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657221

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: 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 extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	56955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places of safety and reform, and so it is right that offenders who break prison rules are properly punished. Where this amounts to a criminal offence, prisoners should expect to be investigated by the police and face more serious sanctions.</p><p>We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action. This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones, while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.</p><p>Information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners as a result of adjudications for assaults against staff and prisoners in each of the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 13:57:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 56955 - table.xlsx title assaults against staff & prisoners - adjudications previous answer version 26782 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654463

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 explicitly restricted online contact.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654464

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 restricted contact through the use of legal processes.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654465

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were imposed as a result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654478

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of how frequently perpetrators of harassment or stalking seek indirectly to contact their victim through (a) civil and (b) family court action.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

620026

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail Hostels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders absconded from bail hostels in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	49987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1153</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>911</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>753</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">662</del><ins class="ministerial">884</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del><ins class="ministerial">27</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender.</p><p> </p><p>We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/11/2016 17:33:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2016 11:46:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 17832 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

620030

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail Hostels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders housed in bail hostels have been taken back into custody as a result of notification from bail hostel staff to police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	50040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service records offenders who have been returned to custody from Approved Premises under seven categories: absconding, breaches of the Approved Premises Rules, positive drugs tests, increasing risk, breaches of licence conditions, breaches of curfew restrictions, and other reasons. All recalls to custody involve the police, since only they have the legal power to return offenders to custody.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of recalls for any of these reasons between 2011/12 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below. These include figures for breach of curfew and absconding, as provided in answer to questions 49931 and 49987 respectively.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2445</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2413</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2339</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2346</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2467</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2125</del><ins class="ministerial">2807</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del><ins class="ministerial">143</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/11/2016 17:30:40 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2016 11:46:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 17831 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

620032

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail Hostels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been in breach of curfew conditions at bail hostels in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	49931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service records only those breaches of curfew restrictions from Probation Approved Premises where offenders are recalled to custody as a result. Curfew breaches, while important, do not necessarily lead to recall. For example, an offender may be only a few minutes late, or may have been unable to return for reasons outside his or her control. In such cases other action may be appropriate instead.</p><p> </p><p>97% of Approved Premises residents complete their time at the Approved Premises without breaching their curfew. The numbers of recalls for breach of curfew between 2011/12 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below. Curfew was not recorded separately from other recall reasons in 2010/11.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">234</del><ins class="ministerial">292</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, police are immediately notified and are responsible for locating the offender. We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/11/2016 17:36:44 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2016 11:46:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 17834 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

528958

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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 decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment have been appealed in (i) Birkenhead and (ii) the UK in each of the past five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	41331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not hold accurate information on the volumes of appeals received against claims for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide information on the number of appeals against decisions taken on ESA and PIP claims that were found in favour of the appellant in Birkenhead and Great Britain<sub>1</sub>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>ESA claims (excluding reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>62,147</p></td><td><p>56,042</p></td><td><p>88,946</p></td><td><p>24,979</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">43,773</del><ins class="ministerial">25,831</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>PIP<sub>2</sub> claims (excluding reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42,354</del><ins class="ministerial">20,659</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sub>1 </sub>HMCTS administer appeals received from appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. The Appeals Service, part of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p><sub>2 </sub>PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 30/06/2016 15:18:00 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2016 10:00:02 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald previous answer version 5418 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

523596

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was levied in respect of financial remedies in each key performance indicator designated in respect of the contractual agreement between his Department and G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited at HM Prison Birmingham in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>All private prisons are managed by a full-time, on-site controller. Where a provider fails to meet the expected level of performance, financial remedies can be applied. This ensures that providers are incentivised to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides a breakdown of financial remedies applied for both HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood (HMP Featherstone II was the working name during construction of HMP Oakwood).</p><p> </p><p>No financial remedies were applied at either prison in 2011/12. Operation of HMP Birmingham transferred from HM Prison Service to G4S Justice Services in October 2011. HMP Oakwood opened in April 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/09/2016 09:17:39 question first ministerially corrected 05/10/2016 10:02:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 39844 & 39594 Birmingham & Oakwood Finanical Remedies.xlsx title Birmingham & Oakwood Financial Remedies previous answer version 12785 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh