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Magistrates Courts: Hertfordshire

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what estimate he has made of the number of magistrates needed in order to meet the needs of the courts in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in 2009; [265812]

(2) how many serving magistrates there are in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire. [265813]

Mr. Straw: In the current year 508 magistrates are needed fully to meet the needs of Hertfordshire, which includes the area of Hemel Hempstead. Currently there are 477 magistrates in Hertfordshire, the recruitment of the additional 31 is in progress.

Magistrates Courts: Northern Ireland

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the annual running costs were of Larne Magistrates Court in each of the last five years; [265160]

(2) how many people have been employed by the Northern Ireland Courts Service to work in Larne Magistrates Court in each of the last five years; [265161]

(3) how many cases have been brought before the small claims court in Larne in each of the last five years. [265162]

Bridget Prentice: The running costs for Larne magistrates court in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.

Larne magistrates court
Year ended 31 March Running costs (£)

2004

67,389

2005

106,898

2006

88,645

2007

85,774

2008

75,363

Note:
Running costs comprise items such as contracted security services, buildings maintenance, rates, electricity, fuel and supplies.

The NI Court Service usually employs two members of staff to work at Larne courthouse.

The following table sets out the number of small claims cases listed at Larne courthouse in each of the last five years:


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Number of small claims cases

2004

29

2005

21

2006

18

2007

30

2008(1)

24

(1) January to November. Provisional figures—full year validated figures are not yet available.

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the running costs of Strabane Magistrates Court have been in each of the last five years. [265163]

Bridget Prentice: The running costs for Strabane magistrates court in each of the last five years are set out in the following table.

Strabane magistrates court
Year ended 31 March Running costs (£)

2004

171,705

2005

193,464

2006

184,385

2007

169,453

2008

167,047

Note:
Running costs comprise items such as contracted security services, buildings maintenance, rates, electricity, fuel and supplies.

Members: Correspondence

Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 29 January 2009, transferred from the Department of Health on 12 February 2009, on reform of the suicide law. [265574]

Bridget Prentice: The Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Garston (Maria Eagle) replied to the hon. Member on 4 March 2009. I have arranged for a further copy of this reply to be sent to the hon. Member.

National Offender Management Service

Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the meaning is of the reference to reduced scope of proposed plans on page 36 of the NOMS Strategic and Business Plans 2009-10 to 2010-11. [264638]

Mr. Straw: NOMS reviewed its forward spending plans for the period to 2010-11 as part of a prudent efficiency programme. As a result, it was possible to reduce planned future spending in certain areas, freeing resources for other essential front line work with offenders.

Specifically, wider economic changes allowed lower assumptions for funding non-recoverable VAT and inflation increases. In addition:

Prison Sentences

Mr. Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners are serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection in each prison in England and Wales. [265165]

Mr. Hanson: The following tables give the numbers of (a) male and (b) female prisoners in each prison establishment in England and Wales who were serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection on 20 February 2008. The tables also note the number of these offenders currently located in psychiatric hospitals, and include offenders who, as under 18s, were sentenced to detention for public protection.

These figures have been drawn from the NOMS IPP database, and, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.


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Establishment Male IPPs/DPPs

Acklington

106

Albany

163

Altcourse

57

Ashfield

4

Ashwell

29

Aylesbury

103

Bedford

8

Belmarsh

30

Birmingham

57

Blundeston

37

Brinsford

14

Bristol

17

Brixton

32

Buckley Hall

17

Bullingdon

98

Camp Hill

17

Cardiff

35

Castington

21

Channings Wood

47

Chelmsford

18

Coldingley

48

Cookham Wood

3

Dartmoor

45

Deerbolt

1

Doncaster

12

Dorchester

6

Dovegate

128

Durham

17

Edmunds Hill

1

Elmley

55

Erlestoke

56

Everthorpe

32

Exeter

18

Featherstone

51

Feltham

7

Ford

3

Forest Bank

41

Frankland

88

Full Sutton

44

Garth

191

Gartree

61

Glen Parva

7

Gloucester

10

Grendon

24

Guys Marsh

32

Haverigg

30

Hewell

28

High Down

19

Highpoint

27

Hindley

50

Hollesley Bay

1

Holme House

61

Hull

78

Huntercombe

2

Kennet

7

Kingston

12

Kirkham

7

Lancaster Castle

3

Lancaster Farms

21

Latchmere House

1

Leeds

32

Leicester

7

Lewes

22

Leyhill

2

Lincoln

8

Lindholme

51

Littlehey

52

Liverpool

54

Long Lartin

58

Lowdham Grange

145

Maidstone

13

Manchester

111

Moorland

86

Mount

80

North Sea Camp

1

Norwich

11

Nottingham

24

Onley

20

Parc

65

Parkhurst

140

Pentonville

45

Peterborough

25

Portland

16

Prescoed

2

Preston

19

Ranby

49

Reading

11

Risley

90

Rochester

6

Rye Hill

146

Shepton Mallett

11

Shrewsbury

6

Springhill

1

Stafford

65

Standford Hill

7

Stocken

75

Stoke Heath

2

Sudbury

4

Swaleside

215

Swansea

5

Swinfen Hall

179

Usk

44

Verne

12

Wakefield

35

Wandsworth

95

Warren Hill

9

Wayland

96

Wealstun

32

Wellingborough

47

Werrington

1

Wetherby

14

Whatton

115

Whitemoor

45

Winchester

15

Wolds

38

Woodhill

33

Wormwood Scrubs

13

Wymott

59

Subtotal

4,902

Psychiatric hospitals (various)

78

Total

4980


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