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846344

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders who have breached the terms of their licence have been (a) recalled and (b) not recalled to prison in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	129002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <ol><li>The number of convicted sex offenders who have been recalled to prison following breach of licence in the last five years:</li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>697</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>872</p></td><td><p>934</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>We do not hold information centrally about the number of sex offenders in the community who may have breached their licence conditions and are not recalled to custody. To extract this data, would require a review of each separate case file to identify convicted sex offenders and then track their progress on licence.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority. Sex offenders on licence are subject to ongoing robust risk assessment and to strict licence conditions to manage that risk. They are supervised under statutory Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA); under MAPPA the Police and Probation services are required to work together to manage the risks of known sexual offenders. Any offender who fails to comply with his licence conditions can be immediately returned to prison.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/04/2018 09:30:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60609

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding from the public purse was provided to support victims' services in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	199717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is committed to ensuring victims of crime are fully supported and is making more money available than ever before for victims' services. The table below shows the funding provided by the Ministry of Justice to organisations supporting victims of crime since the Department was formed in 2007.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding to victim's services<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£38.17m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£39.32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£40.52m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£48.43m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£49.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£50.45m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£55.57m<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> includes receipts from offenders through the Victim Surcharge (since 2007/08), increased Penalty Notices for Disorder and motoring Fixed Penalty Notices (since 2013/14), and Prisoners' Earning Act Income (since 2011/12).</p><p><sup>2</sup>This figure does not include the PEA contribution as this has not yet been finalised and published. In addition, £20.8 million was made available to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013/14, because it was provided late in the financial year only £4.95m of funding was able to be spent, however, the unspent amount remains available for PCCs to spend in 2014/15. Additionally, a small number of payments due to be made in 2013/14 had to be accrued for and were paid at the beginning of 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 17/06/2014 13:47:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038008

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released on licence have been found in breach of their licence conditions and (a) recalled to custody and (b) not recalled to custody in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>(a) The number of recalls to custody following breach of licence in each of the last five years<sup>1</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17330</p></td><td><p>17657</p></td><td><p>21467</p></td><td><p>21559</p></td><td><p>21914</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 The figures provided are for women and men recalled in each full year from 2013 to 2017 and may include offenders recalled more than once across multiple years or within years. The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>The last full year available is 2017. Published statistics, including figures up to and including June 2018 are available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>(b) We do not hold information centrally about the number of offenders in the community who may have breached their licence conditions and are not recalled to custody. To extract this data would require a review of each separate case file to track their progress on licence.</p><p>Public protection is our priority and recall is used to ensure that offenders on licence who present a high risk of harm to the public or are at risk of re-offending are returned to custody as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions, which are designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. All offenders on licensed supervision in the community are liable to recall to prison if they fail to comply with the conditions of their licence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:46:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

852569

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were convicted of (a) murder, (b) manslaughter, (c) sexual offences, (d) rape and (e) serious assaults in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	130567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 Foreign National Offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, and in the last financial year a record number of over 6,300 were removed.</p><p> </p><p>The specific information asked for in the question is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/03/2018 14:20:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

862318

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders have been convicted of multiple offences in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	132737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 Foreign National Offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, and in the last financial year a record number of over 6,300 were removed.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice, HMPPS, and HMCTS do not hold the information requested in the PQ. Home Office have confirmed that as ‘Nationality’ is not a mandatory field on the Police National Computer (PNC) the Home Office cannot provide the information requested in the PQ.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/03/2018 17:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1045672

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sex offenders convicted in each of the last five years were sentenced to a (a) non-custodial sentence, (b) custodial sentence of less than six months, (c) custodial sentence of 6-12 months, (d) custodial sentence of one-five years, (e) a custodial sentence of 5-10 years and (f) a custodial sentence of more than 10 years by sexual offence type.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	210626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced to custody for sexual offences, broken down by offence and length of sentence, is available in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/Government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the requested data, carry out the following steps:</p><ul><li><p>Remove the ‘Values’ field from Rows</p></li><li><p>Select 2013 to 2017 in the ‘Year’ field</p></li><li><p>Filter ‘Offence group’ to ‘02: Sexual offences’</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Offence’ field into Rows</p></li><li><p>Drag all the ‘Custody’ fields into Values (this can also be done by ticking the boxes for each field and ensuring the ‘Values’ field this creates is in Rows)</p></li><li><p>For each requested sentence length period, combine the values of the relevant custodial sentence lengths</p></li><li>For those sentenced to a non-custodial sentence, drag the ‘Sentenced’ and ‘Total Immediate Custody’ fields into Values and take the difference as the number of non-custodial sentences.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/01/2019 16:42:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605534

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced in each of the last five years have (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions and (c) three or more convictions for a (i) knife related crime, (ii) firearms related crime, (iii) rape and (iv) sexual offences.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	169262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>For parts (i) and (ii), details on whether an offence was firearms related or knife related may be held on court record but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>The below table shows the number of offenders sentenced for any offence type in each of the years 2001 to 2021<sup>(1,2)</sup>, with a) one prior conviction b) two prior convictions c) three or more convictions<sup>(2)</sup> for previous sexual offences<sup>(3)</sup> and previous rape<sup>(4)</sup> offences</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Previous sexual offence convictions </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Previous rape offence convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 previous</p></td><td><p>2 previous</p></td><td><p>3 or more previous</p></td><td><p>1 previous</p></td><td><p>2 previous</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3 or more previous</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6078</p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>1171</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5515</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>1012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>6677</p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>1253</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6837</p></td><td><p>912</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>1309</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7230</p></td><td><p>1020</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>1359</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7337</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>497</p></td><td><p>1336</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7330</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>7153</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6952</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>1162</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6957</p></td><td><p>935</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7041</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>1130</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6999</p></td><td><p>979</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>1190</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7017</p></td><td><p>939</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>1193</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6768</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>1177</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6755</p></td><td><p>1069</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>1134</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6552</p></td><td><p>1088</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>1124</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>6581</p></td><td><p>1036</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>6672</p></td><td><p>1094</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>6848</p></td><td><p>1026</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>1083</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>6826</p></td><td><p>992</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>6667</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Source:</strong> MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) Offenders are counted once in each of the years in which they received a conviction, where the offender was sentenced in multiple years, they will appear more than once in the table</p><p>2) Figures for the years 2020 and 2021 will be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>3) Previous convictions are counted based on the number of occasions on which offenders have previously received a conviction for any offences recorded on the Police National Computer, including some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</p><p>4) Previous sexual offences will include previous rape offences, therefore the individuals counted in the previous rape convictions column, will also appear in the previous sexual offence columns.</p><p>Rape offences include attempted rape.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2023 11:33:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1138966

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on the application-processing performance of the Probate Service of changes to the fees structure in 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	277183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Full consideration has been given to the effect of the proposed fees structure for grant of probate applications on receipts and subsequently on processing performance. We would expect an increase in the number of applications received prior to the introduction of the new fees, which would be partly offset by a decline in receipts post-introduction.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019 there was a significant increase of probate applications ahead of the anticipated implementation of the new fee structure but, as the fees were not introduced as planned, the high volume of receipts continued into April.</p><p> </p><p>Urgent action has been taken to address the delays which have been experienced in the probate service. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is increasing staffing levels and further improving the digital service to help reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/07/2019 09:23:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

862315

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to monitor foreign national offenders who are subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements; and if he will set out the number of foreign national offenders who are subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in each police area.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	132734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Guidance on the management of foreign national offenders subject to MAPPA is contained in the MAPPA Guidance available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-public-protection-arrangements-mappa--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-public-protection-arrangements-mappa--2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of foreign national offenders who are subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in each police area could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This is because the information is held locally by individual lead agencies within the 42 MAPPA areas and is not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/03/2018 16:41:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1666542

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken by the probate service to process applications; and what the average time is to process an application for the latest period in which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	203822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 203823 203824 203825 203826 question first answered 26/10/2023 10:48:41 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel