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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138652/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested about Crown Court waiting times can be found in the attached excel document. However, due to small numbers of defendants pleading not guilty to sexual offences at magistrates\u2019 court, we are unable to supply the average time between first listing and trial start date \u2013 basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative<em>.<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The overall median waiting time in Crown Courts for defendants in sexual offence cases tends to be higher than that for other offences due to a lower guilty plea rate for these cases. However, from a peak of 25.9 weeks in Quarter three 2018, the average waiting time has fallen by 12% to 22.7 weeks in Quarter one 2019.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when required. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. Waiting times for trials in the Crown Court for 2018 have been the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a not guilty plea trial for an alleged sexual offence in each court in (a) 2011 and (b) 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138654", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138654/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>HMPPS does not deduct pay if an employee is sent home as a result of sickness or if they have been assaulted at work.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMPPS is committed to safeguarding the safety and wellbeing of its staff. A comprehensive occupational health service and employee assistance programme is available to all staff and systems are in place to deal with perpetrators of violence against staff quickly and robustly. Safety remains a top priority and we recently changed the law to double sentences for those that attack our hardworking staff. Additionally, we introduced body-worn cameras and are rolling out PAVA incapacitant spray to keep officers safe.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisons: Staff"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prison staff in each prison had their pay deducted for not being able to complete a shift as a result of an assault in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138673", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138673/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<table><tbody><tr><td><p>The LAA does not hold data on Not For Profit (NfP) organisation closures, only whether they hold a contract to deliver legal aid services. Under the LAA\u2019s contracting regime, an organisation may be contracted to deliver services from one or multiple offices. Contracts may be ended by either party; providers may choose to withdraw from the whole contract, an office or a category of law or the LAA may take action should a provider breach its contract obligations. All contracted providers make their own commercial decisions and withdrawal from a legal aid contract may not be as a result of a closure. For example, NfPs may withdraw from a legal aid contract but continue to operate reliant on other funding, or may choose to consolidate offices but continue to deliver larger volumes of work across a wider area. The table below shows the number of NfP providers (at office level) holding a legal aid contract in any given year. While NfP organisations play a role in helping people access justice, they are not the sole means. We have 1,439 organisations delivering legal aid contracts across the England and Wales \u2013 1,356 of which are with legal firms rather than the not-for-profit sector which includes law centres. We spent £1.6 billion on legal aid last year and in addition to the Civil Legal Advice Telephone service, we are investing £5m in innovative technologies to help people access legal support wherever they are. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"11\"><p>Financial Year<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010/11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011/12<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>2014/15<\/p><\/td><td><p>2015/16<\/p><\/td><td><p>2016/17<\/p><\/td><td><p>2017/18<\/p><\/td><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>2019 September<\/p><\/td><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>596<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>495<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>456<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>395<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>397<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>320<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>311<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>295<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>285<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>233<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>213<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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        }
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Legal Aid Scheme"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of not-for-profit legal aid providers that have closed in each year for the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"}
      ], "uin" : "276509"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138563", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138563/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As per my answer to your previous question, HL8657, we do not comment on individual cases.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Ministry of Justice confirms that it takes the duty of care very seriously to ensure all prisoners are able to serve their sentences in a safe environment. Each prisoner is risk assessed upon reception into custody and extra measures are put into place to protect prisoners where there are concerns for their welfare.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4538", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Keen of Elie"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tommy Robinson"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safety of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon in prison.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3153", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Pearson of Rannoch"}
      ], "uin" : "HL17121"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138097", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138097/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has no current plans to end the requirement, in the Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name) Regulations 1994, that a court should satisfy itself that the spouse or civil partner is aware when an applicant wishes to change their name through the courts by deed poll. This recognises that the change of name may have implications other than for the applicant. It is not mandatory in all cases \u2013 an applicant may seek to demonstrate to the court that there is good reason to dispense with such consent.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This process is for those who wish to have a court-based verification and validation of the change of name Under the common law, it is open to a person aged 16 or above to change their name by deed poll themselves through the \u2018unenrolled\u2019 process. This simply requires the deed to be witnessed and attested by the signature of two witnesses.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3926", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Maynard"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool North and Cleveleys"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Maynard"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to end the requirement for the consent of a spouse when entering into a change of name deed to be enrolled at the Royal Courts of Justice using form LOC020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4516", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Heidi Allen"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Cambridgeshire"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Heidi Allen"}
      ], "uin" : "275802"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138212", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138212/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In order to gather this information, the Department would need to check the c.4,000 individual records of women held in prison. We estimate that this would cost of approximately £16,700.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisoners: Human Trafficking"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 205340 on Prisoners: Human Trafficking, what estimate he has made of the cost of collating that information.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leeds East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137932", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137932/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Release on HDC allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Data on the number of prisoners released on HDC is published quarterly and annually. The data is broken down by gender and the following table shows releases in each of the last five years:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Individuals released on HDC 2014-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Number released on HDC<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8,614<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8,611<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9,042<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9,320<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>14,769<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Male<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>7,441<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>7,422<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>7,844<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8,166<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>13,182<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Female<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,173<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,189<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,198<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,154<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,587<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>(1) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Currently the data is not broken down by other protected characteristics but the next quarterly publication, due on 25 July, will include data on HDC releases by ethnicity. We are also exploring the scope to publish further breakdowns by other characteristics and this will depend upon the accessibility and reliability of the data, as well as the data protection implications if low numbers enabled individuals to be identified.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were (1) granted, and (2) refused, Home Detention Curfew in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age, (b) disability, (c) race, (d) religion or belief, (e) sex, (f) sexual orientation, and (g) gender reassignment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136747/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The following table shows the number of prisoners who were eligible for HDC, and how many and what proportion were released in each of the last five years. Because of the way in which data is recorded, the figures relating to the number eligible are higher than the true picture, as they include all offenders serving sentences of the right length, even though some do not meet the other eligibility criteria (see footnote 1).<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number eligible for release on HDC <sup>(1,2)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>45,203<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>43,669<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>43,660<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>44,697<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>40,543<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number released on HDC<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8,614<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>8,319<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9,041<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9,312<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>14,769<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage released<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>36%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>(1) This is the number of offenders serving sentences of between 12 weeks and just under 4 years and therefore potentially eligible for release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) in the relevant period. However, it includes offenders who are in fact statutorily ineligible for HDC, such as registered sex offenders or those with a previous recall for breach of curfew on HDC (prisoners not eligible for HDC for these reasons cannot be identified from the data that is held). Moreover, certain offenders are presumed unsuitable for HDC and will only be considered for release in exceptional circumstances.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>(2) An offender may be eligible for release on HDC in more than one year. This is because an offender may become eligible for release on HDC in one year and remain in the prison population to be eligible for release as a new year begins.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>(3) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A prisoner may be released on or after their HDC eligibility date but may not lawfully be released before the eligibility date; such a release would be counted as a \u201crelease in error\u201d. HMPPS publish annual data on releases in error but this does not indicate whether the offender was released on HDC and this could not be established except at disproportionate cost. This data is available here:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018<\/a><\/p>"}
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