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1134607

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what level of charges Approved Enforcement Agencies may add to original financial penalties imposed by criminal courts, and whether his Department has plans to change that level.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The level of fees that an Enforcement agent may levy is set out in The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, SI 2014 No1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Compliance Stage - £75.00</strong></p><p>The Compliance fee is levied for correspondence to the Debtor from the Approved Enforcement Agency. The amount levied does not change dependent on amount owed and is only payable once.</p><p><strong>Enforcement Fee - £235.00</strong></p><p>This fee is levied for a visit to the Debtor following on from the compliance process and is also only payable once. An additional 7.5% of the value of the debt is payable in cases where the original debt exceeds £1,500</p><p><strong>Sale or Disposal Fee - £110.00</strong></p><p>This fee is levied for the sale or disposal of goods if the original debt is not settled in full or if a proposal for a repayment plan is not offered. This fee is also only payable once. An additional 7.5% of the value of the debt is payable in cases where the original debt exceeds £1,500.</p><p> </p><p>Approved Enforcement Agencies can also charge for the reasonable cost of storing goods, hiring a locksmith, court fees, auction costs, exceptional costs. These charges only apply to actual cost.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to change the level of fees, which are set out in secondary legislation, at the current time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:14:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134608

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the level of charges added by Approved Enforcement Agencies to the original financial penalties imposed by criminal courts in each of the last four quarters.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) does not collate this information at a quarterly level. Data received from Approved Enforcement Agencies indicates that they recovered £28,169,343.39 in fees from Warrants of Control over the period 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018 – 31<sup>st</sup> March 2019. The fee, which varies for different processes is paid by the debtor direct to the AEA on top of their original fine.</p><p> </p><p>The level of fees that an Enforcement agent may levy are set out in The Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, SI 2014 No1 to ensure transparency and consistency.</p><p> </p><p>We take the recovery and enforcement of court fines very seriously. Courts already have the power to issue warrants through enforcement agencies, and we have robust processes in place to ensure enforcement agents comply to the same standards as HMCTS staff.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:53:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134609

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the expected savings to the public purse through service contracts with Approved Enforcement Agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>It is estimated that re-procurement of service contracts with Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEAs) has the potential to deliver resource savings of £25m over the initial term of the contract (5 years), every penny of which will be reinvested into the justice system. Current AEAs contracts include provision for the enforcement of Warrants of Control and Warrants of Arrest; the new service contracts will also include provision for Warrants of Arrest currently undertaken by civilian enforcement officers.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:25:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134611

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the expected savings to the public purse of outsourcing warrants of arrest work to Approved Enforcement Agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>It is estimated that the contracting out of all Warrant of Arrest work to Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEAs) has the potential to deliver savings in resource of over £25m over the initial term of the contract (5 years). This includes Warrants of Arrest currently undertaken by Civilian Enforcement Officers as well as Warrants of Arrest already undertaken by AEAs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:28:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134612

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Approved Enforcement Agencies will be paid for carrying out warrants of arrest work on behalf of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the current Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEA) contracts the AEA’s are paid £75 for successfully executed Warrants of Arrest. We are in the process of procuring a new set of contracts for AEA services and the Invitation to Tender was released on 1 July 2019. The pricing for Warrant of Arrest services shall be established by this procurement exercise. The price for Warrants of Arrest Services forms part of the evaluation process, through which value for money will be determined. We plan to award contracts in December 2019, with services to commence in May 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We expect these new contracts will save the taxpayer more than £25m over the next five years, every penny of which will be reinvested into the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 03/07/2019 16:52:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134613

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent Civilian Enforcement Officers are in post.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of Civilian Enforcement Officers that were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service at the end of quarter 4 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>96.53</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:29:53 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134614

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent vacancies for Civilian Enforcement Officers there are.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no full time equivalent vacancies for Civilian Enforcement Officers (CEOs) within Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). CEOs primarily execute financial penalty arrest warrants and community penalty breach warrants and existing contracts with Approved Enforcement Agencies also provide for the execution of these warrants. This dual approach means there is no requirement for a fixed number of CEOs to ensure this work is undertaken. The number of Civilian Enforcement Officers has reduced over recent years, which reflects a reduction in the number of warrants issued.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:35:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134615

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the most recently appointed Civilian Enforcement Officer commenced employment.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	269146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The most recent Civilian Enforcement Officer to be appointed to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service commenced employment on the 30<sup>th</sup> June 2008.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS will soon commence the process of re-procuring existing Approved Enforcement Agency contracts to secure continuity of approved enforcement services to assist with the collection of financial impositions. As part of the re-tendering process a decision was made to explore the possibility of extending the existing provision and implementing contracts to cover all Civilian Enforcement Officer functions.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:38:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134208

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers were placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months for alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	268589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1a - Number of Probation Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 1b - Number of Probation Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Gross Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. Qualified band 4 probation officers only. Figures exclude Senior Probation Officers. 2. Staff with at least one conduct and discipline case concluded during the year.<ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded.</li></ol>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations follow the conduct and discipline policy, which ensures that they are carried out fairly, and are also robust. Investigations may involve multiple charges and may have multiple outcomes for different parts of the case.</p><p>Investigations into staff conduct are designed to establish the truth of the case and to determine whether conduct and discipline action is recommended.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:18:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134209

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of disciplinary cases in which probation officers were placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and twelve months and (e) over twelve months resulted in proceedings for (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	268590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1a: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Probation Officers<sup>2</sup>, which progressed to misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 1b: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Probation Officers<sup>3</sup>, which progressed to gross misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times. 2. Qualified band 4 probation officers only. Figures exclude Senior Probation Officers<ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded</li></ol>‘-‘ Indicates there were no cases.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations follow the conduct and discipline policy, which ensures that they are carried out fairly, and are also robust.</p><p>Investigations into staff conduct are designed to establish the truth of the case and to determine whether conduct and discipline action is recommended. An investigation may result in no case to answer, and would not result in a penalty. Where there is a case to answer a conduct and discipline case imposes a penalty on a member of staff for wrong-doing if the allegation is found proven.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:21:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts