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1171792

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific offences are categorised as a hate crime; and what are the criteria for such categorisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The law responds to hate crime in four ways by:</p><ul><li>providing for additional “aggravated” offences with longer sentences in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 if an offender demonstrated hostility or was motivated by hostility based on race or religion.</li><li>prohibiting conduct that is likely to stir up hatred on grounds of race, or intended to do so on grounds of religion or sexual orientation in the Public Order Act 1986.</li><li>providing for enhanced sentencing under sections 145 and 146 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 if hostility is motivated by any of the five protected characteristics: disability, transgender status, race, religion or sexual orientation; and</li><li>providing Sentencing guidelines. Section 125(1) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 requires that a sentencing judge must follow any sentencing guideline which is relevant to their case. This includes, for example, consideration of whether the offence was motivated by racial or religious hostility, or if it was motivated by or demonstrated hostility towards the victim based on one or more of several of the victim’s characteristics: age, sex, gender identity (or presumed gender identity), disability (or presumed disability) or sexual orientation.</li></ul><p>The Government have invited the Law Commission to review the law relating to hate crime and to make recommendations to the Government for its reform. The review began in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, the Law Commission have been asked to consider the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing, and to make recommendations on the most appropriate models to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection from conduct motivated by hatred towards protected groups or characteristics. The review will also take account of the existing range of protected characteristics, identifying any gaps in the scope of protection currently offered under the law and making recommendations to promote a consistent approach.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission plan to issue a consultation on this matter in early 2020. Further information on the review can be found on the Law Commission webpage at: <a href="https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/hate-crime/" target="_blank">https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/hate-crime/</a></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/01/2020 13:53:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1134302

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances in cases involving historical abuse victims are entitled to legal representation.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL16587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s first ever cross-government Victims Strategy outlines our commitments to victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases. Victims of crime are not separately represented in criminal trials.</p><p> </p><p>Victims of historic sexual abuse have access to an independent sexual violence adviser (ISVA). The ISVA’s role is to ensure the victim receives the right support before, during and after legal proceedings. As part of proceedings, a victim may be called to give evidence as a witness for the prosecution. ISVAs will work alongside the Court-Based Witness Service to support the victim to give their best evidence and participate in the court process.</p><p> </p><p>In April this year, the Ministry of Justice awarded £8m in funding to rape support centres to provide emotional and practical support to victims of sexual violence and historic sexual abuse, including the provision of ISVA services. We also provided a grant of £11.2m to Citizens Advice for the delivery of the Court-Based Witness Service.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/07/2019 16:59:30 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1133779

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people currently in UK prisons are not EU citizens.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL16530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2019, 5,153 Foreign National Offenders from non-EU countries were held in prisons in England and Wales (including the Prison Service run Immigration Removal Centre). As at 31 March 2019, the total prison population was 82,634 at which point prisoners from non-EU countries made up 6% of the total prison population.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-EU Foreign National Offenders held in prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/07/2019 13:21:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1007488

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average annual cost of incarcerating a prisoner in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL11490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>An average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prison expenditure can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document titled Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment under the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2017-18 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average annual overall cost per prisoner for financial years 2015-16 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Annual Overall Cost per prisoner</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£37,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£35,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£33,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>To note within the table:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1. Figures are expressed in nominal terms as per published for respective years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2. Figures are not always comparable across a period due to changes in accounting treatments and scope of business which do not provide a consistent basis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3. Overall costs include the direct establishment costs plus expenditure met at regional or national level by HMPPS/MOJ.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/11/2018 13:56:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

973423

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many current prisoners in England and Wales are (1) citizens of other EU member states, and (2) non-EU citizens.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL10349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2018 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2018, 9,066 Foreign National Offenders were held in prisons in England and Wales and the HM Prison and Probation Service run Immigration Removal Centre. Of these, 3,905 were from other Member States of the European Union (EU). The remaining 5,161 were from non-EU countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/09/2018 13:24:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

869564

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to victims of Northern Ireland related acts of terrorism committed in Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that victims of terrorism (including bereaved families) receive the best possible support both in the immediate aftermath, and in the long term. Under the EU Victims’ Directive, victims of Northern Ireland related acts of terrorism who reside in the UK are entitled to access support services in accordance with their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government fund a range of services to provide support to help victims of terrorism cope, and as far as possible recover. We have also developed gov.uk webpages (see <strong>victimsofterrorism.campaign.gov.uk</strong>) to provide comprehensive advice to victims and to signpost them to support services in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with local authorities to highlight the support available. This support remains available to victims for as long as needed and regardless of when the attack happened.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/03/2018 14:36:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

869567

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new recruits have left the Prison Service in each of the last two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The number Prison Service staff who have left the service, by length of service, in the last two years is provided below.</p><p><strong>Table 1: HMPPS staff who have left the Prison Service, by length of service<sup>1</sup>, in the 12 months to December 2016 and 12 months to December 2017</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Completed years of service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12 months to December 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12 months to December 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30+</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td><td><p>3,138</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>1</sup>Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/03/2018 14:14:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

806730

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners convicted of murder were held in an open prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/01/2018 14:21:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

782004

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people currently in prison are (1) citizens of other EU member states, and (2) non-EU citizens.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to removing Foreign National Offenders from the United Kingdom, with a record number of over 6,300 removed from prisons, immigration removal centres (IRCs) and the community in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 September 2017, there were 4,125 (non-British) EU nationals in the prison population in England &amp; Wales (including the HMPPS run IRCs); and a further 5,821 non-EU Foreign Nationals.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/11/2017 14:52:32 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

643761

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many offenders were transferred from prisons in England and Wales to prisons in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of prisoners transferred from prisons in England and Wales to Northern Ireland and from prisons in Northern Ireland to England and Wales in the last 3 calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FROM ENGLAND AND WALES TO NORTHERN IRELAND</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TO ENGLAND AND WALES</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners between UK jurisdictions is governed by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. Prisoners are able to apply to serve their sentences in their own jurisdiction close to home if they wish to do so. Few prisoners do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL3522 question first answered 08/12/2016 17:28:38 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont