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1043063

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office uses legal services from a variety of providers, however the information requested is not separately recorded. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has three executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Independent Reporting Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:info@paradescommission.org" target="_blank">info@paradescommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reporting Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:enquiries@IRCommission.org" target="_blank">enquiries@IRCommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:information@nihrc.org" target="_blank">information@nihrc.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Advisory NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:contact@boundarycommission.org.uk" target="_blank">contact@boundarycommission.org.uk</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/01/2019 11:18:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041284

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many armed forces veterans were in prison on 25 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>All offenders coming into custody are asked at reception if they have previously served in the Armed Forces. The department publishes this data quarterly and the numbers declaring has remained stable at approximately 3.5% - 4%.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Justice Experimental Statistics published annually (October 2018) indicated that there were at least 2,032 former members of the Armed Services in prison as at 30 June 2018. Details can be found at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice recognises the unique nature of those who served in the Armed Forces and those prisoners who declare a military background are able to access a range of specialist support, including from military charities who deliver services in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:21:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041286

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Research
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 20 November 2018 to Question 189764 on Ministry of Justice: Research, if he will publish the central record of his Department's externally commissioned social research.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not maintain a central record of all of its externally commissioned social research. It only maintains a central record of the social research that has been externally commissioned by the Analytical Services Directorate. Some of the Ministry of Justice’s agencies and public bodies will also independently externally commission social research but a central record of this work is not maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has no plans to publish the central record of social research that has been commissioned by the Analytical Services Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of MoJ’s published Government Social Research reports can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of the types of research undertaken by the different parts of MoJ can be downloaded here</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-within-mojs-agencies-and-arms-length-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-within-mojs-agencies-and-arms-length-bodies</a></p><p>This document sets out the high-level areas of research interest for MOJ with the aim of supporting ongoing and new engagement with the external research community.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-areas-of-research-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-areas-of-research-interest</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2019 16:39:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041288

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of education on average each week young people received in each secure training centre in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Good education in and out of the classroom and purposeful activity are the key to unlocking a secure and stable future for young people and I am determined to drive forward our comprehensive reforms so that young people are equipped with the skills to live successful, crime-free lives on release.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2019 16:49:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ 208325 - Education across STCs.xlsx title PQ 208325 - Education across STCs
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041291

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims were won by prisoners for loss or damage to their property held by the prison service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years can be found in the table below. This is in respect of litigation claims made against public sector prisons in England and Wales and does not include contracted out establishments.</p><p>The information requested for the period prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of successful litigation claims by prisoners for loss or damage to property 2016-17 and 2017-18 - Public Sector Prisons, England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of successful claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Successful litigation claims are defined as those which were won by the prisoner and those in which HMPPS (and previously NOMS) agreed to settle.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/01/2019 18:24:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041295

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/01/2019 11:53:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041297

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/01/2019 12:23:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041300

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>A - In the vast majority of circumstances, the Department receives its legal advice from an in-house team of Government lawyers for which it is not charged hourly rates. Where necessary, external Counsel are used, for which the highest hourly rate identified is £250 excluding VAT.</p><p>B - N/A - The Department does not have any Arms Length Bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2019 10:55:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041321

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of female prisoners in England and Wales who committed an offence to support the drug use of someone else for which they received a prison sentence in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect this information. We do not record the reasons behind a crime and only collect information on the offence committed. There are a number of offences that someone can commit to support the drug use of someone else, including theft and drug related offences. There are further barriers to gaining this information as some women may not feel comfortable or safe to disclose this information.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2018, we published The Female Offender Strategy which set out a significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:12:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1038439

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of sexual abuse have had their applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme rejected because they had an unspent criminal conviction in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	206870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), which was approved by Parliament, sets out that awards will be withheld where the applicant has an unspent conviction of a kind specifically identified by the Scheme. This includes custodial sentences and community orders.</p><p> </p><p>In the calendar year 2018, the number of finalised applications refused because of unspent convictions where the application was made as a result of sexual assault or abuse was 179.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently announced a review of the Scheme which will include the consideration of the rule relating to unspent criminal convictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/01/2019 17:32:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon