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757155

registered interest
date	29/08/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to extend the broadcasting of court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Maldon
tabling member printed	Mr John Whittingdale
uin	900687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Broadcasting of live footage of the UK Supreme Court is already allowed. Since 2012, judgements and sentencing decisions in cases before the Court of Appeal, in both criminal and civil divisions are also broadcast.</p><p>In 2016 we conducted a not for broadcast test for judges’ sentencing remarks in eight Crown Court centres.</p><p>We will consider the lessons learnt from this test before considering next steps so to ensure that proper safeguards are introduced and that parties are treated fairly and their rights are respected.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 07/09/2017 23:11:09 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale

757156

registered interest
date	29/08/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Port Talbot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, Whether he or Ministers of his Department have plans to attend the public meeting in Port Talbot on 20 September 2017 on the proposed siting of a prison in Baglan, Port Talbot.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	900688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The site at Port Talbot was proposed along with a number of other sites by the Welsh Government. The Welsh Government continue to support us in redeveloping the site for the purpose of building a new prison.</p><p>It is not customary for Ministers to attend public consultation events about obtaining planning permission for new prisons.</p><p>My officials will be holding a two-day public event about our plans for the new prison in Port Talbot, in due course. This event will be over and above the statutory consultation process required.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/09/2017 23:11:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

757157

registered interest
date	29/08/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce violence and self-harm among prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	900677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>I take our duty to keep both prisoners in our care and our hard-working staff safe extremely seriously.</p><p>I chair a weekly safer custody meeting with officials to drive forward improvements. I review details of every self-inflicted death to see how we might prevent others.</p><p>We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and working to improve case management processes for those at risk.</p><p>We are also bringing in more staff dedicated to safer custody work to ensure prisons are following all the processes they need to.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/09/2017 23:09:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

757158

registered interest
date	29/08/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What assessment his Department has made of the appropriate ratio of staff to prisoners in each prison for operating a safe and rehabilitative prison regime.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	900683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>There are arrangements in place in every prison, taking into account population and accommodation, to set staffing levels which are sufficient to maintain safe and decent conditions.</p><p>We are significantly increasing staff numbers by recruiting a net 2,500 extra prison officers by December 2018.</p><p>This will allow us to introduce a new key worker role, in which all prison officers on wings will support a small caseload of prisoners, improving the quality of staff-prisoner relationships and tackling the drivers of each prisoner’s offending.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/09/2017 23:10:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

757159

registered interest
date	29/08/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to use technology to improve the efficiency of the judicial process.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	900678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.1bn to transform our courts and tribunals and deliver a modern, swift and accessible justice system that maintains our global reputation for legal excellence.</p><p>As part of this we will digitise our services to make them easier to use, and install modern and robust technology across all courts, to make the lives of our excellent judiciary and professional users easier.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/09/2017 13:22:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

754840

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of the provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	6352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/09/2017 12:17:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

754841

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have been recruited to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority since the 2015-16 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	6396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) is a government funded scheme which is designed to compensate victims of violent crime in Great Britain. The rules of the Scheme and the tariff for awards paid under it are approved by Parliament. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of Ministers and Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA identified (a) 10 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 11 claims where an underpayment was made in 2015-16. All underpayments were rectified with the exception of one claim (amounting to an £80 underpayment) where the applicant could not be traced. The CICA identified (a) 5 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 3 claims where an underpayment was made in 2016-17. We will also seek to rectify all underpayments for the financial year 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>There is no minimum time period that must pass after the incident giving rise to the criminal injury before a claim can be made to the CICA. The Scheme requirements are that applicants send their claim so that it is received as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident and in any event no later than two years after the date of that incident.</p><p> </p><p>Additional provision exists for applicants who were aged under 18 at the time of the incident:</p><ul><li>If the incident was reported to the police before an applicant turned 18, and no-one made a claim on their behalf, they can apply to the CICA until the day of their 20th birthday.</li><li>If the incident took place before the applicant turned 18, but was not reported to the police at the time, they can apply to the CICA within two years from reporting the incident to the police.</li></ul><p>The CICA can only extend these time limits where due to exceptional circumstances an application could not have been made earlier; and the evidence provided in support of the application means that it can be determined without further extensive enquiries by a claims officer.</p><p>We advise applicants not to wait until the conclusion of criminal proceedings before applying for compensation.</p><p>The CICA recruited a total of 108 staff during the financial year 2016-2017. The number of full time equivalent staff employed in CICA as at 31 March 2017 was 293.5. This is an increase from 255 as at 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 6392 6393 question first answered 05/09/2017 12:18:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

754842

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) over-payments and (b) under-payments were made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	6392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) is a government funded scheme which is designed to compensate victims of violent crime in Great Britain. The rules of the Scheme and the tariff for awards paid under it are approved by Parliament. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of Ministers and Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA identified (a) 10 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 11 claims where an underpayment was made in 2015-16. All underpayments were rectified with the exception of one claim (amounting to an £80 underpayment) where the applicant could not be traced. The CICA identified (a) 5 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 3 claims where an underpayment was made in 2016-17. We will also seek to rectify all underpayments for the financial year 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>There is no minimum time period that must pass after the incident giving rise to the criminal injury before a claim can be made to the CICA. The Scheme requirements are that applicants send their claim so that it is received as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident and in any event no later than two years after the date of that incident.</p><p> </p><p>Additional provision exists for applicants who were aged under 18 at the time of the incident:</p><ul><li>If the incident was reported to the police before an applicant turned 18, and no-one made a claim on their behalf, they can apply to the CICA until the day of their 20th birthday.</li><li>If the incident took place before the applicant turned 18, but was not reported to the police at the time, they can apply to the CICA within two years from reporting the incident to the police.</li></ul><p>The CICA can only extend these time limits where due to exceptional circumstances an application could not have been made earlier; and the evidence provided in support of the application means that it can be determined without further extensive enquiries by a claims officer.</p><p>We advise applicants not to wait until the conclusion of criminal proceedings before applying for compensation.</p><p>The CICA recruited a total of 108 staff during the financial year 2016-2017. The number of full time equivalent staff employed in CICA as at 31 March 2017 was 293.5. This is an increase from 255 as at 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 6393 6396 question first answered 05/09/2017 12:18:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

754843

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether claims can be made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority at the (a) time of an offence, (b) time of reporting of an offence to the police and (c) on conclusion of a trial and following a finding of guilt.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	6393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) is a government funded scheme which is designed to compensate victims of violent crime in Great Britain. The rules of the Scheme and the tariff for awards paid under it are approved by Parliament. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of Ministers and Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA identified (a) 10 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 11 claims where an underpayment was made in 2015-16. All underpayments were rectified with the exception of one claim (amounting to an £80 underpayment) where the applicant could not be traced. The CICA identified (a) 5 claims where an overpayment was made and (b) 3 claims where an underpayment was made in 2016-17. We will also seek to rectify all underpayments for the financial year 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>There is no minimum time period that must pass after the incident giving rise to the criminal injury before a claim can be made to the CICA. The Scheme requirements are that applicants send their claim so that it is received as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident and in any event no later than two years after the date of that incident.</p><p> </p><p>Additional provision exists for applicants who were aged under 18 at the time of the incident:</p><ul><li>If the incident was reported to the police before an applicant turned 18, and no-one made a claim on their behalf, they can apply to the CICA until the day of their 20th birthday.</li><li>If the incident took place before the applicant turned 18, but was not reported to the police at the time, they can apply to the CICA within two years from reporting the incident to the police.</li></ul><p>The CICA can only extend these time limits where due to exceptional circumstances an application could not have been made earlier; and the evidence provided in support of the application means that it can be determined without further extensive enquiries by a claims officer.</p><p>We advise applicants not to wait until the conclusion of criminal proceedings before applying for compensation.</p><p>The CICA recruited a total of 108 staff during the financial year 2016-2017. The number of full time equivalent staff employed in CICA as at 31 March 2017 was 293.5. This is an increase from 255 as at 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 6392 6396 question first answered 05/09/2017 12:18:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

754844

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for the supply and production of Class (a) A, (b) B and (c) C drugs in each of the last five years; and how many of those people received the maximum custodial sentence permitted.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of offences related to drug production and supply, by class of drug, can be viewed below (<em>Table 1</em>):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><em>Table 1</em> <strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of drug production and supply offences, by class of drug, England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)(3)(4)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Class of drug</p></td><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Class A</p></td><td><p>Production</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supply</p></td><td><p>2,196</p></td><td><p>2,426</p></td><td><p>2,436</p></td><td><p>2,365</p></td><td><p>2,640</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Class B</p></td><td><p>Production</p></td><td><p>6,494</p></td><td><p>6,240</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td><td><p>4,668</p></td><td><p>3,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supply</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>1,079</p></td><td><p>1,128</p></td><td><p>1,214</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Class C</p></td><td><p>Production</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supply</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p><p>(3) Production, or being concerned in the production, of a controlled drug is an offence under Section 4(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</p><p> </p><p>(4) Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug or being concerned in the doing of either activity by another is an offence under Section 4(3) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</p><p> </p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p><p>Ref: PQ 6438</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/09/2017 12:15:20 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris