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1005865

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:31:56
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 23:41:14 21/11/2018 17:37:04
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	identifier	190560
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/11/2018 17:05:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new Officer Certificates under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 have been issued by his Department in each month since January 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190560
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190560
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>With regards to when the Ministry of Justice stopped holding data on the number of certified staff and the reasons for doing so, it may help if I explain that the MoJ has never collected this information. Whilst Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 confirms that a Prison Custody Officer (PCO) is approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing escort and custodial duties, it does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State approves PCOs for the purpose of performing escort functions or custodial duties or both and PCO’s are accordingly authorised to perform them. However, there is not a process in place whereby the Secretary of State formally issues certificates to new PCOs, and as mentioned previously, Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish such information.</p><p> </p><p>All staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, all staff working in privately managed prisons are fully certified and, as such, the figures we hold, and have provided on several occasions, include the funded posts for fully certified staff.</p><p>As you know, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> question first answered 21/11/2018 17:05:17 answering member 4137
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1005866

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:31:58
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 23:41:16 21/11/2018 17:37:03
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	identifier	190561
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/11/2018 17:05:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officer certificates under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 have been withdrawn by his Department in each month since January 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190561
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190561
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>With regards to when the Ministry of Justice stopped holding data on the number of certified staff and the reasons for doing so, it may help if I explain that the MoJ has never collected this information. Whilst Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 confirms that a Prison Custody Officer (PCO) is approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing escort and custodial duties, it does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State approves PCOs for the purpose of performing escort functions or custodial duties or both and PCO’s are accordingly authorised to perform them. However, there is not a process in place whereby the Secretary of State formally issues certificates to new PCOs, and as mentioned previously, Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish such information.</p><p> </p><p>All staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, all staff working in privately managed prisons are fully certified and, as such, the figures we hold, and have provided on several occasions, include the funded posts for fully certified staff.</p><p>As you know, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> question first answered 21/11/2018 17:05:18 answering member 4137
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1006015

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/11/2018
	date	13/11/2018
	date tabled	13/11/2018
	ddp created	13/11/2018 19:40:40
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	13/11/2018 19:47:00 21/11/2018 17:37:01
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	identifier	190939
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/11/2018 17:05:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question 172523 on Prisons: Private Sector, what information his Department holds on individual prison custody officers approved under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190939
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190939
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>With regards to when the Ministry of Justice stopped holding data on the number of certified staff and the reasons for doing so, it may help if I explain that the MoJ has never collected this information. Whilst Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 confirms that a Prison Custody Officer (PCO) is approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing escort and custodial duties, it does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State approves PCOs for the purpose of performing escort functions or custodial duties or both and PCO’s are accordingly authorised to perform them. However, there is not a process in place whereby the Secretary of State formally issues certificates to new PCOs, and as mentioned previously, Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish such information.</p><p> </p><p>All staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, all staff working in privately managed prisons are fully certified and, as such, the figures we hold, and have provided on several occasions, include the funded posts for fully certified staff.</p><p>As you know, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> question first answered 21/11/2018 17:05:18 answering member 4137
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007790

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/11/2018
	date	15/11/2018
	date tabled	15/11/2018
	ddp created	15/11/2018 19:10:58
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/11/2018 19:17:01 23/11/2018 14:36:02
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	191970
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 14:04:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exiting leases, including dilapidation costs, as a result of the closure of (a) magistrate's courts, (b) county courts and (c) tribunal centres since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 191970
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191970
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cost of exiting leases for financial year 2015/16 to October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County courts</p></td><td><p>£609,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates' courts</p></td><td><p>£4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>£1,389,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,003,033</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Due to changes in finance systems, the information requested relating to lease exiting costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Lease dilapidations costs for financial year 2010/11 to October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County courts</p></td><td><p>£1,717,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates' courts</p></td><td><p>£244,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>£1,653,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,615,390</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 23/11/2018 14:04:44 answering member 4517
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007791

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/11/2018
	date	15/11/2018
	date tabled	15/11/2018
	ddp created	15/11/2018 19:11:00
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/11/2018 19:17:03 23/11/2018 14:35:01
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	191971
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 14:03:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Question 131222 on Courts: Closures, which courts closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the annual maintenance costs have been of each of those court premises.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 191971
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191971
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Of the courts that have closed since 2010, the following have yet to be sold or disposed of, with annual maintenance costs since their closure set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Court </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018/19* </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2015/16 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>3,232</p></td><td><p>6,315</p></td><td><p>6,007</p></td><td><p>1,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>3,073</p></td><td><p>6,273</p></td><td><p>5,963</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Youth Court</p></td><td><p>15,295</p></td><td><p>6,359</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10,567</p></td><td><p>2,697</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5,454</p></td><td><p>12,189</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>8,247</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chippenham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>10,684</p></td><td><p>6,267</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>3,254</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td><td><p>29,603</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runcorn Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Employment Tribunal</p></td><td><p>3,909</p></td><td><p>4,203</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton Combined Court</p></td><td><p>10,750</p></td><td><p>12,551</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford County Court</p></td><td><p>10,418</p></td><td><p>11,378</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torquay Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>4,232</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>*to Oct 18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information relating to annual maintenance costs for the period prior to the 2015/16 financial year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 14:03:55 answering member 4517
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1011566

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	21/11/2018
	date tabled	21/11/2018
	ddp created	21/11/2018 20:14:56
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/11/2018 20:22:27 29/11/2018 18:05:07
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	identifier	194183
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2018 17:33:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2013.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 194183
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194183
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants appearing by video link, for the period requested, is set out by year in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Defendants via Video Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>59,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>87,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We are unable to calculate what proportion of defendants appear in court via video link, as HMCTS does not record the total number of defendants who appear in court each year.<ol><li>The data is based on a manual return for Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data is management information and is not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Figures shown are for the number of defendants recorded as using video link from a prison or police station for a trial or hearing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. A single defendant is recorded only once.</li></ol>HMCTS records the number of Magistrates’ and Crown court trials where a video link is used for witnesses and that data is set out in the table below. A single trial may make multiple use of the video link for different witnesses but will only be recorded once.<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total No of trials/hearings with Witness(s) via Video link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,046</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The data are based on a manual return from Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>A single trial or hearing may make multiple use of the video link but will be recorded only once.</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 29/11/2018 17:33:25 answering member 4517
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	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1011567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	21/11/2018
	date tabled	21/11/2018
	ddp created	21/11/2018 20:14:58
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/11/2018 20:22:29 29/11/2018 18:05:05
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	identifier	194184
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2018 17:33:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 164973 on Courts: Video Conferencing, what information HMCTS holds on witnesses who have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2013.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 194184
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194184
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants appearing by video link, for the period requested, is set out by year in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Defendants via Video Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>59,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>87,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We are unable to calculate what proportion of defendants appear in court via video link, as HMCTS does not record the total number of defendants who appear in court each year.<ol><li>The data is based on a manual return for Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data is management information and is not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Figures shown are for the number of defendants recorded as using video link from a prison or police station for a trial or hearing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. A single defendant is recorded only once.</li></ol>HMCTS records the number of Magistrates’ and Crown court trials where a video link is used for witnesses and that data is set out in the table below. A single trial may make multiple use of the video link for different witnesses but will only be recorded once.<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total No of trials/hearings with Witness(s) via Video link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,046</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The data are based on a manual return from Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>A single trial or hearing may make multiple use of the video link but will be recorded only once.</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 29/11/2018 17:33:26 answering member 4517
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1012310

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2018
	date	22/11/2018
	date tabled	22/11/2018
	ddp created	22/11/2018 18:40:46
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/11/2018 18:56:23 27/11/2018 11:08:02
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
	house id	1
	identifier	194708
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/11/2018 10:36:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian enforcement officers who have been employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each quarter of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 194708
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194708
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of civilian enforcement officers that were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each quarter for the last five financial years are listed below. Data prior to 2014-15 Q2 was recorded on an annual and not on a quarterly basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>FTE (Full time Equivalent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>222.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>212.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>201.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>193.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>193.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>185.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>176.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>171.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>160.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>154.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>145.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>137.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>128.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>126.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>116.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>108.71</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 27/11/2018 10:36:04 answering member 4517
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019486

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/12/2018
	date	03/12/2018
	date tabled	03/12/2018
	ddp created	04/12/2018 00:41:21
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	04/12/2018 01:04:45 10/12/2018 16:28:02
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	identifier	198348
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/12/2018 15:56:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions parole was (a) granted and (b) refused after the submission of a defence psychology report in 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 198348
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198348
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board Rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:51 answering member 4137
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019487

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/12/2018
	date	03/12/2018
	date tabled	03/12/2018
	ddp created	04/12/2018 00:41:25
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	04/12/2018 01:04:47 10/12/2018 16:28:05
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	identifier	198349
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/12/2018 15:56:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling victims to challenge Parole Board decisions to recommend a prisoner's (a) release and (b) transfer to an open prison.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 198349
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198349
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In April this year, the Secretary of State announced a public consultation on the possible reconsideration of parole decisions. The consultation closed on 28 July and we have considered the responses, including the issue of which types of parole decisions should be in scope for any reconsideration mechanism. We will publish the Government’s response in due course alongside the review of the Parole Board Rules which the Secretary of State committed to undertake this year.</p><p> </p><p>I have enormous sympathy for victims of crime, especially where they have been subject to the types of serious offending that often feature in parole cases. I agree that victims need a way to challenge parole decisions which they believe may be flawed without having to take the onerous step of seeking a judicial review. That is why the Government has proposed the creation of a reconsideration mechanism. We must ensure that any approach is fair and proportionate, and avoids creating unnecessary delays and uncertainty for both prisoners and victims.</p> question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:20 answering member 4137
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts