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171660

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>By virtue of Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the 1983 Act), the Secretary of State for Justice may, by warrant, direct that a sentenced prisoner be removed and detained in a secure hospital provided that he is satisfied by reports from at least two registered medical practitioners that:</p><p>· the person is suffering from mental disorder; and</p><p>· the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to be detained in hospital for medical treatment; and</p><p>· appropriate treatment is available for him.</p><p>The number of prisoners serving custodial sentences who have been admitted to hospital after the issue of a transfer direction under the 1983 Act in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below. Such transfers directions are valid for 14 days. The figures for total admissions include sentenced prisoners admitted to hospital more than once in a given year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table One</p><p>Year Total Admissions</p><p>2010 446</p><p>2011 442</p><p>2012 462</p><p>2013 457</p><p> </p><p>Once a transfer direction has been issued, it is the Secretary of State’s expectation that the prisoner is always transferred to hospital within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>However, there may be exceptional circumstances in which the transfer does not take place or is delayed. Such circumstances may include:-</p><p> </p><p>· the proposed hospital bed placement becomes unexpectedly unavailable and the transfer direction expires after 14 days (in which case the Secretary of State will issue a new direction once a new bed placement has been confirmed);</p><p>· other court proceedings may intervene, with a new court order superseding the transfer direction</p><p> </p><p>The number of transfer directions issued under section 47 the Act in respect of prisoners serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table Two</p><p>Year Total of Directions Issued</p><p>2010 451</p><p>2011 444</p><p>2012 458</p><p>2013 463</p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted that as the direction is valid for 14 days, it may be issued in late December one calendar year with the actual admission to hospital not taking place until early January the next calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>For the reasons set out above, the number of transfer directions issued in each year will not match exactly the number of hospital admissions in that year. However, the difference between the figures for any given year is small.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Table One - These figures include those admitted more than once in the year</p><p>2. Table One - The data is drawn from Ministry of Justice/National Offender Management Service casework systems and from published Offender Management Annual and Quarterly tables. The link is: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p><p>3. 2013 is the latest year for which we have audited and published statistics.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219545 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:56:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171661

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those serving custodial sentences who were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 were (a) moved and (b) not moved to secure mental health establishments before the section expired in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>By virtue of Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the 1983 Act), the Secretary of State for Justice may, by warrant, direct that a sentenced prisoner be removed and detained in a secure hospital provided that he is satisfied by reports from at least two registered medical practitioners that:</p><p>· the person is suffering from mental disorder; and</p><p>· the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to be detained in hospital for medical treatment; and</p><p>· appropriate treatment is available for him.</p><p>The number of prisoners serving custodial sentences who have been admitted to hospital after the issue of a transfer direction under the 1983 Act in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below. Such transfers directions are valid for 14 days. The figures for total admissions include sentenced prisoners admitted to hospital more than once in a given year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table One</p><p>Year Total Admissions</p><p>2010 446</p><p>2011 442</p><p>2012 462</p><p>2013 457</p><p> </p><p>Once a transfer direction has been issued, it is the Secretary of State’s expectation that the prisoner is always transferred to hospital within 14 days.</p><p> </p><p>However, there may be exceptional circumstances in which the transfer does not take place or is delayed. Such circumstances may include:-</p><p> </p><p>· the proposed hospital bed placement becomes unexpectedly unavailable and the transfer direction expires after 14 days (in which case the Secretary of State will issue a new direction once a new bed placement has been confirmed);</p><p>· other court proceedings may intervene, with a new court order superseding the transfer direction</p><p> </p><p>The number of transfer directions issued under section 47 the Act in respect of prisoners serving custodial sentences in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table Two</p><p>Year Total of Directions Issued</p><p>2010 451</p><p>2011 444</p><p>2012 458</p><p>2013 463</p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted that as the direction is valid for 14 days, it may be issued in late December one calendar year with the actual admission to hospital not taking place until early January the next calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>For the reasons set out above, the number of transfer directions issued in each year will not match exactly the number of hospital admissions in that year. However, the difference between the figures for any given year is small.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Table One - These figures include those admitted more than once in the year</p><p>2. Table One - The data is drawn from Ministry of Justice/National Offender Management Service casework systems and from published Offender Management Annual and Quarterly tables. The link is: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p><p>3. 2013 is the latest year for which we have audited and published statistics.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219549 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:56:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171310

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions the Legal Aid Agency has had with the legal profession on the 24 month prescribed time period for evidence relating to legal aid funding of domestic violence cases.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA, frequently with the MoJ, meets regularly with the representative bodies of the legal profession, and has discussed the 24 month prescribed time period for evidence with them.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is absolutely clear that victims of domestic violence should get legal aid where it is needed to help break free from the abusive relationship. We want to ensure the reform works in practice, and have listened carefully to any concerns raised in meetings with legal practitioners, women’s groups and professional organisations with a role in providing the evidence required. As a direct result of these conversations we have twice made changes so it is easier to get the evidence needed to prove domestic violence and so claim legal aid.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:44:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171314

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170767

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection handed down before 14 July 2008 are beyond their minimum tariff; and what offences each such prisoner committed.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in late 2012, but not retrospectively. It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving an IPP should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody. It is right that IPP prisoners should remain in custody until it is safe for them to be released.</p><p> </p><p>Some short tariff IPPs who were sentenced prior to the 2008 changes are achieving release, where they engage with opportunities provided to them to reduce their risk. As the table below shows, a total of 594 of these prisoners remain in custody as at the end of September 2014. This compares to 650 at the end of March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose tariff length was less than 2 years and who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>52.2% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The third table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>72.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced prior to 14th July 2008, by Offence, as at 30 September 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>95.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures 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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218949 218965 219060 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170768

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 prisoners serving public protection sentences are beyong their minimum tariff; and what offences each such prisoner was convicted of.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in late 2012, but not retrospectively. It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving an IPP should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody. It is right that IPP prisoners should remain in custody until it is safe for them to be released.</p><p> </p><p>Some short tariff IPPs who were sentenced prior to the 2008 changes are achieving release, where they engage with opportunities provided to them to reduce their risk. As the table below shows, a total of 594 of these prisoners remain in custody as at the end of September 2014. This compares to 650 at the end of March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose tariff length was less than 2 years and who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>52.2% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The third table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>72.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced prior to 14th July 2008, by Offence, as at 30 September 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>95.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures 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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218949 218965 219050 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170772

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given imprisonment for public protection sentences of at least two years less than in a decision handed down before 14 July 2008 are still in prison; and what offences each such person committed.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in late 2012, but not retrospectively. It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving an IPP should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody. It is right that IPP prisoners should remain in custody until it is safe for them to be released.</p><p> </p><p>Some short tariff IPPs who were sentenced prior to the 2008 changes are achieving release, where they engage with opportunities provided to them to reduce their risk. As the table below shows, a total of 594 of these prisoners remain in custody as at the end of September 2014. This compares to 650 at the end of March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose tariff length was less than 2 years and who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>52.2% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The third table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>72.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced prior to 14th July 2008, by Offence, as at 30 September 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>95.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures 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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218965 219050 219060 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170774

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 prisoners with public protection sentences imposed on or after 14 July 2008 are beyond their minimum tariff; and for what offence each such prisoner was convicted.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in late 2012, but not retrospectively. It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving an IPP should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody. It is right that IPP prisoners should remain in custody until it is safe for them to be released.</p><p> </p><p>Some short tariff IPPs who were sentenced prior to the 2008 changes are achieving release, where they engage with opportunities provided to them to reduce their risk. As the table below shows, a total of 594 of these prisoners remain in custody as at the end of September 2014. This compares to 650 at the end of March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The first table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose tariff length was less than 2 years and who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The second table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>52.2% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced on or after 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The third table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed, by offence, as at 30 September 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>72.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth table shows the number of IPP prisoners whose minimum tariff expiry date has passed and who were sentenced prior to 14th July 2008, by Offence, as at 30 September 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>95.4% of the total number of IPP prisoners, who were sentenced prior to 14 July 2008, have passed their tariff expiry date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures 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> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218949 219050 219060 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170519

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Just Solutions International is a contractor or a sub-contractor in the current electronic monitoring contract.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Just Solutions International is neither a contractor nor a sub-contractor with regards to current electronic monitoring contracts.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/12/2014 15:44:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170529

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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, how many Electoral Registration Officers failed to meet (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five or (f) more than five of the Electoral Commission's performance standards in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet one, two, three, four, five or more than five of the Electoral Commission's performance standards in each year since 2008 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>One</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Two</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Three</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Four</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Five</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than five</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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>Pursuant to the answer given to the Hon. Member on 9 December 2014, UIN 216888. The total given for the number of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) who did not meet one or more of the Commission’s performance standards was mistakenly given as 299. This figure incorrectly included two local authorities who, due to local government re-structuring, did not exist in their current form in 2008 so should not have been included in the figures. The table above provides the correct figures for this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 18/12/2014 13:38:09 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan