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223659

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners there are in the prison system in Kent; and how many such prisoners have completed their sentence and are awaiting deportation.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	225311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>At 31 December 2014, there were 965 foreign national prisoners held in prisons in Kent. 19 of those had completed their sentence and were detained in prison under immigration powers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/03/2015 16:26:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

223665

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were under section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	225479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children and the protection of society’s most vulnerable. Our laws in this area are some of the most robust in the world and we have sought to strengthen them further by changing the offence of child sexual grooming (to reduce the number of prior contacts that an adult has to have with a child before the offence can be committed from two to one) and creating a new offence of sexual communication with a child amongst other reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2014, including statistics for defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, are planned for publication in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/03/2015 17:37:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223671

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) breathalysed and (b) convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	225377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for victims and their families. That is why the Government has toughened the law by closing loopholes relating to breath tests conducted by the police.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people breathalysed by police from 2008 to 2012 (the latest available) can be viewed in table 1. Data for 2013 is planned for publication in April 2015, and data for 2014 is planned for publication in April 2016. For reporting purposes the Home Office does not differentiate between ‘positive’ and ‘refused’ breathe tests. If an individual refuses a breath test, this is an offence which carries the same maximum penalty as a positive breath test.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or refusing a test in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in Table 2. Court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in spring 2015</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/03/2015 15:43:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 225377 - Table.xls title Drink Driving - Breathalyser Statistics 2008 - 13
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

223673

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary on the development of the foreign national offenders action plan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
uin	225367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ministers from all three Departments meet regularly to discuss priority countries for FNO removals and the implementation of the cross-departmental action plan.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/03/2015 17:21:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

223674

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courtrooms there are in (a) the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, (b) the County Court in Birmingham, (c) the Family Court in Birmingham and (d) the High Court in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	225310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Courts of Justice has 122 court rooms which are available for use by the High Court. The Birmingham Civil Justice Centre has 56 court rooms available for use by the High Court, family court and the county court. The use of a courtroom for any particular case will be a matter for listing and the judiciary.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/03/2015 16:47:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

223675

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that domestic abuse victims are informed of the release from prison of their abusers regardless of how long they have served in prison.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	225327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to putting victims and witnesses first in the criminal justice system. We have considerably improved support given to victims, including revamping the Victims’ Code to ensure victims of the most serious crimes get access to vital services like counselling to help cope with and, where possible, recover from what they have been through.</p><p> </p><p>Our statutory Victim Contact Scheme (VCS) is offered to all victims where the offender has committed a violent or sexual offence and received a sentence of 12 months or more. The scheme enables victims to be kept informed by victim liaison officers of key stages of the offender’s sentence, including release, and to make representations on conditions to which the offender may be subject on release.</p><p> </p><p>This entitlement is outlined in the Government’s Victims’ Code, which came into force in December 2013. The Victims’ Code gives victims of crime clearer entitlements from criminal justice agencies and better tailors services to individual need.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service Domestic Abuse Policy Strategy sets out that it is best practice to offer the VCS to domestic abuse victims, regardless of the length of the offender’s sentence and whether the offender will be subject to licensed supervision in the community. Such decisions are made on a case by case basis. This is outlined in the guidance for victim liaison officers.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/03/2015 17:30:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

223676

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementation of a 24 hour coroners system.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	225340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>We want to make sure that grieving families receive the highest level of service when they are most in need, which is why we are determined that inquests are conducted quickly and consistently right across the country.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that coroners are flexible and accessible in the service they provide. The Government will do everything it can to encourage all coroners to make an out of hours service available and also to direct a less-invasive post-mortem where this is suitable and desired by the family.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner and I recently met senior figures from London local authorities and from the Metropolitan and City of London Police. We have secured their agreement to developing a pan-London out of hours coroner service which will share workloads and services and be in place as soon as possible after 31st March 2015. <br></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 02/03/2015 16:43:39 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

223677

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in magistrates courts between a defendant's first appearance and their trial.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	225436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is working with partners across the Criminal Justice System to reduce unnecessary hearings and delay in magistrates' courts. The Transforming Summary Justice programme currently being rolled-out across England and Wales will ensure that cases set for trial in magistrates' courts are robustly case managed in advance of the trial date, reduce the number of unnecessary adjournments and increase the number of effective trials on the day.</p><p> </p><p>In current performance, overall, the last four years show an improvement in the time between the first listing of a case and its completion. For summary non-motoring cases, the percentage of cases completed at first listing has also increased from 62% in 2011 to 71% in the second quarter of 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/03/2015 16:31:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

223678

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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 assessment his Department has made of comparative per capita levels of legal aid spending in England and Wales and other jurisdictions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>A Ministry of Justice study published in 2011 (based on 2008 estimates) showed that England and Wales had the highest legal aid expenditure amongst countries with similar legal and judicial traditions.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) publishes a biennial report “European judicial systems: efficiency and quality of justice” which contains the comparative per capita levels of legal aid spending. The Department contributes data to these reports and the most recent, published in 2014 using 2012 data, can be found at: www.coe.int/t/dghl/cooperation/cepej/evaluation/2014/Rapport_2014_en.pdf</p><p> </p><p>This report shows that England and Wales has the third highest allocated budget to legal aid (after Norway and N.Ireland) per inhabitant at <del class="ministerial">€41.55</del> <ins class="ministerial">£33.74 </ins>per head. The European average is <del class="ministerial">€8.63</del> <ins class="ministerial">£7.01 </ins>per head.</p><p /> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Sterling figures provided in this answer were calculated from the Euro figures in the CEPEJ report, using the conversion date of 01/01/2013 as used in the CEPEJ report. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/03/2015 17:13:15 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2015 16:36:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 48401 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223679

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in fines for television licensing offences in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	225430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This question can only be answered at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual search of all live and closed fine accounts to identify the information requested.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2015 12:55:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw