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| Fraud and forgery | Drug offences | Motoring offences | Other offences | Offence not recorded | All offences | |
| (1) Excludes serious violent offences such as murder, manslaughter, wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, child cruelty and serious explosives offences. A full list of exclusions can be found in Prison Service Instruction 42/2007 (which consolidates and replaces PSI 27/2007). (2) Prisoners subject to the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Act 1997/Sexual Offences Act 2003 are excluded from release on ECL. Not all offences of a sexual nature are subject to the notification requirements; such prisoners are therefore eligible for release on ECL. | ||||||
Prisons: Public Consultation
Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the statement of 27 April 2009, on prisons and probation, when he plans to begin consultations on the proposed prison site at Curborough; when he expects to publish the exact location of the proposed site; when he expects to announce his decision on whether to site a prison at Curborough; and if he will make a statement. [272098]
Mr. Straw: As I announced on 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 569-80, we will not be proceeding with the 2,500 place ‘Titan’ prisons, but we will be building 1,500 place prisons instead. There are no current plans for prisons on any of the sites listed other than those named by me in Parliament on 27 April.
The site at Curborough was one of a number of sites brought to the attention of the National Offender Management Service as part of the site search exercise for ‘Titan’ prisons to hold 2,500 prisoners. It was assessed, but not considered suitable for development as a Titan.
Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of special education needs tribunals in each local authority area in each of the last five years. [272259]
Bridget Prentice: The First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal) (SEND) does not hold the information in a readily available format. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The Tribunals Service does, however, hold data on the total annual running costs for the last five years (including departmental overheads, except 2005-06), as follows:
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| (1) Department for Education and Skills (DFES) overheads are not disclosed in the annual report | |
The figures prior to 2006-07 can be found at appendix. 1 of each of the annual reports produced by the Department for Education and Skills and published on the SEND website:
The 2006-07 and 2007-08 figures are taken from the audited accounts of the Tribunals Service.
Television: Licensing
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people per 10,000 of the population in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three years. [273099]
Bridget Prentice: Information is not available for 2006 as centrally collated data only became available with the implementation of a new IT system.
In 2007, 5,901 people were prosecuted, representing a rate of 40 per 10,000 of the population, 4,466 were convicted and 1,435 cases were withdrawn or dismissed. In 2008 5,272 people were prosecuted representing a rate of 30 per 10,000 of the population, 4,123 were convicted, and 1,149 cases were dismissed or withdrawn.
The information for 2008 is provisional.
Trade Unions
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which trade unions are recognised by each of his Department's executive agencies. [271950]
Mr. Straw: The Ministry of Justice recognises the Public and Commercial Services Union and the FDA across the whole of the organisation including its executive agencies.
Prospect are recognised within Her Majesty's Court Service.
HMPS recognise the following trade unions: The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers (POA) and The Prison Governors Association (PGA).
The following work together with the National Offender Management Service under the title National Offender Management Service Trade Unions (NOMSTUS): Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Prospect, FDA and Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
The following work together with HM Prison Service under the title of Prison Service Joint Industrial Council (PSJIC): Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT), GMB, AMICUS, UCATT.
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to bring into effect the debt management scheme provisions of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. [272044]
Bridget Prentice: The Government are committed to supporting consumers in unexpected difficulties and are considering measures for providing real and timely assistance to those encountering debt problems. As part of this, we are currently reviewing the implementation of part 5 of the Act. It is expected that an announcement will be made on this shortly.
Victim Support Schemes: Finance
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what funding his Department has made available for victim support services in 2009-10. [272690]
Maria Eagle: Victim Support has been granted £30 million core funding for 2009-10 from the Ministry of Justice.
In addition Victim Support has been allocated £6.2 million in 2009-10 to finance Victim Support Plus.
Wandsworth Prison: Inspections
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons a scheduled inspection by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons of HM Prison Wandsworth did not take place in 2008; and if he will make a statement. [272373]
Mr. Hanson: No inspection of HM Prison Wandsworth by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons was scheduled in 2008. The Chief Inspector carried out a full announced inspection of HMP Wandsworth in May 2004 with an unannounced follow up to that inspection in June 2006. The next scheduled inspection will be in June this year.
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