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High Court: Birmingham
Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many High Court Judge sitting days there were in Birmingham for (a) criminal cases, (b) the Family Division, (c) the Chancery Division, (d) the Mercantile Court, (e) the Technology and Construction Court and (f) the other areas of the Queen's Bench Division in each of the last four years. [200348]
Maria Eagle: Figures for the number of High Court judge sittings in Birmingham for the last four years are shown in the following table.
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to answer the letter to him dated 7 March 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr. D. Carroll. [201121]
Mr. Straw: I replied to the right hon. Member on 22 April. I apologise for the delay.
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 4 March 2008, on the transcript of an appeal proceeding (reference: 192972/43442); [201509]
(2) when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 29 February 2008, transferred from the Attorney-General, on Jewish courts; [201512]
(3) when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 6 March 2008, on the Electoral Reform Campaign (reference: 193307). [201513]
Bridget Prentice: The Under-Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Garston (Maria Eagle) replied on 22 April to the hon. Member's letter of 4 March, and the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon (Mr. Wills) replied on 17 April to the hon. Member's letter of 6 March. I replied on 22 April to the hon. Member's letter of 29 February. I apologise for the delay.
Powers of Attorney
Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times the Court of Protection suspended an individual's power of attorney over another in each year for which figures are available. [201288]
Bridget Prentice: Prior to October 2007 and the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Court of Protection could rule on whether the existing registration of an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) was to be cancelled, or whether an objection to the registration of a currently unregistered EPA was to be upheld and the instrument not registered.
Since October 2007, the Public Guardian is responsible for registering both the old EPAs and the new Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) that came into force with the new Act. The court, on an application, can still similarly direct the cancellation of the registration of a power of attorney or direct the Public Guardian not to register a power.
Both prior to October 2007, and since the new regime came into force from October, the court has not recorded statistics relating to the cancellations of
existing registrations of either EPAs or LPAs and this information is therefore not readily available.
I have asked my officials to see whether it may be possible to extract some information in this area from the IT systems that record registrations of powers of attorney. It may be possible to provide further data on the number of powers that remain unregistered following an application to the Court of Protection objecting to the registration. I will write to the hon. member shortly with the results of this exercise.
Prison Service
Jenny Willott:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers left each prison due to
(a) retirement, (b) resignation, (c) transfer to another prison and (d) other reasons in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [199962]
Maria Eagle: Information on the total number of officer grade staff (a) retiring, (b) resigning (c) transferring and (d) leaving for other reasons, from all Prison Service establishments since 2001 are contained in the following tables. A breakdown for each prison has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
| Prison officers, senior officers and principal officers leaving public sector establishments: 2001 to 2007 | |||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Prison custody officers leaving private sector establishments: 2001 to 2007 (partial data)( 1) | |||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| (1)This table is said to contain partial data because information was not supplied by all contractors. The details of where data was not provided is contained in the individual tables available from House Libraries. | |||||||
Prisoners
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) at what average distance from their homes (a) all male offenders, (b) adult male offenders, (c) young adult male offenders and (d) juvenile male offenders were held in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [199910]
(2) at what average distance from their homes (a) all female offenders, (b) adult female offenders, (c) young adult female offenders and (d) juvenile female offenders were held in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [199911]
(3) how many (a) male offenders, (b) adult male offenders, (c) young adult male offenders and (d) juvenile male offenders were held over 100 miles away from their home in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [199912]
(4) how many (a) all female offenders, (b) adult female offenders, (c) young adult female offenders and (d) juvenile female offenders were held over 100 miles away from their home in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [199913]
Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the average distance from home for male and female prisoners (including young offenders for each gender) in each of the last five years.
| Miles | ||||||
| Male | Female | |||||
| Average distance from home for all male prisoners | Average distance from home for adult male prisoners | A verage distance from home for male young offenders aged under 21 | Average di stance from home for all female prisoners | Average distance from home for adult female prisoners | Average distance from home for female young offenders aged under 21 | |
The following table shows how many offenders were held over 100 miles away from their homes for male and female offenders (including young offenders for each gender) in each of the last five years,
| Number | ||||||
| Male | Female | |||||
| All male prisoners held over 100 miles from home | Adult male prisoners held over 100 miles from home | Male young offenders held over 100 miles from home | All female prisoners held over 100 miles from home | Adult female prisoners held over 100 miles from home | Female young offenders aged under 21 held over 100 miles from home | |
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