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65752

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image 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 prevent people from publishing explicit photos online sent to them in trust by their former partners.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes the posting of revenge porn, which these questions appear to be directed towards, is a despicable act and is one which can have devastating consequences for the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at this area of the law to ensure it is fully equipped to deal with this behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences according to the statutes under which proceedings are brought, but without detailing the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>It is therefore neither possible to identify from this centrally held information whether an offender was prosecuted for the ‘distribution of explicit photographs', nor whether in each case the permission of the photograph's subject had been obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 204012 question first answered 08/07/2014 08:08:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

65768

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against people for distribution of explicit photographs when the permission of the photograph's subject had not been obtained in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes the posting of revenge porn, which these questions appear to be directed towards, is a despicable act and is one which can have devastating consequences for the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at this area of the law to ensure it is fully equipped to deal with this behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences according to the statutes under which proceedings are brought, but without detailing the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>It is therefore neither possible to identify from this centrally held information whether an offender was prosecuted for the ‘distribution of explicit photographs', nor whether in each case the permission of the photograph's subject had been obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 204005 question first answered 08/07/2014 08:08:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

65356

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England received an award of legal aid in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	203597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not record the number of people who receive legal aid. Instead it records the number of ‘acts of assistance'. One individual may receive a number of separate acts of assistance, and one act of assistance can help more than one person.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the breakdowns requested for Coventry, the West Midlands and England, the LAA cannot separately identify legal aid cases by the location of the person receiving legal aid. Applicant post codes are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/07/2014 16:37:29 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

65514

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Children
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 implications for her policies of the NSPCC's Order in Court Campaign seeking changes to the way the criminal justice system treats children.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>This question was previously raised under reference number 202662 for answer on Wednesday 2 July 2014. A response has therefore been provided under Hansard reference 670W.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 16:37:34 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

65532

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals in social security tribunals in which the appellant was (a) represented and (b) not represented were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	203715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits. The following table shows the number of appeals in which the appellant was represented and the decision was made in the appellant's favour and the number of appeals in which the appellant was not represented and the decision was made in the appellant's favour.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appellant Represented <sup>1</sup> and Decision in Appellant's favour </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appellant Not Represented and Decision in Appellant's Favour <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45,368 (65%)</p></td><td><p>111,580 (45%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> A representative is any person that the appellant has requested to attend the tribunal.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Provisional and subject to further change.</p><p>Note: The above data are taken from management information in line with published statistics. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale reporting system and are the best data available.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers provided only relate to oral hearings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/07/2014 08:22:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

65534

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Children
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 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 580W, on evidence in court, for what reason HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) does not hold data on the number of child witnesses summoned to give evidence in court; and if he will request HMCTS to do so in future.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>HMCTS uses information about witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. It has not been necessary to collate or retain this information after a trial has been completed. HMCTS is reviewing how it may capture this data in future.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 16:34:15 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65535

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings from a residence test for claimants of legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	203695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not currently record the residency status of applicants for civil legal aid so cannot accurately estimate the amount of funding currently received by those who would not satisfy the residence test. However, there is likely to be a reduction in legal aid volumes and expenditure from imposing a residence test on civil legal aid, resulting in savings to the legal aid fund.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that the introduction of the residence test supports the principle that legal aid should only be available to those who have a strong connection to this country. This is fair to the taxpayer who pays for it and will help to restore credibility to our legal aid system.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/07/2014 16:32:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

65536

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid were made in cases relating to homicide in each of the last three years; and how many of those applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency does not record on its IT systems whether applications for civil legal aid were made in cases relating to homicide. There is no legal or business requirement for the agency to record this information.In the consideration of civil legal aid eligibility the agency assesses a person’s overall financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency’s IT system that is used to record applications for criminal legal aid does not record an offence type of “Homicide”.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/07/2014 16:40:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65537

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when community rehabilitation companies are planned to begin providing post-release supervision to offenders serving sentences of under 12 months in prison.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	203845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We are opening up delivery of probation services to a diverse range of new organisations in order to tackle repeat reoffending which blights our communities. As part of our reforms, we will extend post-release supervision to offenders released from custodial sentences of less than 12 months. We plan to commence the relevant provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 at the point when ownership of the new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transfers to successful bidders. We will do this in line with the Government's commitment to roll out these important reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2014 16:56:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

65538

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prison officers receive to enable them to detect incidents of sexual assault inside prison.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	203841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>During their initial training prison officers learn how to identify and respond to a prisoner exhibiting signs of distress or a change in their normal behaviour. Prison staff also receive training in assessing and managing offenders' risk of harm, including the risk of harm from others.</p><p> </p><p>Officers receive training about prevention of violence in prisons and to complement this, specific training about sexual violence will be included in the revised Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course which will be introduced from January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2014 16:54:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington