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438485

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates
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 Faulks on 14 December (HL4095), why the occupations of those appointed as lay magistrates are no longer recorded.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The information is no longer recorded because it does not form part of published statistics on the magistracy. Additionally, the enduring accuracy of the recorded information could not be guaranteed subsequent to appointment.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/12/2015 16:21:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

438581

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Small Claims
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 2 December 2015 to Question 18028, with what representatives of claimants his Ministers or officials met when developing policy on the small claims limit.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	20335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is very clear on what claimant representatives think about raising the small claims limit. The Coalition Government consulted on this issue between December 2012 and March 2013 with a wide range of stakeholders. Following that consultation, the Coalition Government announced in October 2013 that it was deferring the decision on whether to raise the small claims limit to focus instead on work that would lead to the establishment of the MedCo system in April 2015.</p><br /><p>The present Government decided that the time was right to return to the issue of raising the small claims limit, announcing its intention to do so in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. The Ministry of Justice has continued to engage with representatives from all sectors since the Chancellor’s announcement and will be consulting on the detail of the new reform package in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/01/2016 11:34:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

438639

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in making it lawful to reuse graves.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	20166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The reuse of burial space is a sensitive issue and any potential changes in this area, including any legislation, would require careful consideration. We have been actively engaging with stakeholders and will consider whether there is a need for government to take action in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/12/2015 15:21:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

438683

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of (a) self-harm, (b) attempted self-inflicted death and (c) self-inflicted death by prisoners on remand in each year since 2010; and what proportion of all prisoners on remand such incidents represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	20192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and self-harm incidents in prisons. Since 2010 the number of self-harm incidents and self-inflicted deaths by prisoners on remand has fallen significantly. All prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves, and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources to undertake this safer custody work. NOMS has also reviewed case management process for prisoners assessed as being at risk and will be acting on the recommendations in due course.</p><br /><p>The national statistics on safety in custody use the following categories: self-harm incidents are defined as “any act where a prisoner deliberately harms themselves irrespective of the method, intent or severity of any injury”; and self-inflicted deaths are defined as “any death of a person who has apparently taken his or her own life, irrespective of intent.” They do not include a separate category of “attempted self-inflicted death”, because the intent of the prisoner is often unknown. Some incidents are more likely to result in a fatality than others, but the point at which a self-harm incident becomes an attempted self-inflicted death is unclear. For this reason, the tables below include the answers to parts (a) and (c) of the question only. It is not possible to provide the proportion of prisoners that self-harm incidents relate to, as more than one incident may be attributed to the same individual. Instead, a rate per 1,000 prisoners has been provided.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Self-harm incidents by prisoners on remand, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of incidents</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,746</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,302</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,820</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,688</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,913</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Incidents per 1,000 remand prisoners</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">596</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">413</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">332</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">325</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Self-inflicted deaths by prisoners on remand, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of deaths</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Deaths per 1,000 remand prisoners</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.5</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2016 11:47:26 question first ministerially corrected 06/01/2016 09:57:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 37398 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437846

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take in response to the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in <i>Hirst v The United Kingdom (No. 2) </i>Application 74025/01, and the interim resolution of 9 December of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expressing "profound concern that the blanket ban on the right of convicted prisoners in custody to vote remains in place."
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for parliament to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 17:48:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

437898

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of the distinction between reserved and devolved matters in the devolved administrations in his plans for the proposed British Bill of Rights and for consultation on that proposed bill.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	19836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The government was elected with a mandate to reform the UK’s human rights framework. We are considering the implications of a Bill of Rights on devolution as we develop our proposals. We will, of course, fully engage with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/12/2015 13:01:12 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

437899

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on his plans for a consultation on the proposed British Bill of Rights.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	19823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>We will consult fully on our proposals for a Bill of Rights and announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/12/2015 12:41:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

437929

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that police officers are aware of the outcome of prosecutions in which they have been involved.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, through its IT systems, passes data onto the police national computer so that records of convictions and sentences can be maintained by the police.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/12/2015 16:37:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

437959

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2015 to Questions 19024, 19025 and 19026, what the average amount owed per offender in court-ordered financial impositions was in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	20059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The total outstanding balance of financial impositions (regardless of year of imposition and excluding confiscation orders) at the end of September 2014 and at the end of September 2015 is published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics (Quarterly) publication which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p><br /><p>The administrative costs of compliance and enforcement activity within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the periods April to September 2014 and April to September 2015 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£19.88</p></td><td><p>£19.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£3.24</p></td><td><p>£3.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total costs</p></td><td><p>£23.12</p></td><td><p>£22.95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The figures provided represent a ‘snapshot’ position at the end of September in each respective financial year. The staffing costs include permanent staff, Fixed Term Contract staff and Agency Staff. The Non-Staffing costs include Estate Costs (Utilities, Rent, Maintenance), IT, Telephony and other contracted service costs, Printing and Postage, Arrest Warrant Execution costs, and Travel &amp; Subsistence costs.</p><br /><p>It is not possible to identify or calculate the average amount owed per offender; offenders can have multiple financial imposition accounts recorded against them where they have been convicted of separate offences.</p><br /><p>Calculating what the average administrative costs per offender were would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 20056 20057 20058 question first answered 17/12/2015 17:42:39 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

437960

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2015 to Questions 19024, 19025 and 19026, what the total administrative costs were of recovering money from offenders in court-ordered financial impositions in April to September (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	20058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The total outstanding balance of financial impositions (regardless of year of imposition and excluding confiscation orders) at the end of September 2014 and at the end of September 2015 is published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics (Quarterly) publication which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p><br /><p>The administrative costs of compliance and enforcement activity within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the periods April to September 2014 and April to September 2015 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£19.88</p></td><td><p>£19.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£3.24</p></td><td><p>£3.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total costs</p></td><td><p>£23.12</p></td><td><p>£22.95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The figures provided represent a ‘snapshot’ position at the end of September in each respective financial year. The staffing costs include permanent staff, Fixed Term Contract staff and Agency Staff. The Non-Staffing costs include Estate Costs (Utilities, Rent, Maintenance), IT, Telephony and other contracted service costs, Printing and Postage, Arrest Warrant Execution costs, and Travel &amp; Subsistence costs.</p><br /><p>It is not possible to identify or calculate the average amount owed per offender; offenders can have multiple financial imposition accounts recorded against them where they have been convicted of separate offences.</p><br /><p>Calculating what the average administrative costs per offender were would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 20056 20057 20059 question first answered 17/12/2015 17:42:39 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq