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173675

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the treatment in the criminal treatment system of women experiencing domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	220702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Domestic abuse is the worst possible violation of the trust that those in close relationships place in one another. That is why tackling domestic violence and abuse has been one of this Government’s top priorities. We are committed to ensuring that victims of this serious crime are considered in all aspects of the criminal justice system, and supported appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims’ Code was implemented in December 2013. It sets out to criminal justice agencies the enhanced services and support they must provide to victims of the most serious crimes, including victims of domestic violence. This includes providing information on pre-trial therapy and counselling and referral to specialist organisations for support.</p><p>As part of the current pilot of adult out-of-court disposals, the Ministry of Justice has issued guidance to the three participating police forces (Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Leicestershire) setting out how the framework should be used for low-level offences involving domestic violence. The guidance imposes a number of restrictions on the forces and requires them to obtain the victim’s consent for the matter to be dealt with out of court.</p><p>In addition, the National Offender Management Service’s framework <em>Supporting Women offenders who have experienced domestic or sexual violence</em>, published in September 2011, is designed to provide guidance to those working with female offenders in custody and the community. The framework intends to ensure that interventions and services take place within an environment in which women who have been victims of domestic violence are able to both disclose abuse and receive support and advice in a safe, female only environment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these pieces of guidance, my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has issued the <em>Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan</em>, which sets out the Government’s approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse, and is supported by guidance to victims, their friends, families, employers and colleagues.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/01/2015 17:40:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173680

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what practice directions are in place on the allocation of judges in civic and family courts to domestic violence cases; and how many judges on average are involved in such cases.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	220701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The allocation of judges in Family Court cases involving domestic violence is governed by Part 5 of the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014, which came into force on 22nd April 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made</a></p><p>The allocation process for applications and proceedings in domestic violence cases (set out in Part 5 of the Rules) is governed by whether the application is being brought under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996.</p><p>Domestic violence cases brought to the Family Court under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996 can therefore be heard by any judge sitting in the Family Court. We do not collect data on how many of the Family Court judges are involved in domestic violence cases.</p><p>Practice Direction 12J (Child Arrangements and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm) sets out what the Family Court should do in any case in which it is “alleged or admitted, or there is other reason to believe, that the child or a party has experienced domestic violence or abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a risk of such violence or abuse”;</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j</a></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 19/01/2015 17:11:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173454

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 prisoner claims for damage for possessions or injury sustained during acts of concerted indiscipline were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year; and to what type of incident each of those payments related.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>An answer to this question can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not record concerted indiscipline as category when making payments through the civil litigation process. Moreover, compensation payments to prisoners for lost or damaged property can be made through civil litigation, internal complaints, or as a result of recommendations made by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman and by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>To determine the total amount of compensation payments made would require a trawl through thousands of records held at every public sector prison and in NOMS headquarters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2015 12:53:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173455

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 staff claims relating to assaults by prisoners were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; and what the largest single amount paid to a staff member under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220582 220583 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173456

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 prisoner claims relating to assaults by fellow prisoners were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was; and what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220583 220584 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173457

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 prisoner claims relating to assaults by staff were in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; and what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220582 220584 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173460

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 12 January 2015 to Questions 220031 and 220032 on shared services staff in Newport, which departments have signed up to the arrangement.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	220540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government departments listed below are currently signed up to the arrangement.</p><p>HMRC and its associated departments;</p><p>Home Office and its associated departments;</p><p>Intellectual Patent Office;</p><p>Health and Safety Executive;</p><p>Business Innovation and Skills;</p><p>Insolvency Service; and</p><p>Office of National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2015 14:37:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

173461

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals are in UK (a) young offender institutions and (b) secure children's homes.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	220661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) work closely with the Home Office in identifying and managing under-18 foreign national offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The number of foreign nationals in under-18 Young Offender Institutions is 69 (based on the most recent snapshot from data held by MoJ, taken in September 2014).</p><p> </p><p>The number of foreign nationals in YJB commissioned places in Secure Children’s Homes is 5 (based on the most recent snapshot from data held by YJB, taken in November 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2015 12:58:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

173462

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) Order 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the naming of specific companies in the Criminal Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) Order 2014 is legal under EU competition law.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	220670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The procurement competition which appointed the company named on the current Order as the provider of electronic monitoring services was carried out in accordance with EU procurement law.</p><p> </p><p>The Order reflects the outcome of that procurement process by making the named company the person responsible for monitoring offenders who are subject to an electronic requirement where a court decides to impose such a requirement as part of certain sentences named in the Order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2015 12:01:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

173129

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 6 May 2014, Justice for victims of banned drivers, when he plans to publish the new review of driving offences.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	220345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families. That is why the Government is reviewing driving offences and penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The review is ongoing and is due to be completed by the spring of 2015, with a view to informing the next government of potential legislative changes in the next Parliament. The timing of any publication of the review’s findings and recommendations will be considered once the review is completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/01/2015 09:53:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter