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168136

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

168323

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

168346

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims for loss or damage to prisoners' property left in the custody of the Prison Service were made in the last year for which figures are available; and how much compensation was claimed in those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Compensation payments to prisoners can be made through civil litigation, internal complaints, or as a result of recommendations made by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman and by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service does not record centrally the total number of compensation claims made for loss or damage to prisoners’ property or what the total requested amount was against these claims. To establish such details we would require an individual prison wide-survey to identify the number of individual claims and the amount of compensation requested against these claims made by each prisoner. This would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/12/2014 14:22:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168352

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies were contracted by his Department to provide training for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years; and what his Department's expenditure on companies contracted to train (i) prisoners and (ii) prison staff has been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>Private Prisons:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The price paid for running private prisons does not include a breakdown of costs for training. Private prison contractors are required to provide training for both prisoners and staff in line with Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) and Prison Service Orders (PSOs) as part of their contracts.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Public Prisons:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for prisoners in the last five years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ST GILES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE FOUNDATION TRAINING COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE CLINK RESTAURANT COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SERCO GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORKING LINKS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MERSEYSIDE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTERSHIRE &amp; RUTLAND PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRIBAL GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A4E CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MERSEYSIDE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE WEST YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE DERBYSHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for staff in the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Fire Service College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roffey park Institute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashbourne assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QA Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common Purpose UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Bristol College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire Consultancy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learn Direct (was JHP Group Ltd)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Construction College (CITB-ConstructionSkills)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RTW Training Services Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds College of Building</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Behavioural Measures UK Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CQM Learning Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for prisoners training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</p></td><td><p>2010 / 11</p></td><td><p>2011 / 12</p></td><td><p>2012 / 13</p></td><td><p>2013 / 14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£40,852,860.56</p></td><td><p>£28,545,826.02</p></td><td><p>£26,224,572.48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for staff training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</p></td><td><p>2010 / 11</p></td><td><p>2011 / 12</p></td><td><p>2012 / 13</p></td><td><p>2013 / 14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1,196,652.55</p></td><td><p>£1,201,946.52</p></td><td><p>£3,278,174.07</p></td><td><p>£3,100,465.41</p></td><td><p>£2,360,469.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend above includes all spend with each of the suppliers listed above so may include some elements that are not purely training. There is a reduction in the amount spent on prisoners training between 2011 and 2014. The majority of the money for prisoner training comes from European Social funding (ESF). There was an overlap in 11/12 of two rounds of ESF funding which is reflected as a higher amount in the annual totals. NOMS funding remained relatively stable throughout the period at around £5m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of much education in prisons falls to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 217613 question first answered 22/01/2015 17:24:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168345

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting magistrates there were in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of sitting magistrates in England and Wales in each of the last five financial years was as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>2013-2014 – <strong>21,613</strong></p><p>2012-2013 – <strong>23,244</strong></p><p>2011-2012 – <strong>25,155</strong></p><p>2010-2011 – <strong>26,966</strong></p><p>2009-2010 – <strong>29,270</strong></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/12/2014 15:27:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168349

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Security Guards
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 213482, what changes there have been in the number of security staff at (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates' courts in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of security staff since 2010.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Mags</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Mags</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Mags</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Mags</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Mags</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The amount of security staff required has decreased over the period, due to the reduction in the number of Crown and Magistrates’ courts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/12/2014 16:12:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168350

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 72, on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for judicial review which were granted on minor technicalities since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of applications for judicial review which are granted on procedural defects or minor technicalities. Judicial review applications are not recorded in an accessible and reliable electronic form, but rather in paper case files which would need to be manually searched and as such there is no central figure. However, those involved in judicial reviews, including government departments, local authorities and businesses, are fully aware of the ways in which the judicial review process can be misused.</p><p>One of the reforms we are taking forward in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (clause 84 of the print of the Bill currently awaiting Royal Assent) is to improve the way the courts deal with judicial reviews based on procedural defects. This is an important part of the Government’s programme to tackle public burdens, promote growth and stimulate economic recovery.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/02/2015 17:40:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168347

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving Offences: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine imposed for (a) driving without insurance, (b) failure to stop or report a road accident, (c) failure to produce an insurance certificate, (d) failure to produce a test certificate and (e) driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence was in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The average fine (£) for selected offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988, in England &amp; Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Average fine (£) for selected offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988, England &amp; Wales, 2010-2013<sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Failing to stop after accident - S. 170(4)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>190.02</td><td>198.71</td><td>211.67</td><td>222.04</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Failing to report accident within 24 hours - S.170(4)&amp;(7)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>173.19</td><td>180.36</td><td>188.41</td><td>204.57</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Insurer failing to supply police with particulars and other offences under the regulations - S.170(7); S.165(3)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>98.90</td><td>148.13</td><td>150.76</td><td>134.44</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks - S.143(2)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>285.58</td><td>288.50</td><td>322.41</td><td>346.29</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Driver of a prescribed vehicle being absent without permission during examination of the vehicle - S.165(3)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>118.00</td><td>122.01</td><td>144.80</td><td>139.79</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Driving, causing or permitting a person to drive other than in accordance with a licence (full or provisional) (except HGV) - S.87(1)&amp;(2) &amp; R.16</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>112.84</td><td>115.49</td><td>128.43</td><td>138.58</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ref: PQ 217536</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2014 16:55:59 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168348

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been suspended from duty in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of staff within the MoJ and NOMS who have been suspended from duty each month is set out in the tables below. Information prior to February 2011 is not available as this data was not recorded centrally.</p><p>Suspension is not a disciplinary sanction or a sign of guilt, but is used to progress an investigation smoothly or to protect the health and safety of those involved.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p><strong>316</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOMS</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2014 16:56:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 7 April 2014 to Question 190548, how much his Department has spent on first class (a) flight travel for Ministers and officials in each year since 2010 and (b) rail travel for Ministers and officials in 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2013, the Ministry of Justice has prohibited first class travel and business class travel for flights of less than eight hours duration, except for flights of five hours and over where there is a compelling business need, such as where staff are required to go straight into a meeting following a flight or where they are required to work on a flight. An exception to this ban is to support the needs of some disabled staff carrying out their duties.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes within its transparency data the costs of all flights taken by Ministers and Senior Civil Servants (<a title="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-cabinet-office" href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-cabinet-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-cabinet-office</a> / <a title="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/flights-booked-through-gps-framework-moj" href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/flights-booked-through-gps-framework-moj" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/flights-booked-through-gps-framework-moj</a>) Flights taken by staff below this level are not centrally recorded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spend data from 2012 onwards for first class air travel is available through the Redfern travel contract. This data is provided below:</p><p>2012 £605.32</p><p> </p><p>2013 £0</p><p> </p><p>2014 £0</p><p> </p><p>In one instance, the MoJ booked a business class ticket. This ticket covered a four leg journey. On one of those legs, a passenger was seated in first class due to a lack of availability of a business class seat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This includes expenditure by one of the MoJ’s Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB).</p><p> </p><p>This level of information prior to 2012 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The total Rail spend data through the Redfern travel contract for Ministers and officials, in 2014 to date is: £34,943.53. This has decreased by 99% since 2009, when the annual spend on rail travel for Ministers and officials[1] was £3,989,713, This shows a reduction of £1,589,275 over the period. The Secretary of State has put in place a ban on all first-class rail travel. An exception to this ban is to support the needs of some disabled staff in carrying out their duties, where it is reasonable to do so, and which exceptionally justify the use of first-class rail travel.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Spend information is available only for the period April to December 2009.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/03/2015 14:55:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter