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748025

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government during the last 12 months, how many prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection were (1) offered places on a training course which could lead to their release, (2) were released following completion of such training courses, and (3) refused to take up a place or dropped out of such courses; and how those figures compare with those for the preceding 12 month period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost as central records are not kept for all aspects of the management of prisoners sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board will continue to work together to improve the progression of IPP prisoners. This group continue to achieve release in high numbers, with 576 first time IPP releases in 2016, the highest figure since the sentence was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will continue to invest in interventions to assist prisoners to both reduce their risk and demonstrate such progression to the Parole Board. However, it is important to remember that it is not mandatory for IPPs to complete accredited offending behaviour programmes in order to achieve release. Completing an accredited offending behaviour programme is one way in which IPP prisoners may demonstrate that they have reduced their risk of harm and reoffending; other options may include work and employment, education and one to one work with psychologists or prison offender supervisors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/07/2017 16:25:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

749249

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure the safety of boys aged 18 and under detained by Feltham Young Offenders Institution following Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' assessment that "Feltham A is, quite simply, not safe for either staff or boys."
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Safety in prisons and young offender institutions is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and addressing safety concerns is at the heart of our reform plans. We are committed to reforming youth custody so that it is safer for both young people and staff and better equipped to help young people turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' inspection took place from 23 January to 3 February 2017. The findings highlighted a need for improvement in the youth custodial estate and we are continuing to take robust action to address the issues identified. At Feltham A, which holds boys aged 15 to 18, we have implemented a range of measures to improve safety including:</p><ul><li>We are recruiting additional staff at Feltham as part of our overall reform to improve safety and rehabilitation.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are providing young people with a personalised officer to work with on a weekly basis to develop goal-orientated plans, delivered as part of the Custody Support Plan roll-out.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are progressing with a conflict resolution model to resolve issues between young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are putting in place a revised core day which will facilitate nine hours out of room to effectively occupy the young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We continue to deliver a suite of group and one to one interventions and facilitators have now been trained in Anger Replacement therapy which will be delivered to young people</li></ul><p>starting in July 2017.</p><p> </p><ul><li>A new approach to the use of special accommodation has been introduced with the use of a cool down room with appropriate furnishings as an alternative intervention to separation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, funding has been allocated for the refurbishment of the Enhanced Support Unit for young people with exceptionally complex needs that are unlikely to respond to mainstream services.</p><p>We are confident that we are taking proper and considered action in delivering changes to improve safety and outcomes for the young people in our care at HMP Feltham.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:18:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

751985

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Israel: Bedouin
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they will take, and what resources they will provide, to ensure that recommendations they accept from (1) HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, and (2) the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, are fully implemented.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We take recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Prison and Probation Ombudsman very seriously. We are strengthening performance management and assurance arrangements of prisons, particularly in responding to recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Prison and Probation Ombudsman reports. To ensure that recommendations are acted upon we are putting in place a robust system to track progress on implementation in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We have already introduced functional and geographical Group Director roles with more manageable spans of control to provide greater support for governors and empowered governors to make decisions about their prisons so they will be subject to less rigid instructions and can determine how best to spend their allocated budget. Governors will have a greater level of personal responsibility to ensure that recommendations are implemented. [Where recommendations concern safer custody, Regional Safer Custody Leads provide assurance for Prison Group Directors that appropriate action has been taken.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/07/2017 09:15:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

733195

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of deterrent sentences in reducing knife crime.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government continues to monitor sentencing for bladed and offensive weapon offences and will keep under review the effectiveness of changes in the law relating to knives and offensive weapons.</p><p> </p><p>The latest knife possession sentencing quarterly statistics bulletin was published on 8 June 2017 and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617646/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-jan-mar-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617646/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-jan-mar-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In regard to repeat offending for knife possession offences, the latest statistics show that 86% of adult repeat offenders received a custodial sentence. This figure increased by 2 percentage points when compared to the same quarter in the previous year for offenders convicted under section 22 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (minimum sentence of 6 months for a second or subsequent knife possession offence). The number of repeat knife possession sentencing occasions increased from 837 in Q1 2016 to an estimated 1,129 cases Q1 2017. Those offenders receiving an immediate custodial sentence had an average sentence length of 7.2 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/07/2017 14:31:27 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name PQ HL189 knife possession sentencing quarterly jan-mar 2017.pdf title Knife Posession sentencing quarterly jan-mar 2017
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

749246

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what date GeoAmey commenced its contract to run secure escort services for children and young people; what was (1) the value of that contract, and (2) the duration of that contract; and who is responsible within Government for overseeing the delivery of the contract.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>GeoAmey commenced the provision of Secure Escort Services for Children and Young People from 1 July 2016. The annual value of the service is estimated to be in the region of £3.2 - 3.7m according to the volume of services provided. The duration of the provision of the services is 1 July 2016 to 28 August 2018, with options to further extend the contract by three further periods of twelve months. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the contract alongside the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:17:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

746644

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the average total cost to (1) local authorities, (2) health authorities, (3) local education authorities, and (4) the courts, of prosecuting an unfounded case of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/07/2017 15:40:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

752458

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the Fundamental Rights Agency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) provides assistance and advice on fundamental rights issues to the EU institutions and to Member States when implementing Union law. The FRA is also tasked with promoting fundamental rights within the EU, which it does through the collation, analysis and dissemination of data on fundamental rights across the Member States. As the Balance of Competencies Review in 2014 showed, a small number of UK NGOs have used FRA data to support their work.</p><p> </p><p>The UK contributes to the FRA budget through its contribution to the overall EU budget. The FRA’s budget for 2017 is 22.7 million euro. While civil service time is spent dealing with FRA reports and activities, time costs are not logged on this basis. A UK official attends National Liaison Officer network meetings at the FRA; travel and accommodation expenses for these meetings are covered by the FRA.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:15:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

752415

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to report any solicitor firms that have been engaged in fraudulent claims alleging food poisoning of British holidaymakers on holiday overseas to the NCA for investigation of conspiracy and fraud.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>On 9 July the Government announced the action it is taking to tackle the apparent increase in claims for gastric illness by holidaymakers.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual regulators including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Claims Management Regulation Unit to take disciplinary action where rules of conduct have been broken. Regulators can and do refer cases to the police for investigation where they believe that a criminal offence may have been committed.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:16:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

747414

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether all government funded bodies are required to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe guidelines on human rights, and if so who monitors their compliance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Under international law, the United Kingdom has undertaken to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives further effect in domestic law to certain rights and freedoms drawn from the Convention, called the Convention rights. Section 6(1) of the Act makes it unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right. Under section 6(3), “public authority” is defined as including a court or tribunal, and “any person certain of whose function are functions of a public nature”; but does not include either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament. Section 73(2) of the Care Act 2011 additionally specifies that a provider of regulated care and support that has been arranged or paid for by a local authority or Health and Social Care trust is also to be taken as exercising a function of a public nature for the purposes of the Human Rights Act. Any allegation that a public authority has acted incompatibly with a Convention right may be brought to court as specified in section 7 of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>Guidelines produced by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are not legally binding.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2017 15:17:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

749247

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Lord-Lieutenants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint techniques were adapted for use on younger and smaller children, prior to escort custody officers being trained and authorised to use them on children travelling to and from secure training centres and secure children's homes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) has been specifically developed for use by staff working with children and young people in custody. It has been designed so that physical restraint is avoided as far as possible by recognising young people’s behaviour, and by using a range of de-escalation, diversion and behaviour management techniques to help them deal with it effectively and appropriately. MMPR was initially used in secure training centres, and is now being operationally used by the Youth Justice Board’s secure escort provider, who escort children to and from court, secure training centres, and secure children’s homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:18:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

749245

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the secure escort services for children and young people contract between the Youth Justice Board and Serco was terminated early; and if so, for what reasons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secure Escort Services for Children and Young People (SESCYP) Contract ended early on 30 June 2016. This was mutually agreed between the Ministry of Justice and the contractor, Serco plc.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:17:26 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

751986

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are developing strategies in relation to (1) death from natural causes, (2) mental health issues, and (3) suicides for (a) prisoners in general, (b) older prisoners, and (c) prisoners on indeterminate sentences who are held beyond their initial tariff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the support that we offer to prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide. We expect the most important and effective measures to be the investment of £100 million for recruitment of 2,500 new staff, and the introduction of new offender management arrangements in prisons under which each key worker will have particular responsibility for a small number of prisoners. These will greatly enhance the time and resources available to support prisoners who are at risk.</p><p> </p><p>New training is being rolled out across the estate to support our staff to identify the risks and triggers of suicide and self-harm and understand what they can do to support prisoners at risk. The new training package consists of six sections including awareness training for staff on supporting prisoners with mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place specialist roles (regional safer custody leads) in every region to provide advice to prisons and to spread good practice on identifying and supporting prisoners at risk. We are using experts – including providing extra funding for the Samaritans to provide targeted support for prison staff and to prisoners directly.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures are being developed as part of our safety programme, which includes specific strands of work on the early days in custody; the case management of prisoners at risk; improvements to the built environment of prisons; and building hopefulness amongst prisoners, including through family and peer support.</p><p> </p><p><em>Older Prisoners</em></p><p>Elderly and frail prisoners receive support from NHS clinical services and local authority social care, as well as from prison officers. All staff are trained to appropriate professional standards for their contribution to care. Supporting elderly prisoners is covered in entry-level prison officer training. Prison officers are provided with guidance on dementia and also receive advice and guidance from occupational therapists and social workers at a local level. We are working closely with clinical leaders and social care services to improve our understanding of the impacts of dementia across prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working to improve our knowledge about the particular health and social needs of older prisoners so we can determine how we might meet these requirements. We have set up a working group to explore this issue. This work will include taking expert advice on what changes we might need to make to the estate or to the regime.</p><p> </p><p><em>Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners beyond tariff</em></p><p>The release of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) who have completed their tariff is a matter for the independent Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS is focused on giving IPP prisoners the support, opportunities and motivation they need to progress more quickly when they are reviewed by the Parole Board so that they have the best possible prospect for securing release. HMPPS and the Parole Board have implemented a joint action plan, the purpose of which is to deliver further improvements and efficiencies in the effort to help IPP prisoners progress towards release.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/07/2017 09:44:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

747378

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to extend the remit of the proposed public advocate in cases of public disaster to other areas of bereavement and its consequences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We will consult in the autumn on detailed proposals as to the Independent Public Advocate’s powers, duties and functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/07/2017 15:17:13 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

751129

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prepare a strategy for older prisoners; and if so, when it will be published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>At the end of March this year, there were just over 13,000 prisoners over the age of 50 in England and Wales, being 16% of the total prison population. This represents a 5% increase since March 2016 and 40% since March 2012.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working to enhance our knowledge about the particular health and social needs of older prisoners so we can determine how we might meet these requirements. We have therefore set up a working group to explore this issue. This work will include taking on expert advice on what changes we might need to make to the estate or to the regime.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:46:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

751188

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that procedures for complaints are made known in full to all prisoners held in Private Managed Prisons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Privately managed prisons (PMPs) are required to comply with Prison Service Instruction 2/2012 (Prisoner Complaints). This policy requires each establishment to have in place an accessible complaints system that is an effective outlet for dealing with complaints and concerns fairly and humanely. PMPs are also required to comply with PSI 15/2015 (Adult Social Care) in relation to complaints about healthcare provision.</p><p> </p><p>The complaints process in each of the PMPs is advertised and widely used by prisoners. If a prisoner remains unsatisfied with the response within the prison to concerns raised through local procedures, they can also raise a complaint with the Prison and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The complaints process is closely monitored by HMPPS Controllers to ensure compliance.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:45:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753938

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, following the recent report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons on youth detention centres, whether they plan to consider the recommendations made in the report Rehabilitation by Design, published in 2016 by Gleeds, on solutions to high re-offending rates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL1085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Re-offending rates in youth justice are high, and the outcomes for young people leaving custody are not good enough. That is why we set out our plans to reform youth custody in response to Charlie Taylor’s youth justice review last December, so that it is better equipped to help young people turn their lives around and play a constructive role in their communities upon their release, away from re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage with key stakeholders and consider their recommendations as this work progresses.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 14:35:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

746083

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, how much legal aid was paid to England based solicitors of John Downey, who was accused of killing four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park; over what period; and who were the solicitors and barristers instructed on his behalf.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Anyone facing a Crown Court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the legal aid paid to represent John Downey for representation at the police station and in court between May 2013-December 2014:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Criminal Legal representation at</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police station</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Solicitor</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Birnberg Peirce LTD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£293.40</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Crown court trial costs</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£18,412.07</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Barrister</p></td><td><p>Henry Blaxland QC</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£20,089.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark J Summers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£12,966.79</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Total costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£51,761.26</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/07/2017 15:30:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

750639

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) disturbances, (b) riots, (c) attempted escapes and (d) successful escapes there have been from Category C prisons in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) three years, (iii) five years, (iv) seven years and (v) 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	4238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>To provide all of the information requested would incur disproportionate cost. In addition, not all of the information held covers the entire timeframe requested.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/07/2017 15:45:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

753709

	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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	5956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in the North East , Jarrow</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> and South Tyneside</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>ESA - North East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>23655</p></td><td><p>3416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>32427</p></td><td><p>7163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>32666</p></td><td><p>10520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>53269</p></td><td><p>15007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>38592</p></td><td><p>20294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>7626</p></td><td><p>5905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9234</p></td><td><p>4236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17006</p></td><td><p>7496</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>ESA - </strong><strong>Jarrow and South Tyneside</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1388</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1052</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>PIP - North East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>~<sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2841</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>8895</p></td><td><p>3664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17035</p></td><td><p>6216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>PIP - </strong><strong>Jarrow and South Tyneside</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow and South Tyneside appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. Data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.</p><p><br> <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>5 </sup></strong>~ Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</p><p> </p><p><em>The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>A</em><em>lthough care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. </em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/07/2017 14:44:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

751668

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in the South East Wales District in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	4793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in </strong><strong>South East Wales<sup>1</sup> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Benefit Type</p></td><td><p>Receipts</p></td><td><p>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>5486</p></td><td><p><em>907</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>6254</p></td><td><p><em>1,809</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>8087</p></td><td><p><em>2,892</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>14835</p></td><td><p><em>5,543</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>7130</p></td><td><p><em>5,545</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><em>~</em><sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>2183</p></td><td><p><em>1,241</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>1478</p></td><td><p><em>311</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>2570</p></td><td><p><em>1,501</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>2622</p></td><td><p><em>1,729</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>3413</p></td><td><p><em>1,922</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>3268</p></td><td><p><em>1,750</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> SSCS data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. South East Wales is identified as those appeals which are attributed to the Cardiff, Cwmbran, Langstone, Newport, Llwynypia, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Pontypool, Pontypridd venues.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. It was trialled in areas of the North of England and gradually rolled out across other regions. As such there were fewer than five appeals cleared in the South East Wales district in 2013-2014.</p><p>. <br> <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>5 </sup></strong>Denotes appeals types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:35:34 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

747608

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in the Stroud District in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	2628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in Stroud<sup>1</sup> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Benefit Type</p></td><td><p>Receipts</p></td><td><p>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,110</em></p></td><td><p><em>184</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,811</em></p></td><td><p><em>602</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>1,618</em></p></td><td><p><em>625</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>2,474</em></p></td><td><p><em>963</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>2,288</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,356</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>~</em><sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>286</em></p></td><td><p><em>165</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>132</em></p></td><td><p><em>42</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>342</em></p></td><td><p><em>203</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>430</em></p></td><td><p><em>246</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p><em>638</em></p></td><td><p><em>272</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p><em>846</em></p></td><td><p><em>410</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><em> SSCS data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The data above represent appellants with home addresses in the Stroud district who had appeals heard at the Tribunal’s Gloucester, Swindon and previously Cheltenham venues. Appeals were last listed to the Cheltenham venue in May 2017.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><em> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</em></li></ol><p> </p><p><em><sup>3. </sup></em><em>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. It was trialled in areas of the North of England and gradually rolled out across other regions. As such there were no appeals cleared in the Stroud district in 2013-2014.</em></p><p> </p><ol start="4"><li><em> By financial year - from 1 April to 31 March. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li><em>Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</em></li></ol><p> </p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/07/2017 15:46:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

750261

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) psychiatrists and (b) psychologists are employed in prison and young offender institutions.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	3845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2017, there were 655 full-time equivalent psychologists working in prison establishments (including young offender institutions) across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Psychiatrists are employed as part of the NHS health service provision to prisoners, commissioned by NHS England and by the NHS in Wales. Prisons work closely with NHS services to enable access to high quality care in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:57:32 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

750254

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parking Offences: Judgements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgments were issued for non-payment of private parking prosecutions in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those judgments were processed at Northampton Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	3882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 13:59:13 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751861

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against decisions on entitlement to employment and support allowance following a work capability assessment were resolved within (a) three, (b) three to six, (c) six to nine, (d) nine to 12 and (e) over 12 months in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	4918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4924 question first answered 20/07/2017 14:24:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

751860

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals have been made to the outcome of work capability assessments in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	4924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4918 question first answered 20/07/2017 14:24:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

748260

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting determination by the First Tier Immigration Tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	2781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is published regularly as Official Statistics. The number of registered appeals awaiting determination as of 31 March 2017 in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 52,365.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2017 15:50:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

751826

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases where a rape complainant's previous sexual history was used as evidence in court without an application being made to the judge under subsection 41(3)(c)(i) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 prior to the trial have taken place in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	4856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/07/2017 15:29:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

752994

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cell searches have been conducted in the period between one prisoner moving out of a cell and another moving in, in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	5592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/07/2017 13:50:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

750247

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts put out to tender by his Department have been (a) cancelled and (b) re-tendered in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	4008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The department is unable to answer this question as the cost of obtaining the information would be disproportionate.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:16:38 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

750275

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders have (a) started and (b) completed the Sex Offender Treatment Programme; and of those offenders how many are (i) in prison, (ii) released and (iii) in a bail hostel.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of convicted sex offenders who have (a) started and (b) completed the Sex Offender Treatment Programmes is published annually. The data until 2015/16 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547224/supplementary-tables.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547224/supplementary-tables.zip</a>. Data for the period 2016 / 17 due to be published on 27July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the current locations of former participants in the Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme is held on individual offender files. The information requested could therefore be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2017 15:47:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

751825

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many coroner's offices have been closed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	4855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010 there have been 23 mergers of coroner areas in England and Wales, reducing the overall number from 116 to 92 coroner areas.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Chief Coroner’s aim, which the Government supports, to move, over time, to around 75 coroner areas, each having between 3,000 and 5,000 deaths reported annually. The aimn of this change is to promote consistency and generate efficiencies for local authorities, which fund coroner services.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not have operational responsibility for the coroner services and does not hold information about the number of coroner’s offices that have closed.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 4847 question first answered 18/07/2017 17:01:23 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

751827

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many coroner's offices have been subject to mergers in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	4847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010 there have been 23 mergers of coroner areas in England and Wales, reducing the overall number from 116 to 92 coroner areas.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Chief Coroner’s aim, which the Government supports, to move, over time, to around 75 coroner areas, each having between 3,000 and 5,000 deaths reported annually. The aimn of this change is to promote consistency and generate efficiencies for local authorities, which fund coroner services.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not have operational responsibility for the coroner services and does not hold information about the number of coroner’s offices that have closed.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 4855 question first answered 18/07/2017 17:01:22 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

750750

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days have been lost due to sickness and (b) what the sickness absence rate was in the prison service in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	4439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Latest figures on the number working days lost due to sickness and sickness absence rates since 31 March 2010 can be found in tables 16-18 in the HMPPS Workforce Statistics Bulletin at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/07/2017 13:45:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

750747

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drones carrying contraband goods were seized within prison grounds in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	4436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not disclose the information requested for reasons of operational security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure those caught are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>We have already introduced new legislation to further strengthen our powers, making it illegal to land a drone in a prison or to use a drone to drop in contraband.</p><p> </p><p>We have had successful prosecutions due to intelligence led operations and working closely with the local police forces to prevent the use of drones to smuggle contraband into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there has been a total of 35 arrests and 11 convictions of criminals involved in drone activity – resulting in those convicted being sentenced to a total of more than 40 years in jail.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/07/2017 13:50:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

749473

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many electronic tags used by the Electronic Monitoring Service to monitor ex-offenders have been reported (a) faulty and (b) lost.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	3566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>In March 2016, G4S became the sole provider of Personal Information Devices (PIDs) – commonly referred to as tags after taking over the contract to supply electronic monitoring equipment from the previous joint provider Serco. The contractual arrangements entered into with G4S and Serco in 2014 were different, the Ministry of Justice purchased equipment from G4S while the equipment was leased from Serco. The data recording requirements were therefore different and there is no comparable data of sufficient quality available for Serco equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The answer provided refers to lost and broken PIDs for all individuals subject to a curfew requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Lost G4S Personal Identification Devices (tags) [1]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Net Losses</strong></p></td><td><p>5,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Broken G4S Personal Identification Devices (tags) [2]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sent for repairs</strong></p></td><td><p>11,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>PIDs are deemed to be lost if they are not recovered within four weeks of the end of the electronic monitoring order. Therefore, none of the lost tags relate to individuals who are still subject to electronic monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The data applies to Radio Frequency (RF) Personal Identification Devices (tags) only.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The data applies to Radio Frequency (RF) Personal Identification Devices (tags) only.</p><p>‘Broken’ indicates the RF tag was sent for repair. There are a variety of reasons why PIDS can be sent for repair including (but not restricted too) low battery life, damage, (including that caused by the subject), and faults. The need for a repair can be determined at any time, thus not all PIDS sent for repair will have been fitted to a subject. A fault may be established during the installation process hence there should not be assumed to be a relationship between the numbers of repairs and the actively monitored caseload. Damage is most often caused by the subjects wearing the PID, so it should not be assumed that damage is the result of a manufacturing issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/07/2017 13:41:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

750748

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile phones were seized in prisons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	4437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the member to PQ 64325, which was answered on 27 February 2017.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-02-17/64325/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-02-17/64325/</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of mobile phones and SIM cards seized continues to be too high. We have purchased better quality detection equipment in larger quantities and equipped all prisons with additional portable detection devices to use across the prison. We are also working with mobile network operators to deliver ground-breaking technology to stop illicit phones working in prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/07/2017 17:01:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

748261

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Judges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new immigration judges were appointed in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	2782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Over the course of 2017, to date, one Resident Judge has been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2017 15:51:51 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

752761

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders were issued that led to legal aid funding being granted at (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:16:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752760

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of non-molestation orders were issued by (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders issued by courts in England and, specifically, by Horsham County Court in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1. Number of domestic violence non-molestation orders issued in England and Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>23,482</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>23,335</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>23,724</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:15:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

750276

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
	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 sex offences in category (a) adult: violent/serious rape, sexual assault, (b) adult other: possession and distribution of banned material, (c) child contact: any sexual offence involving direct sexual contact with a victim who is under 16 years old (or under 18 years old in cases of incest, prostitution and abuse of a position of trust), (d) child other: abuse of a position of trust (not involving direct sexual contact) with a victim who is under 16 years old following grooming and other child non-contact offences, (e) child image: creation, possession and distribution of indecent images of a victim under 18 years old, (f) breach of conviction/release conditions related to a sexual offence, (g) prostitution/soliciting involving a victim who is over 18 years old and related offences such as running or promoting a brother, (h) non-sexual violent: violent non-sexual offences, (i) non-sexual non-violent have (i) undertaken the Sex Offender Treatment Programme and (ii) gone on to re-offend in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2017 15:50:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

748262

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Homicide
	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 murdered since February 2015 by offenders who at the time of the offence, were being supervised by community rehabilitation companies.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	2744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>A mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review is triggered where an offender under statutory probation supervision is charged with murder, manslaughter, rape or certain other serious violent or sexual offences. Not in all cases will the charge result in a conviction for an SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of SFO reviews carried out by the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria and Lancashire CRC</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland CRC</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham Tees Valley CRC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight CRC</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside, Lincolnshire, and North Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London CRC</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside CRC</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk and Suffolk CRC</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire and West Mercia CRC</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>285</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>517</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not able to answer from central records the question in the precise form asked. However, between 1 February 2015 and 31 Dec 2016, 46 offenders were convicted of murder, who at the time of the offence were subject to supervision by a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC). This figure is subject to change as a number of other cases are still going through the legal process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below provides the number of SFOs carried out by the former Probation Trusts in England and Wales between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Trust</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire and Rutland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>441</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>441</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>409</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>429</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 2737 2786 question first answered 12/07/2017 15:39:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

753560

	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	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who died as a result of drug misuse in 2015 (a) were serving and (b) had previously served prison sentences in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	5758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer this question in the time allowed. I will write to the honourable member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/07/2017 14:43:13 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

753002

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have left the service due to (a) stress and (b) ill health in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	5588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the number of prison officers who have left the prison service due specifically to stress or ill health.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of prison officers who left the prison service through medical retirement or dismissal due to medical inefficiency are however available. Latest figures for these can be found in table 11b of the HMPPS annual workforce statistics bulletin 31 March 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614643/noms-workforce-tables-march-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614643/noms-workforce-tables-march-2017.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/07/2017 13:57:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

750271

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Computers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners (a) requested and (b) were granted access to laptop computer facilities in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>All prisoners are able to request access to IT for legal purposes. However, there is a clear need to balance the need to access electronic legal information with the risk that some prisoners may seek to use IT for illicit or criminal purposes. Therefore, prisoners are only provided with IT equipment where there is a clear and genuine need, and where not to do so would raise a real risk of prejudicing the legal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Where such a requirement is clear, a prisoner can be provided with IT for the sole specified purpose of considering digital evidence. The IT can be made available for as long as the requirement to use it remains, up to the conclusion of the relevant legal proceedings.</p><p>There is currently no national guidance on the process for access to digital evidence (formerly access to justice). Local procedures for assessing access to digital evidence have been developed in collaboration with the High Security and Long Term Estate and the Directorate of Security, Order and Counter Terrorism Guidance on the procedures for applying for, and receiving, access to digital evidence will be published for prison staff and prisoners this year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of applications made and approved for access to digital evidence is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 3720 question first answered 18/07/2017 15:45:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

750265

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Offender Assessment System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred between prisons who have (a) completed and (b) incomplete OASys in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 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 18/07/2017 15:43:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

749684

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in UK prisons were convicted of terrorism-related offences; and how many of those prisoners are scheduled for release in the next (a) six months, (b) year, (c) three years and (d) five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	3663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the attached table. The statistics relate to England and Wales only. Other jurisdictions are not the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/07/2017 13:54:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 3663_final_with TACT.xls title Prison Poplation - Terrorism Related Offences
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

750272

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have dedicated equalities departments.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Prison Governors are responsible for identifying a functional head with lead responsibility for coordinating equalities work within the prison, ensuring that there is a coherent approach to equalities obligations. Every prison has been allocated resources for an equality officer and Governors are free to deploy this resource in a way that best meets the needs of their population.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2017 15:40:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

750279

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Segregation of Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons undertook at least one segregation monitoring and review meeting in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	3725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Segregation Monitoring and Review Group (SMARG) meetings and reports are not held centrally and to obtain the information requested from each prison would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/07/2017 15:49:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

748263

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff were employed by each community rehabilitation company in England and Wales on (a) 1 April 2015, (b) 1 April 2016 and (c) 1 April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	2785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>When Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were under public ownership (from 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015), we published workforce information on a quarterly basis. The final iteration of these statistics was published on 31 December 2014 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-rehabilitation-companies-workforce-information-report-quarter-3-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-rehabilitation-companies-workforce-information-report-quarter-3-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>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 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 12/07/2017 15:43:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

748270

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of the Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	2836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Data on protected disclosures made by staff in MoJ in the last three years, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Whistleblowing reporting Year:</p></td><td><p>Number of cases</p></td><td><p>Number of complaints upheld</p></td><td><p>Number of employees that claimed to have suffered a detriment because they raised a whistle blowing concern.</p></td><td><p>Number of employees that subsequently left the department as result of suffering detriment for blowing the whistle.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>* April 14 – March 15</p></td><td><p>Figure not known</p></td><td><p>Figure not known</p></td><td><p>Figure not known</p></td><td><p>Figure not known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 15 – March 16</p></td><td><p>**5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 16 – March 17</p></td><td><p>**7</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The MoJ central data base was set up in March 2015. Prior to this information wasn’t recorded in the level of detail required to respond to these questions.</p><p>** Figure includes a HMPPS case that was raised directly with the Civil Service Commission.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 12/07/2017 15:04:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders