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385370

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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 many (a) offences were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders committed offences whilst on bail in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>These tables show (i) the number of offences for which offenders were convicted whilst on bail in England and Wales in 2014 and (ii) the number of offenders convicted of an offence whilst on bail in England and Wales in 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Total number of offences<sup>1</sup> for which offenders were convicted<sup>2</sup> which were committed while on bail, in England and Wales, 2010 and 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>155,398</p></td><td><p>84,019</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em>Source</em></strong><em>: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p><p><em>1. 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).</em></p><p><em>2. Figures are based on counting all occasions where an offender was given a conviction for an offence whilst on bail and prosecuted by the police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police. If an offender has more than one occasion in 2014 then each occasion will be included in the table.</em></p><p><em>3. Extreme care should be taken when interpreting these figures. Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice regarding offences committed on bail is known to have inaccuracies and does not necessarily represent all the facts in each individual case. There is no mandatory requirement for information in relation to offences committed whilst an individual is on bail to be recorded on the PNC, as police forces will use local systems to manage the defendant population on bail in their jurisdiction.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: Total number of offenders convicted<sup>1</sup> of an offence<sup>2</sup> committed while on bail in England and Wales, 2010 and 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>69,348</p></td><td><p>36,035</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em>Source</em></strong><em>: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p><p><em>1. Figures are based on counting all occasions where an offender was given a conviction for an offence whilst on bail and prosecuted by the police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police. If an offender has more than one occasion in 2014 then each occasion will be included in the table. </em></p><p><em>2. 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).</em></p><p><em>3. Extreme care should be taken when interpreting these figures. Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice regarding offences committed on bail is known to have inaccuracies and does not necessarily represent all the facts in each individual case. There is no mandatory requirement for information in relation to offences committed whilst an individual is on bail to be recorded on the PNC, as police forces will use local systems to manage the defendant population on bail in their jurisdiction.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/07/2015 16:23:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385094

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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, which individual offences were committed by people granted post-conviction bail at a Crown Court who subsequently failed to appear for sentence in the violence against the person category in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	3722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The table below shows the individual offences in the violence against the person category for which the 26 offenders who were given post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for these offences subsequently failed to appear for sentence in England &amp; Wales during 2013.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders granted post-conviction bail at the Crown Court for violence against the person offences who subsequently failed to appear for sentence, by specific offence, England &amp; Wales, 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Offence</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Offenders granted post-conviction bail who failed to appear for sentence<strong><sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making threats to kill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm etc.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wound / inflict grievous bodily harm without intent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults occasioning actual bodily harm</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law and Offences against the Person Act 1861</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breach of Restraining Order</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>False imprisonment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Common Law</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><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></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Note: 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></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 3722.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2015 15:03:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

349197

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that bail is not normally offered for people charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual offences against children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Bail decisions are operational decisions made by the police and courts on a case-by-case basis. We are reforming the police bail process in the Policing and Criminal Justice Bill and are clear that the decision to impose bail should take careful account of the seriousness of the offence and the risk posed by the individual. These considerations apply to cases of rape, indecent assault and sexual offences against children as they would to any other serious offence committed against a child.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/06/2015 13:40:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

227335

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Browning on 12 July 2011 (HL Deb, col 609), what consultation on matters relating to bail and the conditions that apply has taken place to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The College of Policing consulted between 27 March and 21 July 2014 on a set of ‘bail management principles’ that the police had introduced in 2013. The results of that consultation were published by the College on 11 December 2014 and are available on its website www.college.police.uk.</p><p>Alongside these improvements in the management of pre-charge bail, my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary considered that it would also be appropriate to introduce statutory time limits. As a result, the Home Office published a consultation on this on 18 December 2014, which closed on 8 February and is available on the gov.uk website. We are currently considering the 300 responses to the consultation and hope to publish the Government’s response, including proposals for legislation, shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2015 12:26:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

226760

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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, on how many occasions bail decisions were challenged using powers granted under section 90 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Applications to the High Court under section 90 are rare but the Crown Prosecution Service is ready to use this right of challenge in suitable cases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:11:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

172259

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in the average length of time spent by defendants on bail before charging between 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested. We have specifically requested police forces and other criminal justice agencies to provide us with data on their current use of pre-charge bail in the consultation document &quot;Pre-Charge Bail: A Consultation on the Introduction of Statutory Time Limits and Related Changes&quot;, published on 18 December 2014. This consultation will close on 8 February.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:55:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37664 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

156385

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 208509, what amount of surety monies was not collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and 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	215016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the amount of surety monies not collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and surety had been given on their behalf before bail was granted in each of the last three years is in the process of being extracted from the relevant IT systems. I will write to my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley, as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/11/2014 17:38:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

143400

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2014 to Question 211617, if her Department will require police forces to collect information on the number of people on pre-charge police bail in their area.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	213889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As set out in answer to my Hon Friend’s Question 211616, the Home Office will consult shortly on how best to put in place a limit on the duration of pre-charge bail that balances the rights of suspects and the interests of justice. <br><br>As part of the consultation process, we will consider what, if any, additional information it would be appropriate to require police forces to collect.<br><br>The College of Policing published in March 2014 a set of principles for the police to apply to the management of bail. This set out a 28 day initial <br>limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213888 question first answered 17/11/2014 10:09:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

143402

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2014 to Question 211616, if her Department will issue guidance to police on a maximum duration for pre-trial bail; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	213888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As set out in answer to my Hon Friend’s Question 211616, the Home Office will consult shortly on how best to put in place a limit on the duration of pre-charge bail that balances the rights of suspects and the interests of justice. <br><br>As part of the consultation process, we will consider what, if any, additional information it would be appropriate to require police forces to collect.<br><br>The College of Policing published in March 2014 a set of principles for the police to apply to the management of bail. This set out a 28 day initial <br>limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 213889 question first answered 17/11/2014 10:09:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

100456

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to set a maximum time for which a person can be on police bail following arrest and prior to any charge.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	211616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>As my Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary said in her speech to the College of Policing’s Annual Conference on 15 October, &quot;we must… look at statutory time limits on the use of pre-charge bail to prevent people spending months or even years on bail only for no charges to be brought.&quot;<br><br>The Home Office will consult shortly on how best to put in place a limit on the duration of pre-charge bail that balances the rights of suspects and the interests of justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/10/2014 11:23:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24322 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope