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77443

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who were born male but now live as a women have been moved to a women's prison in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	205412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to report on the number of prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates or on the number who were born male but now live as female. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 prohibits disclosure of the fact that someone has applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate or disclosure of someone's gender prior to the acquisition of the Gender Recognition Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems as their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender. To use any other source of information to identify such individuals would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance of the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Equality Duty, NOMS is committed to paying due regard to the need to address and eliminate the unlawful discrimination and harassment of transgender individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 205389 205390 205391 question first answered 16/07/2014 16:04:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

77444

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
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 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, which of the enlisted external video end points have been used in court proceedings involving children in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	205418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We must do everything we can to support vulnerable witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice. That's why we are trialling pre recorded cross-examination to allow young and vulnerable witnesses to give evidence away from what can be an aggressive court room atmosphere.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service uses information about child witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. HMCTS does not however, hold child witness data on video link usage.</p><p> </p><p>The answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W sets out the court houses within each HMCTS region which have the ability to link to an external video end point to that of the trial court. All of the HMCTS video estate is located within HMCTS courthouses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 205419 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:02:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77445

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
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 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, how many of the enlisted external video end points are located away from a courthouse.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	205419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We must do everything we can to support vulnerable witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice. That's why we are trialling pre recorded cross-examination to allow young and vulnerable witnesses to give evidence away from what can be an aggressive court room atmosphere.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service uses information about child witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. HMCTS does not however, hold child witness data on video link usage.</p><p> </p><p>The answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W sets out the court houses within each HMCTS region which have the ability to link to an external video end point to that of the trial court. All of the HMCTS video estate is located within HMCTS courthouses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 205418 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:02:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77446

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Children
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 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on courts: children, what elements are involved in the specialist training available to judicial office holders dealing with cases involving children.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	205420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of the judiciary rests with the Lord Chief Justice and is exercised through the Judicial College. All training is carried out under the direction of the judiciary. The judiciary have no obligation to share the contents of their training with Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am advised that training seeks to support the main role of the judge which is to enable all those who appear in court the opportunity to give their best evidence. Judicial office holders are authorised to hear cases involving children and will attend induction training when first authorised.</p><p> </p><p>Where witnesses are deemed “vulnerable” (which includes children) training will emphasise good case management to ensure that appropriate special measures are used by the Court. This includes controlling the management and scope of cross examination. Where a sexual offence is being considered for example, judges are given information about the psychological effects of this in the context of giving evidence. These few examples are not a complete list of the elements of training and regular assessment of the content of courses will mean they vary over time and according to particular seminars and audiences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:21:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77448

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders have been tried before (a) adult magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	205394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together. Children alleged to have committed serious offences, for example homicide or offences that for an adult would result in 14 years or more in prison, are tried in the Crown Court and may also be tried there if it is in the interest of justice to keep them together with an adult co-defendant.</p><p> </p><p>Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (a) the adult magistrates’ courts is set out at Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts<sup>(1), (2), (3) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>10,667</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (b) the Crown Court is set out in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at the Crown Court <sup>(4) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.</p><p>_______________________________________</p><p>(1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p>(4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/07/2014 16:30:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77449

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who were born as men have been issued self-certificated gender recognition certificates; and how many such prisoners have been transferred to women's prisons.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	205391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to report on the number of prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates or on the number who were born male but now live as female. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 prohibits disclosure of the fact that someone has applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate or disclosure of someone's gender prior to the acquisition of the Gender Recognition Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems as their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender. To use any other source of information to identify such individuals would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance of the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Equality Duty, NOMS is committed to paying due regard to the need to address and eliminate the unlawful discrimination and harassment of transgender individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 205389 205390 205412 question first answered 16/07/2014 16:04:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

77450

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have self-certified gender recognition certificates; and how many such prisoners were born (a) male and (b) female.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	205389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to report on the number of prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates or on the number who were born male but now live as female. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 prohibits disclosure of the fact that someone has applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate or disclosure of someone's gender prior to the acquisition of the Gender Recognition Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems as their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender. To use any other source of information to identify such individuals would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance of the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Equality Duty, NOMS is committed to paying due regard to the need to address and eliminate the unlawful discrimination and harassment of transgender individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 205390 205391 205412 question first answered 16/07/2014 16:04:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

77451

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who were born as female but now live as men, have been moved to men's prisons; and how many such prisoners have self-certified gender recognition certificates.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	205390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to report on the number of prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates or on the number who were born male but now live as female. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 prohibits disclosure of the fact that someone has applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate or disclosure of someone's gender prior to the acquisition of the Gender Recognition Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems as their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender. To use any other source of information to identify such individuals would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance of the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Equality Duty, NOMS is committed to paying due regard to the need to address and eliminate the unlawful discrimination and harassment of transgender individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 205389 205391 205412 question first answered 16/07/2014 16:04:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

77452

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gym and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice keeps its estate under review to ensure it meets business need, is cost effective, provides value for money for the taxpayer and is more sustainable. Separate information on interior decoration, cafeteria and gym and leisure facility refurbishment is not collected centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Spending Review (SR10) the size of the estate has been reduced by over 600 properties to nearly 1,500 properties. As a result, lower business as usual costs have been achieved. We have removed nearly 50% of the administrative estate from our portfolio over the last four years. We have reduced 180 properties to 98 in England and Wales including from 18 properties to 4 in London, saving over £34m a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:49:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77453

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many away days his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) does not hold away days. The MoJ does on occasion hold training events outside its main buildings. However, these events are neither recorded nor funded centrally as they would be organised by heads of directorates. Therefore to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate costs as we would be required to contact all directorates and organisations within MoJ and its Arms Length Bodies to produce an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:42:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter