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registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
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 14 October 2014 to Question 209523, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South with the information promised in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	214230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on 14 October 2014, we believe there are in excess of 100 courts that are over 100 years old and the data we hold is subject to detailed checks. These checks are being carried out and I will write again to the Hon. Member as soon as I am able to do so.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 11:17:22 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

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registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many detached duty staff were working in each prison in each month since June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the contribution of staff working on detached duty at 30 June 2014, the date of the most recent published staffing data, was included in the answer provided to you previously on 17 October 2014,</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on which prisons have contributed to detached duty in each month since January 2014 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: List of prisons contributing staff on detached duty January - June 2014</strong></p><p>January - March 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="20"><p><strong>Prisons supplying staff on detached duty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorchester</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Various North East Prisons</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>April - June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="44"><p><strong>Prisons supplying staff on detached duty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Wealstun</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Holme House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>Kirkham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haslar</p></td><td><p>Haslar</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolds</p></td><td><p>Wolds</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk</p></td><td><p>Usk</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Preston</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213814 question first answered 18/11/2014 13:12:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

142302

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons were contributors to detached duty in each month since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the contribution of staff working on detached duty at 30 June 2014, the date of the most recent published staffing data, was included in the answer provided to you previously on 17 October 2014,</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on which prisons have contributed to detached duty in each month since January 2014 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: List of prisons contributing staff on detached duty January - June 2014</strong></p><p>January - March 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="20"><p><strong>Prisons supplying staff on detached duty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorchester</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Various North East Prisons</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>April - June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="44"><p><strong>Prisons supplying staff on detached duty</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>Downview</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>The Verne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Wealstun</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Holme House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>Kirkham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haslar</p></td><td><p>Haslar</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolds</p></td><td><p>Wolds</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk</p></td><td><p>Usk</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>Morton Hall</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Preston</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 213813 question first answered 18/11/2014 13:12:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

114906

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of people employed at magistrates' courts has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The table provides the total reduction of staff by FTE since 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total reduction of staff by FTE in magistrates’ court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2010-2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>461.79</p></td><td><p>743.45</p></td><td><p>383.84</p></td><td><p>310.30</p></td><td><p>1,899.38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reduction in HM Courts and Tribunals staff in magistrates’ courts over the period shown has been driven by the falling workload in the magistrates’ court and by efficiency savings made by the Courts Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 18:11:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106165

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the royal prerogative of mercy has been exercised in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively in the past five years; and of that number, how many, if any, in each of the countries have been without consultation with the relevant police authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy may currently take one of three forms:</p><p> </p><p>i) The grant of a Free Pardon;</p><p>ii) The grant of a conditional Pardon;</p><p>iii) Remission of all or part of a penalty by either a) a pledge of public faith, which most commonly occurs when an offender's release dates are incorrectly calculated or b) for meritorious conduct, such as saving the life of another offender/member of staff or coming to the aid of a member of staff.</p><p> </p><p>By Constitutional convention, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (in succession to the Home Secretary) is responsible, in England and Wales (and the Channel Islands), for recommending to Her Majesty the Queen the exercise of the prerogative of mercy to grant a Royal Pardon. In Northern Ireland the responsibility lies with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for reserved matters and the Justice Minister for Northern Ireland for devolved matters, and in Scotland it is devolved to the First Minister. The Secretary of State for Defence also has the responsibility in relation to members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p><p>In the past five years, only two free pardons were granted by Her Majesty the Queen in England in 2009 and 2014 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to Remission Pardons the Royal Prerogative of Mercy has not been exercised on this basis. However, for England &amp; Wales no records are held for the period prior to 1 February 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the two free pardons that have been issued, the Police Authority was consulted in one of these decisions while the other pardon was granted posthumously and the Police Authority was not consulted.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/11/2014 13:37:45 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

106355

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The below table sets out the total expenses claimed by Special Advisers in the Department in each year from 2010. This is drawn from a search of records held, including the Ministry of Justice online system for claiming travel and subsistence expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>These expenses were necessarily incurred in the course of official business (including accompanying Ministers on visits and other engagements), in line with our policies.</p><p> </p><p>Records of expenses claimed by Special Advisers prior to April 2010 are not held.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Expenses incurred from April 2010 - October 2014</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total (£)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>129.1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>161.9</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>170.2</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>89</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>Total</td><td>550.2</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/11/2014 18:01:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106445

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Welsh Language
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 need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	213418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to the Welsh language and fully committed to providing Government services in the Welsh language where there is demand for them. It is important that in the non-devolved areas sufficient support should be given to the Welsh language, and the Government is committed to ensuring this is done.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, and each of its main delivery arms conducting business or delivering services to the public in Wales, operate Welsh Language Schemes in accordance with section 5 of the Welsh Language Act 1993. These Schemes are used to ensure that Welsh language requirements are considered and delivered for the public and offenders in Wales, so far as is both appropriate in the circumstances and reasonably practicable.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/11/2014 17:30:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

106059

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for offences under wildlife protection legislation in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	212879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The coalition government recognises the devastating impact wildlife crime has on both the environment and in funding organised criminality, and we take the issue, both domestically and internationally, very seriously.<br> <br> We have changed recording practices to ensure that, for the first time, wildlife crime is reported as a separate item in police recorded crime. However, we recognise that the legislation could be modernised and simplified. That is why we have asked the Law Commission to consider the scope for reforming wildlife law.</p><p><br> Offenders found guilty of offences under wildlife protection legislation in the Suffolk Police Force Area and in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Information cannot be separately identified by parliamentary constituency</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/11/2014 17:14:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 212879 - Table.xls title Offenders guilty of offences under selected Acts
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

100504

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times officials conducting his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system have formally consulted the review's Advisory Committee since the launch of the review.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	211583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Chair of the independent review of veterans in the criminal justice system, Stephen Phillips, has formally met the Advisors to the review four times. A number of the advisors have attended two visits and they are also being consulted on the text of the report.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/11/2014 16:59:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

100231

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown courts received in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of proceedings held at magistrates’ court and at crown court in each year since 2010 are published on the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of cases received by the magistrates' courts can be found in table 3.1 and the number of cases received by the Crown Court can be found in table 3.3.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 17:59:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan