Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1132396

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Probation: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money has been recovered from IT systems suppliers since the probation and courts IT systems failures in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	265564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing discussions with its Suppliers in relation to the outage. Due to the ongoing nature of these discussions it is not possible to provide any information pertaining to the quantification of costs, at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/06/2019 16:10:06 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132398

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure was for (a) public and (b) press access to the extradition hearing for Julian Assange; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	265565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>This was an open hearing, accessible to both the press and public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Extra chairs were laid out to accommodate as many people as possible in the court room. As is usual in high-profile cases, a ticketing system was in place to allocate seats to the media.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were, however, more people wishing to observe the hearing than there were seats available, meaning that not everyone could be accommodated on this occasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/06/2019 16:10:40 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132399

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the frequency with which courts are closed to the public and press without an order having been granted by the judge.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	265566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The arrangements for the admission of the public and the press to a court vary by the jurisdiction of that court, and by the nature of the application being considered. Where a court is under a duty to sit in open court, it has an inherent jurisdiction to sit in private but only if ordered by the presiding judge or magistrates. A court, to which the press or public must be admitted, will not sit in private without a judicial direction. The ability of the court to admit the public and the press may be limited by the physical constraints of the courtroom.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/06/2019 16:12:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132401

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
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 HMCTS staff were agency staff by staffing band in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	265568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of agency staff in HMCTS was 2,737 as of March 2018, which was 14.6%. The earliest held comparable data is from 2016 and shows 1,569, which was 8.5% of the staffing numbers. This shows an increase of 1,168, 6.1 percentage points, over this period. The following table shows a breakdown by grade as requested.</p><p> </p><p>We were unable to provide data from 2010 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until 2011. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. We are unable to obtain agency data from HR systems prior to 2016. As with any large data system, there are also likely to be some inaccuracies.</p><p> </p><p>Over the period of Reform, we expect the shape and size of the organisation to change. As part of this we are reducing our staffing levels and expect the future skills of our people to change. The HMCTS workforce strategy during this period is to increase the capability of our staff, whilst simultaneously increasing our workforce flexibility through the increased usage of contingent labour. This is in order to reduce redundancy costs and protect the jobs of longer serving, permanent staff. The required staffing level needed across each of our HMCTS sites is monitored closely, and proactive recruitment undertaken to ensure these levels are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/06/2019 16:11:43 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132151

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cumulative number of years of experience held by courts staff was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018 by bands (i) a, (ii) b, (iii) c, (iv) d, (v) e and (vi) f.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The cumulative experience of all HMCTS staff between Bands A and F was 197,334.2 years in 2018. The earliest held comparable data is from 2012 and shows 165,045 years. This shows an increase of 32,289.2 over the period. The following table shows a breakdown by grade as requested. This shows an increase in cumulative experience at every grade.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2012 cumulative service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2018 cumulative service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Differential</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>6,052.9</p></td><td><p>6,582.2</p></td><td><p>529.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>19,479.0</p></td><td><p>22,006.6</p></td><td><p>2,527.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>9,963.1</p></td><td><p>11,424.7</p></td><td><p>1,461.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>35,811.6</p></td><td><p>36,956.8</p></td><td><p>1,145.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>77,702.1</p></td><td><p>100,644.5</p></td><td><p>22,942.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>16,036.1</p></td><td><p>19,719.3</p></td><td><p>3,683.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>165,045.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>197,334.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,289.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We were unable to provide data from 2010 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until 2011. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data, which is likely to impact upon the service length considerably as many staff would have worked in courts and tribunals for many years before this It should be noted that the data from 2012 is drawn from a different HR system than that from 2018 and as such is unlikely to be comparing like for like. As with any large data system, there are also likely to be some inaccuracies. Our data covers all staff who work operationally in HMCTS, not just court staff. We are unable to split the data further to include those only in courts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/06/2019 16:04:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132154

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Drug Rehabilitation Requirements have been (a) commenced and (b) completed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on commencements is published in table A4.8 of the document entitled “Probation: 2018” in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly for October-December 2018. It can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on completions are available for the years 2013 onwards and are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) Completions, 2013-18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7160</p></td><td><p>7333</p></td><td><p>6619</p></td><td><p>5671</p></td><td><p>4751</p></td><td><p>3897</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The purpose of the drug rehabilitation requirement is to reduce or eliminate illicit drug use and associated offending. Offenders are required to attend appointments with the treatment provider and to submit to regular drug testing. They are also required to attend appointments with, or arranged by, their offender manager.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/06/2019 09:36:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132155

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been released on temporary licence in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on temporary release by gender is published annually in the Prison Releases tables of the offender management statistics. The available data covers the years 2011 to 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015**</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Females</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>released on temporary licence </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>828</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>819</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>731</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>613</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>613</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>650</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>643</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(*) A new prison database system was introduced mid 2009 (P-NOMIS). The migration of data from the old system (LIDS) to P-NOMIS affected the supply of data for statistical purposes from July 2009 to February 2010. Data for 2009 is taken from Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2009, in which volumes for 2009 were estimated using data from the first half of the year and rounded to the nearest 100. Data for 2010 is unavailable.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(**) Due to improvements in IT systems, the 2015 prison admissions data is now taken from a different source and, for statistical reporting purposes only, are produced using a different method. The 2015 figures from both the old and new systems have been presented to aid comparison.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>By providing opportunities to work, learn and build family ties, temporary release from prison helps ensure offenders do not return to crime when they leave prison.</p><p> </p><p>We published a new ROTL policy framework on 28 May, following consultation with practitioners and key stakeholders, such as employers. Governors can now consider ROTL earlier and in more cases, and prisoners can enter the workplace sooner.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/06/2019 09:38:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132156

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Probation: ICT
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 11 March 2019 to Question 227393, whether the review into the causes of the probation and courts IT systems failure in January 2019 has been completed; and if he will publish that report.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent review commissioned by the Permanent Secretary was finalised in May. To protect the department’s security and commercial interests we will not be publishing this report. I can confirm that the report found that three separate and unrelated issues occurred at the same time, creating significant business impact. Steps have already been taken to learn lessons from these incidents. We are working closely with our suppliers to make sure that diligent care is taken of the department's infrastructure, accompanied by a more robust internal capability to control and manage our vital services.</p><p> </p><p>An updated business continuity plan for the department will be completed this month; that plan will include specific scenarios around significant IT failure covering one or more of our agencies. We are also reviewing the monitoring applied to the core networking infrastructure to provide us with earlier sight of any future problems. There was no evidence of any foul play, and no data was lost during the incident.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/06/2019 16:49:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132157

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what records his Department holds on the staff to prisoner ratio in privately operated prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>As we have previously stated all staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with Contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>Prison population statistics are regularly published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below displays the most recent figures that the Ministry of Justice has for the number of funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison and the dates that these relate to.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>287.12</p></td><td><p>76.2</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>218.5</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/06/19</p></td><td><p>31/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/03/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td><td><p>31/05/19</p></td><td><p>31/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>Thameside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>228.2</p></td><td><p>234.5</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>320.4</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td><td><p>01/04/19</p></td><td><p>01/05/19</p></td><td><p>31/05/19</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/06/2019 16:50:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132158

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
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 20 May 2019 to Question 254239, what estimate he has made of the cost of identifying how many children in custody are looked after children.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	264475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>To obtain the requested information, there would be a need to examine separate information technology systems to establish and validate records of all children currently in custody (c.880). With a conservative average estimate of around ten minutes to check each record, this equates to a cost of approximately £3,600.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/06/2019 16:25:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon