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457383

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date	03/03/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Roads: City of Westminster
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what assessment he has made of the progress made in respect of the roadworks underway in Bridge Street at the northern end of Westminster Bridge, and when he expects those works to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL6709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The work on Bridge Street, Westminster Bridge and Victoria Embankment is due to be completed by the end of this month; remaining works around Parliament Square should be completed by the end of April as planned. There have been detailed and helpful discussions, and ongoing liaison, between the Administrations of both Houses and Transport for London about the scheduling of the work in order to ensure that the plans for the cycle superhighway disrupt access to Parliament as little as possible. Since the works began, there have been no reports that they have adversely affected or disrupted the business of Parliament. Parliament has shared information about these works on the intranet.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 16/03/2016 13:15:51 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

453600

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers are available to ministers to order the release of prisoners duly sentenced and held in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL6302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners are held in accordance with the type and length of sentence they are given by the courts and legislation prescribes when and how they are to be released. The majority are released automatically, with standard determinate sentence prisoners released at the half-way point in their sentence. Some prisoners are released at the discretion of the independent Parole Board – for example, all prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence and some extended sentence prisoners – once they have reached the point in their sentence when they are eligible to be considered for parole.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation also gives the Secretary of State discretion to release sentenced prisoners in certain circumstances. In practice, these decisions are taken on behalf of the Secretary of State by prison governors or other officials in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). For example, some shorter sentenced, low risk offenders may be considered for release before their automatic release date under the Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme, at the discretion of prison governors.</p><p> </p><p>There is also a statutory power for the Secretary of State to release any sentenced prisoner if there are exceptional circumstances which justify release on compassionate grounds. Decisions on whether to grant early compassionate release are taken on a case-by-case basis by senior officials in NOMS.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 07/03/2016 14:18:10 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

443596

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alexander Blackman
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the Criminal Cases Review Commission to make and publish a decision in respect of the case of Sgt Alexander Blackman.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is independent of Government and it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific cases. I understand the average time that it takes the CCRC to reach an initial decision is seven months, although the length of time will depend upon the complexity of the application and the individual case.</p><p>I am informed that the CCRC has assessed Mr Blackman’s case as a level one priority case and this has been communicated to him and his representatives</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 25/01/2016 16:43:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

439755

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify whether they intend to reissue the 65+ Guarantee of Growth Bonds as and when they mature.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>65+ GGB “Pensioner” Bonds were a special issue aimed at helping pensioners who rely on their savings in retirement. There are currently no plans for a further issue.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 08/01/2016 14:02:35 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

439756

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 17 December (HL4250), whether they now have any additional information about the number of women responsible for one or more young children who are currently serving prison sentences in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the specific information requested is not held, the Ministry of Justice recently published statistics on child dependents of female offenders, which can be found at gov.uk on the <em>Statistics at MOJ</em> pages under the topic <em>Ad-hoc justice statistics</em>. A copy of the report is attached here.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/01/2016 14:04:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name female-offenders-child-dependents-statistics.pdf title Female offenders, dependent child stats
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

436084

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Vigilant motorised gliders are presently available for training RAF Cadets and potential aircrews.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>There are currently four Vigilant motorised gliders available for training RAF cadets, and a further four are about to return to service. Air experience opportunities have been afforded to our cadets in the interim. These include flights in other RAF aircraft, as well as opportunities to fly in civilian gliders. Vigilant is not used to train potential regular RAF aircrew.</p><p>We recognise how frustrating this has been for our Air Cadets, but safety has got to be our top priority.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/12/2015 16:40:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

434131

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many women responsible for one or more young children are currently serving prison sentences in England and Wales, and what assessment they have made of the sentencing guidelines relating to such women.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not held.</p><br /><p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the independent Sentencing Council. They are available on the Sentencing Council website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/12/2015 15:46:48 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne