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228219

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Leeds for contempt of court since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	228034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not always held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the public. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and any warrant retained on file. Those not relating to a specific case will be recorded on daily lists and any warrants stored along with other orders. Local practices vary as to how contempts of court are recorded and stored.</p><p>HMCTS have checked records of cases heard since November 2014 in relation to Leeds County Court, High Court sitting at Leeds and Leeds Family Court. For those courts, HMCTS have identified no cases where a committal order was made for imprisonment for contempt of court.</p><p>It has not been possible to provide information in relation to Leeds Crown Court or Leeds Magistrates’ Court. Data are not recorded in a way that enables HMCTS to identify all such cases without checking every case file and every daily list since 1 November which would involve disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 11:05:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

228220

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Manchester for contempt of court since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	228035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not always held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the public. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and any warrant retained on file. Those not relating to a specific case will be recorded on daily lists and any warrants stored along with other orders. Local practices vary as to how contempts of court are recorded and stored.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS have checked records of cases heard since November 2014 in relation to Manchester County Court, High Court sitting at Manchester and Manchester Family Court. For those courts, HMCTS have identified one case where a committal orders was made for imprisonment for contempt of court. Details are contained in the table below. The contemnor may not have been present at court and therefore may not necessarily have begun their term of imprisonment straight away. This data is management information and has been collated specifically to answer this question.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Court</p></td><td><p>Judge</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester County Court</p></td><td><p>HHJ Kushner QC</p></td><td><p>12/12/14</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to provide information in relation to Manchester Crown Court or Manchester Magistrates’ Court. Data is not recorded in a way that enables HMCTS to identify all such cases without checking every case file and every daily list since 1 November, which would involve disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 17:32:14 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

228221

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Sheffield for contempt of court since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	228036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not always held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the public. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and any warrant retained on file. Those not relating to a specific case will be recorded on daily lists and any warrants stored along with other orders. Local practices vary as to how contempts of court are recorded and stored.</p><p>HMCTS have checked records of cases heard since November 2014 in relation to Sheffield County Court, High Court sitting at Sheffield and Sheffield Family Court. For those courts, HMCTS have identified no cases where a committal order was made for imprisonment for contempt of court.</p><p>It has not been possible to provide information in relation to Sheffield Crown Court or Sheffield Magistrates’ Court. Data are not recorded in a way that enables HMCTS to identify all such cases without checking every case file and every daily list since 1 November which would involve disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 10:13:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

228222

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in Bristol for contempt of court since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	228037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not always held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the public. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and any warrant retained on file. Those not relating to a specific case will be recorded on daily lists and any warrants stored along with other orders. Local practices vary as to how contempts of court are recorded and stored.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS have checked records of cases heard since November 2014 in relation to Bristol County Court, High Court sitting at Bristol and Bristol Family Court. For those courts, HMCTS has identified cases where committal orders were made for imprisonment for contempt of court. Details are contained in the table below. The contemnors may not have been present at court and therefore may not necessarily have begun their term of imprisonment straight away. This data is management information and has been collated specifically to answer this question.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Court</p></td><td><p>Judge</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol County Court</p></td><td><p>Deputy District Judge Paddison</p></td><td><p>27/11/14</p></td><td><p>4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol County Court</p></td><td><p>Deputy District Judge Hall</p></td><td><p>5/12/14</p></td><td><p>12 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to provide information in relation to Bristol Crown Court or Bristol Magistrates’ Court. Data is not recorded in a way that enables HMCTS to identify all such cases without checking every case file and every daily list since 1 November, which would involve disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 17:36:48 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

228332

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Birmingham
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 number of licence recalls activated during the (a) licence and (b) supervision period for the Community Rehabilitation Company service in Birmingham, Yardley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	228194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on offenders recalled and returned to custody are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) bulletin. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics dates for future releases of this bulletin have been pre-announced in the Department’s statistical publication schedule. This is available online at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the latest release of OMSQ, my Department published a consultation document and set of statistical tables proposing how this information on recalls could be presented in the future. These new tables aim to ensure that the changes this Government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme have made in this area can be monitored. These documents are available online at the link below:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The proposed set of statistical tables do not currently include a separate breakdown for recalls by Community Rehabilitation Companies activated during the licence period and supervision period. I have asked my officials to consider this request, alongside other consultation responses, as they develop the final tables that will be included with the next edition of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly which is due to be published on 30 April 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/03/2015 11:04:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

226051

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in England and Wales for contempt of court since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	226767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a wide variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the press. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and the warrant retained on file. Those not relating to specific cases will be recorded on daily lists and warrants stored along with other orders.</p><p> </p><p>In order to identify all cases where a contempt of court occurred in every Crown Court centre, County Court centre, Family Court centre, magistrates’ court and the Royal Courts of Justice, HMCTS would have to manually check daily records for each courtroom at every court centre for the 4 months from November 2014 to February 2015. This would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/03/2015 11:53:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

224173

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Services's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in England and Wales for contempt of court since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	225734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a wide variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the press. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and the warrant retained on file. Those not relating to specific cases will be recorded on daily lists and warrants stored along with other orders.</p><p> </p><p>In order to identify all cases where a contempt of court occurred in every Crown Court centre, County Court centre, Family Court centre, magistrates’ court and the Royal Courts of Justice, HMCTS would have to manually check daily records for each courtroom at every court centre for the 14 months from January 2014 to February 2015. This would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/03/2015 14:17:54 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

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

222615

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer on 12 February 2015 to Question 223311, what calculations were made to determine that to answer the original question would incur disproportionate costs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	224672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In order to answer 223311 Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) would have to manually check every court log from 1 May 2013 to the present at Birmingham County Court, Birmingham Family Court and the High Court at Birmingham. Birmingham County Court and Birmingham Family Court between them heard in excess of 24,000 cases, each of which would have to be manually checked for any hearings for contempt of court.</p><p>HMCTS have been able to check records of cases heard since November 2014, and identified those where committal orders were made for imprisonment for contempt of court. The contemnors weren’t all present at court and did not necessarily begin their term of imprisonment straight away. There were none at Birmingham Family Court. Details of committal orders made for imprisonment for contempt of court at Birmingham County Court and High Court since 1 November 2014 can be found in the table below. This data has been collated specifically to answer this question and has not been checked to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Court</p></td><td><p>Judge</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham High Court</p></td><td><p>HHJ Purle QC</p></td><td><p>13-2-15</p></td><td><p>6 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>DJ Rich TD</p></td><td><p>7-11-14</p></td><td><p>8 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>HHJ McKenna</p></td><td><p>19-11-14</p></td><td><p>16 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>HHJ McKenna</p></td><td><p>15-1-15</p></td><td><p>18 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>HHJ McKenna</p></td><td><p>15-1-15</p></td><td><p>25 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>DJ Ingram</p></td><td><p>30-1-15</p></td><td><p>24 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham County Court</p></td><td><p>DJ Shorthose</p></td><td><p>13-2-15</p></td><td><p>26 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 224769 question first answered 27/02/2015 10:21:14 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

222617

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 625 and pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 217723, how many (a) ex-parte non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (b) with notice non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (c) non-molestation orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (d) non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge, (e) ex-parte occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (f) with notice occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (g) occupancy orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (h) occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge in each quarter from the first quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2014 in courts in (A) Sussex and (B) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	224775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of the gender of those receiving non molestation orders (ex-parte and with notice), and occupancy orders (ex-parte and with notice) since 2011 can only be obtained by manually checking every case file at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Figures requested for non molestation and occupancy orders applied for by each firm of solicitors in courts in a) Sussex and b) West Midlands are available and provided as extracted from the central MoJ database on family cases, in the accompanying tables.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence and abuse is unacceptable and no one should have to experience it. It is right that the family court has the power to take swift action to protect families and children from domestic abuse. We are confident that the court procedures for making non-molestation orders are sufficiently robust and in each case the court will make a decision whether to make an order based on the circumstances of the case including the need to secure the health, safety and well-being of the applicant and of any relevant child.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 27/02/2015 14:59:07 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 15:10:52 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 224755 Domestic Violence applications.xls title Domestic Violence Applications Solicitors firms previous answer version 47120 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming