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167553

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Registration Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on how many occasions Electoral Registration Officers did not meet the Electoral Commission performance standards; how many directions were issued by the Commission in response to such occasions; and on how many such directions Ministers have acted.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	216888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet one or more of the Commission’s performance standards in each year since their introduction in 2008 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2013 the Commission introduced a new performance standards framework for EROs to support them in preparing for and delivering the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. In March 2014 we reported that no EROs failed to meet the first of these standards.</p><p>More detailed information on the performance of EROs in each year is available on the Commission’s website.</p><p>The Commission has not to date made any recommendations to the Secretary of State to issue a direction to individual EROs.</p><p>Where an ERO does not carry out their duties in full, the Commission’s priority is to take action to ensure that the ERO makes improvements to their performance in the discharge of their functions. In doing this, the Commission considers the full range of available options, taking into account the facts in each particular case. This could include making a recommendation to the Secretary of State to issue a direction to the ERO to require them to make improvements.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 09/12/2014 13:17:30 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

167568

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to Answer Question 205841, tabled on 15 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	216887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Due to a technical error, the answer to question 205841 was not processed, as had been believed. I apologise and can confirm to the Rt. Hon. Member that the question has now been answered.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/12/2014 09:51:08 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

166785

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 24 October 2014 to Question 211297, when he expects to write to the hon. Member for Tooting.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	216474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Currently the number of unrepresented defendants is not separately identifiable from defendants where no legal representation is known.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is actively working to identify these defendants. Analysis across the department is currently underway which is seeking to improve data quality and establish a robust methodology to identify parties at court without legal representation.</p><p> </p><p>I expect to be able to write to the Rt Honourable Member in the New Year. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/12/2014 17:47:22 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

166787

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, How many (a) suspended sentences, (b) cautions and (c) custodial sentences were handed down in each year since 2010 for (i) burglary, (ii) sexual assault, (iii) grievous bodily harm, (iv) rape, (v) manslaughter, (vi) attempted murder, (vii) forgery, (viii) fraud, (ix) theft of a motor vehicle, (x) theft from a person, (xi) robbery, (xii) sexual activity with a child under 16, (xiii) sexual activity with a child under 13, (xiv) sexual assault of a female, (xv) rape of a male, (xvi) rape of a female, (xvii) sexual assault on a male, (xviii) child abduction, (xix) abandoning children aged under two years, (xx) cruelty or neglect of children, (xxi) wounding or other acts endangering life, (xxii) causing death by aggravated vehicle-taking, (xxiii) causing death by driving while unlicensed or uninsured, (xxiv) causing death of a child or a vulnerable person, (xxv) causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, (xxvi) manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, (xxvii) causing death by reckless driving, (xxviii) threat or conspiracy to murder, (xxix) perverting the course of justice, (xxx) violent disorder, (xxxi) kidnapping, (xxxii) blackmail, (xxxiii) intent to supply a controlled drug, (xxxiv) possession of a controlled drug, (xxxv) criminal damage, (xxxvi) arson, (xxxvii) common assault, (xxxviii) dangerous driving and (xxxix) firearms offences.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	216464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Whilst crime is falling, since 2010 offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer. In 2013, of all offenders sentenced for indictable offences, 27% were sentenced to immediate custody, 23% to community sentences, 18% to a fine, and 12% to a Suspended Sentence Order. In 2013, for the first time in the period between 2003 and 2013, immediate custody was the most common disposal given for indictable offences.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is creating a tough justice system with severe penalties available for serious offenders. We have already introduced automatic life sentences for a second serious sexual or violent offence, and we are legislating to end automatic early release for child rapists, terrorists and dangerous offenders. Our radical reforms to rehabilitation will mean for the first time every offender leaving prison spends at least 12 months under supervision, where currently around 50,000 are released each year with no statutory support. This will start to address the scandalous gap that allows our most chaotic offenders to leave prison with no support or supervision to turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts, within the maximum penalty set by Parliament for the offence. Courts have discretion to suspend an adult custodial sentence and since December 2012 have been able to suspend a sentence of two years or less, where previously only a sentence of 12 months or less could be suspended.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system announced in November last year changes to police guidance. This revised guidance states simple cautions should not be given for indictable only offences, certain serious either way offences or repeat offenders unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered. We have legislated in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to put statutory restrictions on the use of cautions for serious offences and repeat offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people cautioned and offenders sentences at all courts for the requested offences, in England and Wales, in each year from 2010 to 2013 (latest data available) are published on the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed at the following link:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>From the above link select “Outcome by offence” noting that: grievous bodily harm offences can be viewed under assault with intent to cause serious harm; causing death by reckless driving can be viewed under causing death by dangerous driving; and wounding or other acts endangering life can be viewed under other acts endangering life.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/12/2014 17:42:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

166788

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times and to which prisons (a) Tornado Teams and (b) the National Tactical Response Group has been called out in each month since January 2014; how many Gold Command prison incidents there have been in each month since January 2014; and on how many occasions (i) police stations and (ii) court cells have been used to accommodate prisoners in each month since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	216465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to answer this question within the set timeframe. I will write to the Rt. Hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/12/2014 17:58:36 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

164318

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on external legal fees relating to the case at the European Court of Justice on the cap on bankers' bonuses.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	215715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The total cost of external legal fees relating to the legal challenge and connected advice is £42, 857.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2014 16:27:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142279

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations in each community rehabilitation company area bid for Transforming Rehabilitation programme contracts but were unsuccessful in becoming preferred bidders.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Only one bidder has withdrawn from the Transforming Rehabilitation competition having submitted a bid – Geo Mercia Willowdene, which included a probation staff mutual, Mercia Community Action. We received Geo Mercia Willowdene’s letter confirming their withdrawal on 4 November.</p><p> </p><p>None of those who submitted bids are unsuccessful at this stage as the competition is ongoing and notification of contract award is still pending.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213753 question first answered 11/11/2014 17:49:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142281

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which mutual organisations have withdrawn bids for Transforming Rehabilitation contracts; and when his Department was notified in each case.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Only one bidder has withdrawn from the Transforming Rehabilitation competition having submitted a bid – Geo Mercia Willowdene, which included a probation staff mutual, Mercia Community Action. We received Geo Mercia Willowdene’s letter confirming their withdrawal on 4 November.</p><p> </p><p>None of those who submitted bids are unsuccessful at this stage as the competition is ongoing and notification of contract award is still pending.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213754 question first answered 11/11/2014 17:49:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142293

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department provided to which Community Rehabilitation Companies to support the development of mutual bids for Transforming Rehabilitation.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Cabinet Office procured support for probation trust staff to develop mutual bids in the Transforming Rehabilitation competition.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of all Cabinet Office Mutuals Support Programme contract awards, including to probation trust staff, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/suppliers-information-and-contract-opportunities</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of the support contracts was £1,127,238. This included both bid support and, where applicable, mobilisation support to those that were named as Preferred Bidders. Bid support included commercial and legal advice, consultancy services and technical advice. Support committed during the bidding stage totalled £971,764.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:36:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142295

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age of those held on remand was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Bail and remand decisions are quite rightly for the independent courts to make, based on the facts of the particular case.</p><p> </p><p>In making remand decisions, courts must balance the risk that release on bail might pose to the public or to the administration of justice, against the detention of a person who may prove to be innocent. Defendants who are dangerous and pose a threat to society should always be remanded in custody.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is provided in the table below.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:44:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 213801 table.xls title Average age of prisoners held on remand
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan