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156358

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hunting Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions, (c) fines and (d) cautions there have been for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in England and Wales since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	214903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders cautioned for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 can be viewed in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally held information cannot separately analyse the number of charges for offences under the Hunting Act 2004.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/02/2015 11:26:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 214903 - Offences under the Hunting Act 2004.xls title Offences under the Hunting Act 2004
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

156381

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	214990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>(a) Expenditure for external contractors is aligned within the Ministry of Justice to that of Cabinet Office Controls. Contractors are sourced via Pan Government contractual arrangements and rates are set by the contract in line with contractors experience and the job role required. Contractors are not able to charge more for their services than the initial price agreed at time of appointment. Pan Government arrangements date back to 1/4/11 and no information prior to this date is available.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Since May 2010 there have been around 70 contracts awarded by The Ministry of Justice to provide the provision of consultancy.</p><p> </p><p>To establish whether a consultancy company have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services we would need to interrogate both the files and companies to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs in answering this question.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff and consultants are only used to fill business critical posts and provide essential services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in house.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/11/2014 17:40:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

156382

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of all sentences handed down for (a) knife possession and (b) aggravated knife possession at (i) Keighley Magistrates' Court and (ii) Bradford Crown Court were custodial sentences in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Knives on our streets are a social scourge. Unlawful possession of a knife or offensive weapon is already a serious criminal offence (which carries a maximum 4 year custodial sentence). We are building on that to send a clear and unequivocal message that those who use a knife or offensive weapon to threaten another person are behaving in a wholly unacceptable manner and can expect an automatic custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>This Government introduced the offences of threatening with a knife or offensive weapon in public or in a school. And last year, the Government made changes to the Simple Cautions Guidance issued to police to restrict the use of cautions for certain offences, including knife possession, in all but exceptional circumstances. The Ministry of Justice is also legislating on these changes within the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, to make it absolutely clear that cautions should no longer be used for serious offences such as those involving a knife or offensive weapon.</p><p> </p><p>Within the sentencing framework, it is for judges and magistrates to decide the appropriate sentence in individual cases taking account of the harm the offence caused and the culpability of the offender. Under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, there is an obligation on courts, when sentencing for offences, to follow the guidelines issued by the Sentencing Council, unless it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Custodial sentences for knife possession handed down at Keighley Magistrates' Court and Bradford Crown Court, for the last available year, were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Offences involving the possession of a knife or offensive weapon resulting in immediate custody at selected courts.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of offences and percentages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>12 months ending June 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bradford Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p>Offences resulting in immediate custody</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Custody rate (%)</p></td><td><p><em>55</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Keighley Magistrate Courts<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Offences resulting in immediate custody</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Custody rate (%)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: MoJ Police National Computer (PNC)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>1</sup> Includes Bradford and Keighley Local Justice Area and Keighley Divison magistrates courts.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the 12 months ending June 2014 there were two aggravated knife possession offences sentenced to immediate custody at Bradford Crown Court, and there was only a single aggravated knife possession offence sentenced to immediate custody at Keighley magistrate courts.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/11/2014 17:30:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156383

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the four people who re-offended by committing non terrorist-related offences after being released from prison for terrorist-related offences, if he will list (a) the offence originally they had been convicted of, (b) the length of the original prison sentence, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the circumstances of the new offences were, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>My Honourable Friend asks for specific and detailed information about individual offenders. Once an assessment has been made of how much of this information can and should be provided, I will write to him</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215018 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:59:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156384

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2014 to Question 204644, in the case of the person who re-offended by committing a further terrorist-related offence after being released from prison for a previous terrorist-related offence, (a) what offence that person was originally convicted of, (b) what the length of the original prison sentence was, (c) how much of that sentence had been served, (d) what the new offence was, (e) what the licence recall position is and (f) what sentence the court handed down for the new offence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>My Honourable Friend asks for specific and detailed information about individual offenders. Once an assessment has been made of how much of this information can and should be provided, I will write to him</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 215019 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:59:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156385

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 208509, what amount of surety monies was not collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and surety had been given on their behalf before bail was granted in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the amount of surety monies not collected when defendants breached their bail conditions and surety had been given on their behalf before bail was granted in each of the last three years is in the process of being extracted from the relevant IT systems. I will write to my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley, as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/11/2014 17:38:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156386

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209535, at which court each such violent incident took place; what the nature of each such incident was; and who the victim was of each such incident.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service takes the issue of security within courts extremely seriously and has a robust security and safety system to protect all court users and the Judiciary.</p><p>This system includes mandatory bag searches, metal detectors and surveillance cameras, as well as court security officers who have legislative powers to protect all those in the court building. The powers of the court security officers include the ability to restrain and remove people from the building should there be a need.</p><p>Our security system is continually monitored to ensure that it is effective and proportionate and mitigates against the risks faced.</p><p>Information on incidents of physical or verbal assault reported in Magistrates’ Courts and Crown Courts between April 2010 and March 2013 is provided in the table below. Providing more information about which incidents specifically involved physical violence could only be achieved at disproportionate cost due to the need to redact personal details.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/11/2014 17:46:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 215017 Table.xls title Magistrates and Crown Court Incidents 2010-13
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156387

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Belmarsh Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were first time offenders on 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Of the 454 prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 that were matched on the PNC, 57 were recorded as first time offenders. A breakdown of their offences is given in the table below.</p><p>The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>First time offenders in Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 - by offence type of first offence (using new ONS crime classifications)<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence Category</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: MOJ Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(1) See 'Presentational changes to National Statistics on police recorded crime in England and Wales'. Office for National Statistics Methodology Note, 18 July 2013: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/crime-statistics-methodology/presentational-change-on-police-recorded-crime-inengland-and-wales.pdf</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/11/2014 18:00:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156388

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Belmarsh Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sentenced and (b) remand prisoners were held in HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage on 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As at 31 December 2013 there were fewer than 5 sentenced and remand prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh for the offence of criminal damage.</p><p>Numbers of less than 5 cannot be produced as this may allow for the identification of a certain individual.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/11/2014 16:45:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156389

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours were spent in cells on average each day by (a) male and (b) female prisoners for the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p /> <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.</p><p> </p><p>For 2011-12, across male establishments the estimated average time in cell was 14.5 hours per weekday; in the female estate the estimated average was 13.6 hours per prisoner per week day.</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.</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 .</p><p> </p><p>Figures for weekends and for subsequent periods could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>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>Too many prisoners have been passing their time in a state of idleness, and that is why under our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework, which came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013, prisoners are now 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><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged in real work 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 reported by public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,900 in 2013-14. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 14.2 million hours, as published in the National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2013-14: Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 214942 question first answered 25/11/2014 17:27:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies