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168136

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Driving Offences: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while (a) disqualified from driving and (b) uninsured in each police force area in the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the total number of people prosecuted for driving whilst disqualified or driving whilst uninsured. To obtain details of the number of defendants prosecuted for these offences, would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Driving motor vehicles while uninsured are specified proceedings. These are offences that are prosecuted by the police rather than the CPS in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered or when the defendant is charged with other associated offences such as driving with excess alcohol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/12/2014 12:53:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77355

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the last Labour Government, DCLG spent £196,585 on “away days” in 2008-09 and £137,678 in 2009-10. We have cut costs to just £272 in 2013 and to zero in 2014. This has resulted in notable savings to taxpayers. A table with details is attached.</p><p>These significant reductions in spending are a consequence of revised guidance to staff that team away days should take place at no or limited cost; this has included encouraging the use of rooms in the Department or a neighbouring Whitehall Department.</p><p>This is a significant departure from the expensive practices that took place under the last Administration, which included booking away days in luxury hotels, restaurants and a burlesque club.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/12/2014 17:17:40 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 0378 Slaughter - Table.docx title Table of Awaydays
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168047

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of senior management of each London clinical commissioning group and NHS trust have resigned in each month since their creation.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/12/2014 17:20:19 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168323

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police vehicles have been used as ambulances in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of police cars as ambulances are not collected by the Home Office.<br><br>However, experimental data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publication, &quot;Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to Supervised Community <br>Treatment Annual Figures, England 2012/13&quot;, suggested that in a sample offorces, just under 74% of those detained under section 136 of the Mental HealthAct 1983 and taken to a hospital based place of safety were transported by<br>the police rather than ambulance.<br><br>More details can be found in the HSCIC publication here: <a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/12/2014 14:51:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32787 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142288

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	High Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of his policies or measures have been deemed unlawful by the High Courts in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Without incurring disproportionate cost it is not readily possible to distinguish those judicial review cases which were successfully brought against specific policies or measures from the total number of judicial review cases which were successfully brought against the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>My letter dated 7 January 2015 answering Question 211301 (accessible on www.parliament.uk) sets out the numbers of cases successfully and unsuccessfully brought against the Ministry of Justice in each year from 2010 to 2012.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/01/2015 11:42:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

167974

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	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 failing to stop after an accident in each police force area in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families. That is why we are looking closely at the law in this area and have announced a review of driving offences and penalties.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders are more likely to convicted and sent to prison in 2013 compared to 2010. The number of people found guilty for failing to stop after an accident, by police force area, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p><strong>Table for answer</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>People found guilty for failing to stop after an accident<sup>(1)</sup>, by police force area, England and Wales, 2010-2013<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><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> </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>Police force area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><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 colspan="2"><p><strong>Total (England and Wales)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,977</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,724</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,348</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,336</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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>(-) = Nil</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> </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 colspan="9"><p>(1) An offence under S.170(4) Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td></tr><tr><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 colspan="9"><p>(2) 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.</p></td></tr><tr><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 colspan="9"><p>() 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.</p></td></tr><tr><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>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</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>Ref: PQ 217241</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></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/12/2014 16:44:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168069

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were in purposeful activity within prison for the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up until the end of 2011-12 information was collected on the average hours per prisoner per week that prisoners spent in purposeful activity.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the three years to 2011-12 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Average hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Purposeful activity was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-12 because it was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons. Figures on the above basis for subsequent periods and for the proportion of male and female prisoners in purposeful activity could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Too many prisoners have been passing their time in a state of idleness, and that is why under our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework, which came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013, prisoners are now expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged in real work whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity reported by public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,900 in 2013-14. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 14.2 million hours, as published in the National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2013-14: Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/12/2014 16:43:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168070

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) current and (b) certified normal capacity is of the prison estate in each region; what estimate he has made of the prison estate's capacity in 2021; and what the proportion is of the prison population originated in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and have a range of contingencies in place to manage temporary or unexpected increases in the population.</p><p>Prison population projections are a useful tool in our strategic management of prison capacity but do not offer a definitive picture of future population levels. Decisions on the number of spaces required in 2021 will depend on population trends and projections over the coming years.</p><p>The table below identifies the in-use certified normal accommodation and total operational capacity by National Offender Management Service region (and Wales) and the number of male and female prisoners by region of origin on the latest dates available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region/Country*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19 Dec 2014 In Use Certified Normal Accommodation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19 Dec 2014 Total Operational Capacity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 Sep 2014-12-09 Population by region of origin***</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of the prison population originated in each region by %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td><td><p>10,472</p></td><td><p>6,733</p></td><td><p>7.86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>8,146</p></td><td><p>9,102</p></td><td><p>6,075</p></td><td><p>7.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greater London</strong></p></td><td><p>8,915</p></td><td><p>11,243</p></td><td><p>17,611</p></td><td><p>20.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Kent</strong><strong> and Sussex</strong></p></td><td><p>5,780</p></td><td><p>6,275</p></td><td><p>3,778</p></td><td><p>4.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>4,846</p></td><td><p>5,522</p></td><td><p>4,043</p></td><td><p>4.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>10,837</p></td><td><p>13,055</p></td><td><p>13,522</p></td><td><p>15.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Central</strong></p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td><td><p>5,382</p></td><td><p>4,216</p></td><td><p>4.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>5,358</p></td><td><p>6,108</p></td><td><p>5,280</p></td><td><p>6.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>2,329</p></td><td><p>3,279</p></td><td><p>4,729</p></td><td><p>5.52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>8,840</p></td><td><p>9,812</p></td><td><p>8,111</p></td><td><p>9.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</strong></p></td><td><p>8,150</p></td><td><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>9,463</p></td><td><p>11.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td><td><p>2.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76,758</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90,116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85,698</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99.91</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Contracted and High Security prisons have been allocated to the geographical region in which they are located.</p><p>** Total operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. Useable Operational Capacity of the estate is the sum of all establishments’ operational capacity less 2,000 places. This is known as the operating margin and reflects the constraints imposed by the need to provide separate accommodation for different classes of prisoner i.e. by sex, age, security category, conviction status, single cell risk assessment and also due to geographical distribution. This margin is applied to the whole estate but is not segmented by prison function or region.</p><p>*** Region/country of origin is based on prisoners’ recorded residences. Information on prisoners is provided by them on reception in prison and recorded on a central IT system. Reported addresses can include a home address, an address to which offenders intend to return on discharge or the address of their next of kin. If no address is given, an offender’s committal court address is used as a proxy for the area in which they are resident. No address has been recorded and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders.</p><p>Individual prison population and capacity information for every prison in England and Wales is published monthly on the Government website:</p><p><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/publications/prison-population-figures-2014</a></p><p>As far as possible, NOMS endeavours to place prisoners as close to their home area as possible. However, a number of factors are considered in the allocation of each prisoner, including; location of prisons, court appearance, security concerns - both for the individual and for others at the establishment, suitability of establishment to prisoners’ needs (such as those set out in their sentence plan), regimes and services offered. It may therefore not be possible or desirable to keep prisoners close to home. For example, some specialist interventions and offending behaviour programmes are not available in every region.</p><p>Under the Government's Transforming Rehabilitation agenda most prisoners will serve the last 12 weeks of their sentence and be discharged from a Resettlement Prison in their home Contract Package Area where they will receive tailored interventions and support.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2015 13:16:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168071

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving Offences: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for offences related to driving without insurance there were in each year since 2010; and what the average fine imposed for driving without insurance was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families. That is why the Government is reviewing driving offences and penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, with average fine imposed, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Court proceeding data for calendar year 2014 is planned for publication in May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court for offences relating to using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, with average fine imposed, England &amp; Wales, 2010-2013<sup>(1)(2)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><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><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td> </td><td>Outcome</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><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks<sup>(3)</sup></td><td> </td><td>Proceeded against</td><td>129,010</td><td>109,987</td><td>94,976</td><td>91,944</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Average fine (£)</td><td>285.58</td><td>288.50</td><td>322.41</td><td>346.29</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><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(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><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(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><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(3) An offence under S.143(2) Road Traffic Act 1988</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><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><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 217244</td><td> </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 10/02/2015 10:04:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168072

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many category (a) B, (b) C and (c) A prisoners have escaped from prison in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison population, and has fallen dramatically in the last few years, with only 8 since 2010. There have been no escapes of Category A or B prisoners from prison establishments in this period. This compares to more than 90 over the previous decade. But we are not complacent and there are rigorous security checks in place to reduce the risk of this happening.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of Category C prisoners who have escaped from prison establishments between 2010/11 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Escapes of Category C prisoners, by year, April 2010 to March 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/12/2014 16:39:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter