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1037992

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average value of Compensation Orders issues in the last five years by offence type in the (i) Magistrates' and (ii) Crown Courts.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of compensation orders issued and the amount ordered to pay, broken down by offence type and court type over the last decade is in the public domain. The information can be found in the Criminal Justice Statistics found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data tools are: Magistrates Court data tool; and Crown Court data tool.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In the relevant data tool (Magistrates’ or Crown), select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Compensation – All’ row.</p></li><li><p>For the average compensation, again select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Average Compensation (£)’ row.</p></li><li><p>Similarly, you can observe the number of lowest value compensation orders (£0-£25) and highest value orders (£1000 +) in the rows below in the table.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:39:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038005

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) ten or more and (b) one hundred or more offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted by number of previous convictions, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders with 10 or more previous convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders with 100 or more previous convictions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>101,320</p></td><td><p>307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>98,298</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>94,125</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>88,610</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>82,860</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:41:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038006

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number was of offences committed by a prolific offender before their first custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The average number of cautions and non-custodial convictions received by a prolific offender before their first immediate custodial sentence is five.</p><p> </p><p>The definition of a prolific offender can be found here : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681553/prolific-offenders-15-feb-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681553/prolific-offenders-15-feb-2017.pdf</a> )</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The response to this PQ was published in paper which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/756282/prolific-offenders-experimental-statistics.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/756282/prolific-offenders-experimental-statistics.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:44:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038008

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released on licence have been found in breach of their licence conditions and (a) recalled to custody and (b) not recalled to custody in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>(a) The number of recalls to custody following breach of licence in each of the last five years<sup>1</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17330</p></td><td><p>17657</p></td><td><p>21467</p></td><td><p>21559</p></td><td><p>21914</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 The figures provided are for women and men recalled in each full year from 2013 to 2017 and may include offenders recalled more than once across multiple years or within years. 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.</p><p> </p><p>The last full year available is 2017. Published statistics, including figures up to and including June 2018 are available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>(b) We do not hold information centrally about the number of offenders in the community who may have breached their licence conditions and are not recalled to custody. To extract this data would require a review of each separate case file to track their progress on licence.</p><p>Public protection is our priority and recall is used to ensure that offenders on licence who present a high risk of harm to the public or are at risk of re-offending are returned to custody as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions, which are designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. All offenders on licensed supervision in the community are liable to recall to prison if they fail to comply with the conditions of their licence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:46:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038010

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued for each offence type by (a) magistrate's courts and (b) crown courts in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of compensation orders issued and the amount ordered to pay, broken down by offence type and court type over the last decade is in the public domain. The information can be found in the Criminal Justice Statistics found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data tools accessible through this link are: Magistrates Court data tool; and Crown Court data tool.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In the relevant data tool (Magistrates’ or Crown), select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Compensation – All’ row.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:44:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1016481

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 83 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, under which circumstances the Court of Justice of the European Union can make a judgement involving the interpretation of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights which could affect the UK after 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	196898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will end as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Political Declaration does not include any commitment on the part of the UK to apply the Charter of Fundamental Rights, but recalls the ongoing commitment of the EU and its Member States to the Charter and the UK’s continued commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>In the Political Declaration we have ensured that the depth and breadth of our cooperation will match the commitments we make on governance and rights.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/12/2018 14:29:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 89714 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015109

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	CAFCASS: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the involvement of the Children and Family Care Advisory and Support Service in cases where there is a previous conviction of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	195546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The welfare of the child is paramount in all court desicions about a child's upbringing.</p><p>The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children involved in proceedings and undertakes safeguarding checks in every case where a parent seeks the child arrangements order to live with or spend time with a child. These checks include enquiries to local authority and police. Convictions or cautions that may be relevant to a risk of harm or further harm to the child are reported by Cafcass to the court prior to the first hearing to support safe decision-making. Cafcass also has a freestanding statutory duty to report to the court on any risks identified at any other stage during proceedings.</p><p>Cafcass has developed Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway and recently launched Child Impact Assesment Framework to provide its practitioners with additional tools to assess the impact of domestic abuse and inform its recommendations to the court about child arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 195547 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:31:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015110

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	CAFCASS: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that the involvement of the Child and Family Court Advisory and Family Support Service does not inadvertently support the perpetration of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	195547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The welfare of the child is paramount in all court desicions about a child's upbringing.</p><p>The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children involved in proceedings and undertakes safeguarding checks in every case where a parent seeks the child arrangements order to live with or spend time with a child. These checks include enquiries to local authority and police. Convictions or cautions that may be relevant to a risk of harm or further harm to the child are reported by Cafcass to the court prior to the first hearing to support safe decision-making. Cafcass also has a freestanding statutory duty to report to the court on any risks identified at any other stage during proceedings.</p><p>Cafcass has developed Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway and recently launched Child Impact Assesment Framework to provide its practitioners with additional tools to assess the impact of domestic abuse and inform its recommendations to the court about child arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 195546 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:31:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

931096

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered sex offenders have re-offended while in the community in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	157139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep the figures requested and to obtain them would incur disproportionate cost. This is because not all offenders subject to the sexual offenders’ notification requirements (often know as registered sex offenders) are subject to statutory supervision by the National Probation Service.</p><p> </p><p>However, published statistics are available for the period requested on proven re-offending rates of adult and juvenile offenders with an index sexual offence. These figures include those offenders released from custody and those who received a non-custodial conviction at court and then commit a further proven offence within a 12 month follow up period. It should be noted that a small number of these cases will not have met the criteria to be subject to the notification requirements.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/702786/proven-reoffending-apr16-jun16-annual.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/702786/proven-reoffending-apr16-jun16-annual.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our highest priority. Not all sexual offenders who are made subject to the notification requirements serve a custodial sentence. Any sexual offender released from prison and subject to licensed supervision in the community who is caught breaching his licence conditions faces being immediately recalled to prison. A breach of the notification requirements is a criminal offence and punishable by up to 5 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2018 15:32:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

931141

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted in the last five years of (a) rape and (b) sexual assaults against (i) adults and (ii) minors were sentenced to (A) no time in in custody, (B) up to 90 days in custody, (C) 91 to 180 days in custody, (D) 181 days to one year in custody, (E) more than one year to two years in custody, (F) more than two years to three years in custody, (G) more than three years to four years in custody, (H) more than four years to five years in custody, (I) more than five years to six years in custody, (J) more than six years to seven years in custody, (K) more than seven years to eight years in custody, (L) more than eight years to nine years in custody, (M) more than nine years to 10 years in custody, (N) more than 10 years to 15 years in custody, (O) more than 15 years to 20 years in custody and (P) more than 20 years in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	157140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent courts. When deciding what sentence to impose the courts take into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including any aggravating factors (e.g. previous convictions) and any mitigating factors (e.g. age and/or lack of maturity where it affects the responsibility of the offender), in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Sexual Offences Act 2003 breaks down the offences of rape and sexual assault by victims who are aged under 13 and victims who are aged 13 or over. The number of offenders convicted of 1) rape of a victim aged 13 or over, contrary to section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, 2) rape of a child under 13, contrary to section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, 3) sexual assault of a victim aged 13 or over, contrary to sections 2 and 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and 4) sexual assault of a child under 13, contrary to sections 6 and 7 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, broken down by the custodial sentence lengths requested, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2018 15:31:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ157140 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel