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437210

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date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Solicitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst solicitors of the risks of their clients being targeted in scams by people purporting to operate in the name of their solicitor requesting transfer of funds; and what estimate he has made of the number of such scams that took place in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), as an independent regulator, is well aware of the risks identified by the honourable member. It regularly issues scam alerts and in July this year published a paper outlining key risks. This paper will be updated again next spring. The SRA has advised that in 2014 it issued 183 scam alerts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/12/2015 13:06:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

437211

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suspended sentences were given for people with (a) one, (b) between one and 10 and (c) more than 10 previous convictions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	19624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>Repeat offenders can expect to go straight to prison if they commit a serious offence. Serious offenders are now more likely to go to prison and for longer. The courts have discretion to suspend a custodial sentence for any offence where the sentence is for two years or less. This decision rests with the independent judiciary. The judiciary consider previous convictions as an aggravating factor when sentencing. The court may impose community requirements on the offender, and if the offender is found to breach any requirement or commits a further offence whilst the order is in force they will be sent to prison.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders serving suspended custodial sentences have a lower re-offending rate than offenders serving immediate, short custodial sentences.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong><em>Offenders<sup>1 </sup>sentenced to suspended sentence for indictable<sup>2</sup> and summary offences<sup>3</sup> by the number of previous convictions<sup>4</sup>, England and Wales, 12 months ending June 2011 - 12 months ending June 2015</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><em>12 months ending June </em></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><em>Total number of offenders sentenced to suspended sentence </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><em>Number of previous convictions </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> one</em></p></td><td><p><em>between one and ten</em></p></td><td><p><em>more than ten</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p><em> 42,360 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 4,725 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 16,565 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 11,995 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p><em> 40,894 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 4,305 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 15,601 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 12,169 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p><em> 41,256 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 4,308 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 15,311 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 13,013 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p><em> 46,265 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 4,580 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 16,806 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 15,340 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015</em></p></td><td><p><em> 50,058 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 5,172</em></p></td><td><p><em> 18,019</em></p></td><td><p><em> 16,509</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em><strong>Source</strong>: Ministry of Justice Police National Computer (PNC) extract</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>1. Figures are based on counting the number of occasions an offender was sentenced to suspended sentences for an offence in England and Wales. An offender can appear more than once in the total if the offender was sentenced on multiple occasions in the year. </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>2. Indictable offences including triable either-way offences.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>3. Only includes recordable summary offences recorded on the PNC. The recordable offences are defined as offences that can attract a custodial sentence plus some additional offences defined in legislation. A range of less serious summary offences, such as TV licence evasion and many motoring offences are not recorded on the PNC.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>4. Figures are based on counting the number of occasions on which offenders have previously received a conviction for any offence recorded on the Police National Computer, including some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>5. All data have been taken from the MoJ extract of the Police National Computer. This includes details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings given for recordable offences (see www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made for definition). It is therefore possible that some offenders presented in the table above have previously also received convictions for offences not recorded on the PNC.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/02/2016 14:35:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

437213

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Parents
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 number of children in England and Wales who have a parent in custody.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	19648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2015 16:43:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

437214

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visits have been made by one or more children to a parent in custody in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	19647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2015 13:01:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

437216

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison workshops have (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) changed function in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	19530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><br /><p>All prisons provide opportunities for offenders to work and learn new skills which can help them find a job on release and support their rehabilitation. We already work continuously with employers nationally and locally – including with other Government Departments - to create new opportunities in line with our code of practice.</p><br /><p>We want prisons to be places of hard work, rigorous education and high ambition. That is why we will put the tools to drive change in the hands of those at the frontline who know best.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2015 12:57:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

437218

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is on prison visit booking lines (a) in each prison and (b) overall.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	19507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2015 12:57:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

437219

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) proposed since May 2015; and if he will make an assessment of the (i) effect on and (b)cost to the prison estate of the creation of those offences.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	19524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>My department has issued guidance on the making of new criminal offences, which is located here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481126/creating-new-criminal-offences.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481126/creating-new-criminal-offences.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/12/2015 16:47:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

437221

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for prison libraries in (a) total and (b) each prison in 2015; and what the cost was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	19525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>All prisons in England and Wales have a library. NOMS has been responsible for funding prison library services in England from April 2011.</p><p>The total NOMS allocated budget for prison libraries in 2015/16 in England was £7,592,414</p><p>The attached table shows both the provider and allocated library budget for each prison in England since 2010. NOMS is not responsible for funding library services in prisons in Wales as this is a devolved function of the Welsh Government so data is not included. Privately managed prison contracts put in place since 2011 have identified levels of funding for libraries and so are included in the table. The table does not include library provision at privately managed prisons whose contracts were awarded before 2011 as this was part of the overall included contract price and so it is not possible to extract a specific cost element to this part of the contract. This equates to 10 prisons.</p><p>On 8 September 2015 the Secretary of State announced a review of the quality of education in prisons, chaired by Dame Sally Coates, which will report later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 18:19:17 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 17:54:54 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 19525 and 19526 Table.xls title Libraries Allocation by Prisons 2010-16 previous answer version 47348 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

437222

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have libraries; and which organisations (a) run and (b) fund each such library.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	19526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>All prisons in England and Wales have a library. NOMS has been responsible for funding prison library services in England from April 2011.</p><p>The total NOMS allocated budget for prison libraries in 2015/16 in England was £7,592,414</p><p>The attached table shows both the provider and allocated library budget for each prison in England since 2010. NOMS is not responsible for funding library services in prisons in Wales as this is a devolved function of the Welsh Government so data is not included. Privately managed prison contracts put in place since 2011 have identified levels of funding for libraries and so are included in the table. The table does not include library provision at privately managed prisons whose contracts were awarded before 2011 as this was part of the overall included contract price and so it is not possible to extract a specific cost element to this part of the contract. This equates to 10 prisons.</p><p>On 8 September 2015 the Secretary of State announced a review of the quality of education in prisons, chaired by Dame Sally Coates, which will report later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 18:29:40 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 17:55:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 19525 and 19526 Table.xls title Libraries Allocation by Prisons 2010-16 previous answer version 47349 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

437228

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff were employed by NOMS on 31 March in each year since 2010; and how many such people were employed on the latest day for which statistics are available.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	19635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers in post, and on the number who joined and left the public sector Prison Service, is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The 30 September edition of the bulletin can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19636 question first answered 15/12/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon