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432318

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults in which the victims was transgender were recorded in prisons in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	17628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text This information is not held centrally and as my Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation, committed to the House on 20 November, my Department will publish data on the number of trans people in prison in due course. answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2015 13:35:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

388689

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the Supreme Court has declared an incompatibility between domestic legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Court's inception; and what the Government's response was in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	6204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text Since its inception, the Supreme Court has confirmed two declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, both of which had been made previously by the Court of Appeal. These were in the cases of R (F and Thompson) v SSHD (2010) UKSC 17 and T &amp; Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department &amp; Anor [2014] UKSC 35.<p>In the first case, the incompatibility was remedied by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In the second case, while the Government’s application to appeal to the Supreme Court was outstanding, changes were made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and to the Police Act 1997 by secondary legislation in response to the Court of Appeal’s earlier judgment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2015 14:02:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

179038

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has recieved from (a) the Law Society, (b) Rights of Women and (c) other organisations on legal aid for victims of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	224007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text Ministers and officials maintain a regular dialogue with key stakeholders on matters such as domestic violence. It was as a result of this type of engagement that we made changes last year to make it easier for people to access legal aid in domestic violence cases. answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/02/2015 16:08:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

423389

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of his Department's proposed policies on (a) secure colleges, (b) the prisoners' book ban, (c) HMCTS privatisation and (d) Saudi prison contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	13074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>a) I refer the Honourable member to the answer given to question 6553 on 15 July 2015.</p><p>b) The policy on books was implemented using existing resources.</p><p>c) I refer the Honourable member to the answer given to 12150 on 6 November 2015.</p><p>d) The cost of preparing the bid to provide a training needs analysis for the Saudi Arabian Prison Service was met from within the National Offender Management Service’s existing resources.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 07/12/2015 16:12:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

422329

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral evidence given by Ann Beasley, DG Finance and Corporate Services, Ministry of Justice, to the Justice Committee on 13 October 2015, HC 416, Question 30, how many agency staff his Department employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	12353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Workforce information including agency staff, interim managers, contractors and consultants for the Ministry of Justice, its agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies is published in the department’s annual accounts. Information for 2011 to 2015 is available at Annex A vi of the 2014/2015 annual report available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434016/moj-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434016/moj-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>Information for the 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217275/moj-annual-report-accounts-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217275/moj-annual-report-accounts-2011-12.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2015 10:16:09 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142288

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

168076

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles in each local criminal justice board area were convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary and (v) theft in each year between 2010 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Whilst crime is falling, more offenders are going to prison and for longer. In 2013, for the first time in the past decade, immediate custody was the most common disposal given for indictable offences. It is also important to note that more sexual offences have been dealt with this year as more victims come forward for historical crimes and because of generally increased reporting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts, by age group, offence type and Police force area, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data by police force has been provided as we are not able to group results from the Crown Court by local criminal justice board.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceeding data for calendar year 2014 is planned for publication in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/12/2014 17:35:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 217273 - Table.xlsx title Offenders found guilty at all courts 2010-2013
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

438727

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Questions 19129, prisons: locks and keys, which prisons had to be relocked; and what the cost was of each such incident.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	20244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><br /><p>In the five years from May 2005 to May 2010 there were 16 relocks at a cost of £1,280,234 to the taxpayer. Since May 2010 this has fallen to 8 relocks at a total cost of £529,973 to the taxpayer. Further to my answer of 14 December, the table below shows the location of the 8 relocks since May 2010.</p><br /><p>The cost of a re-lock will depend the size of the prison establishment and on which keys have been lost or compromised. If a complete set of keys are lost, a full re-lock of the prison will be undertaken, whereas if a single key is lost only a partial re-lock will be needed, incurring a lower cost.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Frame</p></td><td><p>Location/Date</p></td><td><p>Total Cost (excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 May 2010 – 1 May 2011</p></td><td><p>HMP Swaleside; HMYOI Glen Parva; HMP Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>£79,526; £173,608; £84,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2011 – 1 May 2012</p></td><td><p>HMP Birmingham</p></td><td><p>£415,277 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2012 – 1 May 2013</p></td><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2013 – 1 May 2014</p></td><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>£28,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2014 – 1 May 2015</p></td><td><p>HMP Haverigg; HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>£30,540; £15,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2015 – 9 December</p></td><td><p>HMYOI Portland</p></td><td><p>£117,212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><br /><p>1.The cost of the re-lock at HMP Birmingham was met by the private contractor operating the prison.</p><p>2.Prisons are also responsible for re-locks of crown court cells. Figures exclude re-lock of cells in two crown courts during the period.</p><p>3.The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2016 11:18:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

445603

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Supreme Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee of 2 December 2015, Question 9, what progress he has made on determining his policy on whether to use a British Bill of Rights to make the Supreme Court a constitutional long stop.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	22979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>We will announce proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/01/2016 17:05:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

450792

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Police Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2016 to Question 23552, how many times police cells were used to hold prisoners overnight who were aged (a) 15 to 17, (b) 18 to 20 and (c) 21 and over in each month in 2014 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	25916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and will do so in a way that gives taxpayers the best possible value for money.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to re-activate police cells under Operation Safeguard. No police cells have been used under Operation Safeguard since October 2008. This means the number of prisoners held temporarily overnight in police cells has fallen from over 50,000 in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Tables 1 and 2 show the number of prisoners, by the requested age groups, who were temporarily held overnight in police cells in England and Wales each month in 2014 and 2015. No prisoners aged 15 to 17 were held overnight in police cells in 2014 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: 18 year olds and above during 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Total number of prisoners held in police cell</p></td><td><p>18 to 20 year olds</p></td><td><p>21 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – 14</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 14</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar – 14</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr – 14</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May – 14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun – 14</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul – 14</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug – 14</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept – 14</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct – 14</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov – 14</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec - 14</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: 18 year olds and above during 2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Total number of prisoners held in police cell</p></td><td><p>18 to 20 year olds</p></td><td><p>21 and Over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – 15</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb – 15</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar – 15</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr – 15</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May - 15</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun – 15</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul – 15</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug – 15</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept – 15</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct – 15</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov – 15</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec - 15</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/02/2016 17:19:49 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter