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1011681

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many directions for release were made by the Parole Board from March 2018 to September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	194241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In the period March 2018 to August 2018*, the Parole Board conducted 3,890 hearings and 2,647 hearings were completed. In this time the Parole Board made 1,280 release directions (81 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period September 2017 to March 2018, the Parole Board conducted 4,418 hearings and 3,041 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 1,613 release directions (138 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period January 2016 to January 2017, the Parole Board conducted 7,956 hearings and 5,674 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 3,045 release directions (425 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>* data for 2018-19 is only currently available for the period April-August 2018</p><p>Public protection will always be our priority. In 16/17 and 17/18 the Ministry of Justice provided additional funding to enable the Parole Board to induct and train over 100 new members and to hear more cases each month.</p><p> </p><p>In October this year the Government secured a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194242 194243 194244 194245 194246 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:51:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1011682

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many oral parole hearings took place in England and Wales from March 2018 to September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	194242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In the period March 2018 to August 2018*, the Parole Board conducted 3,890 hearings and 2,647 hearings were completed. In this time the Parole Board made 1,280 release directions (81 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period September 2017 to March 2018, the Parole Board conducted 4,418 hearings and 3,041 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 1,613 release directions (138 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period January 2016 to January 2017, the Parole Board conducted 7,956 hearings and 5,674 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 3,045 release directions (425 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>* data for 2018-19 is only currently available for the period April-August 2018</p><p>Public protection will always be our priority. In 16/17 and 17/18 the Ministry of Justice provided additional funding to enable the Parole Board to induct and train over 100 new members and to hear more cases each month.</p><p> </p><p>In October this year the Government secured a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194241 194243 194244 194245 194246 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:51:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1011683

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many directions for release were made by the Parole Board from September 2017 to March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	194243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In the period March 2018 to August 2018*, the Parole Board conducted 3,890 hearings and 2,647 hearings were completed. In this time the Parole Board made 1,280 release directions (81 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period September 2017 to March 2018, the Parole Board conducted 4,418 hearings and 3,041 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 1,613 release directions (138 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period January 2016 to January 2017, the Parole Board conducted 7,956 hearings and 5,674 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 3,045 release directions (425 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>* data for 2018-19 is only currently available for the period April-August 2018</p><p>Public protection will always be our priority. In 16/17 and 17/18 the Ministry of Justice provided additional funding to enable the Parole Board to induct and train over 100 new members and to hear more cases each month.</p><p> </p><p>In October this year the Government secured a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194241 194242 194244 194245 194246 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:51:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1010652

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
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 12 November 2018 to Question 187366, how many places in residential women's centres were funded by the Government in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	193548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>As I said in the answer to 187366, our vision of residential women’s centres is new we are not aware of any past or existing provision which fully accords with it. We therefore did not fund any places in residential women’s centres in 2016.</p><p>The Government is looking to develop a residential women’s centre pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales as part of its commitments within the female offender strategy.The aim of the pilot will be to develop a robust evidence base about what could be effective, sustainable and scalable models for improving outcomes for female offenders and reducing the numbers and frequency of women entering and re-entering custody on short custodial sentences.We will take a consultative approach for designing and delivering the pilot models, engaging with potential providers, partners, and investors, both nationally and locally. We want to ensure that the models we take forward are sustainable, credible and appropriate for the local context of each site.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2018 14:50:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1010654

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in staffing levels in community rehabilitation centres from their introduction until the end of the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	193550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Public protection is our top priority and the contracts contain robust provisions requiring each Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff to deliver their contractual obligations. We are taking decisive action to improve CRCs by ending current contracts early, investing £22m in through the gate services, and we have consulted on how best to deliver probation services in the future. We have also recently changed CRC contracts to improve reporting on workforce trends and will use this information to inform contract management activity.</p><p> </p><p>Our Contract Management Teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers on a local basis, taking into account the regional context, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003757

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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance appeal hearings in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) for (a) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:00:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003758

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	Employment Tribunal Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of claims made to the Employment Tribunal was by region in the 12 months to (a) 1 August 2013 and (b) 1 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Annex C – Employment Tribunal Receipts Table within the published statistics and can be viewed using the following link.</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003759

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	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms changes have been in his Department's total funding for youth offending teams in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>MoJ funding for youth offending services is delivered through the Youth Justice Board Good Practice Grant. The changes in funding in real terms were as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In the year beginning 2010: 165 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2011: 133 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2012: 118 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2013: 99 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2014: 98 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2015: 80 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2016: 74 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2017: 73 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2018: 72 million</li></ul><p> </p><p>These reductions were made in the context of wider savings made across the department. The MoJ is committed to ensuring there is sufficient funding for Youth Offending Teams whilst also ensuring public money is managed appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>YOTs continue to carry out vital work to support young people through the justice system and prevent them from entering it in the first place. The number of first time entrants to the youth justice system has fallen by 86% between 2007/08 and 2017/18, and by 14% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/11/2018 16:17:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 85800 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003760

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	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to prison for less than (a) three months and (b) six months for each Home Office offence code in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for (a) up to and including 3 months and (b) over 3 months and up to and including 6 months for each Home Office offence code in 2017 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 16:53:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 189755 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003761

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	Prison Sentences: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189757 189758 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon