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45319

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances she has received from operators of commercially available mobile networks that the emergency services will be able to over-ride commercial or public traffic during emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	194000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme has worked with the <br>Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) since February 2013, running a series of <br>supplier workshops and market engagement sessions throughout 2013 and the first <br>quarter of 2014 ahead of procurement launch. The MNOs have run a series of <br>capability demonstrations, organised by the Programme, to showcase development <br>of this technical solution. The Programme has confidence that this capability <br>is deliverable. The MNOs met the Minister for the Cabinet Office during <br>February 2014, where they confirmed their ability and willingness to deliver <br>the technology required to enable the emergency services to operate effectively <br>over a commercially available mobile network, including provision of <br>prioritisation of Emergency Service traffic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45320

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about proposals for the emergency services communications network to be operated on a commercially available network.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	193999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The recommendation to base the replacement communication system, for the <br>emergency services, on a commercially available network was agreed during <br>development of the Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme Business <br>Case. This preferred direction of travel and alternative options, were briefed <br>to ACPO, and were written with the involvement, assurance and approval of the 3 <br>emergency services, funding departments and the devolved governments of Wales <br>and Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45327

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target time is for a decision on an application for compensation.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	193876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) does not have a target. The average (mean) time between application receipt and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) initially deciding the case was 8.8 months in 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>This time taken varies depending on the individual's circumstances and the complexity of the case: for some serious injuries claims can only be finalised when the extent of the impact on their health or ability to earn becomes clear. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) seeks to decide cases as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

45328

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	193969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice and its executive agencies HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), National Offender Management Service (NOMS), Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA) offer flexible working opportunities to all employees, not just those with family or caring responsibilities</p><p>The table at annex A shows the proportion of officials within the Minister of Justice with flexible working arrangements</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 193969 - Powell - Annex A.doc title Annex A
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

45329

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on (a) 31 March 2011, (b) 31 March 2012 and (c) 31 March 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	193899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) divides its case work between six teams, each of which handles applications from a particular region of Great Britain. When the need arises they also create cross-regional special exercise teams to carry out projects. All of these teams work from a single office. Northern Ireland has a separate Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which CICA does not administer. The six regional teams are numbered as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Scotland and Wales</p><p>2. North-West England</p><p>3. North-East England</p><p>4. Midlands</p><p>5. South England</p><p>6. London</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CICA publish <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/staff-organograms-and-pay-cica" target="_blank">detailed datasets of their staff numbers broken down by job title</a>, but these do not specify which regional team someone works in. The table below sets out how many staff CICA employed on the dates specified, and how many of those were senior decision makers (SDMs) and decision makers (DMs) in each region. CICA may move staff between regions throughout the year to fill temporary staff vacancies or address variances in the number of cases each region is handling. These figures do not show if staff were temporarily redeployed to assist another region on the date specified.</p><p>In recent years CICA have invested in improved technology and introduced more efficient processes which have allowed them to reduce administration costs while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of staff</p></td><td><p>Number of SDMs</p></td><td><p>Number of DMs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-3</p><p>Region 4-2</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p><p>Special exercise-1</p></td><td><p>Region 1-6</p><p>Region 2-11</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-7</p><p>Region 5-5</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-3</p><p>Region 3-1</p><p>Region 4-3</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p></td><td><p>Region 1-3</p><p>Region 2-6</p><p>Region 3-5</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-7</p><p>Region 6-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-0</p><p>Region 4-5</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-2</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td><td><p>Region 1-5</p><p>Region 2-7</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-8</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3888 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

45330

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that the probation contracts in England and Wales are let without risk to the public or waste of public money.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	193895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Under our reforms the market will be opened up to a diverse range of new rehabilitation providers, so that we get the best out of the public, voluntary and private sectors, at the local as well as national level. Protecting the public must remain our top priority,and the new National Probation Service will manage all offenders who pose a high risk of harm to the public or have committed the most serious offences. The Secretary of State will continue to issue national standards for the management of offenders, and the Government will place contractual requirements on Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to ensure that the risk of harm posed by offenders is effectively managed. Providers bidding to run CRCs will need to demonstrate in their bids how they would deliver high quality rehabilitative support to offenders, and they will be held to account to deliver these services in their contracts. Bidders will also need to demonstrate how they will maintain a workforce with appropriate levels of competence and training to deliver these services.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals will be affordable within the context of the MoJ commitment to deliver annual savings of over £2 billion by 2014/15. We plan to make efficiency savings through the use of competition, the introduction of private and voluntary sector providers, and by consolidating back-office functions within the public sector. Releasing these efficiency savings will enable us to invest in rehabilitation and extend provision to support supervision to a wider group of offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3882 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

45331

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence under section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the offence committed corresponds to an offence which would lead to automatic inclusion in the children's barred list, with the right to make representations, under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify findings of guilt for sexual offences committed outside England and Wales from those committed within England and Wales. This information could only be obtained from the individual courts at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 194024 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45332

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in the table in paragraph 3 of the Schedule of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The information will take time to collate, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 194029 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45333

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior decision makers were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each region on (a) 31 March 2011, (b) 31 March 2012 and (c) 31 March 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	193735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) divides its case work between six teams, each of which handles applications from a particular region of Great Britain. When the need arises they also create cross-regional special exercise teams to carry out projects. All of these teams work from a single office. Northern Ireland has a separate Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which CICA does not administer. The six regional teams are numbered as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Scotland and Wales</p><p>2. North-West England</p><p>3. North-East England</p><p>4. Midlands</p><p>5. South England</p><p>6. London</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CICA publish <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/staff-organograms-and-pay-cica" target="_blank">detailed datasets of their staff numbers broken down by job title</a>, but these do not specify which regional team someone works in. The table below sets out how many staff CICA employed on the dates specified, and how many of those were senior decision makers (SDMs) and decision makers (DMs) in each region. CICA may move staff between regions throughout the year to fill temporary staff vacancies or address variances in the number of cases each region is handling. These figures do not show if staff were temporarily redeployed to assist another region on the date specified.</p><p>In recent years CICA have invested in improved technology and introduced more efficient processes which have allowed them to reduce administration costs while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of staff</p></td><td><p>Number of SDMs</p></td><td><p>Number of DMs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-3</p><p>Region 4-2</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p><p>Special exercise-1</p></td><td><p>Region 1-6</p><p>Region 2-11</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-7</p><p>Region 5-5</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-3</p><p>Region 3-1</p><p>Region 4-3</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-3</p></td><td><p>Region 1-3</p><p>Region 2-6</p><p>Region 3-5</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-7</p><p>Region 6-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>Region 1-2</p><p>Region 2-1</p><p>Region 3-0</p><p>Region 4-5</p><p>Region 5-3</p><p>Region 6-2</p><p>Special exercise-4</p></td><td><p>Region 1-5</p><p>Region 2-7</p><p>Region 3-6</p><p>Region 4-6</p><p>Region 5-8</p><p>Region 6-7</p><p>Special exercise-2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 3886 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

45334

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles 43 to 54 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My department's Court Proceedings Database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 3884 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson