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1138054

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have previously received (a) 25 or more and (b) 50 or more convictions or cautions, have been convicted of an offence and not been given a custodial sentence in each year since 2007; and how many of those people have previously been convicted of (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people who have previously received (a) 25 or more and (b) 50 or more convictions or cautions, have been convicted of an offence and not been given a custodial sentence in each year since 2007; and the number of those people have previously been convicted of (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:09:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 275833.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138055

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of and anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud and (n) vehicle taking had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more convictions and cautions for previous offences of any type in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions and cautions for any offence, who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li><li>The average number of previous convictions for any offence, and the average number of previous cautions for any offence, for offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 275835 question first answered 31/07/2019 16:13:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 275834 and 275835 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138056

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions offenders had before being sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions and cautions for any offence, who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li><li>The average number of previous convictions for any offence, and the average number of previous cautions for any offence, for offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 275834 question first answered 31/07/2019 16:13:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 275834 and 275835 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138057

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 275836 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138058

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people sentenced for domestic burglary for (a) the third time and (b) more than three times received an immediate custodial sentence of (i) less than three years, (ii) exactly three years and (iii) more than three years in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied in the table attached has been sourced from several complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:27:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 275837.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138211

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals to a local authority were made by each custodial institution holding children in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	275793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below, compiled via individual responses from establishments.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that data between establishments is not directly comparable. Safeguarding referrals from the youth secure estate to Local Authorities are handled by secure estate establishment staff, as are the maintenance of supporting records. Data provided in this response is therefore the amalgamation of bespoke local records, and is not based with a single methodology. Furthermore, different local authorities have varying protocols in place. For example, in some potential referrals can be ‘triaged’ or reviewed by an on-site social worker before a formal referral is made; in other cases there may be no such arrangement in place and all cases are formally referred to the local authority. This variation in local arrangements, as well as differences in average population and throughout, most likely explains the disparity in volumes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17"><p>2018 (calendar year) - Safeguarding referrals made from YCS establishments to Local Authorities</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Sector Type</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Safegaurding Referrals to LA - 2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Avg Population - 2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Share of Population</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Share of referrals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Adel Beck</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>14.2</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.5%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Aldine House</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>3.4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.4%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Aycliffe</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>10.0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.0%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Barton Moss</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>23.9</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2.5%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Clayfields House</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>11.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.2%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Hillside</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5.4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.6%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9.1</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.9%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Vinney Green</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Medway</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>46</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>39.5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Oakhill</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>104</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>58.7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>179</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>61.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6.4%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Cookham</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>65</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>166.3</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>17.3%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Feltham</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>86</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>145.3</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>15.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Parc</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>39.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Werrington</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>30</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>105.5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>11.0%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Wetherby</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>15</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>248.2</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>25.8%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>595</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>962.5</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Safeguarding referrals from the youth secure estate to Local Authorities are handled by secure estate establishment staff, as are the maintenance of supporting records. Data provided in this response is therefore the amalgamation of bespoke local records, and is not consistent with a single methodology. Secure Children's Homes can house both Justice (YCS) and welfare Children and Young People - The figures provided only relate to referrals made referencing Justice (YCS) Children and Young People.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Youth Custody Service take the safety and wellbeing of children in custody very seriously. This is why they have been conducting an internal review of safeguarding across the youth secure estate, and are appointing to a new ‘Head of Safeguarding’ post to lead on taking forward this important area of work.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/07/2019 13:59:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138296

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in conducting a national review of deaths under post-release probation supervision, as stated in their response to the 12th report of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Prison Health (HC Paper 963).
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL17093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>In our response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee the Government committed to undertake a review of deaths under post release supervision during 2019-20. Scoping work has been undertaken, and the full review is on track to be completed within this time period. This is in addition to the existing requirement on all probation providers to conduct an internal review following each death, and to share learning from these reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths of offenders under post-release supervision decreased from 401 in 2016/17 to 367 in 2017/18, a fall of 8%. The National Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies people in contact with the criminal justice system as a high-risk group, and we recognise that the time following release from prison can be a particularly high-risk period for suicide and for deaths from other causes. The primary role of probation is to protect the public and prevent re-offending, and people under supervision in the community are not in the care of HM Prison and Probation Service in the way that they are when in custody. While probation staff do everything they can to help offenders find access to vital services including healthcare, housing, and treatment for drug and alcohol problems, they do not have sole responsibility for caring for them. The national review aims to identify what further actions may be appropriate to prevent offenders’ deaths, while recognising that a range of other organisations share responsibility for their wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing an extra £22m in ‘through-the-gate’ assistance for offenders, to help them find the support they need on issues such as housing, healthcare and employment, and they have the same access to these services as any other person in the community.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/07/2019 12:01:29 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

1137766

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Assaults on Police: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of assault of a police officer in each year since 2007 who had (a) 26 to 50, (b) 51 to 75, (c) 76 to 100 and (d) over 100 previous convictions or cautions; how many people in each of those categories received a (i) custodial and (ii) non custodial sentence, and what the average length of custodial sentence was.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people convicted of an assault of a police officer, in each year since 2007, with more than 26 convictions, and the number of people who received a non-custodial or custodial sentence, and the average length of custodial sentences, can be found in the tables 1 and 2.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:29:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 275247 Tables.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137965

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to (1) introduce tougher sentences for sex offenders, and (2) stop sex offenders being granted parole.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides for a range of sexual offences which rightly carry robust penalties to deal with this serious offending – including some which carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Since 2010, the average length of a custodial sentence for sex offenders has increased by more than 25 per cent. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary, who take into account the full facts of each case. The courts are required to follow any guidelines produced by the independent Sentencing Council relevant to the case before them, including the definitive guideline on Sexual Offences.</p><p>For those who receive a life sentence, they must serve the minimum term in prison required by the sentencing court, following which they will only be released by the independent Parole Board if the Board is satisfied they no longer need to be detained for the protection of the public. Other sex offenders may receive an Extended Determinate Sentence (EDS) if the court considers they could pose an ongoing risk. In those cases, the offender must serve at least two-thirds of the custodial term in prison and will only be released before the end of the full custodial term if the Parole Board is satisfied it would be safe to do so</p><p><br>The Government has no current plans to abolish the possibility of parole for offenders serving these types of sentences. Offenders should rightly be punished for their offences, but once they have served their punishment they should only continue to be held in prison if their risk remains too high for them to be released.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/07/2019 12:00:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1137373

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they introduced community resolution orders as informal punishments for low-level offences in 2014; who was responsible for their introduction; and whether their use was approved by the Home Secretary.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL16980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs) allow police to deal quickly and proportionately with low-level offending without recourse to the courts. One type of OOCD is community resolution. This is a non-statutory disposal that can be administered by police forces when the offender accepts responsibility for the offence, and in most cases, where the victim has agreed that they do not want more formal action taken.</p><p> </p><p>‘Community resolution’ is a nationally recognised term for a disposal which has been in use by police for some years, and prior to 2014. In 2014, following consultation, the Ministry of Justice identified support for community resolution as part of a simplified framework for OOCDs in which all disposals had conditions attached.</p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing hold guidance on the use of community resolutions:</p><p>http://library.college.police.uk/docs/appref/Community-Resolutions-Incorporating-RJ-Final-Aug-2012-2.pdf (this was also summarised as part of a quick reference guide published by Ministry of Justice in 2013: https://www.yjlc.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MoJ-Quick-reference-guides-out-of-court-disposals-2013.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>Individual decisions around the appropriateness of issuing an OOCD are an operational matter for police.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, a Constable, Police Community Support Officer or Police Staff Investigator can decide to issue a community resolution, in accordance with Authorised Professional Practice, gravity matrices and local force policies which inform decision making.</p><p> </p><p>Police and partners have a range of measures in place to ensure appropriate use of Out of Court Disposals. Supervisors are expected to check decision-making of their staff regularly. Out of Court Disposal scrutiny panels are also in place with external representation - these review in detail a selection of cases to determine whether the method of disposal is considered appropriate, based on a review of the information/evidence available to the decision maker at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Government works closely with the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) whose Charging and Out of Court Disposals strategy (2017-2021) sets out their position and support for forces around OOCDs. We publish data and pay attention to trends in the use of Out of Court Disposals on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL16981 HL16982 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:15:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton