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50276

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Newby on 6 May (WA 365), whether they will now answer the question which was put.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to the information given by my Noble Friend on 6 May (WA 365) I can add that the Ministry of Justice does not operate a strict percentage based escalation process for financial issues. The Departmental Board receive a routine update on the Ministry's financial position at every meeting. This provides a summary of the overall position and, where necessary, highlights any significant variations from, or changes to, budget forecasts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

49841

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 steps they are taking, and within what timescales, to ensure that custody trials can be listed at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, in the light of the closure of the court cells in December 2013 following safety concerns.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The cell accommodation at Newcastle Magistrates' Court is housed within the interconnected Pilgrim Street Police Station which is due to close in summer 2014 and belongs to Northumbria Police.</p><p> </p><p>The cells have not been in use since 7April, 2014 when a temporary arrangement was put in place to enable urgent fire safety works to be undertaken. Whilst five of the 13 cells are unlikely to be used again due to safety concerns, the remaining eight are now available for use as the fire safety work has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>The current temporary closure has been extended until 30 May, 2014 to enable conclusion of discussions with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner over future use and maintenance of the cells once the Police Station closes.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary arrangement, comprising a daily remand court at North Tyneside and the listing of other custody work in available courtrooms across the court estate in Northumbria, is not wholly satisfactory and the impact is being assessed on a daily basis, in particular the impact on victims and witnesses. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is seeking to conclude the discussions with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner as quickly as possible and currently intends to resume use of the cells on 2 June, 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6847 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

49842

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 assessment they have made of the impact of the closure of the court cells at Newcastle Magistrates' Court since December 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The cell accommodation at Newcastle Magistrates' Court is housed within the interconnected Pilgrim Street Police Station which is due to close in summer 2014 and belongs to Northumbria Police.</p><p> </p><p>The cells have not been in use since 7April, 2014 when a temporary arrangement was put in place to enable urgent fire safety works to be undertaken. Whilst five of the 13 cells are unlikely to be used again due to safety concerns, the remaining eight are now available for use as the fire safety work has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>The current temporary closure has been extended until 30 May, 2014 to enable conclusion of discussions with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner over future use and maintenance of the cells once the Police Station closes.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary arrangement, comprising a daily remand court at North Tyneside and the listing of other custody work in available courtrooms across the court estate in Northumbria, is not wholly satisfactory and the impact is being assessed on a daily basis, in particular the impact on victims and witnesses. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is seeking to conclude the discussions with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner as quickly as possible and currently intends to resume use of the cells on 2 June, 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6846 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

49843

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 on how many occasions in the last two years parcels sent to prisoners have been found to contain drugs, extremist materials, mobile phones, SIM cards or pornography.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Details of illicit items found in post or packages are recorded on the prison incident reporting system, and collated in a central database. However, to identify the number of parcels containing drugs, illicit materials, mobile phones, SIM cards or pornography would require a manual search of over 34,000 individual records, which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

49864

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 proportion of current women prisoners were in employment before being jailed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6859 HL6861 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49866

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 proportion of current women prisoners suffered from alcohol or drug addiction or mental illness when they committed the crimes for which they were jailed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6858 HL6861 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49868

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 proportion of current women prisoners were convicted of violent crime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 29% of the female prison population were under immediate custodial sentence for violence against the person. A breakdown of the figures is below:</p><p> </p><p>Adults 845</p><p>18-20 year olds 44</p><p>15-17 year olds 0</p><p><strong>Total 889</strong></p><p> </p><p>Further detail can be found in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin. The latest edition covering October to December 2013 and annual statistics for 2013are available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49870

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 proportion of current women prisoners have children under the age of 18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.</p><p>Copies of the reports are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/surveying-prisoner-crime-reduction-spcr" target="_blank">Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL6858 HL6859 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49872

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 is the combined cost of keeping one woman in prison and two children in care for a year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL6862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service does not hold or collate costs relating to children who are in care. Individual local authorities are required to deliver social care services and placements for children in their public care.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures for financial year 2012-13 is published alongside the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts and available on the Department's website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Within the link provided, details on costs of custody for women prisoners can be found within the file named: costs per place and cost per prisoner 2012-13 - supplementary information.</p><p> </p><p>A Copy of this is also placed in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department. Between 2009/10 and 2012/13 prison unit costs (based on overall prison costs) have reduced in real terms by 16% per place and 13% per prisoner. The Department is committed to delivering prison capacity changes designed to modernise the prison estate and further reduce prison costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft

49933

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 how many repeat offenders serving prison sentences of less than one year have been provided with a resettlement package to facilitate their return to the community in the past year.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL6897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Obtaining the information requested would involve the 35 probation trusts in searching the individual records of offenders and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley