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758809

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date	07/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted and convicted under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (a) in total and (b) for offences involving nitrous oxide since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, there were 28 convictions in England and Wales under the Psychoactive Substances Act. Data on Psychoactive Substances prosecutions can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016</a>.</p><p>The information requested for those offences involving nitrous oxide is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/10/2017 14:38:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758810

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) e-cigarettes and (b) tobacco products were sold in prison shops in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Numbers of units of e-cigarettes, vaping products and tobacco items sold in prisons in England and Wales in each month for the last year are as set out in the attached annex.</p><p>Prisons are rolling out the smoke free policy, subject to a series of assessments which will test the operational stability, readiness and health readiness of the prisons to implement the policy in a safe, decent and secure way. HMPPS’ health partners in England and Wales are fully involved in supporting prisoners with appropriate smoking cessation services in place.</p><p>The open estate across England and Wales has been smoke free indoors since October 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 10:59:45 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 15:01:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons previous answer version 11646 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758811

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Governors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors have worked at two or more other prisons in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 11:06:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758272

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of reimbursing people who have paid employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Fees in Employment Tribunals raised around £32m after their introduction in 2013. We are now putting in place arrangements to refund those who have paid the fees, which we will be announcing shortly.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:48:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758273

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) staff and (b) vacancies there were in each community rehabilitation company in each quarter since those companies were established.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Ownership of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transferred to new providers in 2015. Contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. We no longer routinely collect and publish CRC workforce numbers.</p><p>We closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2017 16:26:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758277

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	G4S: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place the documents relating to the contract signed in 2017 between the Government and G4S for the electronic tagging of offenders in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>A redacted version of the new contract between the Ministry of Justice and G4S for electronic monitoring hardware equipment will be published on Contracts Finder in line with current transparency regulations. We are currently planning to sign the contract by the end of October 2017. I will write to the Honourable gentleman when the contract has been published.</p><p>The field monitoring services including fitting and removal of tags and the monitoring provision is provided by Capita Business Services Limited.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2017 16:09:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758278

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have chosen to represent themselves in Crown Court since the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining access to justice remains absolutely vital and continues to be at the heart of our reforms. Our legal aid reforms are reducing costs to taxpayers whilst still providing legal help to those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number of defendants with no advocate or unknown representation can be found in table AC11 of the annual Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly publication (main tables) at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:44:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

753552

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review urgently the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority guidelines to ensure that compensation reflects the law around child sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is abhorrent, and victims can apply for taxpayer-funded compensation awards through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme).</p><p>The Scheme is made by the Secretary of State under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 having been approved by each House of Parliament. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of ministers and Parliament. The CICA sets guidelines to assist them in administering the Scheme.</p><p>The CICA guidelines are intended to make sure that controlling and abusive behaviour is taken into account when handling compensation applications for child sexual abuse. The CICA are urgently reviewing their guidelines to ensure they are robust enough to deal with cases where grooming may be a factor.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/09/2017 15:25:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon