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432615

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) regulations and (b) guidance apply to Sheriffs breaking into commercial properties to recover debts.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	17795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The rules governing the power to enter a commercial property for enforcement by taking control of goods are contained in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. Enforcement under a High Court Writ, which was the responsibility of Sheriffs, is now carried out by High Court Enforcement Officers pursuant to the High Court Enforcement Officers Regulations 2004. Paragraphs 14 to 30 of Schedule 12 (as amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013) make provision concerning powers of entry for the purposes of enforcement, and paragraphs 18A and 19 make provision specifically in relation to the power to use reasonable force to enter premises at which the enforcement officer reasonably believes the debtor carries on a trade or a business. The Ministry of Justice has produced guidance, the Taking Control of Goods: National Standards, to support creditors and enforcement agents and promote minimum standards. It is available on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/12/2015 13:44:40 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

432831

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of his Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	17770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The amount of funding allocated for research and development will be determined through the Ministry of Justice’s internal budget setting process. This process has not yet concluded so the amount is not known.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/12/2015 15:25:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432832

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effect of proposed courts and tribunal closures on (a) staff with caring responsibilities, (b) disabled staff, (c) black and minority ethnic staff and (d) court users.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The staff impact of these proposals will be managed using the department’s Managing Organisational Change Framework which has been endorsed by the Departmental Trade Unions. This will make sure that the transition to new arrangements proceeds in a fair and transparent manner for all staff.</p><br /><p>In an increasingly digital age, court users will not always need to attend hearings in person in order to access the justice system and whilst we have already established alternative ways users can interact with our services, we are looking to expand these provisions to provide more choice than is currently available.</p><br /><p>In order to achieve these aims, we have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.</p><br /><p>A full impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation response.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/12/2015 16:51:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432833

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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, how many people released from prison reoffended within six months in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	17823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold six month proven re-offending rates.</p><br /><p>A link to the one year proven re-offending rates for the last five years for those released from custody can be found here in table C2a (Adult proven re-offending data) and C2b (Juvenile proven re-offending data):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473093/proven-reoffending-2013-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473093/proven-reoffending-2013-tables.xlsx</a></p><br /><p>In the quarterly proven re-offending statistics, a proven re-offence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/12/2015 15:13:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

432834

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Religious Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech given by the Secretary of State for Justice at Prisons Hearing Alliance on 17 July 2015, whether he plans for participation in chaplaincy-led programmes with a proven effect on rehabilitation rates to count towards earned release in the same manner as does classroom-based educational activities.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	17977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Reoffending rates for offenders sentenced to custody are too high and the Ministry of Justice is looking at ways to make sure that offenders are properly rehabilitated and better equipped to lead a crime free life. As the Secretary of State indicated in his speech of 17 July, earned release is being explored as an option to help achieve this. We are still at the very early stages of exploring how any earned release scheme might work.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/12/2015 15:31:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

432837

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training his Department has provided to staff on the family test; what other steps he has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>This department has liaised directly with DWP for advice and guidance on applying the Family Test in policy development. Policymakers in this department have been encouraged to attend Family test training on applying the Test and have been made aware of best practice.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/12/2015 15:24:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432312

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homophobic assaults were recorded in (a) male and (b) female prisons in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	17692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Centrally held records do not record data identifying homophobic assaults. This information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 30/11/2015 13:19:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

432313

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in the North West and London ask for wage slips, P60s, certified accounts or letters confirming benefit entitlement when setting fines.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	17720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of instances when individual magistrates’ or the Crown Court make such directions is not collated by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:27:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

432314

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the Sentencing Guidelines Council's review of sentencing guidelines for driving offences.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	17704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales. Following the announcement by the previous Justice Secretary of a government review of driving offences and penalties, the Sentencing Council have paused their review of sentencing guidelines for causing death by driving.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/12/2015 16:44:49 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

432316

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been found (a) in possession and (b) under the influence of alcohol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	17683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prison. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has in place a comprehensive range of security measures and searching techniques to detect items of contraband including drugs and alcohol, to prevent smuggling into prisons. We use specially trained dogs to detect illicit alcohol and drugs. We are also piloting the use of body scanners to reveal drugs concealed within the body. There has been an increase in the number of drug finds over the past five years, which is likely to have been partly caused by improved and increased reporting.</p><br /><p>NOMS does not record centrally the number of prisoners found under the influence of alcohol and drugs. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>The table below gives the number of prisoners found in possession of alcoholin prisons in England and Wales in the timeframe requested.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Number of alcohol<sup>1</sup> related finds incidents, England and Wales, 2010 to October 2015<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 to October<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of incidents</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(1) Changes were introduced to the Incident Report System in September 2015 that improved the recording of alcohol finds. Prior to these changes, figures were produced by searching for the words &quot;alcohol&quot;, &quot;hooch&quot; and &quot;fermenting liquid&quot; in the incident text.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(2) Data for 2015 up to 31st October only</p></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The table below gives the number of prisoners found in possession of drugs in prisons in England and Wales in the timeframe requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Incidents where drugs were found in prisoner's possession<sup>1</sup>, England and Wales, 2010 to October 2015<sup>2</sup>, by region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 to October<sup> (2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent and Sussex</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Escort areas</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,248</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,217</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,255</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) Where drugs were found in a cell search, strip search and other search (inmate).</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) Data for 2015 up to 31st October only.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Changes were introduced to the Incident Report System in October 2015 that improved the recording of drug finds. Prior to these changes, figures were produced by searching in the incident text.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time.Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p><br /><p>NOMS does not record centrally the number of prisoners who are found under the influence of drugs and could not do so without incurring disproportionate cost by conducting a survey of every prison establishment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 17639 question first answered 03/12/2015 17:20:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson