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62217

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of grave spaces that have been created in London since the introduction of the London Local Authorities Act 2007.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	200635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not made an estimate of the number of grave spaces created since the introduction of the London Local Authorities Act 2007 or the number of local authorities who have used powers under the Act to re-use graves. However, as the Ministry of Justice has responsibility for burial law and policy, I am keeping the issue of burial space under active review including considering what legislative changes might be necessary to address a shortage of graves.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 200636 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:43:33 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

62218

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities which have adopted powers under the London Local Authorities Act 2007 to re-use graves where burial rights have been extinguished since that Act came into force.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	200636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not made an estimate of the number of grave spaces created since the introduction of the London Local Authorities Act 2007 or the number of local authorities who have used powers under the Act to re-use graves. However, as the Ministry of Justice has responsibility for burial law and policy, I am keeping the issue of burial space under active review including considering what legislative changes might be necessary to address a shortage of graves.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 200635 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:43:33 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

62288

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's written submission to the European Court of Justice which was the subject of the hearing before the Court in April 2014 about the EU application to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	201111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The European Court of Justice held a hearing on 5-6 May 2014 before a full court in proceedings under article 218 (11) of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union regarding the European Commission's request for an Opinion on the compatibility of the draft Accession Agreement with the EU Treaties.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 10 December 2013, Official Report, Column 123W.</p><p> </p><p>My subsequent letter to the European Scrutiny Committee of 20 December 2013, as referenced in the Committee's Twenty-ninth Report of session 2013-2014 of 8 January 2014, clarifies the basis on which documents in the proceedings are confidential.</p><p> </p><p>My most recent letter to the European Scrutiny Committee of 18 June 2014 outlines that the UK's oral submissions supported the compatibility of the draft Accession Agreement with the EU Treaties, and sought to encourage the Court to robustly test the draft Accession Agreement and its implications while steering clear of making any findings that prejudge the content of the internal EU rules.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 23/06/2014 16:49:45 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

62361

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations are being carried out by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	201004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.</p><p> </p><p>(1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>(3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 200998 200999 question first answered 24/06/2014 11:32:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

62363

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what earliest date a still unresolved investigation by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 was begun; and on what earliest date such an investigation was begun but no proceedings have yet commenced.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	200998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.</p><p> </p><p>(1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>(3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 200999 201004 question first answered 24/06/2014 11:32:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

62364

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
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 taken between the date of the opening of an investigation under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 and the date on which (a) proceedings are commenced and (b) the case is closed without proceedings being brought.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	200999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.</p><p> </p><p>(1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>(3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 200998 201004 question first answered 24/06/2014 11:32:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

62366

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the per capita spending on prison officers was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the average total salary cost, including national insurance and pension contributions, of a prison officer as at 31 March each year since 2010 is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost of Prison Officers, Including Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions – as at 31 March, 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p><strong>- At 31st March </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>32,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>34,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>34,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>35,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36,157</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The pay costs shown are for Band 3 Prison Officers and their equivalents and include basic salary and local pay allowance where applicable.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/06/2014 09:13:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62367

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Licensing Laws
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence under Sections 141, 142, 146, 147A and 149 (1, 3 and 4), 151, 152 or 153 of the Licensing Act 2003 in the last 12 months; and how many of those convicted were fined the maximum amount stipulated in that Act for those offences.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of the listed offences related to the Licensing Act 2003, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013, alongside the number of offenders given the maximum allowable sentence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/06/2014 16:55:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name Offenders found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the Licensing Act 2003, England and Wales, 2009-2013.xls title Offenders - Licensing Act 2003 - England and Wales
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

62368

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for, (b) convicted of, (c) cautioned for and (d) given a non-custodial sentence for each of the stalking offences in Sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	201066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts under Sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2013 (the latest data available), can be viewed in the table. These offences came into force in November 2012.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court, found guilty and sentenced at all courts for 'stalking' offences, England and Wales, 2012 to 2013 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Statute</td><td>Offence</td><td> </td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="14">Protection from Harassment Act 1997, S.2A</td><td rowspan="14">Pursue course of conduct in breach of S.1(1) which amounts to stalking.</td><td>Cautions</td><td>-</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded against</td><td>8</td><td>293</td></tr><tr><td>Found guilty</td><td>2</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>Sentenced</td><td>2</td><td>192</td></tr><tr><td>of which</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Absolute discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Conditional discharge</td><td>1</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Fine</td><td>1</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Community sentence</td><td>-</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Suspended sentence</td><td>-</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>Immediate custody</td><td>-</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Otherwise dealt with <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>-</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="14">Protection from Harassment Act 1997, S.4A</td><td rowspan="14">Stalking involving fear of violence and involving serious alarm/distress</td><td>Cautions</td><td>-</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded against</td><td>-</td><td>154</td></tr><tr><td>Found guilty</td><td>-</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Sentenced</td><td>-</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>of which</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Absolute discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Conditional discharge</td><td>-</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Fine</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Community sentence</td><td>-</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Suspended sentence</td><td>-</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Immediate custody</td><td>-</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Otherwise dealt with</td><td>-</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for or found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(4) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>NB Offences introduced 25 November 2012</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQs 201066</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 24/06/2014 16:28:30 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

62369

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) the prison governor or (b) another official gave permission for the performance of Sister Act in HMP Bronzefield in February and March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	201121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Former employees of the Trusts have transferred to the new organisations, namely the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. A small number of Chief Executives have taken early retirement or are due to do so over the next few weeks. There have also been a number of departures at Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) level. These were part of the normal turnover of staff; details of these are not held centrally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Prison Bronzefield is a private (contracted out) prison and therefore any activities in the establishment are the decision of the Director of that prison. The production of the performance of Sister Act was arranged between Sodexo Justice Services and the respective parties. Therefore this is not part of the contractual agreement between Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Sodexo Justice Services.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/06/2014 16:46:18 question first ministerially corrected 25/06/2014 12:03:56 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 4697 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan