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142282

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: G4S and Serco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Statement of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 27WS, on G4S and Serco (Contracts Update), how much of the sums to be repaid by each company is outstanding; and what other debts each such company owes to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>On 12 March 2014 the Justice Secretary informed the House that G4S had agreed to repay £108.9m owed to Government on the company’s electronic monitoring contract and on two contracts for facilities management in the courts. This followed the Justice Secretary’s announcement on 19 December 2013 that Serco had agreed to repay £70.5m owed on the company’s electronic monitoring and prisoner escort contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The sums in question also included provision for the direct costs to Government arising from these matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Both companies have repaid all money requested in accordance with the settlement agreements.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any outstanding debts owed to this Department by the companies. We are managing all MoJ contracts robustly and would take swift action to recover any debt owed should we become aware of such an issue.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:43:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142285

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: G4S and Serco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 March 2014, Official Report, columns 27-8WS, on G4S and Serco (contracts update), what proportion of the penalties on (a) G4S and (b) Serco imposed have been enforced in each year; and how much is outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>On 12 March 2014 the Justice Secretary informed the House that G4S had agreed to repay £108.9m owed to Government on the company’s electronic monitoring contract and on two contracts for facilities management in the courts. This followed the Justice Secretary’s announcement on 19 December 2013 that Serco had agreed to repay £70.5m owed on the company’s electronic monitoring and prisoner escort contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The sums in question also included provision for the direct costs to Government arising from these matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Both companies have repaid all money requested in accordance with the settlement agreements.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any outstanding debts owed to this Department by the companies. We are managing all MoJ contracts robustly and would take swift action to recover any debt owed should we become aware of such an issue.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:42:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142289

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Applied Language Solutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial penalties ALS/Capita has paid in each month of (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 for missing agreed service delivery standards since taking over the contract for the delivery of language services to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Capita TI only gets paid for completed bookings, so if it cannot supply an interpreter, it does not get paid. The Ministry of Justice manages service delivery and performance through a number of methods and remedies open to it under the contract. The Ministry is continually working with the supplier to improve performance delivery standards.</p><p>If performance in a particular month falls below that stated in the contract (98%) success rate, the department receives a monetary credit from Capita TI. Service Credits can be imposed on Capita TI in line with the terms of the contract. The Service Credits are calculated at the end of each financial year and not monthly and from the beginning of the contract. In January 2012 till March 2014 the total amount of services credits are as below:</p><p>The service credit amounts for Jan 2012 – March 2014</p><p>£53,777.00</p><p>The interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system. The contract has delivered significant improvements so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver a quality service at an affordable level. As a result of the contract, we have spent £27m less in the first two years it has been running, and it continues to reduce the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:37:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142293

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department provided to which Community Rehabilitation Companies to support the development of mutual bids for Transforming Rehabilitation.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Cabinet Office procured support for probation trust staff to develop mutual bids in the Transforming Rehabilitation competition.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of all Cabinet Office Mutuals Support Programme contract awards, including to probation trust staff, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of the support contracts was £1,127,238. This included both bid support and, where applicable, mobilisation support to those that were named as Preferred Bidders. Bid support included commercial and legal advice, consultancy services and technical advice. Support committed during the bidding stage totalled £971,764.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:36:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

114896

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212599, how many officials in his Department have undergone Crown and Magistrates' Court Witness Liaison Oficer Awareness training in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213603 213606 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114898

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212599, how many officials in his Department have undergone Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses Awareness training in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213603 213605 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114900

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Training
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 4 November 2014, to Question 212599, what estimate he has made of the number of court staff who interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	213603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>All operational court staff in customer service roles are in a position to interact with vulnerable and intimidated witnesses. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that court staff have the appropriate training and skills to support vulnerable victims and witnesses in court. From April 2015, it will become a mandatory requirement for court staff that come into direct contact with victims and witnesses to have a specific job objective on the care of victims.</p><p>These training courses are delivered within HMCTS regions depending on locally identified business needs. HMCTS does not collect information centrally on the number of court staff who have undertaken them since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213605 213606 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

114905

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010; how many such tenders have been successful; how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with his Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between his Department and Capita Group plc.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are unable to answer the first part of your question as doing so would incur disproportionate costs. To provide this information would entail identifying and contacting all individuals responsible for the operational and commercial management of contracts relating to Capita Group plc to find out how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.</p><p>I will write to the honourable member in due course to answer the rest of the question.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114908

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many external consultants work in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice currently has 34 Live Contracts to provide the Provision of Consultancy. As the Contracts are awarded to Companies on a project basis, the Ministry of Justice cannot establish the exact number working at a specific point in time. The number and seniority of consultants will vary depending on the stage in the project.</p><p> </p><p>To establish the exact number of consultants we would need to interrogate both the files and Companies to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs in answering this question.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff and consultants are only used to fill business critical posts and provide essential services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2014 17:46:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114910

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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, what the collection rate was for fines levied by each local criminal justice board in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the value of financial impositions (made between April 2013 to March 2014) that had been collected, cancelled or remained outstanding as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014. Financial impositions include fines, prosecution costs, compensation and victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Accounting Division Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding at the end of the Period</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘percentage outstanding’ is based upon the value of accounts outstanding at the end of the period; it includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. The ‘accounts cancelled’ percentage comprises both administrative and legal cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:49:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter