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19326

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2013
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	174860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has reduced the overall cost of air travel by almost half since 2009, and our total spend on all travel has fallen by more than 40 per cent in the same period – a saving of more than £9m.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, this year, the Justice Secretary toughened up the rules to ban first and business class travel for Ministers and officials in the department other than in exceptional circumstances where this is required to meet business need.</p><p> </p><p>Overseas travel makes up a small proportion of the Department's overall travel requirement. Flights and travel by Eurostar are booked through our contracted supplier, and whilst the MoJ records data on transactions, it does not hold details of the cost or destination of individual trips centrally. The cost of breaking down all travel in the ways requested would be disproportionate, as managers across the Department would have to create a breakdown of every trip taken, itemised by the different kinds of expenditure.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

33663

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each supplier of such contract following the contract award.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	183913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has taken a number of steps to improve commercial capability across the department. We regularly review suppliers' performance against key performance indicators and have recently embarked on a programme aimed at introducing a more robust approach to contract management, to ensure that contracts deliver best possible value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The table below features the ten largest contracts let by the Ministry of Justice since the financial year 2010/11, and provides details of savings and of any under- or overspend in each financial year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 183913.doc title Table 1
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47322

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not available inhouse. They are only used for short term appointments where there is a strong business case, such as support for Transforming Rehabilitation and other major reform programmes within the MoJ.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has spent the following on the provision of service with (a) Capita, (b) Brook Street, (c) Hays PLC (d) Groupe Steria and (e) Certes Holdings in the Financial Year 2013/14. Spend is exclusive of VAT.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£26,411,523.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook Street</p></td><td><p>£24,514,489.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hays PLC</p></td><td><p>£16,548,878.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Groupe Steria</p></td><td><p>£3,000,763.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Certes Holdings</p></td><td><p>£712,948.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The approval process on expenditure has been tightened in recent years. All requirements over £20,000 must have departmental approval from the Director General of Finance.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47319

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice can provide spend for the provision of services with the top ten consultancy firms for 11 months of the last financial year (13/14) as March 2014 spend is not yet available. All spend is exclusive of VAT. The below table shows the top ten suppliers for consultancy for 2013/2014 and spend.</p><p> </p><p>Consultants can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not available inhouse. Consultancy spend is governed by strict Cabinet Office controls and any spend over £20k requires approval by the departmental board on behalf of the Secretaryof State.Consultancy contracts in excess of nine months require further approval by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014 YTD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS</strong></p></td><td><p>£8,617,495.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>ERNST &amp; YOUNG GLOBAL LIMITED</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,870,242.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>PA CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,200,003.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>MCKINSEY &amp; CO INC. UNITED KINGDOM</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,596,675.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>ALLEN &amp; OVERY LLP</strong></p></td><td><p>£765,883.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>CAPGEMINI S.A.</strong></p></td><td><p>£723,189.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><strong>METHODS CONSULTING LTD</strong></p></td><td><p>£364,726.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>BIRD &amp; BIRD</strong></p></td><td><p>£312,387.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>PINSENT MASONS</strong></p></td><td><p>£161,134.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>REGENCY IT CONSULTING</strong></p></td><td><p>£116,805.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

101973

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value was of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected was in financial year 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	212720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years, reaching a record high in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in the financial year 2013-14 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Amount imposed</p></td><td><p>Amount collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£420,255,840</p></td><td><p>£290,311,831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total amount collected in the financial year 2013-14 was a record high and was £5.8 million higher than the previous financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts above include all elements of financial impositions (excluding confiscation orders): fines, costs, compensation and victim surcharge. The amounts collected in a particular year can relate to impositions from that year or any previous year. The amounts include those that were being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/11/2014 16:15:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

174047

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what types of offence resulted in confiscation orders being made in 2012-13; and how much was collected as a result of those orders.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	220978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the primary offence type for all confiscation orders made between 01/04/2012 and 31/03/2013 and the current amount paid against those impositions as of 16/01/2015. The ‘Amount Paid’ does not include any sums of interest that may have been collected on those orders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Primary Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Amount Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arms Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 2,274.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bribery and Corruption</p></td><td><p>£ 724.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary / Theft</p></td><td><p>£ 5,178,518.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Counterfeiting / Intellectual Property / Forgery</p></td><td><p>£ 3,482,693.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 27,142,467.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excise Duty Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 1,250,612.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handling Stolen Goods</p></td><td><p>£ 778,521.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 390,863.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Drugs</p></td><td><p>£ 8,183,885.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Other</p></td><td><p>£ 18,291,592.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 8,045,149.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Fraud / Embezzlement / Deception / Crimes of dishonesty</p></td><td><p>£ 22,650,449.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 281,589.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pimps and Brothels / Prostitution / Pornography</p></td><td><p>£ 965,260.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>£ 167,503.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax and Benefit Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 9,078,615.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Terrorism</p></td><td><p>£ 39,945.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trading Standards Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 435,591.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>£ 125,986.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VAT Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 10,548,046.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 917,892.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£ 117,958,186.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/01/2015 16:08:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

175127

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of fines was (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in 2013-14 in each local criminal justice board area.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	221639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years. The amount of money collected reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise. In 2013/14 the total outstanding balance of financial impositions reduced by £26.7m (5%) in the year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of financial impositions ordered by the courts in 2013/14, and the total value of financial impositions collected in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Impositions 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total collected in the year - regardless of imposition date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>£10,488,481</p></td><td><p>£3,816,902</p></td><td><p>£7,172,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>£4,225,416</p></td><td><p>£1,859,237</p></td><td><p>£3,202,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>£4,890,202</p></td><td><p>£1,933,970</p></td><td><p>£3,547,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>£7,518,203</p></td><td><p>£3,839,030</p></td><td><p>£6,066,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>£3,994,238</p></td><td><p>£1,275,769</p></td><td><p>£2,882,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£4,381,676</p></td><td><p>£1,500,696</p></td><td><p>£2,790,743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>£4,619,046</p></td><td><p>£1,802,742</p></td><td><p>£3,453,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>£7,275,905</p></td><td><p>£3,492,226</p></td><td><p>£6,154,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>£4,254,020</p></td><td><p>£1,592,455</p></td><td><p>£3,388,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>£3,100,039</p></td><td><p>£1,169,332</p></td><td><p>£2,473,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>£3,774,386</p></td><td><p>£1,743,944</p></td><td><p>£2,898,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>£10,989,916</p></td><td><p>£5,222,015</p></td><td><p>£8,443,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>£2,145,012</p></td><td><p>£894,327</p></td><td><p>£1,840,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>£22,329,688</p></td><td><p>£7,039,630</p></td><td><p>£15,250,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>£4,788,550</p></td><td><p>£1,762,976</p></td><td><p>£3,527,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>£11,013,958</p></td><td><p>£4,079,985</p></td><td><p>£8,459,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£9,563,529</p></td><td><p>£3,829,326</p></td><td><p>£6,440,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7,136,166</p></td><td><p>£2,837,722</p></td><td><p>£5,694,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>£11,982,516</p></td><td><p>£4,191,673</p></td><td><p>£8,362,118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>£13,146,146</p></td><td><p>£4,475,514</p></td><td><p>£7,798,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>£6,044,190</p></td><td><p>£2,577,867</p></td><td><p>£4,320,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>£6,141,834</p></td><td><p>£2,706,212</p></td><td><p>£4,210,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>£37,479,069</p></td><td><p>£12,591,694</p></td><td><p>£21,055,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North East</p></td><td><p>£19,420,646</p></td><td><p>£5,919,447</p></td><td><p>£10,646,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North West</p></td><td><p>£23,238,619</p></td><td><p>£8,598,442</p></td><td><p>£14,243,408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South West</p></td><td><p>£1,627,698</p></td><td><p>£903,715</p></td><td><p>£3,659,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>£12,266,671</p></td><td><p>£3,901,058</p></td><td><p>£9,556,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>£4,810,313</p></td><td><p>£1,825,238</p></td><td><p>£3,307,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>£5,476,857</p></td><td><p>£2,476,682</p></td><td><p>£4,264,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£4,247,146</p></td><td><p>£2,168,730</p></td><td><p>£3,489,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>£4,046,826</p></td><td><p>£1,391,365</p></td><td><p>£2,909,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>£10,806,079</p></td><td><p>£3,613,008</p></td><td><p>£7,385,384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£8,409,069</p></td><td><p>£3,050,949</p></td><td><p>£5,254,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>£16,335,911</p></td><td><p>£6,584,635</p></td><td><p>£10,762,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£9,955,309</p></td><td><p>£2,808,251</p></td><td><p>£5,752,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£8,075,539</p></td><td><p>£2,824,654</p></td><td><p>£6,008,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>£4,945,931</p></td><td><p>£1,887,068</p></td><td><p>£3,309,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>£7,833,947</p></td><td><p>£4,298,880</p></td><td><p>£6,331,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>£7,295,943</p></td><td><p>£3,024,765</p></td><td><p>£5,986,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£13,975,694</p></td><td><p>£6,347,357</p></td><td><p>£10,957,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>£5,478,730</p></td><td><p>£1,967,666</p></td><td><p>£3,137,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>£9,034,521</p></td><td><p>£3,169,955</p></td><td><p>£5,749,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£18,824,807</p></td><td><p>£5,980,168</p></td><td><p>£14,196,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£19,708,027</p></td><td><p>£6,593,972</p></td><td><p>£11,421,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>£3,159,373</p></td><td><p>£1,163,257</p></td><td><p>£2,547,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£420,255,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£156,734,504</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£290,311,831</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include fines, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and prosecution costs orders. The value of the impositions that remain outstanding at the end of the year includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/01/2015 17:08:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176803

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount recovered through confiscation orders for drug-related crimes was in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for drug related offences in 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average amount recovered for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders made (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>3610</p></td><td><p>3537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average amount recovered (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£10,165.73</p></td><td><p>£8,904.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222731 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176804

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-related confiscation orders were issued for (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £5,000, (c) £5,001 to £10,000, (d) £10,001 to £20,000, (e) £20,001 to £50,000, (f) £50,001 to £100,000, (g) £100,001 to £500,000, (h) £500,001 to £1 million, (i) £1 million to £5 million and (j) more than £5 million in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued in 2012/13 and 2013/14 by value groups. It also shows the total number of drug related confiscation orders issued in 2012/13 and 2013/14 by value group.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Order value</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drug related offences </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drug related offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£0 to £1,000</p></td><td><p>2833</p></td><td><p>1809</p></td><td><p>2690</p></td><td><p>1824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1,001 to £5,000</p></td><td><p>1257</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>1205</p></td><td><p>844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5,001 to £10,000</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10,001 to £20,000</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£20,001 to £50,000</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>558</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50,001 to £100,000</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100,001 to £500,000</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500,001 to £999,999*</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1million to £5million</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £5million</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total:</p></td><td><p>6401</p></td><td><p>3610</p></td><td><p>6033</p></td><td><p>3537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure amended from £500,001 to £999,999 (other than £1m as requested in question) to avoid the double counting of orders as number ranges overlapped.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14; as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222761 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:48:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

176799

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average value was of a confiscation order for drug-related crimes in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	222730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of confiscation orders issued for 2012/13 and 2013/14. It also shows the average value of confiscation orders made for drug related offences. The average value data is based on the ‘current’ order value and not the ‘original’ order value to ensure the data accurately captures amendments to the values following successful appeals or variations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total orders issued</strong></p></td><td><p>6401</p></td><td><p>6033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average value of orders issued (drug related offences)</strong></p></td><td><p>£16,336.86</p></td><td><p>£16,490.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to the crime and may therefore exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during 2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p><p>The majority of Confiscation Orders (52% by value) are enforced by agencies other than HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. These agencies include the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222732 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie