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855960

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for the public purse of the judgment in the case of R (Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prisoners’ Advice Service) v the Lord Chancellor.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	131126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Court of Appeal judgment, the Government decided to reinstate criminal legal aid funding to three discrete areas of prison law, namely: pre-tariff reviews where the Secretary of State seeks the advice of the Parole Board on whether life and Imprisoned for Public Protection prisoners may be transferred to open conditions; Category A Reviews; and referrals to close supervision centres. At the same time, the Government also decided to bring referrals to separation centres within scope of criminal legal aid. The regulations giving effect to these changes came into force on 21 February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the regulations confirmed that this policy change would result in increased expenditure from the Criminal Legal Aid Fund estimated to be in the region of £1.1 million per year (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1319/impacts).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47365 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

855961

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of prosecutions of rape which collapse due to a failure to disclose evidence; and what support his Department provides to the alleged victims in such cases.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	131127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>This is an issue that the Government takes extremely seriously. The Attorney General is leading a wide-ranging review of disclosure procedures that aims to report in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 January the Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council published their joint National Disclosure Improvement Plan. The police and Crown Prosecution Service have reviewed all live rape and serious sexual offence cases, to provide assurance that disclosure is being handled appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is providing £12.5m in funding for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence. This includes £7.2m of funding for rape support services. Where proceedings are discontinued or no evidence offered, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime requires the CPS to explain to complainants why this has happened. The CPS must also inform complainants of how they can seek a review under the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47363 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

855974

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the level of provision of exceptional case funding for immigration cases relating to children.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	131140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of vulnerable children, especially in cases where children lack adequate parental support. Changes to the availability of legal aid for civil legal cases were made in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) and as such a consideration of the effects of the changes will be made as part of our Post-Implementation Review of the Act, which will report later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Support for children in non-asylum immigration cases remains available through the Exceptional Case Funding Scheme (ECF) in cases where failure to provide legal aid would breach their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights or EU law, subject to means and merits tests.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/03/2018 13:52:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

856006

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech to the Royal Society of Arts on 6 March 2018, how much of the £14m investment to tackle serious and organised crime in prisons, will be spent on (a) establishing teams within prisons and (b) the National Crime Agency.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making sure that prisons are safe, decent and support rehabilitation. That is why we have invested £14m to tackle serious and organised crime, which impacts on the community and is one of the major root causes of instability in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>£3m will fund the Serious Organised Crime Unit, made up of a national unit and regional teams that will relentlessly undermine and disrupt serious and organised crime by providing support to local prisons and probation teams, and working closely with law enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>£3m will fund the National Intelligence Unit, which is already in place, working through regional teams and with law enforcement. Through better use of intelligence about the risks presented to prison security and public protection by Serious and Organised Crime Groups, HMPPS will deliver proactive, targeted and robust operational responses.</p><p> </p><p>Over £8m will be invested locally to allow more analysis of local intelligence, which can support intelligence led tactical searching to address identified risks and threats.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with law enforcement partners, including the National Crime Agency, whose funding is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. Through this work we can deliver a robust joint response to those serious and organised criminals operating in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2018 17:11:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856007

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile phones confiscated in each prison have been analysed for information contained in them for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of mobile phones (including SIM cards) seized in prisons that are analysed for information each year is as follows</p><p> </p><p>2010 – No data available</p><p>2011 – 10643</p><p>2012 – 9541</p><p>2013 – 6505</p><p>2014 – 12612</p><p>2015 – 9877</p><p>2016 – 10269</p><p>2017 – 4484*</p><p> </p><p>*Fewer examinations took place in 2017 due to the creation of a new examination facility in HMPPS. During this time particularly high-interest phones were prioritised for examination. Therefore, we can expect the number to rise again in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/04/2018 15:45:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856008

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is between confiscated mobile phones being sent by prisons and the information being shared with police forces.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The decision to refer a confiscated mobile phone to the police is taken on a case by case basis and therefore no data exists as to the average time taken for this to happen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2018 17:15:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856009

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech to the Royal Society of Arts on 6 March 2018, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners identified as ring leaders.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making sure that prisons are safe, decent and support rehabilitation. That is why we have invested £14m to tackle serious and organised crime, which impacts on the community and is one of the major root causes of instability in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of harms like violence and drug use are clear, but these are often the result of prisoners who ostensibly behave, but have others do their bidding. We need to cut these prisoners off from their network and prevent them from operating, to create environments in which prisoners can be rehabilitated.</p><p> </p><p>Through our own data, and closer work with law enforcement, we are looking at how we can better use intelligence and information to identify these ringleaders among the 6,500 prisoners who have links to organised crime and target them for disruption. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, I am unable to disclose more precise figures.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2018 17:13:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856010

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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, with reference to his speech to the Royal Society of Arts on 6 March 2018, which senior Ministers will be part of the cross-government group to reduce re-offending; and how often will that group meet.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Reoffending by prisoners released from custody is estimated to cost society approximately £15 billion per year. On the 6<sup>th</sup> of March 2018 the Secretary of State for Justice announced his intention to convene a cross-government group of senior Ministers to work across all relevant departments to reduce re-offending and the cost of reoffending to society.</p><p> </p><p>It is only by working cross-government that we will be able to help ex-offenders secure employment, find a home, get treatment for a drug addiction and support for mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2018 17:10:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856026

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech of 6 March 2018 to the Royal Society of Arts on prison reform, if he will list the 30 prisons which will receive the new technology; how many prison officers in each prison will be nominated to use that technology; what additional training will be provided to those prison officers; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing that new technology.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The technology being introduced into prisons will allow for a much faster identification of threats to prison security, particularly the trafficking of drugs and other illicit items. It will allow the police to identify the criminal networks outside prisons involved in this activity.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to list the exact locations of the technology and the number of officers in each prison who will be nominated to use it as this is operationally sensitive. However the locations are being chosen based on the threat they face from serious organised crime.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that all officers using the technology will attend a dedicated formal training course. The estimated full development and implementation costs of installing this technology is £250,000.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2018 17:13:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

856056

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the annual maintenance costs have been of each of those court premises.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	131222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Of the courts that have closed since 2010, the following have yet to be sold or disposed of:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Maintenance Costs* </strong> <strong>(financial year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closure Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disposal Progress***</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18**</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>4,866</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>September 2014</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>5,824</p></td><td><p>5,963</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Youth Court</p></td><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>Pre-marketing</p></td><td><p>2,128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>22,028</p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Law Court</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>6,707</p></td><td><p>2,697</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>7,399</p></td><td><p>12,189</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>Transfer to Homes England</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Parade - Sheffield Tribunal</p></td><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing</p></td><td><p>5,838</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>3,176</p></td><td><p>10,332</p></td><td><p>3,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates’</p></td><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing/Contractual Issues</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>42,381</p></td><td><p>26,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni County Court</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>3,501</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates’/County Court</p></td><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>2,974</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing</p></td><td><p>10,398</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton Combined Court - Barrack Block</p></td><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>13,768</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford County Court</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>Transfer to Homes England</p></td><td><p>11,378</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torquay Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>5,583</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>In solicitors’ hands</p></td><td><p>8,833</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Maintenance costs include planned and emergency works on court sites that includes works to repair or preserve the fabric of the building as well as utilities, fixtures and fittings.</p><p>** figures provided are up to 28 February 2018</p><p>*** Summary of disposal status:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>Contracts have been exchanged between the buyer and seller, this is the stage before completion.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>An offer from a potential purchaser has been received and is under consideration.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>The property is being advertised to potential buyers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pre-marketing</p></td><td><p>This phase includes investigations to support strategic decisions made on the portfolio and or future value maximisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In solicitors’ hands</p></td><td><p>Conveyancing is underway and contracts are being negotiated with the preferred party.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transfer</p></td><td><p>The property has been or is due to be transferred to Homes England (formerly the Homes and Communities Agency) or the Education Funding Agency</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The information requested relating to annual maintenance costs for period prior to the 2015/16 financial year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/04/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon