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35841

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service spent on interpreters in 2011, 2012 and 2013; how much was spent on interpreting each language in those years; and how much was paid by defendants towards these costs.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	185824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centrally all of the information that the Honourable Member has requested. Although we can not provide all the data on spend for the periods requested we can provide the annual spend for interpreters sourced through the Capita-TI Contract for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service as below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7,940,128.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£15,537,821.29</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Off Contract bookings made by HMCTS are outside of these spend figures. The number of bookings made off contract has substantially decreased since the start of 2012 with those bookings moving onto the Capita TI contract. This move from off contract to Capita TI is reflected in the changing year on year contract spend.</p><p> </p><p>Spend for 2012 is based on an 11 month period as the contract did not go live until 30th January 2012. Expenditure has also increased in the second year of contract due to changes made to the contract in May 2013 and an estimated 20% increase on volume. £15m was saved in year one of the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this instance to provide the requested information on total annual spend and spend by language, would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £850.00 or 4 ½ working days.</p><p> </p><p>In order to provide the information we would be required toobtain a number of large reports from electronic databases. The relevant data must then be manually extracted and collated. It would also require comparison against additional financial data before analysis. We estimate that this process for the spend data would take approximately 6 working days given the volume of data involved.</p><p> </p><p>Defendants in criminal cases do not contribute towards the costs of interpreters that are provided by HMCTS. Charges for HMCTS provided interpreters in civil, family and tribunal cases are not passed directly to parties, although the costs may be recovered from court and tribunal fees in the jurisdictions where they apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

178198

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which holy books are available for defendants to swear on at each magistrates' court and Crown Court in Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	223568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The following holy books are available for defendants to swear on at each Magistrates’ and Crown Court in Lancashire:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>New Testament</p></td><td><p>Old Testament</p><p>/Torah</p></td><td><p>Koran</p></td><td><p>Sudar Gutka</p></td><td><p>Gita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston Crown Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley Crown Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Crown Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accrington Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reedley Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td><td><p>Y</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(Y = Yes)</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/02/2015 13:54:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

178199

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many redundancies there have been at each Crown Court and magistrates' court in Lancashire since January 2014; and how many such redundancies are planned.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	223567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text I can confirm that there have been no compulsory redundancies at Crown or Magistrates' Courts in the Lancashire region since January 2014 nor are any redundancies planned. There have also been no voluntary early departures within the same time frame. answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/02/2015 14:10:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

179035

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many redundancies were (a) planned and (b) made in each (i) magistrates and (ii) Crown court in Lancashire in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	223928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given on Tuesday 10th February 2015.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-05/223567/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-05/223567/</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2015 17:20:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

222616

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence courts sat at each magistrates' court in Lancashire in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	224736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below sets out the number of domestic violence courts scheduled to be sat in each magistrates’ court in Lancashire in 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates Courts in Lancashire</p></td><td><p>Number of half day sessions scheduled to sit on domestic violence during 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2015 17:21:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

223366

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence trials in each magistrates' and Crown court in Lancashire in 2014 (a) collapsed and (b) were postponed due to the complainant not being present.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	225139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested in relation to both the magistrates’ courts and Crown Court is not held centrally and could only be provided by accessing and examining individual files at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Computerised data is available on the number of adult trials which did not proceed because a prosecution witness did not attend. However it is not possible to filter down that information to domestic violence trials or to the non attendance of the complainant in domestic violence cases as the computer recording systems for the magistrates’ and Crown court do not break down trial data into specific types of cases or types of witnesses (complainant or other).</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/03/2015 10:23:22 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

224032

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Lancashire
	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 25 February 2015 to Question 224736, how many domestic violence court sittings took place in each magistrates court in Lancashire in 2014; and how many domestic violence trials took place in each of those courts during those sittings.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	225525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested in relation to the magistrates’ courts in Lancashire is not held and could only be provided by accessing and examining individual court case files at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The computer system for the magistrates’ court does not break down court sessions sat or trial data into specific types of cases.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/03/2015 17:51:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228218

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Preston Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there were in HM Prison Preston in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	228080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Individual prison population and capacity information for every prison in England and Wales (such as HMP Preston), as well as the total population and useable operational capacity of the prison estate is published monthly on the Ministry of Justice website at: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below identifies the population at HMP Preston at the end of February in each year from 2010 to 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Population</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 2010</p></td><td><p>774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 2011</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 2012</p></td><td><p>754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 2013</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb - 2014</p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/03/2015 11:15:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228331

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Theft: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of theft in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	228184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Theft is a serious offence punishable on indictment by up to seven years’ imprisonment. Charges will be brought where there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and offenders found guilty at all courts of theft offences by police force area in the North West region from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table. The Court Proceedings data for calendar year 2014 are due for publication in May 2015. Data requested for Preston is not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>While the figures show that the annual number of convictions has fallen since 2010, the percentage of prosecutions which led to conviction in the North-West has increased during the life time of this Parliament - from 88% in 2010 to 91% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Offenders found guilty at all courts of theft offences, by police force area, in the north west region, 2010 - 2013<sup>(1)(2)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Police force area</td><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td> </td><td>1,339</td><td>1,341</td><td>1,271</td><td>1,192</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td> </td><td>5,275</td><td>5,086</td><td>4,995</td><td>4,528</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td> </td><td>4,124</td><td>3,723</td><td>3,420</td><td>3,479</td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester</td><td> </td><td>8,782</td><td>8,780</td><td>7,390</td><td>6,990</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td> </td><td>2,262</td><td>2,294</td><td>2,236</td><td>2,220</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td> </td><td>21,782</td><td>21,224</td><td>19,312</td><td>18,409</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQC 228184</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2015 14:28:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228635

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: North West
	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 convicted of cruelty to persons under 16 under the provisions of Section 1(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 at each magistrates' and Crown court in the North West in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	228375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Protecting children from harm is a Government priority. All children should be able to grow up in a safe, happy environment. The focus must be on early intervention as we know that the earlier that help and support is given to vulnerable children and families, the more chance there is of turning their lives around, protecting children from harm and preventing problems escalating into child cruelty.</p><p> </p><p>However, where that is not possible, tough legislation is in place to punish offenders for this intolerable behaviour. This includes the offence of child cruelty at section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. The Government has recently updated and clarified this offence, in particular to make it absolutely clear that cruelty which causes psychological suffering or injury is covered by it. These changes to section 1 of the 1933 Act are made by section 66 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, which was given Royal Assent on 3 March.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Court proceedings data for the calendar year 2014 are due for publication in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2015 17:10:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick