pet is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings Database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 22/01/2024 14:36:02 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1401789

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Public Statues: Vandalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General on the implications of the acquittal of four people charged with criminal damage to a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol for the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	101648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>In any case where there is an acquittal in the Crown Court, the Attorney General has the power to ask the Court of Appeal for its opinion on a point of law which arose in the case.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General is carefully considering whether to make such a referral.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 14/01/2022 14:44:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1243529

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide an estimate of the volume of the reduction of illegal drugs smuggled into prisons he expects to be delivered through the implementation of the National Prison Drugs Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	103441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>By its very nature, drug trafficking is intended to be a clandestine activity. It is therefore not possible to estimate a volume reduction in drugs being smuggled into prisons. However, we are taking a number of steps to strengthen our prisons’ defences against this type of criminality.</p><p>To support the ‘reducing supply’ strand of the National Prison Drugs Strategy, we are taking decisive action to improve security. This will make it much harder for illicit items to be smuggled in by prisoners, staff and visitors; strengthen staff resilience to corruption; and target organised criminals who exploit prisons as a lucrative illicit market. This package of measures is being funded through the £100m investment to tackle crime behind bars, announced by the Prime Minister last summer. This is funding tough new measures including X-ray body scanners to detect items smuggled inside prisoners’ bodies. Our ability to tackle drugs supply is also supported by efforts to reduce demand for drugs. This is why the National Drugs Strategy takes a three-pronged approach and focusses on tackling supply, reducing demand and building recovery from substance misuse.</p><p>A planned evaluation of the £100m investment will consider the wider benefits and outcomes for the safety and security of prisons as measures of success. It will use a range of both quantitative and qualitative measures to assess whether delivery of the investment has successfully reduced drug trafficking into prisons through the targeted supply routes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/10/2020 15:39:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684750

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the average length of referral orders in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	11270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2023 to Question 927: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927</a>).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/01/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1175542

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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 people who were released from prison following a decision by the Independent Parole Board were subsequently convicted and imprisoned for a further offence in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	11459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime. Prisons and probation must provide the opportunity for prisoners to rehabilitate, which will ultimately reduce reoffending and protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of offenders released following a Parole Board decision who were subsequently convicted and imprisoned for a further offence. However, a breakdown of the total number of reoffences following release after serving an indeterminate sentence is published. A breakdown of these is included below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Total number of reoffences following release from custody after serving an indeterminate sentence</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Indeterminate sentence</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Reoffending cohort</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>April 2016 – March 2017</p></td><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indeterminate sentence for public protection</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandatory life prisoner</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other life<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>‘Other life’ category includes discretionary and automatic life sentences</p></li></ol> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/02/2020 17:02:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1273749

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a target for the reduction of drugs in prisons during the lifetime of the 2019 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	133722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Stopping drugs getting into and circulating in prisons is a key priority. Whilst we will not be introducing a specific target, we are taking decisive action to improve our ability to disrupt this type of criminality by putting in place security counter-measures that would allow us to seize more items than ever before.</p><p>In August 2019, we announced £100 million investment to boost prison security and restrict supply with a focus on technology to detect and disrupt drugs and mobile phones from entering prisons. This is supported by enhancements to intelligence and counter corruption capabilities.</p><p>This investment supports our National Prison Drugs Strategy published in April 2019. The Strategy has three strands to tackle drugs in prisons: (1) restricting the supply; (2) reducing demand; and (3) building recovery from drugs and substance misuse. We are working with law enforcement and health partners across government to implement this and improvements to our drug testing framework are a key component of this strategy.</p><p>The Drug Recovery Prison (DRP) at Holme House, is a £9 million project which is jointly funded by the Department for Health and Social Care and MoJ. It provides an innovative, whole system approach to tackling substance misuse. The pilot aims to reduce the supply and demand for illicit substances in prisons, whilst supporting recovery. Findings from the evaluations of the pilot will help to identify successful initiatives that will be shared across the prison estate.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2021 17:18:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1451777

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Holme House Prison: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the next stages are of the roll out of the Drug Recovery Prison pilot at HMP Holme House.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	141146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The Drug Recovery Prison pilot at HMP Holme House ran from April 2017 until March 2020. It was a jointly supported programme commissioned by both the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service and the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and Improvement. NHS England and Improvement as well as HM Prison and Probation Service continue to support the programme with many of the activities introduced during the pilot phase moving into business as usual delivery. A Process Evaluation of the Drug Recovery Prison Programme has been completed and will be published shortly. An Impact and Economic Evaluation is due to be completed in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Lessons learned from the Drug Recovery Prison pilot continue to be used to inform wide reaching initiatives such as the HMPPS Security Investment Programme and the Accelerator Prisons Project.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/03/2022 16:42:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1178606

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of drug finds in prisons between 2008 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	14962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of drug finds in prisons across England and Wales between 2008 and 2018 can be found in the HMPPS Annual Digest 2018/19:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>8,757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>17,283</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Drug finds in prisons continue to rise, and in the 12 months to March 2019, there were 18,435 incidents; an increase of 41% over the previous 12-month period.</p><p>The increase in drug finds since 2015 is partly due to the increase in finds of psychoactive substances. HM Prison and Probation Service has also put in place a number of security counter-measures over this period, allowing it to seize more items of contraband than ever before. These included:</p><ul><li>In 2017 - intelligence units to help identify, understand and disrupt security threats at prisons;</li><li>In 2018 – Serious and Organised Crime Unit, Financial Investigations Unit, technology to obtain data from mobile phones seized in prisons, dedicated search teams, X-ray body scanners for 20 prisons including the establishments in the Ten Prisons Project who also received bag scanners and metal detectors and dedicated search teams; and</li><li>In 2019 - our new Counter-Corruption Unit.</li></ul><p>We are now investing a further £100m in prison security to stop contraband such as drugs from entering prisons. This includes more X-ray baggage scanners to enhance searching of visitors and staff and more X-ray body scanners to detect prisoners concealing contraband inside their bodies.</p><p>This is part of our £2.75 billion investment to make prisons safer for offenders and staff, while working closely with healthcare providers to ensure prisoners have the support they need to live drug-free. We therefore also published in April 2019 The National Prison Drug Strategy which has three strands: restricting supply, reducing demand and ensuring prisoners are encouraged to engage in meaningful activity and treatment interventions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/02/2020 18:00:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1691573

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing income received by his Department from confiscation orders to charitable organisations.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	15584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Confiscation orders are the principal means by which the government carries out its policy to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crime. They are used with the intent to disrupt and deter criminality. Receipts from confiscation orders, excluding any compensation amounts, are paid to the Home Office by agreement with HM Treasury. The Home Office remain the lead department on confiscation orders, and each financial year distribute a proportion of the funds they collected to partner agencies (including the Ministry of Justice). This funding is provided by the Home Office to respective partner agencies with a primary purpose of investing in asset recovery capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/02/2024 16:40:56 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1693023

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	16451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders convicted for offences relating to assault on emergency worker, covering the period requested. The latest data available, up to the year ending June 2023, can be obtained with the following data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p>In the data tool, navigate to ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab and select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’ in the ‘Offence’ filter.</p><p>The pivot table will present the total number of offenders convicted for assaulting an emergency worker since year ending June 2011, including the requested last two years.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 06/03/2024 15:36:20 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell