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Justice
Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many penalty notices for disorder have been issued in each of the last four years; and how many have not been paid in each year. [243325]
Maria Eagle: The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued and not paid within the suspended enforcement period in England and Wales for each year from 2004 to 2007 (latest published) are in the table.
Under the PND Scheme, recipients have 21 days in which either to pay the penalty or request a court hearing. If no action is taken, a fine of one and a half times the penalty amount is registered against an offender by the magistrates court. The overall fine payment rate at court is 87 per cent.; the courts fine registration system cannot differentiate between those fines arising from unpaid PNDs and any other fine.
Community Orders
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) breach rate of community sentences and (b) imprisonment rate for those who breached community sentences was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [243284]
Mr. Hanson: In response to part (a) of the question, the following table shows the proportion of community sentences that terminated in England and Wales in 2007 (the latest year for which the figures are available) for positive and negative reasons, including failing to comply with the order and conviction for further offences.
The information contained in this table can be found in chapter 5 of Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2007 located online at:
In response to (b), the data held centrally on terminations of community sentences does not include information on whether the termination resulted in imprisonment.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 744-45W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. [242158]
Maria Eagle: The Ministry of Justice was established on 9 May 2007. Information is only available for a proportion of the Ministry of Justice estate.
During the financial year 2007-08, 1,846 temporary staff were recruited utilising the Department’s contract with Kelly Services. The average period of employment was 1.7 months.
Data in respect of how many staff were recruited under the Home Office framework contract, through each company and the average period of employment
can be provided only at disproportionate cost, as this data was not held centrally in the required period. This information can be determined internally only by examining each individual purchase order raised in the period. Undertaking this activity would incur disproportionate costs.
Departmental Work Experience
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each year since its inception; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. [242118]
Mr. Wills: Since the inception of the Department in May 2007, the Ministry of Justice has taken on 11 individuals on centrally co-ordinated, paid placements. Not all work experience is organised centrally.
Other opportunities are offered by business areas, but this information is not collated centrally and could be determined only at disproportionate cost.
In 2007 the Department took on two Windsor Fellows and three interns from the Cabinet Office co-ordinated Ethnic Minority Summer Development Programme; and in 2008 it took on six interns from the Cabinet Office co-ordinated Ethnic Minority Summer Development Programme.
All interns worked a 36-hour week with lunch breaks.
The type of work they were involved in is given in the following table.
The proportion in full-time education was 40 per cent. in 2007 and 50 per cent. in 2008.
All individuals completed their set period of work experience.
In 2007 the remuneration received was on average £371 and in 2008, £390.
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