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156408

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date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in open prisons have absconded or escaped on more than one occasion.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no central records of the number of prisoners who have self-declared a transgender status. Individuals with a gender recognition certificate are recorded on administrative systems in their legal gender, and are not identifiable as having changed gender.</del></p><p /> <p><ins class="ministerial">In March, we announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government, but we take each incident seriously. As a result of a comprehensive review, we have made major changes to tighten the eligibility for open prisons. Prisoners may no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, attempted to escape, or if they have failed to return or have re-offended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The change in policy for eligibility for open conditions was not applied retrospectively: the majority of these offenders who were already in open conditions were allowed to remain. However, any prisoners who were assessed to present an unacceptable risk in such conditions in light of their previous non-compliance were returned to closed prisons.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Progression to open prison is never automatic. All prisoners undergo regular, mandatory assessment of their risk of escape or abscond and risk of harm to the public. Only those who are assessed as having an acceptable level of risk for conditions of lower security can be allocated to open prison.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As at 31 March 2014, there were no prisoners held in open prisons who had absconded or escaped on more than one occasion between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 13 prisoners who, in the year ending 31 March 2014, either escaped or absconded from prison, having previously done so between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of business as usual, open prisons return prisoners to closed conditions where they judge that they can no longer be managed safely in open conditions. Figures for this ongoing process are not included here.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/11/2014 18:00:51 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 10:10:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 29127 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

155977

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Abuse in North Wales Judicial Inquiry Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects that the Macur Review will report.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	214637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and its timetable is a matter for her . She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, confident that good progress has been made and the Review is nearing its completion. The Government looks forward to receiving Lady Justice Macur’s Report next year.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:42:19 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

156031

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in reimbursable expenses to special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	214701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The attached table sets out the total expenses paid to the Special Advisers in the Department in each year from 2010. This is drawn from a search of records held, including the Ministry of Justice online system for claiming travel and subsistence expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>These expenses were necessarily incurred in the course of official business (including accompanying Ministers on visits and other engagements), in line with our policies.</p><p> </p><p>Records of expenses claimed by Special Advisers prior to April 2010 are not held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/11/2014 17:47:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 214701 table.xls title Expenses of Special Advisers
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

156034

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with a serious crime committed while they were in prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	214662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Police, prisons and CPS work closely together at the local level to ensure that there is an effective criminal justice response to crimes in prison. The recently announced protocol on the appropriate handling of crime in prison is designed to ensure that there is greater consistency in approach across different regions.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify from centrally held data, the number of prisoners proceeded against since 2010 in respect of a serious crime committed whilst in custody. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by asking individual prisons to liaise with police forces and examine their records for the period in question.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/11/2014 17:57:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

156035

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for private family law cases to be resolved in court where at least one party is a litigant in person in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each year from 2009 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	214606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Parties with no legal representation are not a new phenomenon in our courts. We have taken steps to help people who either want or have to represent themselves in court. The new package of support announced on 23 October is aimed at keeping disputes away from court, while those who end up in court will be provided with better support.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for courts in England and Wales only and the available information is provided in the table below. We do not hold this information prior to 2011 as the case management system “FamilyMan” was not used by all courts until the end of 2010. 2014 data is available up to June, and the full year figures for 2014 will not be published until late March 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average timeliness </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p>Wales only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>14.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>13.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>13.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014[1]</p></td><td><p><strong>15.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>Self-representation is determined by the field “legal representation” in FamilyMan being left blank. Therefore, this is only a proxy measure and parties without a recorded representative are not necessarily self-representing litigants in person.</p><br /><p>[1] To end of June 2014</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:51:08 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

156043

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Powers of Attorney
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to raise awareness among public bodies, companies and communities of the powers that may be exercised under a lasting power of attorney.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	214535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to run a communications campaign early next year to raise awareness amongst the public of future life planning options and encourage them to think about making provision for possible loss of mental capacity.</p><p> </p><p>It will focus on raising awareness of using lasting power(s) of attorney (LPAs), as well as associated issues such as making a will and organ donation.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ is working collaboratively with the Office of the Public Guardian, which is responsible for registering LPAs, other government departments and relevant partner organisations to deliver this campaign.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:54:12 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

156045

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to answer Questions 210136, 210138 and 210139, tabled by the hon. Member for Bristol North West on 13 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	214512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The three questions were answered on the 18<sup>th</sup> November 2014 and the answers published on http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:38:12 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

156048

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the impact assessments his Department has carried out in respect of each of the amendments to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill tabled by the Government during that Bill's passage in the House of Lords.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	214811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Individual policy Impact Assessments have been published where the amendments added to the Bill during its passage through the House of Lords would either lead to an impact of £5m per annum or more on the public sector, or are likely to attract high levels of political or media interest. These include individual Impact Assessments on provisions on the Recall Adjudicator for recalled determinate sentence prisoners, provisions which prohibit the offering of inducements or similar rewards as an encouragement to make a personal injury compensation claim and provisions relating to routes of Appeal in the Court of Protection</p><p> </p><p>These Impact Assessments are available here:</p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts/documents.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s recent acceptance of the Earl of Listowel’s amendment at Lords Third Reading in relation to the duties of custody officers after charges for arrested juveniles, an Impact Assessment will be published on this provision in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to all other Government amendments made during the Bill’s passage, including disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress and youth reporting restrictions, our analysis is that the impact of these provisions does not meet threshold to require a full Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s overarching Impact Assessment for the Bill as a whole will be updated once the Bill achieves Royal Assent.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/11/2014 17:25:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

156049

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
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 7 November 2014 to Question 213433, what estimate he has made of the number of young people placed in segregation in young offender institutions in each year between May 2010 and October 2012.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	214813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Prior to October 2012 data on the number of young people placed in segregation in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) was not collected centrally. In order to provide this information we would need to check individual establishment records and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/11/2014 17:51:12 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

156050

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213724, how many individual courts will receive additional funding; and what proportion such courts will form of the total court estate.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	214815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The new package of support announced on 23 October is aimed at keeping disputes away from court, while those who end up in court will be provided with better support. The funding will be used to support a new strategic approach to increasing legal and practical support for litigants in person in the civil and family courts. This will provide direct support in some local courts, and other courts will be able to access national support via email or telephone. The service will begin in selected court centres with the aim of rolling it out across England and Wales.</p><p>This strategy has been developed in partnership with the legal and advice sectors and we are currently working with them on implementation. We hope to be in a position soon to make a decision on which courts will receive direct support as a result of the additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:55:33 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter