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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177949/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government remains fully committed to the Sewel Convention and the related practices and procedures for seeking legislative consent.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will continue to uphold the spirit and the letter of the devolution settlement, as every Government has done consistently throughout the last twenty years.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4432", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Patrick Grady"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177950/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government remains fully committed to the Sewel Convention and the related practices and procedures for seeking legislative consent.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will continue to uphold the spirit and the letter of the devolution settlement, as every Government has done consistently throughout the last twenty years.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4386", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Margaret Ferrier"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177957/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Data on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted of murder up to 31 December 2018, is published and available in the \u201cOutcomes by offence data tool\u201d at:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Detailed information on the age of the victim and broader circumstances may be held on individual court records but to identify such cases would incur disproportionate costs.<\/p>"}
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        }
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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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, what proportion of the total number of offenders convicted of homicide involving children were (a) men and (b) women in the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1565", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Philip Davies"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177958", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177958/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information up to December 2018 on sentencing outcomes relating to specific offences and police force area is published in the \u201cPrincipal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool\u201d at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>To obtain the information requested, in the Pivot Table Fields:<\/p><ul><li>To view data for the latest year, drag \u2018Year of Appearance\u2019 to the Filters field and select \u201c2018\u201d;<\/li><li>To view data for males and females, drag \u2018Sex\u2019 into the Columns field; and<\/li><li>Drag \u2018Offence Group\u2019 and \u2018Police Force Area\u2019 into the Rows field.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The number of individuals who received each sentencing outcome, and the average custodial sentence length, for each offence type by police force area will then be shown in the table.<\/p>"}
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        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women received each sentencing outcome for each type of offence in each police force area in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the average custodial sentence length was for (i) men and (ii) women for each offence type in each police force area.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1565", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Philip Davies"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177959", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177959/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the trends in the level of squatting in commercial premises.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of squatting in commercial premises since the introduction of the criminal provisions contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177960", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177960/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Serious further offences are very rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are charged with a serious further offence.<\/p><p>An offender sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for release on life licence only once he has completed the minimum term (tariff) specified by the Court at the point of sentence. It falls to the independent Parole Board to determine whether to release a life sentence prisoner who has completed his minimum term and the Board will direct release only where it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the purposes of public protection for the prisoner to remain confined.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep the figures requested in relation to (b) other offences and to obtain them would incur disproportionate cost. The Ministry of Justice does capture however,<\/p><p>the more serious further offences (SFOs) by means of the Probation SFO Review Procedures. In accordance with those Procedures, the National SFO Team in HM Prison and Probation Service is notified of an offender subject to statutory probation supervision appearing in court charged with a qualifying offence under Probation Instruction 2018 06<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2018/pi-06-2018-sfo-procedures.doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2018/pi-06-2018-sfo-procedures.doc.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Accordingly, there are published statistics on convictions for an SFO on the part of an offender on life licence, arising from notifications to the National SFO Team between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018. I have provided the link below. <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will publish SFO conviction data for 2018/19 in October 2020.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows these figures broken down by homicide and other serious offences for 2015- 2018 which is the most recent available data in the last five years.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Serious Further Offence (SFO) type <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders on life sentence who committed homicide<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders on life sentence who committed other serious further offences<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 - 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>6<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 - 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>6<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 - 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><ol><li>Data is taken from published data which captures serious further offending notified to the national SFO Team, HMPPS up until 31/03/2018.<\/li><li>Data is derived from the date of SFO notification to HMPPS. The serious further offence could have been committed prior to the timeframe of the published data.<\/li><li>This figure only includes convictions for serious further offences by life sentence prisoners on supervision that have been notified to the national SFO Team, HMPPS.<\/li><li>The data provided are provisional figures subject to change when any outstanding cases are concluded at court.<\/li><li>The data also includes cases where the offender committed suicide or died prior to the trial, where a Court has subsequently ruled that they were responsible.<\/li><li>Data Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.<\/li><li>The data for homicide would include manslaughter and other serious further offences involving death. The figures for homicide in this answer all relate to convictions for murder.<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>14 offenders have been sentenced to life in the last five years who had received one or more previous life sentence on a separate occasion.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Section 21 of Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out the starting point for the sentencing Judge to impose a whole life tariff in cases where an offender has been previously convicted of murder.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on licence following a life sentence have committed (a) homicide and (b) other offences in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177961/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Between October 2018 and September 2019, 3,858 separate individuals serving a custodial sentence had at least one incidence of \u2018Work Related\u2019 release on temporary licence.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a thorough risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence (ROTL). Research published in 2018 indicates that ROTL helps to reduce re-offending. It helps offenders to build and maintain family ties and find work, which are a critical aspect of reducing the £18 billion annual cost to the taxpayer of reoffending.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1177962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Serious further offences are very rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are charged with a serious further offence.<\/p><p>An offender sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for release on life licence only once he has completed the minimum term (tariff) specified by the Court at the point of sentence. It falls to the independent Parole Board to determine whether to release a life sentence prisoner who has completed his minimum term and the Board will direct release only where it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the purposes of public protection for the prisoner to remain confined.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep the figures requested in relation to (b) other offences and to obtain them would incur disproportionate cost. The Ministry of Justice does capture however,<\/p><p>the more serious further offences (SFOs) by means of the Probation SFO Review Procedures. In accordance with those Procedures, the National SFO Team in HM Prison and Probation Service is notified of an offender subject to statutory probation supervision appearing in court charged with a qualifying offence under Probation Instruction 2018 06<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2018/pi-06-2018-sfo-procedures.doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2018/pi-06-2018-sfo-procedures.doc.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Accordingly, there are published statistics on convictions for an SFO on the part of an offender on life licence, arising from notifications to the National SFO Team between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018. I have provided the link below. <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We will publish SFO conviction data for 2018/19 in October 2020.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows these figures broken down by homicide and other serious offences for 2015- 2018 which is the most recent available data in the last five years.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Serious Further Offence (SFO) type <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders on life sentence who committed homicide<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders on life sentence who committed other serious further offences<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 - 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>6<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 - 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>4<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>6<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 - 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>12<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>9<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><ol><li>Data is taken from published data which captures serious further offending notified to the national SFO Team, HMPPS up until 31/03/2018.<\/li><li>Data is derived from the date of SFO notification to HMPPS. The serious further offence could have been committed prior to the timeframe of the published data.<\/li><li>This figure only includes convictions for serious further offences by life sentence prisoners on supervision that have been notified to the national SFO Team, HMPPS.<\/li><li>The data provided are provisional figures subject to change when any outstanding cases are concluded at court.<\/li><li>The data also includes cases where the offender committed suicide or died prior to the trial, where a Court has subsequently ruled that they were responsible.<\/li><li>Data Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.<\/li><li>The data for homicide would include manslaughter and other serious further offences involving death. The figures for homicide in this answer all relate to convictions for murder.<\/li><\/ol><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>14 offenders have been sentenced to life in the last five years who had received one or more previous life sentence on a separate occasion.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Section 21 of Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out the starting point for the sentencing Judge to impose a whole life tariff in cases where an offender has been previously convicted of murder.<\/p>"}
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