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1178958

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has chartered flights scheduled for deportations in the next six months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Most enforced immigration returns are undertaken using scheduled flights, alongside fare-paying passengers. However, charter flight operations are an important means to return foreign national offenders and immigration offenders where there are limited scheduled routes or where the returnees may be disruptive. We utilise both approaches flexibly to best meet operational needs and maximise value for money.</p><p>For operational reasons, it is not possible to disclose full details of the returns charter flight programme over the next six months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 17:05:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1179218

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court cases have been listed for mention in each of the last 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of cases which have been listed for mention in the Crown court over the last 18 months:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>April 2018 - September 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>4588</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>4423</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>4442</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>4562</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>4352</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>4318</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>4874</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>4801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>3517</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>4601</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>4228</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>4529</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>4254</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>4565</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>4198</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>4710</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>4212</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>4298</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong>1. These data has been extracted from the Crown Court Xhibit database, and run until September-19 in line with published data.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Xhibit is a live system and data can change over time.</strong></p><p><strong>3. The hearing codes used to extract these data are those recorded by the court listing officer and reflect the hearing type as shown on the daily list. </strong></p><p><strong>4. If a case has two or more hearings within the same month it has only been counted once. Should the hearings be on different months they have been counted in each month.</strong></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2020 17:51:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1179287

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reece Dempster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the previous offences by (a) date, (b) category and (c) disposal of each offence committed by Reece Dempster who was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 6 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>As is consistent with established procedure, we do not intend to publish the previous offences. An application for disclosure may be made to the relevant court under Part 5.8 Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 as amended.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:07:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179289

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the custody rate was (a) in total and (b) by sex of the offender for each category of offence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on sentencing outcomes relating to specific offence categories is published in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” 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 total custody rate for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Offence group’ to the Rows field.</li><li>The total custody rate can then be found by dividing ‘Total Immediate Custody’ (rows 206 – 218) by ‘Sentenced’ (rows 66 - 78) for each offence group.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To obtain the custody rate by sex of the offender:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Sex’ to the Rows field above the recently inserted ‘Offence group’.</li><li>The custody rate by sex of the offender for each category of offence can then be found by dividing ‘Total Immediate Custody’ (rows 714 - 764) by ‘Sentenced’ (rows 184 - 234) for each offence group and corresponding sex.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:01:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179290

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence length was (a) in total and (b) by sex of the offender for each category of offence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Information up to December 2018 on sentencing outcomes relating to specific offence categories is published in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” 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 average custodial sentence length for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Offence group’ to the Rows field.</li><li>The average custodial sentence length can then be found in rows 472 - 484.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To obtain the average custodial sentence length by sex of the offender for each offence group:</p><ul><li>In the Pivot Table Fields, drag ‘Sex’ to the Rows field above the recently inserted ‘Offence group’.</li></ul><p>The average custodial sentence length by sex of the offender for each category of offence can then be found in rows 1721 – 1771 for each offence group and corresponding sex.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 12:58:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179292

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
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 offenders sentenced to determinate prison sentences of less than four years were released on Home Detention Curfew before the half way point in their sentence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>Only prisoners sentenced to at least 12 weeks but less than four years are eligible to be considered for release under the Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme. The number and proportion of eligible prisoners released on HDC in each of the last three years is published in table A3_5 of Prison Releases 2018, which may be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to be released up to 135 days before their automatic release date at the halfway point of their sentence, to work towards rehabilitation and resettlement in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they face being returned to custody. Research on early release with electronic monitoring has shown no increase in re-offending.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/02/2020 14:53:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179318

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Section 176 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 inserted Section 22A into the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. Under this provision, shoplifting of goods worth £200 or less is treated as a summary only offence, unless the defendant elects to be tried in the Crown Court. These cases can now be handled as police-led prosecutions.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to provide a simpler and more proportionate response to high-volume, low-level offences where the case is uncontested, increasing police discretion to tackle crime in their area, freeing up CPS resource to focus on more complex cases, and generating efficiencies in the criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice does not maintain statistics on police-led prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:02:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179319

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>Attacks against our brave emergency workers who protect us are appalling and cowardly. That is why we doubled the maximum penalty for assaulting an emergency worker and gave judges the powers to aggravate the sentences for crimes committed against them.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending September 2019, 1,205 people had been sentenced to immediate custody for the new offence of assault on an emergency worker, with custodial sentences averaging around 2-3 months over the period.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/02/2020 14:56:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179393

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the move-on period for newly recognised refugees.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	19006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Whilst there are currently no plans to extend the move-on period, the Government has been working on a number of important initiatives to ensure that newly recognised refugees are able to access benefits and housing promptly once their Home Office support ends. We are ensuring that this work takes into account the views of the key voluntary sector groups, including the British Red Cross.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2020 17:52:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1179444

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for the offence of buying sex from a prostitute controlled for the gain of another person under section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 since April 2010.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	18437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions and convictions under S.53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as inserted by S.14 Policing and Crime Act 2009, for the calendar years 2013 – 2018 in the ‘Proceedings and Outcomes by Home Office Code 2013 to 2018 data tool’:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802342/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802342/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select the Detailed offence ‘Paying or promising to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services’ (or alternatively the Offence code ‘16702’).</li></ul><p>Prosecutions and convictions for this offence from 2010 to 2012 are in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2020 17:49:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 18437 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman