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62381

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the treatment of child victims and witnesses within the courts system.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.We are piloting recorded pre-trial cross-examination, allowing vulnerable witnesses for the first time to give evidence in advance of trial.</p><p>In ‘Transforming the Criminal Justice System: Strategy and Action Plan' (June 2013), the Ministry of Justice committed to improving the consistency and take-up of special measures for vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses, such as the use of live-link, screens in court and the use of an intermediary (communication specialist). We are working with other criminal justice agencies to deliver this.</p><p>Child victims and witnesses are automatically eligible for special measures when giving evidence in court. The presumption in most cases is that they should give their evidence by video-recorded statement, and that any subsequent cross-examination is conducted by live-link with a supporter present who has been approved by the court.</p><p>The pre-trial cross-examination pilot ends in October 2014 and the evaluation of the pilot will inform plans for any future rollout of the measure.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201136 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:41:58 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62382

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses within the courts system; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.We are piloting recorded pre-trial cross-examination, allowing vulnerable witnesses for the first time to give evidence in advance of trial.</p><p>In ‘Transforming the Criminal Justice System: Strategy and Action Plan' (June 2013), the Ministry of Justice committed to improving the consistency and take-up of special measures for vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses, such as the use of live-link, screens in court and the use of an intermediary (communication specialist). We are working with other criminal justice agencies to deliver this.</p><p>Child victims and witnesses are automatically eligible for special measures when giving evidence in court. The presumption in most cases is that they should give their evidence by video-recorded statement, and that any subsequent cross-examination is conducted by live-link with a supporter present who has been approved by the court.</p><p>The pre-trial cross-examination pilot ends in October 2014 and the evaluation of the pilot will inform plans for any future rollout of the measure.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201135 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:41:59 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62383

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) hon. Members and (c) other individuals on the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>My Department from time to time receives representations about provisions to support child victims and witnesses. In recent months, my officials have held discussions with NSPCC and Barnardo's on the subject, and a number of honourable Members and members of the public have written to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 24/06/2014 16:39:14 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62384

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from insside a court building in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).</p><p>The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England &amp; Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201139 201140 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:45:51 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62385

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from a remote site in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).</p><p>The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England &amp; Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201138 201140 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:45:51 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62421

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remote sites are available and in use by child victims and witnesses in (a) each region of England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).</p><p>The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England &amp; Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201138 201139 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:45:51 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62422

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Advocacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries are available for use by child victims and witnesses in (a) Bolton, (b) Lancashire, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As at 19 June 2014, 29 Registered Intermediaries (RIs) were available for use by child victims and witnesses in the Greater Manchester police force area that covers Bolton, 25 RIs for Lancashire, 81 RIs for England and 26 RIs for Wales. Support for vulnerable witnesses is a devolved matter in Scotland.</p><p>We recruited over 25 RIs this year, to increase the numbers of Active Registered Intermediaries to be used across the 43 police forces to help vulnerable witnesses.</p><p>Registered Intermediaries are available for work across multiple police force areas and the numbers quoted above do not reveal the total number of active RIs.</p><p>The number of child victims and witnesses involved in sexual abuse cases that have benefitted from the use of an RI in the last four years since the Witness Intermediary Scheme has been operational are provided in the table below. We do not hold data on cases before this time.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age <br> 0 to 4</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 5 to 11</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 12 to 17</p></td><td><p><strong>Yearly <br> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p><strong>425</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p><strong>686</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>749</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1802</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to monitor the number of Registered Intermediaries and is considering future recruitment plans. We are working with the CPS and police so that RIs are used to help more vulnerable witnesses to give their best evidence.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201143 201144 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:52:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62424

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Advocacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses involved in sexual abuse cases have been given access to and use of a Registered Intermediary in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As at 19 June 2014, 29 Registered Intermediaries (RIs) were available for use by child victims and witnesses in the Greater Manchester police force area that covers Bolton, 25 RIs for Lancashire, 81 RIs for England and 26 RIs for Wales. Support for vulnerable witnesses is a devolved matter in Scotland.</p><p>We recruited over 25 RIs this year, to increase the numbers of Active Registered Intermediaries to be used across the 43 police forces to help vulnerable witnesses.</p><p>Registered Intermediaries are available for work across multiple police force areas and the numbers quoted above do not reveal the total number of active RIs.</p><p>The number of child victims and witnesses involved in sexual abuse cases that have benefitted from the use of an RI in the last four years since the Witness Intermediary Scheme has been operational are provided in the table below. We do not hold data on cases before this time.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age <br> 0 to 4</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 5 to 11</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 12 to 17</p></td><td><p><strong>Yearly <br> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p><strong>425</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p><strong>686</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>749</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1802</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to monitor the number of Registered Intermediaries and is considering future recruitment plans. We are working with the CPS and police so that RIs are used to help more vulnerable witnesses to give their best evidence.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201141 201144 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:52:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62425

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Advocacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the number of Registered Intermediaries available for use by child victims and witnesses of sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As at 19 June 2014, 29 Registered Intermediaries (RIs) were available for use by child victims and witnesses in the Greater Manchester police force area that covers Bolton, 25 RIs for Lancashire, 81 RIs for England and 26 RIs for Wales. Support for vulnerable witnesses is a devolved matter in Scotland.</p><p>We recruited over 25 RIs this year, to increase the numbers of Active Registered Intermediaries to be used across the 43 police forces to help vulnerable witnesses.</p><p>Registered Intermediaries are available for work across multiple police force areas and the numbers quoted above do not reveal the total number of active RIs.</p><p>The number of child victims and witnesses involved in sexual abuse cases that have benefitted from the use of an RI in the last four years since the Witness Intermediary Scheme has been operational are provided in the table below. We do not hold data on cases before this time.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Age <br> 0 to 4</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 5 to 11</p></td><td><p>Age <br> 12 to 17</p></td><td><p><strong>Yearly <br> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p><strong>425</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p><strong>686</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>749</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1802</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to monitor the number of Registered Intermediaries and is considering future recruitment plans. We are working with the CPS and police so that RIs are used to help more vulnerable witnesses to give their best evidence.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 201141 201143 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:52:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

64220

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Durham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week prisoners in HM Prison Durham spent (a) in cells and (b) working in each of the last three years; what proportion of such prisoners were classed as unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average number of hours per week spent working by prisoners was in that prison in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	202625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Up until the end of 2011-12 information was collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell. Figures for each prison establishment for the three years from 2009-10 to 2011-12 have been placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-12 because it was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the data. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Figures 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. Figures for time in cell for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity across public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The establishment-level breakdown of weekly hours worked is not available centrally for 2011-12 and 2012-13 and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of prisoners classed as unemployed is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 202628 202629 question first answered 01/07/2014 12:22:09 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi