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Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms are in place to ensure that first responder agencies in human trafficking cases have access to the assistance for victims as required under Article 12 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. [318970]
Claire Ward: Article 12 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings requires that the assistance measures detailed in its sections (1) and (2) are provided to individuals identified as victims to a 'reasonable grounds' standard of proof. Access to this type of assistance is therefore provided to identified victims of trafficking through support providers.
From 2003 to 2009 the Government invested £5.8 million in the POPPY Project to provide specialist accommodation and support to victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. A further investment of £3.9 million over the current and next financial year funds specialist accommodation and support for victims of all forms of human trafficking.
To assist in the identification of potential victims of human trafficking and to ensure that they receive the best possible treatment from the outset, the Office for Criminal Justice Reform has published a new toolkit, which provides advice and support to frontline practitioners who may come into contact with victims.
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been required for jury service (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; [318602]
(2) how many people have been summoned for jury service (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; [318603]
(3) how many people summoned for jury service were disqualified for each reason (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; [318604]
(4) how many people have been summoned for jury service (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three and (d) four times (i) nationally and (ii) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; [318605]
(5) how many people of those summoned have declined to carry out their jury service for each reason (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. [318606]
Bridget Prentice: The following table shows, on a national level basis for each calendar year from 2000 to 2008, the following:
(a) how many people have been required for jury service
(b) how many people have been supplied to the court for jury service
(c) how many people have been deferred from the original date they were summoned for jury service
(d) how many people have been excused from jury service
(e) how many people have been disqualified from jury service.
Information for each London borough is not held centrally as the data cannot be extracted in this way by the computer system.
The Ministry of Justice are also unable to provide information on how many people have been summoned for jury service more than once. This is because jurors are selected on a completely random basis using the electoral voting registers supplied annually by each local authority. As the electoral registers are updated annually and due to the randomness of jury selection there is potential for some members of the public to be called for jury service more than once while some may never be called.
Members of the public summoned for jury service cannot decline to carry out jury service. However, a juror can apply to defer their jury service to a more suitable date within the forthcoming 12-month period if the original date is not convenient. Jurors can apply to be excused from jury service but their application must show good cause why they should be excused from attending.
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2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will make representations to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Executive for the publication in full of all medical records held in respect of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi; [319697]
(2) what recent discussions he has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland on the present medical condition of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi; [319698]
(3) what recent discussions he has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland on the number of medical records which were considered on the decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds; [319699]
(4) what recent discussions he has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland on the fulfilment by Abdelbaset al-Megrahi of the conditions attached to his release since returning to Libya. [319700]
Mr. Straw: The decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds is a matter solely for the Scottish Government. It is for the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice to determine whether it would be appropriate to publish the medical records of Mr. al-Megrahi.
As the release of Mr. al-Megrahi is a matter for the Scottish Government, I have not discussed with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Mr. al-Megrahi's medical records, his current medical condition, or the conditions attached to his release.
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