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46320

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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, if he will take steps to reform civil procedure rules to clarify courts' powers to strike out cases due to exaggerated or fabricated personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	194773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end, it is considering what specific reforms might be appropriate, including whether the Law Commission should be asked to consider this issue. We will make our conclusions known in due course.</p><p> </p><p>No figures are available on the number of exaggerated or fabricated personal injury claims struck out by the courts. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) indicate that whiplash claims cost customers more than £2 billion a year and add £90 to the average motor insurance premium.</p><p>The ABI describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.</p><p>As announced last year, we are working with stakeholders in the industry to tighten the medical evidence process so that only evidence from accredited experts can be considered, and the costs for those reports can be fixed. This will mean people can no longer profit from exaggerated or fraudulent compensation claims but victims with genuine cases can still get the help they deserve. We are introducing these reforms later in the year. We are also working to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 194759 194774 194804 194805 194806 194807 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

46321

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 insurance fraud cases were struck out due to exaggerated or fabricated personal injury claims in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	194774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end, it is considering what specific reforms might be appropriate, including whether the Law Commission should be asked to consider this issue. We will make our conclusions known in due course.</p><p> </p><p>No figures are available on the number of exaggerated or fabricated personal injury claims struck out by the courts. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) indicate that whiplash claims cost customers more than £2 billion a year and add £90 to the average motor insurance premium.</p><p>The ABI describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.</p><p>As announced last year, we are working with stakeholders in the industry to tighten the medical evidence process so that only evidence from accredited experts can be considered, and the costs for those reports can be fixed. This will mean people can no longer profit from exaggerated or fraudulent compensation claims but victims with genuine cases can still get the help they deserve. We are introducing these reforms later in the year. We are also working to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 194759 194773 194804 194805 194806 194807 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

46322

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 facilities prison libraries have to help prisoners order books through the internet.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.</p><p> </p><p>An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.</p><p> </p><p>No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46323

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 newspapers are provided in prison libraries.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194761 194765 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46324

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 criteria were used to determine the funding allocation for rape crisis centres for the 2014-16 period; and on what grounds the funding for Hull Rape Crisis Centre was cut.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	194745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has committed to increasing available funding for services for victims of crime by potentially raising up to an additional £50m per year from offenders, almost doubling current funding if realised. Therefore more money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential total budget of up to £100m with offenders paying a much greater share.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014-2016 Female Rape Support Fund provides funding to organisations that successfully met the funds showstopper and quality criteria. The 2014-2016 Rape Support Fund has awarded funding to 80 organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Rape Support Funding is designed to be leveraged funding to cover part of each centre's funding needs based on the annual income of each centre.</p><p> </p><p>On this basis Hull Rape Crisis Centre have been awarded £20,000 for both 2014/2015 and 2015/2016.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 4886 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

46325

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 much prisoners have to pay to order a book through the inter-library loan system.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.</p><p> </p><p>An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.</p><p> </p><p>No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46326

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 cultural events have been organised in prison libraries in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194761 194763 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46327

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 books in (a) foreign languages and (b) Welsh prison libraries have.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison library providers ensure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the needs and diverse nature of the prisoners held.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons holding a high proportion of foreign national prisoners who are speakers of other languages offer a range of relevant texts within their libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, Prisoners can order newspapers for personal use. Prisoners cover the cost of any newspaper they personally order, Newspapers based on the needs of the population, will be available for general use in the library.</p><p> </p><p>Prison libraries will facilitate a range of cultural activities such as reading and creative writing groups, special interest clubs, outreach work to families as well as exhibiting art, hosting writers, artists and speakers on subjects of interest. Additional support may be brought in from local community groups and charities.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular foreign language and Welsh books are held within each prison library, which newspapers are stocked, and what cultural events have been organised, is not collected centrally and could only be obtained through local enquiries at each prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 194763 194765 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

46328

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 (a) sentences and (b) other outcomes were received by people aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 and over who were prosecuted for the offence of threatening with an article with a blade or point or an offensive weapon in each year since that offence's inception; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	194712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 introduced new offences of threatening with a knife or offensive weapon in a public place or school. These offences carry a mandatory minimum sentence of a four month Detention and Training Order for 16-17 year olds, and six months custody for adults, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available figures on the outcomes by age group for offences involving threatening with a knife or offensive weapon are available in table 9 of the Knife Possession Sentencing Quarterly Brief October – December 2013 which was published on 13<sup>th</sup> March 2014. The quarterly bulletin is available from the Ministry of Justice website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly</a></p><p> </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. We do not currently have data on prosecutions for threatening with a bladed article or offensive weapon as these offences only came into force from 03 December 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government is clear that people who are convicted of threatening with a knife should always go to prison. Sentencing in individual cases remains a matter for the courts and they may depart from the mandatory minimum custodial sentence if there are particular circumstances which would make it unjust to do so. Parliament has provided the courts with tough sentencing options and we continue to keep this under close scrutiny.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

46329

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 what occasions prisons have relied on detached duty staff from other establishments since 1 September 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan