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79431

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Cautions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what types of indictable-only offence a caution was issued in each year since 2009; and how many cautions were issued for each type of offence in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	206955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"></ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This Government has taken action to end the cautions culture and to make sure serious offenders do not receive penalties seen as soft options. The use of cautions is at its lowest point for thirty years.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are changing the law to ban simple cautions for all of the indictable only offences - the most serious criminal offences which must be tried in the Crown Court, including rape, manslaughter and robbery. We are also banning simple cautions for possession of a knife or offensive weapon, supplying Class A drugs and a range of sexual offences against children. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further, we announced proposals in November 2014 for a new out of court disposal framework that would see an end to cautions and warnings and would require offenders to take actions to comply with their disposals. Elements of this new framework are being piloted in Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and Leicestershire before a decision is taken on whether to implement the new framework across England and Wales. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for indictable-only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by a senior police officer of at least the rank of Superintendent and the Crown Prosecution Service. These will be cases where there are exceptional circumstances which would mean that it is not in the public interest to prosecute.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Latest information on cautions issued by offence type is publicly available online at the Ministry of Justice’s statistics portal. This data is contained in Q2.3 of the Out of Court Disposals table: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2014</a></ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Since 2007 the overall number of simple cautions issued has halved. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; which has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</del></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 15:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:55:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 206955 - table.xls title number of indictable only cautions issued 2009-13 previous answer version 18652 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

78012

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend victims' rights to victims of mentally disordered offenders to be more comparable with those rights afforded to victims in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	205927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong>The Government’s new Victims’ Code, which came into force on 10 December 2013, strengthens the rights of victims of crime, including where the offender is mentally disordered. The Code provides victims with clearer entitlements and better tailors services to individual need. Under the Code, criminal justice agencies must provide enhanced services to victims of the most serious crime; persistently targeted victims; and vulnerable and intimidated victims. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Since 2001, victims of specified sexual and violent offences where the offender receives a sentence of twelve months or more have been offered the Probation Victim Contact Scheme, which enables them to make representations about which licence conditions a prisoner should be subject to on release, and to be informed about key stages of sentence such as release on temporary licence and full release. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Victim Contact Scheme was extended by legislation to victims of mentally disordered offenders with restrictions in July 2005, and to victims of mentally disordered offenders without restrictions in November 2008.</strong></p><p><strong>Since April 2014, there has been a presumption that victims of restricted mentally disordered offenders will be told if they are granted permission for escorted or unescorted leave from hospital for rehabilitative purposes. </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/09/2014 16:01:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

78780

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who had committed 15 or more previous offences were not sent to prison on conviction for (a) burglary and (b) violence against the person in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	206593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice gave him, by letter, on 10 July.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 206592 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

78782

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences of burglary was for an individual convicted of a further offence of burglary without being sent to prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	206592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice gave him, by letter, on 10 July.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 206593 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

89840

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's Review of Motoring Offences will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	207433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government’s review of driving offences and penalties announced in May is ongoing. The timing of any publication of the review’s findings and recommendations will be considered once the review is completed.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 15:06:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

76472

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sussex Safer Roads Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) financial, (b) staffing and (c) capacity-building support and assistance his Department has given to the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership in respect of (i) activities relating to Operation Crackdown and (ii) all other activities in each year since its inception.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	204571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information requested. Sussex Safer Roads Partnership receives no direct funding, or contributions from the Government. Operation Crackdown is a local police initiative and the Government has no involvement in measuring its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 204572 204573 question first answered 02/09/2014 16:11:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

76474

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sussex Safer Roads Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his assessment of the effectiveness of the protocols governing Sussex Safer Roads Partnership's contribution to Operation Crackdown.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	204573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information requested. Sussex Safer Roads Partnership receives no direct funding, or contributions from the Government. Operation Crackdown is a local police initiative and the Government has no involvement in measuring its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 204571 204572 question first answered 02/09/2014 16:11:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

76475

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sussex Safer Roads Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what metrics his Department applies to assess the performance of Sussex Safer Roads Partnership's contribution to Operation Crackdown.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	204572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information requested. Sussex Safer Roads Partnership receives no direct funding, or contributions from the Government. Operation Crackdown is a local police initiative and the Government has no involvement in measuring its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 204571 204573 question first answered 02/09/2014 16:11:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

90507

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Civil Disorder: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of reforms proposed by her Department to the Riot (Damages) Act 1986 on the level of compensation paid to businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	208001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A full financial impact assessment was published alongside the recent public consultation on reform of the Riot (Damages) Act. The consultation ran from 5 June to 1 August. Submissions to the consultation are now being considered and the Government’s response, including a revised impact assessment, will be published in due course.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2014 16:09:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

90508

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the closure and hours reductions of public counters at police stations.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
	uin	207984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Decisions about the most effective use of available resources, including the number and operating hours of police stations and any disposal of such <br>premises, are matters for the Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners. <br><br>It is important not to confuse buildings with the availability and accessibility of the police. There are many good examples of forces doing far more with their money by finding new forms of public contact. These include the non-emergency number, 101, the internet and contact in places such as supermarket surgeries.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2014 16:11:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley