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759404

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

759406

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

759409

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is of the detention of people (a) awaiting trial for terrorist offences and (b) convicted of terrorist offences.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the annual cost of prisoners who are held in remand awaiting trial or by type of offence. Additionally, the information recorded on the HMPPS central accounting system does not allow the identification of costs attributable to holding individual offenders.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMPPS, routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year. The information can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each relevant financial year here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2016-17 can be accessed on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website from the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/11/2017 17:16:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

759410

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

759412

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 4856, on rape: trials where the information on applications to use a complainant's previous sexual activity made under subsection 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is held.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Attorney General and the previous Justice Secretary committed to look at how the law on the admissibility of complainants’ sexual history is operating in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed a sample of finalised rape prosecution files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9826 question first answered 13/11/2017 16:10:17 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

759414

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional case funding have been (a) lodged and (b) granted for clinical negligence claims involving the death of a child of where the claimant is the child in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>From the inception of the Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) scheme in April 2013, there have been no applications for ECF either lodged or granted for clinical negligence claims within this description.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 10/10/2017 15:12:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

759416

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Legal Aid Agency has had to intervene to ensure that legal aid services were provided since 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contracts with not for profit organisations and law firms to ensure the delivery of legal aid services in both criminal and civil proceedings. The LAA regularly reviews capacity in the legal aid market and takes action to ensure continued provision where gaps are identified. Applications made to the LAA to obtain such representation are in most matters dependent upon the means of the applicant and the circumstances of their case. Legal aid providers operate subject to both the terms of their contracts with the LAA and regulation by their applicable professional bodies.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 10/10/2017 15:22:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

759419

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 4856, on rape: trials whether any agency of his Department records information on successful and unsuccessful applications made under subsection 41(3)(c)(i) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Attorney General and the previous Justice Secretary committed to look at how the law on the admissibility of complainants’ sexual history is operating in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed a sample of finalised rape prosecution files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9828 question first answered 13/11/2017 16:10:17 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

759420

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of food (a) per prison inmate per day and (b) all prison inmates was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	10014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), on behalf of the MoJ, is responsible for allocating food budgets to all adult public sector prisons across England and Wales. As the food in each prison reflects the specific needs of the prisoner population locally, the ultimate decision on what is provided and the cost of each meal rests with the individual Governors, and as such, financial data is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>There are separate budget arrangements in place for the private sector prisons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:15:22 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

759421

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of food (a) per inmate per day and (b) for all inmates in youth custody was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	10015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), on behalf of the MoJ, is responsible for allocating food budgets to public sector establishments in the Youth Custody estate in England and Wales. As the food in each prison reflects the specific needs of the prisoner population locally, the ultimate decision on what is provided and the cost of each meal rests with the individual Governors, and as such, financial data is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>There are separate budget arrangements in place for the private sector establishments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:16:33 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger