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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-30more like thismore than 2014-10-30
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisoner Escapes more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisoners have been on the run since April 2004; what offence each such prisoner had committed; how long each prisoner's sentence was; and how long each prisoner had served before absconding. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 212585 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
answer text <p /> <p>I have already committed to writing to the Honourable Member on this issue in a previous question and will do so shortly, once final checks with police and victim groups have been completed.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-06T16:25:51.7529932Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-06T16:25:51.7529932Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
100904
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-24more like thismore than 2014-10-24
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Ministry of Justice: Written Questions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 202782, on prisoner escapes, tabled on 26 June 2014 for answer on 30 June 2014. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211919 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-29more like thismore than 2014-10-29
answer text <p /> <p>I answered Question 202782 on 24 October 2014. The answer can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-06-26/202782/</p><p> </p><p>I apologise for the delay in answering this question.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark more like this
answering member printed Simon Hughes more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-29T16:07:41.051664Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-29T16:07:41.051664Z
answering member
194
label Biography information for Simon Hughes more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
100905
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-24more like thismore than 2014-10-24
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Burglary more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at which courts people with 15 or more previous convictions were not sent to prison on conviction for burglary in the latest period for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211920 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-23more like thismore than 2015-03-23
answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking account of the circumstances of the case and the maximum penalty for the offence. But when sentencing an offender the courts must treat recent and relevant previous convictions as an aggravating factor. There is also a mandatory minimum sentence of three years’ imprisonment for a third conviction for domestic burglary. The sentencing guideline for burglary aims to ensure that the effect on victims is at the centre of considerations about what sentence each offender should receive. The average custodial sentence length for domestic burglary has increased from 21.4 months in 2009 to 23.6 months in 2013.</p><p>This Government is committed to strengthening sentences, so that they combine both punishment and requirements that are effective at preventing further offending. We are transforming rehabilitation, by bringing together the best of the public, private and voluntary sectors, and only rewarding them when they actually do reduce re-offending.</p><p>During the 12 months ending June 2014, all local justice areas sentenced at least one offender with 15 or more previous convictions to a sentence that did not entail immediate custody for their latest conviction of a burglary offence.</p>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-03-23T17:54:02.647Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-23T17:54:02.647Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
100907
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-24more like thismore than 2014-10-24
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisoner Escapes more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest time is that any prisoner has been on the run in the last 30 years; for what offence that prisoner was sentenced; what the length of that sentence was; and how long that prisoner had served before absconding. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211884 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-29more like thismore than 2014-10-29
answer text <p>Detailed records of offenders who are unlawfully at large have only been maintained since April 2004. It is not possible therefore to provide details of any prisoner who has been unlawfully at large before this period or to specify the longest period of absence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of escapes, absconds and temporary release failures has fallen over the last two decades. When a prisoner becomes unlawfully at large he or she is immediately reported to police to locate and apprehend. Unlawfully at large prisoners are often recaptured and returned to custody quickly, and over 97% of prisoners who absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 have been returned to custody. Absconds are taken very seriously. Re-captured prisoners will be returned to a more secure closed prison and will face either a criminal prosecution or an internal adjudication in prison in front of a visiting judge. In either case they can receive additional time in prison.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-29T17:52:50.1461404Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-29T17:52:50.1461404Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
99919
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-20more like thismore than 2014-10-20
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Burglary: Reoffenders more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts did not send people with the highest number of previous convictions for burglary to prison for a further offence of burglary in each of the years since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211135 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking account of the circumstances of the case and the maximum penalty for the offence. However, when sentencing an offender the courts must treat recent and relevant previous convictions as an aggravating factor. There is also a mandatory minimum sentence of three years’ imprisonment for a third conviction for domestic burglary. The sentencing guideline for burglary aims to ensure that the effect on victims is at the centre of considerations about what sentence each offender should receive. The average custodial sentence length for domestic burglary has increased from 21.4 months in 2009 to 23.6 months in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to strengthening sentences, so that they combine both punishment and requirements that are effective at preventing further offending. We are transforming rehabilitation, by bringing together the best of the public, private and voluntary sectors, and only rewarding them when they actually do reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The highest number of previous convictions for burglary by an offender who was convicted of a further burglary offence and not sentenced to immediate custody for the further offence by court or Local Justice Area (LJA) in England and Wales, from the 12 months ending March 2010 to the 12 months ending March 2014, is given in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The offenders concerned (and one of the two offenders in 2010, is the same offender in 2011 and 2013) have long offending histories, and they have received immediate custodial sentences for most of their burglary convictions, the vast majority of which were not for domestic burglary.</p><p>Table 1: The highest number<sup>1</sup> of previous convictions for burglary by an offender who was convicted of a further burglary offence and not sentenced to immediate custody for the further offence<sup>3</sup> by court or Local Justice Area (LJA) in England and Wales, 12 months ending March 2010 to 12 months ending March 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>12 months ending March </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Court </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number<sup>1 </sup>of previous convictions</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sussex</em><em> (Western) Local Justice Area &amp; Horseferry Road Magistrates Court</em></p></td><td><p><em>61,61</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p><em>Bristol Local Justice Area</em></p></td><td><p><em>64</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p><em>Manchester</em><em> Magistrates Court</em></p></td><td><p><em>47</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013<sup>*</sup></em></p></td><td><p><em>Central London Local Justice Area </em></p></td><td><p><em>65</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p><em>South East Surrey Local Justice Area</em></p></td><td><p><em>52</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Source</em></strong><em>: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>1. Number of previous convictions are counts of the number of separate occasions an offender has previously been convicted of burglary.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>2. All data have been taken from the MoJ extract of the Police National Computer. This includes details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings given for recordable offences (see www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made for definition). It is therefore possible that some offenders presented in the table above have previously also received convictions for offences not recorded on the PNC.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>3. An offender may have had previous convictions for which they received an immediate custodial sentence</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>* One of the two offenders in 2010 is also the relevant offender</em></p><p><em> in 2011 and 2013.</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-28T14:16:43.2978711Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-28T14:16:43.2978711Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
99920
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-20more like thismore than 2014-10-20
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prison Escapes more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people failed to return to prison following release on temporary licence in each of the last three years; and how many and what proportion of such offenders were subsequently (a) charged with and (b) convicted of a criminal offence under the Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act 1995. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211070 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-27more like thismore than 2014-10-27
answer text <p>My officials are currently working to provide the information requested but it has not proved possible to produce it in the time allowed. I will write to you in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-27T16:10:29.0957245Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-27T16:10:29.0957245Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
99922
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-20more like thismore than 2014-10-20
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Written Questions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to Parliamentary Questions. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 211099 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-24more like thismore than 2014-10-24
answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s internal guidance for answering parliamentary questions was updated and published on the Department’s intranet on 29<sup>th</sup> September 2014. I will send the hon. Member a copy and also arrange for it to be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office has produced guidance for civil servants on drafting answers to parliamentary questions. This may be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark more like this
answering member printed Simon Hughes more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-24T13:36:06.7392705Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-24T13:36:06.7392705Z
answering member
194
label Biography information for Simon Hughes more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
91762
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-09-12more like thismore than 2014-09-12
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Written Questions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014 which were answered with a promise to place information in the Library that information has (a) been and (b) not been placed in the Library. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 209236 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-17more like thismore than 2014-10-17
answer text <p /> <p>My Department has conducted a check, and information for all the relevant written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley in 2014 has now been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant written questions are as follows:</p><p>- 191214 – 191216</p><p>- 191309 – 191215</p><p>- 194407</p><p>- 194406 - 194408</p><p>- 204641 – 204642 – 204652 - 204653</p><p>- 205007</p><p>- 194430</p><p>- 203440</p><p>- 204505-204455</p><p>- 204660</p><p>- 202790-202791</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a robust system to keep track of commitments to place information in the Library and ensure that this is done promptly in future.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-17T09:22:15.4434078Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-17T09:22:15.4434078Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
91647
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-09-11more like thismore than 2014-09-11
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisoners: Repatriation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights by other states on the deportation of people from the UK to prisons in (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 209123 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-13more like thismore than 2014-10-13
answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. However, information on states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons have caused them to be found to be in violation of the Convention by the European Court of Human Rights can be found on the Court’s searchable database at:</p><p><a href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}" target="_blank">http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}</a></p><p>(208572)</p><p>We remain alert to the fact that legal challenges in relation to poor prison conditions may create obstacles to prisoner transfers. We are aware of one ongoing case within the European Union where prison conditions have been raised as a reason to prevent transfer proceedings but this is still subject to ongoing appeal.</p><p> </p><p>We are at an early stage of testing compulsory prisoner transfers to non-European Union countries and have not received any challenges of this nature to date.</p><p>(209123)</p>
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
grouped question UIN 208572 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-13T11:05:23.5177166Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-13T11:05:23.5177166Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
91194
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-09-09more like thismore than 2014-09-09
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Drugs: Misuse more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of a single offence of possession of class C drugs received (a) a discharge, (b) a fine, (c) a community order, (d) a suspended prison sentence and (e) an immediate prison sentence in the most recent year for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 208715 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-14more like thismore than 2014-10-14
answer text <p>Drug offending is serious in itself and drug abuse also underlies a huge volume of acquisitive and violent crime which can blight communities. The independent Sentencing Council issued a sentencing guideline on drug offences, effective from February 2012, which brought sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for all drug offences that come before courts.</p><p> </p><p>Simple cautions are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. The latest guidance, issued in November 2013 following the Simple Cautions Review, states that the use of a simple caution for possession of class A drugs should only be given in exceptional cases following authorisation by a senior police officer. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions on the use of cautions for certain serious offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of offenders that were sentenced at all courts of a single offence of possession for class A, B and C drugs by sentence outcome in 2013, England and Wales can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people cautioned for possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (latest data available) is accessible through the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311319/8-outcomes-by-offence.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311319/8-outcomes-by-offence.xls</a>. Under the heading “Drug Offences” there are links to tables containing information relation to possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, including the number of cautions, from 2009-2013.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
grouped question UIN
208577 more like this
208710 more like this
208720 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-14T13:44:22.5860674Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-14T13:44:22.5860674Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
attachment
1
file name 208577, 208720, 208715, 208710 table.xls more like this
title Number of offenders sentenced more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this