The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is undertaking joint work with its partner agencies to ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to address the issue of minority groups in the youth justice system.<\/p>
The YJB and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) commissioned and published the annual report 'Children in Custody 2013-14\u2019 in December 2014. The report includes the results of surveys undertaken in Secure Training Centres (STCs) and Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in 2013/14, which showed that:<\/p>
As not all young people returned a completed survey, we are unable to determine the actual number of GRT young people held in those establishments, or if this sample is representative.<\/p>
Administrative data on the number of young people who considered themselves to be GRT in STCs and Secure Children\u2019s Homes is not held centrally.<\/p>
Data on ethnic background, including GRT, is collected for young people in under-18 YOIs. However, due to recording issues, figures for GRT are not considered to be of sufficient quality.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1453", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Selous"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Selous"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-12T15:50:35.913Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Youth Custody: Travellers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Roma, Gypsy and Traveller young people were held in (a) young offenders' institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children's homes in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what proportion of the total number of inmates each of these are.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1516", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andy Slaughter"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hammersmith"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Andy Slaughter"} ], "uin" : "226667"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/179041", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/179041/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Unfortunately it has not been possible to fully extract the relevant data with regards to this question in the given timeframe. I will write to the Hon. Member when I am able to provide a response.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1453", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Selous"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Selous"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "224006"} , {"_value" : "224126"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-23T17:17:51.143Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisons: Restraint Techniques"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of use of force there were in each private prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1516", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andy Slaughter"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hammersmith"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Andy Slaughter"} ], "uin" : "224125"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177796", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177796/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Since the Department\u2019s National Planning Casework Unit took over responsibility for issuing Compulsory Purchase Order decisions in May 2012, the Secretary of State has issued decisions on 76 opposed Compulsory Purchase Orders. 73 decisions went along with the Inspector\u2019s recommendation, and 3 did not.<\/p>
<\/p>
In the case of Liverpool City Council and Welsh Streets, the Secretary of State disagreed with the Inspector\u2019s report that recommended confirming the Order. The reasoning is summarised in the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2015, Official Report<\/em>, Column 35WS.<\/p> <\/p> In the case of the Northumberland Development Project the Inspector recommended that the Order should not be confirmed or that, in the event that the Secretary of State is minded to confirm the Order, he should confirm the Order with modifications subject to receipt of a satisfactory Section 106 agreement. Following receipt of the Inspector\u2019s Report the Secretary of State deferred his decision on the Order and in accordance with the Inspector\u2019s recommendation wrote to all parties seeking representations. The Secretary of State subsequently confirmed the Order with modifications on 11 July 2014.<\/p> <\/p> In the case of the Shepherd\u2019s Bush Market area the Inspector recommended that the Order should not be confirmed or, if the Secretary of State is minded to confirm the Order, it should be modified by deleting some of the Order lands. In confirming the Order the Secretary of State considered that the proposed purpose of the Order would significantly contribute to the wellbeing of the area and fitted in with the adopted planning framework for the area. He was satisfied that sufficient safeguards were in place to protect traders and shopkeepers and that the potential financial viability of the scheme had been demonstrated, and that no adequate alternatives existed in terms of achieving the purpose of the proposal, particularly in light of the urgent need to redevelop the Market. The Secretary of State confirmed the Order with modifications on 10 October 2014.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Each case is considered on its individual merits, with due process.<\/p> <\/p> Copies of the Secretary of State\u2019s decision letter and the Inspector\u2019s Report in each case have been placed in the Library of the House.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to consult on ways to increase the borrowing capacity of housing associations in relation to the valuation of properties transferred from local authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/175010", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/175010/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Planning casework is a quasi-judicial function of the Department, and as was the case under the last Administration, it attracts a high volume of legal challenges which end up in the courts. This is particularly the case in light of the long-term growth of judicial review and the growing creep of European Union directives, regulations and case law; equality law and human rights law.<\/p> <\/p> Costs to date in these two claims are £68,825 excluding VAT.<\/p> <\/p> The Government makes no apologies for seeking to safeguard Green Belt protection and trying to bring a sense of fair play to the planning system. The Government\u2019s planning policy is clear that both temporary and permanent traveller sites are inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The judgment does not question that principle.<\/p> <\/p> Indeed, there have been a number of recent legal cases where the planning appeal decisions of the Secretary of State have succeeded in relation to traveller development in the Green Belt and awarded costs in favour of DCLG, including:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Hence, any payment of costs in Moore vs Coates needs to be seen in this context as my Department has successfully defended the eight claims above and costs are due to my Department.<\/p> <\/p> To place the Department\u2019s spending in context more broadly, I would observe that the Department spent £1.7 million in external lawyers\u2019 fees in 2009-10 (excluding Treasury Solicitors), in 2013-14, the figure had fallen to £699,000.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government spent on legal fees in the case of Moore and Coates v the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which ruling was made on 21 January 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Andy Slaughter"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172867", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172867/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Treasury Solicitor conducts most, but not all, litigation on behalf of government departments. For example, Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its own litigation. In 2014 the Treasury Solicitor acted in about 17846 judicial reviews.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Treasury Solicitor\u2019s Department does not hold central records on the external legal fees paid in each individual case or on the outcome of each such case. Such information could not be created without examining every case file and thus incurring disproportionate costs.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In relation to external fees, the Attorney General maintains five panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EC work for all Government Departments. There are three London panels (an A panel for senior juniors, a B panel for middle juniors and a C panel for junior juniors) together with a Regional panel and a Public International Law panel. This is in addition to First Treasury Counsel (FTC) who exclusively does Government work, and to the Standing Counsel to certain Departments. <\/p> The hourly rates for panel counsel are as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> First Treasury Counsel - £230<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> A panel - £120<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> B panel - £80<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> C panel - £60 if under 5 years call and £80 if over 5 years call.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In relation to outcomes, the Ministry of Justice publish figures on the number of Judicial Reviews by each Department up to 2012:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> See Table 4.3 at the link below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There has not been a target for the collection of employment tribunal fees since the introduction of such fees. The impact assessment for the introduction of fees estimated that £10m of fee income would be generated annually. With new claim volumes reducing in 2013/14, HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) estimates fee income will be approximately £9m in 2014/15.<\/p> <\/p> The fee income collected in each quarter since July 2013 is:<\/p> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 2014/15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q1<\/p><\/td> Q2<\/p><\/td> Q3<\/p><\/td> Q4<\/p><\/td> Q1<\/p><\/td> Q2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fees Collected<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0.5<\/p><\/td> 1.6<\/p><\/td> 2.4<\/p><\/td> 2.1<\/p><\/td> 2.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> It is not possible to separate out many costs of collection from the wider costs of employment tribunals, which have fallen in 2013/14 and 2014/15. The estimated running and support costs for administering the fee collection process in Employment Tribunals are shown below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 2014/15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q1<\/p><\/td> Q2<\/p><\/td> Q3<\/p><\/td> Q4<\/p><\/td> Q1<\/p><\/td> Q2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td> £m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Additional ongoing BAU Costs<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0.0<\/p><\/td> 0.0<\/p><\/td> 0.41<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 0.3<\/p><\/td> 0.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> 1<\/sup>In practice staff costs in 2013/14 would have been incurred before quarter 4 with the figures shown representing costs recorded to the relevant cost centres for the fee collection teams. All IT costs in 2013/14 are included in the set up costs described below.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> It is not possible to disaggregate the cost of establishing new (and revising existing) IT systems to handle remission applications in the employment tribunals system, from that work in relation to the systems for collecting fees. The figure provided below is a combined total.<\/p> <\/p> The capital investment made by HMCTS in respect of IT systems to support the collection of fee receipts and remission applications across the employment tribunals system was £4.4m. A further £0.6m resource was spent on the project to implement fees giving a total £5.0m project cost.<\/p> <\/p> HMCTS estimates that £8.9m of fee income was collected from July 2013 to the end of June 2014. The full cost of operating the employment tribunals for 2013/14 was £76.3m gross expenditure and £71.8m net of fee income, a reduction of £14.9m from the £86.7m full cost of operating the employment tribunals for the year 2012 /13.<\/p> <\/p> The sum collected in relation to employment tribunal fees for the period 2013-2014 is available from financial information relating to fees and charges, published by HMCTS in its Annual Report and Accounts. The HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 was published in June 2014 on the Ministry of Justice website and can be found at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/hmcts.<\/p> <\/p> For the period from April 2014 to 30 November 2014 HMCTS has received a gross total of £5.8m in employment tribunal fees of which £1.4m has been forgone in fee remission, leaving £4.4m in net fees.<\/p> <\/p> I expect to be in a position to publish more detailed data on the number of remission applications made, and awards made, for the employment tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Tribunal and Gender Recognition Certificate Statistics quarterly bulletin by the end of this financial year.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target for collection of employment tribunal fees was in each quarter since the introduction of such fees; what sum was collected in such fees; what the costs of such collection were; what value in such fees was waived under remission; what the cost of setting up the remission scheme was; and what overall net sum was received in such fees.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170375/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information, in the form requested, is not held centrally and a full answer could only be provided at disproportionate costs.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> From the information we do hold centrally we have a total of two contracts with Serco, both of which are due to expire on 31 March 2015.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The amount paid to Serco and G4S since May 2010 is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Financial Year ending March<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Year<\/em><\/p><\/td> Serco<\/em><\/p><\/td> G4S<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> £22,708,767.65<\/p><\/td> Nil<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> £1,859,328.89<\/p><\/td> Nil<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> £3,937,575.89<\/p><\/td> Nil<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> £2,210,233.65<\/p><\/td> £12,458.31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> £600,983.28<\/p><\/td> £466.20 (up to end of November 2014)<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many tenders from (a) Serco and (b) G4S for contracts let by her Department were successful in each year since May 2010; how much her Department paid to each of those companies for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 each company holds with her Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between her Department and each company.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court, found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences relating to driving while disqualified(1)<\/sup>, England & Wales, 2009-2013(2)(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Offence<\/td> <\/td> Outcome<\/td> 2009<\/td> 2010<\/td> 2011<\/td> 2012<\/td> 2013<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Driving while disqualified<\/td> <\/td> Proceeded against<\/td> 13,924<\/td> 11,122<\/td> 9,379<\/td> 8,191<\/td> 7,619<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Found Guilty<\/td> 13,217<\/td> 10,465<\/td> 8,869<\/td> 7,676<\/td> 7,083<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Conviction ratio(4)<\/sup><\/em><\/td> 94.9<\/em><\/td> 94.1<\/em><\/td> 94.6<\/em><\/td> 93.7<\/em><\/td> 93.0<\/em><\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Sentenced<\/td> 13,260<\/td> 10,500<\/td> 8,917<\/td> 7,684<\/td> 7,099<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Of which:<\/em><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Absolute discharge<\/td> 47<\/td> 43<\/td> 45<\/td> 67<\/td> 60<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Conditional discharge<\/td> 236<\/td> 143<\/td> 134<\/td> 121<\/td> 119<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Fine<\/td> 963<\/td> 895<\/td> 820<\/td> 755<\/td> 795<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Community sentence<\/td> 5,688<\/td> 4,483<\/td> 3,626<\/td> 3,099<\/td> 2,580<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Suspended sentences<\/td> 2,558<\/td> 2,111<\/td> 1,924<\/td> 1,639<\/td> 1,704<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Otherwise dealt with<\/td> 100<\/td> 93<\/td> 68<\/td> 41<\/td> 56<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Immediate custody<\/td> 3,668<\/td> 2,732<\/td> 2,300<\/td> 1,962<\/td> 1,785<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Custody rate(5)<\/sup><\/em><\/td> 27.7<\/em><\/td> 26.0<\/em><\/td> 25.8<\/em><\/td> 25.5<\/em><\/td> 25.1<\/em><\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Average fine (£)<\/td> 267.65<\/td> 246.26<\/td> 278.35<\/td> 283.06<\/td> 284.67<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Average custodial sentence length (months)(6)<\/sup><\/td> 3.3<\/td> 3.2<\/td> 3.2<\/td> 3.1<\/td> 3.2<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (1) An offence under S 103 (1) of the Road Trafic Act 1988<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (4) Conviction ratio is calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings.<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (5) The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody.<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> (6) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Ref: PQ 220161<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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