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49752

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made implementing the recommendations of Getting It Right for Victims and Witnesses, Cm 8288, published in January 2012; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We have made great progress in implementing all recommendations from the ‘Getting it right for victims and witnesses' consultation.</p><p> </p><ul><li>From 1<sup>st</sup> October this year the majority of support services for victims of crime will be commissioned locally by PCCs, who are best placed to understand the needs of victims in their community. MoJ are nationally commissioning a number of services for victims and witnesses, specifically the Homicide Service, the court based witness service and the rape support fund, as well as some national helplines for victims.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Support services, whether commissioned locally or nationally, will for the first time be focused on outcomes, supporting victims to cope with the immediate impacts of crime, and as far as is possible, help them to recover.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime came into force on 10 December 2013. The Code gives victims of crime clearer entitlements from the criminal justice system and tailors services to individual need so they get the right support at the right time. It also includes a section dedicated to people under 18, their parents and guardians and a separate chapter for businesses.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We wanted to give victims a stronger voice in the criminal justice system. That is why the new Victims' Code entitles victims to make a Victim Personal Statement to leave the in no doubt about the impact of their crime on the victim. The Code now includes an improved complaints process.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Government has also published the Witness Charter alongside the Victims' Code, which demonstrates our commitment to improving all witnesses' experience of the criminal justice system.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are currently piloting pre-trial cross-examination in Leeds, Liverpool and Kingston–upon–Thames Crown Courts, allowing vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in advance and sparing them from facing questioning during the trial.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We reformed the Victim Surcharge in October 2012 to increase fines and extend it to a wider range of cases to ensure more offenders pay towards the cost of victims' services. Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) were increased from 1 July 2013 for the same aim. A clause included in the ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014 will prevent offenders sentenced in the magistrates' courts from discharging the Surcharge as additional days in custody.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We implemented a revised Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in November 2012 that focuses on seriously injured victims of serious crime.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>More money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential total budget of up to £100m, double MOJ's current spending of around £50m.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49753

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 406W, on remand in custody, what proportion of the total number of defendants charged with the relevant offences the figures represent.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows the total number of defendants proceeded against for the specified offence groups and the number of defendants who were remanded in custody, broken down by sex. It also shows the percentage of defendants remanded in custody out of the total number of defendants proceeded against for the specified offence categories.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 197887.doc title Table 1
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49754

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 244-6W, on fraud: social security benefits, how many of the convictions listed were dealt with at (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2014, the number of men and women found guilty for offences relating to benefit fraud by court type in England and Wales from 2008 to2012 (latest data available) in the attached</p><p>Please note that court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice on 15th May 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 197883 table.xls title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49755

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 7 April 20104. Official Report, columns 130-1W, on prisons: disciplinary proceedings, what the sex was of each of the 11 employees dismissed for conducting an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner; and how many employees were disciplined but not dismissed for the same misconduct in the same period, broken down by sex.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of Prison Service staff are honest, hard-working professionals. When a member of staff has an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner or ex prisoner, their actions fail to meet the professional standards expected of them in the course of their duty.</p><p> </p><p>Corruption is taken very seriously and there is no place for it within the Prison Service. Anyone who fails to meet these standards will be dealt with swiftly and robustly.&quot;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 11 employees dismissed for conducting an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner 6 were male and 5 were female.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 there were a total of 6 NOMS employees disciplined for having an 'Inappropriate Relationship with a prisoner / ex prisoner'. Of these, were 3 were male and 3 were female.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49756

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 763W, on open prisons, what offences were committed by each of the offenders in prison for violence against the person.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Open prisons have been used since 1936, because they are the most effective means of ensuring that prisoners are suitably risk-assessed before they are released into the community under appropriate licence conditions. These prisons also provide effective supervision for prisoners who do not require the security conditions of the closed estate, because they have been assessed as having a low risk of harm to the public and a low risk of absconding by the independent Parole Board and/or NOMS.</p><p> </p><p>Indeterminate sentence prisoners located in open conditions have been rigorously risk assessed and categorised as being of a low enough risk to the public to warrant their placement in an open prison. They will have previously spent time in prisons with higher levels of security, before being transferred to open conditions if recommended by the Parole Board - or directed through NOMS. Time spent in open prisons affords prisoners the opportunity to find work, re-establish family ties, reintegrate into the community and ensure housing needs are met. For many prisoners, in particular those, such as Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these are essential components for successful reintegration in the community and therefore an important factor in protecting the public. To release these prisoners directly from a closed prison without the resettlement benefits of the open estate would undoubtedly lead to higher levels of post-release re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>These 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> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 197807 (Reply data).xls title Table 1
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49757

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been released from one life sentence before being given another life sentence in each of the last 30 years; and in each such case (a) how long the offender spent in prison for the earlier life sentence, (b) how long the offender had been ordered to serve as a minimum period for the latest life sentence, (c) on what dates each life sentence was given, (d) what the offences were for which the offender received each life sentence and (e) what all the offences committed by that offender prior to the latest life sentence were.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A life sentence is mandatory for murder and discretionary life sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>Under a life sentence, the court determines the minimum period to be served in prison for the purposes of punishment and deterrence. Once that period has been served it is for the Parole Board to determine if and when the offender may be released from prison on life licence and subject to recall for the rest of their life.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of offenders who have been sentenced to life in the 12 months ending September 2013 who previously had one or more previous life sentence on a separate sentencing occasion within the last 30 years, in England and Wales. The table also shows details of their latest and previous offences for which they received a life sentence.</p><p> </p><p>Reoffending rates for life sentenced prisoners are very low. A small number of life sentence prisoners commit offences in prison which result in a second life sentence. Some life sentence prisoners can also receive a second life sentence on conviction for offences committed prior to being imprisoned (e.g. a previous murder or rape).</p><p> </p><p> </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><p> </p><p> </p><p>Detailed information on the length of time served by individual life sentence prisoners, and offence information is not readily available, so I will write to the Honourable Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197841 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49759

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) court possession orders and (b) interim possession orders in relation to squatting in non-residential buildings have been made since the introduction of the criminal offence of squatting in a residential building; and how many such orders were made in the equivalent period preceding this law being implemented.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>While we hold records on the total number of possession orders and interim possession orders applied for and granted by the civil courts, our databases do not show what proportion of these related to non-residential buildings or, in the case of possession orders, actions against trespassers. Such information could only be obtained by manually checking court case files at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49760

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were bailed under an electronic curfew and went on to receive a custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on bail and remand collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice and held on the Court Proceedings Database does not record whether conditions (including the use of electronic monitoring) were attached to bail. To answer this Question would require a data matching exercise between data held by the electronic monitoring contractors and sentencing data held by the Ministry of Justice, which could be done only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49761

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions magistrates in youth courts handed down maximum two-year sentences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a separate and distinct youth justice system, including a different sentencing framework. The Detention and Training Order is the main custodial sentence for children and young people and the only custodial sentence available in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>Detention and Training Orders are available for persistent and serious offending committed by children and young people under 18 years old. When determining the length of sentence, courts must have regard to the specific Sentencing Council guideline for young people. This includes factors such as the age, maturity and culpability of the young offender as well as the seriousness of the offence.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of Detention and Training Orders given by magistrates alone (not including District Judges) in the Youth Court is not held centrally. However data on the number of children and young people aged 12 to 17 given a Detention and Training Order of 24 months in length in the Youth Court is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Juveniles sentenced to the maximum custodial sentence of two years at magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2008-2012.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2 Year sentence</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49762

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average period of time is spent on bail by an offender whose case is dealt with in a (a) magistrates' court and (b) Crown court where the offender (i) pleads guilty at the outset, (ii) changes their plea to guilty during the course of the proceedings and (iii) pleads not guilty.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on bail and remand collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice and held on the Court Proceedings Database does not include any information on the length of time defendants were held on bail or remand. This information could only be ascertained by reference to individual court files which could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies