@prefix rdf: . @prefix nfo: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answerText "

Data on protected disclosures made by staff in MoJ in the last three years, is as follows:

Whistleblowing reporting Year:

Number of cases

Number of complaints upheld

Number of employees that claimed to have suffered a detriment because they raised a whistle blowing concern.

Number of employees that subsequently left the department as result of suffering detriment for blowing the whistle.

* April 14 – March 15

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April 15 – March 16

**5

Less than 5

0

0

April 16 – March 17

**7

Less than 5

Less than 5

0

* The MoJ central data base was set up in March 2015. Prior to this information wasn’t recorded in the level of detail required to respond to these questions.

** Figure includes a HMPPS case that was raised directly with the Civil Service Commission.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Bracknell" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dr Phillip Lee" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:04:44.203Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Disclosure of Information" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of the Department." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Ellesmere Port and Neston" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Justin Madders" ; parl:uin "2836" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-04"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "Her Majesty's Government what is the average total cost to (1) local authorities, (2) health authorities, (3) local education authorities, and (4) the courts, of prosecuting an unfounded case of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "The Countess of Mar" ; parl:uin "HL275" ; dcterms:date "2017-06-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Immigration: Appeals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting determination by the First Tier Immigration Tribunal." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Leicester East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Keith Vaz" ; parl:uin "2781" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-04"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The government continues to monitor sentencing for bladed and offensive weapon offences and will keep under review the effectiveness of changes in the law relating to knives and offensive weapons.

The latest knife possession sentencing quarterly statistics bulletin was published on 8 June 2017 and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617646/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-jan-mar-2017.pdf

In regard to repeat offending for knife possession offences, the latest statistics show that 86% of adult repeat offenders received a custodial sentence. This figure increased by 2 percentage points when compared to the same quarter in the previous year for offenders convicted under section 22 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (minimum sentence of 6 months for a second or subsequent knife possession offence). The number of repeat knife possession sentencing occasions increased from 837 in Q1 2016 to an estimated 1,129 cases Q1 2017. Those offenders receiving an immediate custodial sentence had an average sentence length of 7.2 months.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Keen of Elie" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-11T14:31:27.143Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Social Security Benefits: Appeals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in the Stroud District in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Stroud" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Dr David Drew" ; parl:uin "2628" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-03"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of deterrent sentences in reducing knife crime." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Allen of Kensington" ; parl:uin "HL189" ; dcterms:date "2017-06-27"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Stephen Doughty" . parl:answerText "

The table below contains the requested information.

Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in Stroud1 for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)2 and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)3

Year

Benefit Type

Receipts

Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant

2009-104

ESA

1,110

184

PIP

0

0

2010-114

ESA

1,811

602

PIP

0

0

2011-124

ESA

1,618

625

PIP

0

0

2012-134

ESA

2,474

963

PIP

0

0

2013-144

ESA

2,288

1,356

PIP

~5

0

2014-154

ESA

286

165

PIP

132

42

2015-164

ESA

342

203

PIP

430

246

2016-174

ESA

638

272

PIP

846

410

  1. SSCS data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The data above represent appellants with home addresses in the Stroud district who had appeals heard at the Tribunal’s Gloucester, Swindon and previously Cheltenham venues. Appeals were last listed to the Cheltenham venue in May 2017.

  1. Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).

3. PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. It was trialled in areas of the North of England and gradually rolled out across other regions. As such there were no appeals cleared in the Stroud district in 2013-2014.

  1. By financial year - from 1 April to 31 March.

  1. Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Esher and Walton" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dominic Raab" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-11T15:46:07.5Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

When Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were under public ownership (from 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015), we published workforce information on a quarterly basis. The final iteration of these statistics was published on 31 December 2014 and can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-rehabilitation-companies-workforce-information-report-quarter-3-2014-to-2015.

Contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. We closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "East Surrey" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Sam Gyimah" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:43:36.127Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The information requested is not held.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Keen of Elie" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-13"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-13T15:40:06.273Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee" . parl:answerText "

Anyone facing a Crown Court trial is eligible for legal aid, subject to a strict means test.

The table below shows the legal aid paid to represent John Downey for representation at the police station and in court between May 2013-December 2014:

Criminal Legal representation at

Provider Type

Provider Name

Total

Police station

Solicitor

Birnberg Peirce LTD

£293.40

Crown court trial costs

£18,412.07

Barrister

Henry Blaxland QC

£20,089.00

Mark J Summers

£12,966.79

Total costs

£51,761.26

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Keen of Elie" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:30:16.22Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

A mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review is triggered where an offender under statutory probation supervision is charged with murder, manslaughter, rape or certain other serious violent or sexual offences. Not in all cases will the charge result in a conviction for an SFO.

The table below provides the number of SFO reviews carried out by the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.

Probation Provider

2015-2016

2016-2017

Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire CRC

10

15

Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire CRC

9

14

Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC

23

25

Cumbria and Lancashire CRC

11

7

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland CRC

14

16

Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC

5

6

Durham Tees Valley CRC

1

6

Essex CRC

9

10

Hampshire and Isle of Wight CRC

3

2

Humberside, Lincolnshire, and North Yorkshire CRC

11

10

Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC

12

15

London CRC

40

29

Merseyside CRC

3

8

Norfolk and Suffolk CRC

2

7

Northumbria CRC

9

12

South Yorkshire CRC

10

4

Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC

8

14

Thames Valley CRC

10

3

Wales CRC

9

15

Warwickshire and West Mercia CRC

6

5

West Yorkshire CRC

17

10

Total CRC

222

233

Total NPS

285

284

Total

507

517

We are not able to answer from central records the question in the precise form asked. However, between 1 February 2015 and 31 Dec 2016, 46 offenders were convicted of murder, who at the time of the offence were subject to supervision by a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC). This figure is subject to change as a number of other cases are still going through the legal process.

The table below provides the number of SFOs carried out by the former Probation Trusts in England and Wales between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014.

Probation Trust

2010-11

2011-12

2012-2013

2013-14

Avon and Somerset

10

17

8

10

Bedfordshire

1

8

4

3

Cambridgeshire

5

4

7

5

Cheshire

3

11

6

5

Cumbria

4

2

0

0

Derbyshire

8

11

10

8

Devon and Cornwall

6

8

5

6

Dorset

1

1

3

1

Durham

12

18

9

10

Dyfed-Powys

3

3

0

2

Essex

16

19

8

11

Gloucestershire

3

0

1

6

Greater Manchester

29

20

37

33

Gwent

6

3

5

4

Hampshire

13

8

13

8

Hertfordshire

6

11

4

8

Humberside

11

9

3

7

Kent

22

18

13

13

Lancashire

18

8

13

8

Leicestershire and Rutland

3

8

5

12

Lincolnshire

3

1

6

1

London

89

89

75

88

Merseyside

10

15

16

15

Norfolk

5

0

7

4

North Wales

6

7

7

8

North Yorkshire

4

1

3

7

Northamptonshire

7

7

2

1

Northumbria

22

17

10

14

Nottinghamshire

7

8

7

15

South Wales

11

5

12

7

South Yorkshire

13

10

14

17

Suffolk

3

0

2

2

Surrey

6

1

2

0

Sussex

3

5

5

7

Thames Valley

7

14

15

7

Warwickshire

2

1

6

2

West Mercia

7

5

7

6

West Midlands

33

37

34

37

West Yorkshire

21

30

20

26

Wiltshire

2

1

5

5

Totals

441

441

409

429

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "East Surrey" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Sam Gyimah" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "2737" , "2786" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:39:56.073Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Lords" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "Her Majesty's Government, how much legal aid was paid to England based solicitors of John Downey, who was accused of killing four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park; over what period; and who were the solicitors and barristers instructed on his behalf." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Laird" ; parl:uin "HL225" ; dcterms:date "2017-06-28"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dominic Raab" . parl:answerText "

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Esher and Walton" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dominic Raab" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-13"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-13T13:59:13.587Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Laird" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dr David Drew" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff were employed by each community rehabilitation company in England and Wales on (a) 1 April 2015, (b) 1 April 2016 and (c) 1 April 2017." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Dwyfor Meirionnydd" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Liz Saville Roberts" ; parl:uin "2785" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-04"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Over the course of 2017, to date, one Resident Judge has been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Esher and Walton" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dominic Raab" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:51:51.36Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts" . dcterms:title "Knife Posession sentencing quarterly jan-mar 2017" ; nfo:fileName "PQ HL189 knife possession sentencing quarterly jan-mar 2017.pdf" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Keith Vaz" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Justin Madders" . rdfs:label "Biography information for The Countess of Mar" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Reoffenders: Homicide" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been murdered since February 2015 by offenders who at the time of the offence, were being supervised by community rehabilitation companies." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Dwyfor Meirionnydd" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Liz Saville Roberts" ; parl:uin "2744" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-04"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

This information is published regularly as Official Statistics. The number of registered appeals awaiting determination as of 31 March 2017 in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 52,365.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Esher and Walton" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Dominic Raab" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-07-12T15:50:45.597Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Parking Offences: Judgements" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgments were issued for non-payment of private parking prosecutions in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those judgments were processed at Northampton Crown Court." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Cardiff South and Penarth" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Stephen Doughty" ; parl:uin "3882" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-10"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Immigration: Judges" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new immigration judges were appointed in 2017." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Leicester East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Keith Vaz" ; parl:uin "2782" ; dcterms:date "2017-07-04"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah" . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "41"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .