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1134843

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Justice, what support he plans to provide to the courts service to deal with the potential increase in non-payment prosecution for TV licences by vulnerable defendants over the age of 75 who do not pay for a TV licence from June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	269760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>TV Licensing prosecutions are dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure, which was introduced in 2015 to allow for more efficient resolution of low-level, summary only-non imprisonable offences in which the offender pleads guilty or does not respond. HMCTS has not made any specific arrangements for any potential increase in non-payment prosecutions for TV licences from June 2020. If required, to meet any emerging demand HMCTS will deploy its planning and allocation processes which allow for resource adjustment or reallocation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:48:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1134449

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in the past year in combating the use of drones to supply illegal drugs to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	268997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for organised criminals to bring contraband, including drugs, into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons use netting and window grilles to stop drones from delivering contraband successfully. To deter criminals, HM Prison and Probation Service is also working closely with the police to arrest suspected drone operators and secure convictions. Thanks to such joint working, and following the largest investigation of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively sentenced in October 2018 to nearly 40 years in prison for using drones to deliver drugs into Merseyside prisons. The ringleader received a sentence of 10 years, the highest single sentence for drone-related activity to date.</p><p> </p><p>Where contraband gets into prisons using a drone, our counter-measures assist us to retrieve them and frustrate further criminal activity. In respect of drugs, our Drugs Taskforce is working with law enforcement to restrict supply. It has also developed a national Prison Drug Strategy which was published in April to reduce demand for drugs and build recovery, as well as restrict supply. We have also invested £70 million to improve safety, security and decency in prisons, allowing us to fund new X-ray body scanners, improved searching techniques, phone-blocking technology and a financial crime unit to target organised crime group members operating in prisons.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:35:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1134455

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have received compensation for being assaulted by a fellow prisoner in each of the last three years, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	269059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners who have received damages for a prisoner on prisoner assault claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Figure unavailable as 2018/19 litigation data is still being verified.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in the table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency - including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams - while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for a further statement at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:46:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1134548

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons contain an electronic gate with at least one safety feature disengaged; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	269060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Last year, all automated gates across the prison estate were inspected and serviced to ensure that they were in good working order. Following those inspections, each gate was left with the relevant safety features working properly.</p><p> </p><p>Our maintenance providers are instructed to test the operation of all such gates at least once a month, including the relevant safety features. We will continue to monitor their work closely to ensure that the maintenance of gates does not fall short of the standard required.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:38:34 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1134580

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) non-molestation orders, (b) occupation orders and (c) injunctions were granted in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	269023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>This information is already in the public domain, as the Ministry of Justice publishes family court statistics on a quarterly basis. The latest report, published on 27<sup>th</sup> June, includes information on the number of non-molestation and occupation orders that have been made by the family courts since 2003. The latest report is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1134607

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what level of charges Approved Enforcement Agencies may add to original financial penalties imposed by criminal courts, and whether his Department has plans to change that level.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	269100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The level of fees that an Enforcement agent may levy is set out in The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, SI 2014 No1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Compliance Stage - £75.00</strong></p><p>The Compliance fee is levied for correspondence to the Debtor from the Approved Enforcement Agency. The amount levied does not change dependent on amount owed and is only payable once.</p><p><strong>Enforcement Fee - £235.00</strong></p><p>This fee is levied for a visit to the Debtor following on from the compliance process and is also only payable once. An additional 7.5% of the value of the debt is payable in cases where the original debt exceeds £1,500</p><p><strong>Sale or Disposal Fee - £110.00</strong></p><p>This fee is levied for the sale or disposal of goods if the original debt is not settled in full or if a proposal for a repayment plan is not offered. This fee is also only payable once. An additional 7.5% of the value of the debt is payable in cases where the original debt exceeds £1,500.</p><p> </p><p>Approved Enforcement Agencies can also charge for the reasonable cost of storing goods, hiring a locksmith, court fees, auction costs, exceptional costs. These charges only apply to actual cost.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to change the level of fees, which are set out in secondary legislation, at the current time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:14:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134608

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
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 level of charges added by Approved Enforcement Agencies to the original financial penalties imposed by criminal courts in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	269101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) does not collate this information at a quarterly level. Data received from Approved Enforcement Agencies indicates that they recovered £28,169,343.39 in fees from Warrants of Control over the period 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 31<sup>st</sup> March 2019. The fee, which varies for different processes is paid by the debtor direct to the AEA on top of their original fine.</p><p> </p><p>The level of fees that an Enforcement agent may levy are set out in The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, SI 2014 No1 to ensure transparency and consistency.</p><p> </p><p>We take the recovery and enforcement of court fines very seriously. Courts already have the power to issue warrants through enforcement agencies, and we have robust processes in place to ensure enforcement agents comply to the same standards as HMCTS staff.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:53:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134609

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
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 expected savings to the public purse through service contracts with Approved Enforcement Agencies.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	269102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>It is estimated that re-procurement of service contracts with Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEAs) has the potential to deliver resource savings of £25m over the initial term of the contract (5 years), every penny of which will be reinvested into the justice system. Current AEAs contracts include provision for the enforcement of Warrants of Control and Warrants of Arrest; the new service contracts will also include provision for Warrants of Arrest currently undertaken by civilian enforcement officers.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:25:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134611

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Procurement
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 expected savings to the public purse of outsourcing warrants of arrest work to Approved Enforcement Agencies.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	269142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>It is estimated that the contracting out of all Warrant of Arrest work to Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEAs) has the potential to deliver savings in resource of over £25m over the initial term of the contract (5 years). This includes Warrants of Arrest currently undertaken by Civilian Enforcement Officers as well as Warrants of Arrest already undertaken by AEAs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:28:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134612

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Approved Enforcement Agencies will be paid for carrying out warrants of arrest work on behalf of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	269143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the current Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEA) contracts the AEA’s are paid £75 for successfully executed Warrants of Arrest. We are in the process of procuring a new set of contracts for AEA services and the Invitation to Tender was released on 1 July 2019. The pricing for Warrant of Arrest services shall be established by this procurement exercise. The price for Warrants of Arrest Services forms part of the evaluation process, through which value for money will be determined. We plan to award contracts in December 2019, with services to commence in May 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We expect these new contracts will save the taxpayer more than £25m over the next five years, every penny of which will be reinvested into the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/07/2019 16:52:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts