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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

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

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

60609

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding from the public purse was provided to support victims' services in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is committed to ensuring victims of crime are fully supported and is making more money available than ever before for victims' services. The table below shows the funding provided by the Ministry of Justice to organisations supporting victims of crime since the Department was formed in 2007.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding to victim's services<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£38.17m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£39.32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£40.52m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£48.43m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£49.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£50.45m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£55.57m<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> includes receipts from offenders through the Victim Surcharge (since 2007/08), increased Penalty Notices for Disorder and motoring Fixed Penalty Notices (since 2013/14), and Prisoners' Earning Act Income (since 2011/12).</p><p><sup>2</sup>This figure does not include the PEA contribution as this has not yet been finalised and published. In addition, £20.8 million was made available to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013/14, because it was provided late in the financial year only £4.95m of funding was able to be spent, however, the unspent amount remains available for PCCs to spend in 2014/15. Additionally, a small number of payments due to be made in 2013/14 had to be accrued for and were paid at the beginning of 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 17/06/2014 13:47:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

795801

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: 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 (a) offence and (b) sentence type in each of the last five years; and what the total value of compensation orders was for each offence type.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	116142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of compensation orders were issued for each (a) offence and (b) sentence type in each of the last five years; and what (c) the total value of compensation orders was for each offence type can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 06/12/2017 12:33:32 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee attachment 1 file name PQ 116142 Final Tables.xls title 116142 FINAL TABLES
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel