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90941

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bail: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against bail were made by prosecutors in Crown courts since 3 December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the number or outcomes of appeals against bail conducted by the CPS in Crown courts. This information could only be obtained by examining all prosecution files maintained during the requested period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:51:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91066

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on media monitoring in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since financial year 2008/9, media monitoring costs have been reduced by more than half to £63,960.40 in 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£159,000.00</p></td><td><p>£152,000.00</p></td><td><p>£102,000.00</p></td><td><p>£77,000.00</p></td><td><p>£64,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 1000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/09/2014 16:10:12 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91104

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the employment rate is for people (a) born with a disability and (b) disabled later in life.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/09/2014 15:10:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91051

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme by (a) women and (b) men have (i) been made and (ii) been successful in each police force since the introduction of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Individual police forces are responsible for collecting information relating to the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme.<br><br>As part of its commitment to take forward the recommendations arising from the report published in March 2014 by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary &quot;Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse&quot;, the Home Office is taking forward proposals to develop national data standards that enable consistent and comparable data on domestic abuse to be collected by the police and submitted as part of the Annual Data Return from April 2015. We also plan to evaluate by the end of the financial year how roll-out of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme has been implemented, and we will be working with the police to collect data on the number of national disclosures to support this evaluation. <br><br>In addition, the police are incorporating the Scheme into their action plans setting out how they are taking steps to improve their approach to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 17/09/2014 12:25:48 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91055

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police-instigated disclosures relating to (a) women and (b) men have been made under the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in each police force since the introduction of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Individual police forces are responsible for collecting information relating to the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme.<br><br>As part of its commitment to take forward the recommendations arising from the report published in March 2014 by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary &quot;Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse&quot;, the Home Office is taking forward proposals to develop national data standards that enable consistent and comparable data on domestic abuse to be collected by the police and submitted as part of the Annual Data Return from April 2015. We also plan to evaluate by the end of the financial year how roll-out of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme has been implemented, and we will be working with the police to collect data on the number of national disclosures to support this evaluation. <br><br>In addition, the police are incorporating the Scheme into their action plans setting out how they are taking steps to improve their approach to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 26/09/2014 09:30:01 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91068

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been collected in sureties when defendants breached their bail conditions and a surety had been given on their behalf before bail was granted in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The following surety monies have been collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and a surety had been given before bail was granted:</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">1 April 2013 - 31 March 2014: £247,834.46</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013: £739,192.35</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012: £433,398.54</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The value of bail monies forfeited in 2013-14 is lower than the value of forfeitures in 2012-13 due to a lower number of bail terms being breached.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The following surety monies have been collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and a surety had been given before bail was granted:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">1 April 2013 - 31 March 2014: £14,251.10</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013: £16,952.50</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012: £57,771.86</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">A surety is a promise (by a third party) to pay a sum of money should a defendant fail to surrender to the court when ordered to do so. Where a bail surety is agreed as a condition of bail and the defendant subsequently fails to attend, the court can make an order to forfeit all or part of these sums. Unpaid sureties are subject to enforcement action in the same way as unpaid fines.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The value of sureties collected in 2011-12 was particularly high due to a higher than usual number of defendants failing to surrender to the court when ordered to do so following the period of civil unrest in August 2011.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/10/2014 12:59:44 question first ministerially corrected 13/01/2015 12:58:29 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 21352 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91082

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014, Official Report, column 844W, on courts: fines, what offences were committed by those who were fined the maximum in magistrates' courts in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>We are toughening up sentencing across the board. The number of offences for which the maximum available fine was imposed in the magistrates' courts has increased steadily since 2010. Financial penalties set at the right level can be an effective way of punishing criminals and deterring them from further offending.</strong></p><p><strong>The offences for which the maximum available fine was imposed in the magistrates’ courts from 2009 to 2013 are listed in the table below. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/10/2014 09:24:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name Offence types 2009-2013.xls title Financial penalties 2009-13
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91084

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class A drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Drug offending is serious in itself and drug abuse also underlies a huge volume of acquisitive and violent crime which can blight communities. The independent Sentencing Council issued a sentencing guideline on drug offences, effective from February 2012, which brought sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for all drug offences that come before courts.</p><p> </p><p>Simple cautions are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for possession of class A drugs should only be given in exceptional cases following authorisation by a senior police officer. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions on the use of cautions for certain serious offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of offenders that were sentenced at all courts of a single offence of possession for class A, B and C drugs by sentence outcome in 2013, England and Wales can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people cautioned for possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (latest data available) is accessible through the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311319/8-outcomes-by-offence.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311319/8-outcomes-by-offence.xls</a>. Under the heading “Drug Offences” there are links to tables containing information relation to possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, including the number of cautions, from 2009-2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 208710 208715 208720 question first answered 14/10/2014 13:44:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 208577, 208720, 208715, 208710 table.xls title Number of offenders sentenced
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91080

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons breach any term of that convention.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. However, information on states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons have caused them to be found to be in violation of the Convention by the European Court of Human Rights can be found on the Court’s searchable database at:</p><p><a href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}" target="_blank">http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}</a></p><p>(208572)</p><p>We remain alert to the fact that legal challenges in relation to poor prison conditions may create obstacles to prisoner transfers. We are aware of one ongoing case within the European Union where prison conditions have been raised as a reason to prevent transfer proceedings but this is still subject to ongoing appeal.</p><p> </p><p>We are at an early stage of testing compulsory prisoner transfers to non-European Union countries and have not received any challenges of this nature to date.</p><p>(209123)</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 209123 question first answered 13/10/2014 11:05:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91071

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the sale price was of magistrates' court buildings sold in 2014; and how long each was not used for court business before it was sold.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. Five Magistrates’ Courts have been sold in 2014 as part of the MoJ’s Court Estate Reform Programme which is expected to save the taxpayer £152m by 2015 while ensuring the courts continue to operate effectively.</p><p> </p><p>When disposing of surplus property assets the Department always seeks to achieve best value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows details of Magistrates’ Court buildings that have been sold in 2014, the date each Court closed and the date they were sold. In accordance with central Government guidance, the Department is required to dispose of its surplus property assets as expeditiously as possible – within six months of being declared surplus for housing and within three years for all other properties. As the following table demonstrates, this has been achieved with each of the Magistrates’ Courts sold in 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Court Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sale</strong><strong> Price</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of closure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of Sale</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates’/County Court ¹</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£147,000</p></td><td><p> </p><p>29/07/2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>16/01/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Bridge</p><p>Magistrates’ Court ²</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£15,500,000</p></td><td><p> </p><p>01/06/2013</p></td><td><p> </p><p>17/03/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Southport Magistrates’ Court ¹</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£304,000</p></td><td><p> </p><p>30/09/2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>06/05/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Knowsley Magistrates’ Court ¹</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£250,000</p></td><td><p> </p><p>25/11/2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>27/05/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley and Dewsbury Magistrates’ Court ¹</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£300,000</p></td><td><p> </p><p>30/03/2012</p></td><td><p> </p><p>26/06/2014</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Footnotes</p><p> </p><p>¹ Used for administrative purposes following operational closure until space could be found at alternative locations to facilitate this work.</p><p> </p><p>² Joint sale with MOPAC (Police).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/10/2014 14:33:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies