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Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many requests for prosecutions against data controllers for failure to notify the Information Commissioner of the processing of personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998 have been made to (a) the Information Commissioner and (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions since 30 June 2005. [144333]
Vera Baird: Neither the Information Commissioner's Office or the Crown Prosecution Service, who deal with prosecutions on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, keep details of requests made for prosecutions against data controllers for non-notification offences under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Departments: Aviation
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many flights to overseas destinations were taken by (a) civil servants and (b) Ministers in her Department in each of the last three calendar years; and what the total cost of such flights was. [144956]
Ms Harman: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Since 1999, the Government have published on an annual basis, a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500, as well as the total cost of all ministerial travel overseas. Copies of the lists are available in the Libraries of the House. Information for 2006-07 is currently being compiled and will be published before the summer recess. All travel is undertaken in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code, the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers.
Departments: Energy
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many energy saving light bulbs were purchased by her Department for use on the departmental estate in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. [144955]
Ms Harman: It is the Ministry of Justice's Procurement Policy to purchase sustainable goods and services wherever appropriate and possible. All Ministry of Justice Procurement staff have a responsibility to promote and support the Governments Sustainable Development agenda by working closely with both customers and suppliers.
There is no historical data or system in place to record the number of energy saving light bulbs purchased.
Departments: Foreign Relations
Mr. Carswell: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many Memoranda of Understanding are in force as a result of agreements with foreign governments entered into by Ministers in her Department; and what executive actions each entails. [144467]
Ms Harman: The Ministry of Justice has two Memoranda of Understanding in force with China relating to training programmes for Chinese lawyers and judges. The Ministry funds and oversees both programmes.
Departments: Marketing
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2007, Official Report, column 208W, on Departments: marketing, what the sources are of the additional costs which (a) have been incurred since 9 May 2007 and (b) may yet be incurred. [144503]
Vera Baird: There has only been one approved item of additional cost since 9 May 2007. This is for an IT Project Manager to migrate projects from the Home Office to the Ministry of Justice.
The new Ministry is currently reviewing its organisational structure and operating model.
Depending on the outcome of this review, further costs may be incurred, e.g. on additional integration. Also, there will be costs relating to the various project teams who will take forward any actions arising from the review.
Any additional costs will, where possible, be required to be absorbed into current budget allocations. Where this is not possible, the MoJ Steering Group will approve the expenditure.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2007, Official Report, column 208W, on Departments: marketing, if she will provide a breakdown of the figure of £1.5 million by main budget heading; and what the evidential basis was for the estimate. [144504]
Vera Baird: The £1.5 million estimate provided in previous answers is made up of the following budget headings:
All business cases for MoJ transitional expenditure are presented to the Ministry of Justice Steering Group.
Mrs. May: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice which advertising and marketing campaigns were run by her Department in each of the last five years; which external agencies were involved; and what the cost was of each campaign. [144627]
Vera Baird: Since my Department was created on 9 May 2007, the Ministry of Justice's spend on advertising has been as follows:
£2,100 on advertising for the Camberwell Green magistrates court payback scheme through Barkers
£3,700 on recruitment through Euro ESCG Riley.
£22,900 on magistrates recruitment (no agency used).
£54,435 on senior judicial recruitment through TMP UK and Michael Page International.
Spending by the Ministry on marketing cannot be separated from other communications expenditure without incurring disproportionate costs.
Departments: Northern Ireland
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice if she will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between her
Department and the Northern Ireland administration. [145935]
Vera Baird: Ministry of Justice was created on 9 May and does not have a concordat with the Northern Ireland Executive. The principles set out in the Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements between the UK Government, Scottish Ministers, the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive, published in 2001, continue to underpin our working relationship with the Northern Ireland Executive.
Departments: Public Relations
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how much was spent by her Department and its predecessor on public relations in each of the last five years. [139422]
Vera Baird: The Ministry of Justice, in line with other Government Departments, maintains and funds a communications capability and makes use of external communications services, including public relations services.
Since its establishment on 9 May, the Ministry of Justice has spent £3,113.75 on public relations to raise awareness of human rights.
Since it was set up in June 2003, its predecessor Department, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, or public bodies sponsored by the DCA, spent the following on public relations.
The Commission for Judicial Appointments (a non-departmental public body) engaged a PR firm to promote its views on the merits of the judicial appointments processes at the following cost:
| £ | |
Her Majesty’s Courts Service contracted PR firms for the following initiatives:
2005-06: To provide communications for its estates strategy—£17,500
To raise public awareness of the legal status of cohabitation:
| £ | |
Departments: Sign Language
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what assessment she has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on her departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. [142497]
Ms Harman:
The Ministry of Justice has not assessed the merits of using British sign language videos on either its corporate website, www.justice.gov.uk, or on its corporate intranet. However, the website has
been fully tested for usability and accessibility and it conforms to the web accessibility initiative AAA standards. The website has been user-tested by disabled employees to check that the site’s functionality and content can be effectively accessed via assistive technologies such as screen readers.
The Ministry of Justice has not received any requests to provide information in BSL via its corporate website. If however a request were received then, in line with our duties under DDA, we would consider the cost; the practicability and the extent to which presenting information via BSL video would overcome the barrier or disadvantage experienced by the disabled person.
Driving Offences: Convictions
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) women, (b) men, (c) women under 30 years and (d) men under 30 years were found guilty of causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs in each of the last 10 years. [143679]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The number of females and males, found guilty at all courts for the offence of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, for age group 10 to 30, and all ages in England and Wales, 1996 to 2005 which can be viewed in the following table.
Court proceedings data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007.
| Females and males, found guilty at all courts for the offence of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, for age group 10 to 30, and all ages in England and Wales, 1996 to 2005( 1, 2, 3) | ||||
| Number | ||||
| Female | Male | |||
| 10 to 30 | All ages | 10 to 30 | All ages | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (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. (3) Includes the following statute: Road Traffic Act 1988 section 3A as added by the Road Traffic Act 1991 section 3 and amended by CJA 1993, section 67. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice. | ||||
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many people were found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in each of the last 10 years; and what the average sentence imposed was in each year. [145445]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the number of people found guilty at all courts under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 1 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 Sec 1 and CJA 1993 Sec 67 for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving can be viewed in the table.
Average custodial sentence length for persons sentenced (from the court proceedings database) for causing death by dangerous driving, England and Wales, 1996 to 2005 can be viewed in the table.
Court proceedings data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007.
| The number of people found guilty at all courts under the Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 1 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 Sec 1 and CJA 1993 Sec 67 for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving in England and Wales, 1996 to 2005( 1,2,3) | |
| Found guilty | |
| (1 )These data are on the principal offence basis. (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. (3 )Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ministry of Justice | |
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