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1003667

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (iii) HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	189714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The following tables provides details of the consumption and costs of electricity and gas for the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service and HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>11,641</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>3,714</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>8,401</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>3,316</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>11,102</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Consumption and costs for the Ministry of Justice are not directly comparable because of differences in scope. The consumption figures comprise consumption by MoJ HQ, other agencies (excluding HMCTS and HMPPS) and non-departmental public bodies. Costs are for MoJ HQ only.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>118,111</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>159,633</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>103,341</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>158,038</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>106,571</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>152,425</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HM Prison and Probation Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>317,399</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>739,733</p></td><td><p>28.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>386,905</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>760,559</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>322,348</p></td><td><p>41.0</p></td><td><p>732,050</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and the department as a whole has reduced its carbon emissions by 35% since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 189715 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:26:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1001990

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether members of the legal profession and the judiciary were (a) consulted as part of the review of the (i) civil legal aid means test threshold in 2008 and (ii) criminal legal aid means test threshold in 2009 and (b) consulted when the government has evaluated the legal aid means test thresholds since those dates.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	188144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There was no formal consultation with members of the legal profession or the Judiciary as part of the review of the civil legal aid means test threshold in 2009 and the criminal legal aid means test threshold in 2008 or subsequently.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the changes made to legal aid as part of the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 and have engaged with over 80 organisations as part of the evidence gathering process. We will use all the evidence we receive as part of our wider work to establish how best we can empower people to resolve their problems in a modern justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:03:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1001991

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the Ministry of Justice budget of the increased number of litigants in person as a result of the means test threshold not being uprated in line with inflation in (a) civil legal aid since 2008 and (b) criminal legal aid since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	188145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the changes made to legal aid as part of the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 and have engaged with over 80 organisations as part of the evidence gathering process. We will use all the evidence we receive as part of our wider work to establish how best we can empower people to resolve their problems in a modern justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Unrepresented parties have always been a feature of the civil and family justice system. Since 2015, the Government has invested £5 million of funding to support litigants in person through a range of measures designed to provide additional information, support and guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 17:00:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1002262

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions of women there have been for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in the last 12 months; how many of those have led to a prison sentence; and what proportion of all women prisoners this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 98,999 females prosecuted for TV licence evasion in the year ending December 2017, the latest published data.</p><p> </p><p>No prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/11/2018 16:41:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

994649

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in Wales convicted for indictable offences had a previous criminal history in each year from 2013 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	183983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of offenders convicted of an indictable offence<sup>1</sup> who had a previous conviction or caution<sup>2,3</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>13,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,476</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><p>1) Indictable offences include triable either way offences</p><p>2) Number of offenders who, at the time of their conviction, had been cautioned or convicted of any offence on a previous occasion</p><p>3) Figures may exclude those who have a previous criminal history other than convictions or cautions recorded on the PNC (e.g. penalty notices for disorder, non-recordable offences not on the PNC)</p><p>4) Cases prosecuted by a police force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 2: Number of offenders convicted by number of previous convictions or cautions<sup>1,2</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions or cautions</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3,634</p></td><td><p>3,644</p></td><td><p>4,026</p></td><td><p>3,883</p></td><td><p>3,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 to 6</p></td><td><p>11,839</p></td><td><p>11,247</p></td><td><p>11,288</p></td><td><p>10,149</p></td><td><p>9,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 to 14</p></td><td><p>6,826</p></td><td><p>6,248</p></td><td><p>6,259</p></td><td><p>5,794</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 or more</p></td><td><p>10,037</p></td><td><p>9,837</p></td><td><p>9,533</p></td><td><p>8,792</p></td><td><p>8,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,336</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,976</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,618</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>1) The number of previous occasions on which the offender has been cautioned or convicted, at the time of the current conviction.</p><p>2) Figures exclude convictions or cautions not on the PNC (e.g. for non-recordable offences)</p><p>3) Cases prosecuted by a police force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 183984 question first answered 19/11/2018 18:38:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 82799 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

994650

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted in Wales had (a) zero, (b) one to six, (c) seven to 14 and (d) 15 or more previous criminal convictions or cautions in each year from 2013 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	183984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of offenders convicted of an indictable offence<sup>1</sup> who had a previous conviction or caution<sup>2,3</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>13,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,476</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><p>1) Indictable offences include triable either way offences</p><p>2) Number of offenders who, at the time of their conviction, had been cautioned or convicted of any offence on a previous occasion</p><p>3) Figures may exclude those who have a previous criminal history other than convictions or cautions recorded on the PNC (e.g. penalty notices for disorder, non-recordable offences not on the PNC)</p><p>4) Cases prosecuted by a police force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 2: Number of offenders convicted by number of previous convictions or cautions<sup>1,2</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions or cautions</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3,634</p></td><td><p>3,644</p></td><td><p>4,026</p></td><td><p>3,883</p></td><td><p>3,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 to 6</p></td><td><p>11,839</p></td><td><p>11,247</p></td><td><p>11,288</p></td><td><p>10,149</p></td><td><p>9,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 to 14</p></td><td><p>6,826</p></td><td><p>6,248</p></td><td><p>6,259</p></td><td><p>5,794</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 or more</p></td><td><p>10,037</p></td><td><p>9,837</p></td><td><p>9,533</p></td><td><p>8,792</p></td><td><p>8,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,336</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,976</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,618</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>1) The number of previous occasions on which the offender has been cautioned or convicted, at the time of the current conviction.</p><p>2) Figures exclude convictions or cautions not on the PNC (e.g. for non-recordable offences)</p><p>3) Cases prosecuted by a police force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 183983 question first answered 19/11/2018 18:38:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 82800 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

992820

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mothers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women with a North Wales postal address that were held at HMP Styalwere had dependent children in 2017/18 .
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	182117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>111 women who were held at HMP Styal during the 2017-18 financial year had a reported North Wales address and are recorded as having children. The data from Prison-NOMIS, the system from which this information was obtained, only records if the prisoner has children (as of today) and does not state how old the children are or if they are dependents.</p><p>Our female offender strategy set out a dedicated approach to supporting female offenders and I am determined to build on this by shifting focus away from prisons to women’s centres with a range of support services, including for substance misuse and mental health problems.</p><p>We are investing an additional £5 million over two years on community provision so that, where appropriate, women are given the support they need to address their offending and turn away from a life of crime. Work is also ongoing to improve the quality pre-sentence reports to ensure that sentencers are made aware and can take account of whether an offender is a primary carer.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note</strong>:</p><ul><li>North Wales has been defined as having a reported address within the local authorities of: Anglesey; Conwy; Denbighshire; Flintshire; Gwynedd; and Wrexham.</li><li>Around 97% of prisoners have an origin location - i.e. addresses that are recorded in our central IT system. If no address is given, an offender’s committal court address is used as a proxy for the area in which they are resident.</li><li>This information is included in the data provided in the answer above.</li><li>Those with no recorded origin are typically foreign nationals or those recently received into custody.</li><li>No address has been recorded and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders; these figures are excluded from the figure above.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 11:39:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson