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1003757

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance appeal hearings in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) for (a) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:00:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003758

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunal Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of claims made to the Employment Tribunal was by region in the 12 months to (a) 1 August 2013 and (b) 1 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Annex C – Employment Tribunal Receipts Table within the published statistics and can be viewed using the following link.</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003759

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms changes have been in his Department's total funding for youth offending teams in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>MoJ funding for youth offending services is delivered through the Youth Justice Board Good Practice Grant. The changes in funding in real terms were as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In the year beginning 2010: 165 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2011: 133 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2012: 118 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2013: 99 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2014: 98 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2015: 80 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2016: 74 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2017: 73 million</li><li>In the year beginning 2018: 72 million</li></ul><p> </p><p>These reductions were made in the context of wider savings made across the department. The MoJ is committed to ensuring there is sufficient funding for Youth Offending Teams whilst also ensuring public money is managed appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>YOTs continue to carry out vital work to support young people through the justice system and prevent them from entering it in the first place. The number of first time entrants to the youth justice system has fallen by 86% between 2007/08 and 2017/18, and by 14% between 2016/17 and 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/11/2018 16:17:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 85800 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003760

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to prison for less than (a) three months and (b) six months for each Home Office offence code in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for (a) up to and including 3 months and (b) over 3 months and up to and including 6 months for each Home Office offence code in 2017 can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 16:53:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 189755 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003761

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189757 189758 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003762

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189756 189758 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003763

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months an (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189756 189757 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003764

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups
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 23 July 2018 to Question 165113 on Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups, if he will update that table with each month up to the most recently available figures.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is in table 1 below relating to under 18 year olds in custody and is taken from provisional figures included within the regularly published Youth Custody data;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data</a></p><p>We are committed to tackling the over-representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children in the youth justice system. In building on the Lammy Review, we are taking a broader view of how we can tackle the systemic causes of disproportionality across the system and engaging with key stakeholders, including other government departments, to develop proposals for intervention.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>Sep-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME young people in custody</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% BAME of total under-18 custodial population (excluding unknowns)</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/11/2018 13:04:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003765

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of his Department earn less than the Living Wage as increased by the Living Wage Foundation on 5 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Living Wage (sometimes referred to as the ‘Real Living Wage’) and the London Living Wage, are both voluntary rates set by the Living Wage Foundation. These are not statutory figures which relate to the government policy in this area, and so are not legally binding on employers. The statutory minimum rates are the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage. For comparison, the National Living Wage is currently £7.83 per hour, and increased by 4.4% in April 2018. The increases in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have produced increases for over 2 million workers this year, across the economy, and increased pay by £2,000 for those on the minimum rate, since these statutory arrangements were introduced. All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>1643 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPG and CICA) and 561 by HMPPS who work outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real National Living Wage of £9 per hour.</p><p> </p><p>517 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPG and CICA) and 27 by HMPPS who work inside Greater London are paid a rate below the London Living wage of £10.55 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/11/2018 17:49:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003766

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Birmingham Prison: Prisoners' Transfers
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 19 October 2018 to Question 178353 on Birmingham Prison: Prisoners' Transfers, how many of the 300 prisoners moved out of HMP Birmingham at that time went to each other prison in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in my response to PQ178535, one of the measures Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) implemented after stepping in to run HM Prison Birmingham was to temporarily reduce the operational capacity by 300 places. The capacity reduction was not immediate and was delivered over time with the gradual reduction of the prison’s population through a combination of: end of sentence releases, diversion of court allocations to other prisons in the region and routine allocations of sentenced prisoners to other establishments as part of their sentence progression as is normal for a prison with a ‘local’ function.</p><p>Men who were transferred were subject to the same criteria as all prison moves, taking into account a range of factors such as security category, resettlement needs and release address, offending behaviour needs and personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/11/2018 15:38:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon