Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people with criminal records applied for Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority funds in the last year; how many such people received awards; and what the monetary value of those awards was to the nearest £25,000. [89293]
Mr Djanogly: CICA cannot say definitively how many people with unspent convictions applied in the last 12 months because information about whether an applicant has unspent convictions is only recorded on CICA's database when they decide the case—either by refusing compensation or making a reduced award.
CICA can, however, give figures based on cases resolved in that time. In the 2011 calendar year 3,092 people received an award that was reduced because of unspent convictions and 3,726 people had their case refused because of unspent convictions, giving a total of 6,818. The breakdown of the 3,092 awards is shown in the following table as requested:
| Nearest £25,000 | Number of awards paid |
Mr Slaughter:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people with criminal records applied for funds from the Criminal Injuries Compensation
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Authority in the last 12 months; how many awards were made to such people; and how many applications were refused under each scheme paragraph. [89631]
Mr Djanogly: CICA cannot say definitively how many people with unspent convictions applied in the last 12 months because information about whether an applicant has unspent convictions is only recorded on CICA's database when they decide the case—either by refusing compensation or making a reduced award.
CICA can, however, give figures based on cases resolved in that time. In the 2011 calendar year 3,092 people received an award that was reduced because of unspent convictions and 3,726 people had their case refused because of unspent convictions, giving a total of 6,818. Paragraph 13 (e) of the scheme covers all refusals for unspent convictions.
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many registered Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority claims were unresolved on the last day of each month since May 2010. [89632]
Mr Djanogly: Figures covering the period specified are shown in the following table:
| Month | Number of unresolved cases |
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convicted people sustaining injuries at the scene of a crime or while fleeing from the scene of a crime have received criminal injury compensation awards in each of the last 10 years; and for what reason in each case. [89633]
Mr Djanogly: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority only holds information at that level of detail within individual files, not in their main database. The information requested could be obtained only by a member of staff manually sifting through around 250,000 files at a disproportionate cost.
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Manpower
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has employed in each month since May 2010. [89636]
Mr Djanogly: Figures covering the period specified are shown in the following table:
| Month | Number of CICA staff (full-time equivalent) |
Debt Collection
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many enforcement officers HM Courts and Tribunals Service has employed in each month since May 2010. [89728]
Mr Djanogly: The number of enforcement staff employed in HMCTS is shown in the following table. The system does not hold this information by month.
| 2010 | 2011 | |
Debt Collection: Regulation
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent steps he has taken to improve his Department's capacity to regulate claims management companies. [88902]
Mr Djanogly:
The Department's Claims Management Regulation Unit has developed partnerships with the Legal Ombudsman Service (LeO), the Insurance Fraud
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Bureau, Direct Marketing Association, Information Commissioner's Office and the Financial Ombudsman Service to help tackle malpractice and protect consumers. Specific areas such as the handling of claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance have been targeted by the establishment of a specialist compliance team.
Work is also under way to improve the effectiveness of the current system of regulation which includes making improvements to the handling of consumer complaints, the authorisation process, and considering options for the future of regulation.
Defamation Bill
Graeme Morrice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish the Defamation Bill; and if he will make a statement. [88927]
Mr Djanogly: The Government remain firmly committed to reform of the law of defamation and we will seek to publish and introduce a substantive Defamation Bill as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Departmental Buildings
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's headquarters in Petty France, London in the most recent year for which figures are available. [89106]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The overall cost of the Ministry of Justice's headquarters building at 102 Petty France, London for 2010-11 was £36.4 million. This includes rent and service concession arrangement fees of £26.5 million, plus rates, utilities, maintenance, security, cleaning and contracted catering services.
The use of 102 Petty France by the Department is part of a wider estate rationalisation programme to reduce its central London headquarters buildings from 18 to a maximum of four. From 2015, the rationalisation programme will have generated savings of £47 million a year.
Departmental Buildings
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on decorations for its head office since May 2010. [89644]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: No money has been spent on the decoration of 102 Petty France, the Ministry of Justice’s central London headquarters, since May 2010.
Departmental Manpower
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many speechwriters his Department employs at each pay grade. [89386]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice employs one ministerial speechwriter at Band A (civil service Grade 7).
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Pay
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in (a) bonuses, (b) allowances and (c) other payments additional to basic salary in each of the last two years for which figures are available; what categories of payment may be made to officials in addition to basic salary; what the monetary value is of each category of payment; and what the monetary value was of the 20 largest such payments made in each of the last two years. [89672]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The information is as follows:
The following table sets out the total amount of non-consolidated performance related payments awarded in the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 to members of the senior civil service within the Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service. The table includes the maximum payment awarded and the monetary value of the 20 largest payments made.
| £ | |||
| Total amount paid | Maximum payment awarded | Monetary value of 20 largest payments | |
Ministry of Justice (below senior civil service)
The following tables set out the total amount of 'in-year' and 'end-year' non-consolidated performance-related payments awarded in the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 within the Ministry of Justice. The tables include the maximum payments awarded and the monetary value of the 20 largest payments made.
| In-year | |||
| £ | |||
| Total amount paid | Maximum payment awarded | Monetary value of 20 largest payments | |
| End-year | |||
| £ | |||
| Total amount paid | Maximum payment awarded | Monetary value of 20 largest payments | |
National Offender Management Service (below Senior Civil Service)
The following tables set out the total amount of 'in-year' and 'end-year' non-consolidated performance-related payments awarded in the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 within the National Offender Management Service. The tables include the monetary value of the 20 largest payments made.
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| In-year | |||
| Total amount paid (£) | Number of staff receiving payment | Monetary value of 20 largest payments (£) | |
| Note: Information has been adjusted to exclude payments that are not special bonus payments. The figures presented here may therefore differ from previously published totals. The nature of the excluded payments is not known. These figures include previous NOMS HQ groups that transferred to MOJ in June 2010. | |||
| End-year | |||
| Total amount paid (£) | Number of staff receiving payment | Monetary value of 20 largest payments (£) | |
| Note: The value of the 'year end' payment of non consolidated performance pay is set as part of the pay award and is a standard percentage of salary for all staff who receive it. The figures previously provided for 2009-10 have been updated to reflect those staff who received a late performance report and received payment post July 2010. | |||
Central records of the values of all allowances are not held as some are not fixed monetary amounts but are variable based on a percentage of basic salary so are variable. The monetary value of the top 20 largest payments are not available. The total amount paid in 2009-10 and 2010-11 are set out as follows:
2009-10—£9,458,872
2010-11—£9,691,912
National Offender Management Service
Information on the monetary value of each category is not available in the detail requested. However, the sum of all payments in addition to standard salary payments for NOMS staff for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are shown as follows:
2009-10—£120,272,758
2010-11—£121,578,422
The total amount paid to staff for overtime and travel time within the Ministry of Justice in addition to basic salary for the year 2009-10 was £6,759,306 and for the year 2010-11 was £6,000,000(1). The monetary value of each payment is not available as the rates paid are based on individual FTE salaries and contractual hours. Records on the monetary value of the 20 highest payments are not held centrally.
(1 )This is a rounded figure based on a recent pay remit return. Exact figures are not yet available.
National Offender Management Service
Details of total amounts paid in overtime payments to staff in the NOMS for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are shown as follows. Records on the monetary value of the 20 highest payments are not held centrally.
2009-10—£10,422,968
2010-11—£10,438,863
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Internships
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidelines his Department issues to its non-departmental public bodies on the employment of unpaid interns. [89385]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice is currently developing a policy on work experience, work placements and internships. In doing so, the Ministry aims to meet its commitment to provide a formal approach to internships by March 2012 (as outlined in the Social Mobility Strategy launched in May 2011). The Ministry's arm’s lengths bodies have received guidance about the cessation of all informal internships until the new policy is in place.
Driving Under Influence: Kent
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were convicted of drink-driving offences in Kent and Medway in December 2011; and how many of those convictions were passed in the virtual court pilot scheme; [89311]
(2) how many of those convicted of drink driving offences were convicted and disqualified in a shorter time frame than the standard 15 days as a result of the virtual court pilot scheme in Kent and Medway in December 2011. [89312]
Mr Blunt: Information for the overall number of defendants convicted of drink-driving offences in Kent and Medway in December 2011 is not yet available. Annual court proceedings data for 2011 are planned for publication in spring 2012.
Indicative data available from Kent police is that 222 people were charged with drink driving offences during the month of December. 15 drink drivers were put before the virtual court at Medway magistrates court in December; 12 of those were disqualified at first hearing within 48 hours of being charged.
EU Law
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of the regulations his Department brought into force through (a) primary legislation, (b) secondary legislation and (c) other means originated from proposals by the European Commission in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011. [88974]
Mr Blunt: There was one provision commenced through primary legislation by my Department which was derived from EU legislation in 2010.
There were a further 11 statutory instruments (secondary legislation) brought into force. Of these three were in force in 2010 and the remaining eight in force in 2011.
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which EU (a) directives, (b) regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department require transposition into UK law; and what estimate he has made of the cost to (i) the public purse and (ii) the private sector of such measures. [89671]
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Mr Djanogly: The following EU legislation has been agreed which is awaiting transposition into law in England and Wales:
Council Decision2008/431/EC of 5 June 2008 authorising certain member states to ratify, or accede to, in the interest of the European Community, the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children and authorising certain member states to make a declaration on the application of the relevant internal rules of Community law.
Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings.
Council Decision 2011/432/EU of 9 June 2011 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.
Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA.
Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order.
There is also a body of EU legislation in the area of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, adopted prior to the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty, against which the Government are currently assessing our outstanding transposition obligations. This will inform the decision we must take no later than May 2014 on whether to accept European Court of Justice jurisdiction for these measures. Instruments in the area of civil and criminal judicial co-operation rarely have a significant impact on the private sector and have minimal impact on the public purse—the latter usually relating only to the administrative costs of facilitating the operation of the instrument. The Government are increasingly using impact assessments, and associated control mechanisms (including a new Cabinet Committee and external scrutiny body) to control the costs of policy proposals. Specific emphasis is also being placed on avoiding “gold- plating” when transposing EU measures and the Government are alert to the need to “push back” on EU proposals which may have an adverse economic effect. Impact assessments for the 2007 Hague convention and the directives on interpretation and translation, combating child sexual exploitation, and the European Protection Order will be available publically in due course. An assessment of the likely costs arising from the 1996 Hague convention determined that an impact assessment was unnecessary.
Euthanasia
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has assessed the conclusions of the report from the Commission on Assisted Dying; and if he will make a statement. [89417]
Mr Blunt: The Government will look at the conclusions reached by the Commission on Assisted Dying with interest. However, the Government have made clear that any change to the law in this emotive and contentious area is an issue of individual conscience and therefore a matter for Parliament to decide rather than one for government policy.
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Feltham Young Offender Institution
Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) when he expects to publish his Department's evaluation of the resettlement project in Heron Wing at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham; [89128]
(2) what plans he has to continue the work of the Heron Wing resettlement unit for young offenders at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham after March 2012. [89129]
Mr Blunt: I understand that a full evaluation report of the ‘Daedalus’ resettlement project in Heron Wing, which is funded by the Mayor of London's office, is expected to be published in summer 2012. Decisions about continuing the work of the Heron Wing resettlement unit after May 2012, when the current funding ends, are still under review.
Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the National Offender Management Service is taking to address the findings of the recent report by HM Chief Inspectorate of Prisons on HM Young Offender Institution Feltham. [89203]
Mr Blunt: As with all HMCIP establishment reports NOMS will produce an action plan responding to all the recommendations made in the report. The intention is to produce the action plan within six months of the date of the publication which was 20 December 2011.
Freedom (Great Repeal) Bill (Draft)
Michael Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 795W, on law: repealed, when he expects the Repeals Bill to be laid before the House. [89523]
Mr Djanogly: The Government remain committed to the repeal of unnecessary legislation, particularly that which imposes excessive burdens on business, individuals and public bodies. Legislation to take forward this commitment will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time permits.
Freedom of Information
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons his Department's freedom of information disclosure log has not been updated since August 2011. [89734]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice is committed to maintaining a disclosure log of information provided under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and it has now been updated with content for 1 September to 31 November. Content for December will be published in due course. Improvements are being made to the existing format of the disclosure log: from February of this year the content will be categorised by subject matter, making it more easily accessible. No content was uploaded on the log while the format of the disclosure log was under review.
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Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's response to each report under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in which information has been disclosed since 1 September 2011, anonymising the requester's data in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. [89735]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice publishes information provided under the Freedom of Information Act on a disclosure log on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/global/foi-requests/latest-moj-disclosure-log.htm
Content for the period 1 September 2011 to 31 November 2011 has now been uploaded to the disclosure log. Content for December will be published in due course. Owing to the volume of the content—over 200 responses, many with substantial attachments—it would not be proportionate to also place copies in the Library of the House.
Human Rights: Business
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the view expressed by the UN Special Representative on business and human rights that provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will constitute a significant barrier to legitimate business-related human rights claims being brought before UK courts. [89321]
Mr Djanogly: The Government are aware of the views expressed by the former UN Special Representative on business and human rights, Professor John Ruggie, regarding the impact of our reforms to no win no fee conditional fee agreements (CFAs) on victims of alleged corporate harm by UK multinationals in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
It remains our view that it will still be possible to bring claims against multinational companies once our reforms are implemented. However, we believe that the costs involved will be more proportionate to the sums in issue.
The hon. Member may wish to note that Professor Ruggie wrote to me setting out his concerns and I responded in similar terms. A copy of this correspondence was placed in the House Library on 1 December 2011.
Information Commissioner
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Information Commissioner has ruled against his Department since its inception. [89732]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice was created in May 2007. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the independent regulator with responsibility for monitoring compliance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (‘the Act’).
The following table details the numbers of decision notices served by the Information Commissioner on the Ministry of Justice in respect of complaints against the Ministry of Justice under the Freedom of Information Act and the environmental information regulations.
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These figures include complaints against some of the MoJ's associated bodies not listed as separate public authorities under schedule 1 of the Act.
Also recorded is whether the complaints against the Ministry of Justice were upheld, partly upheld or not upheld.
| Calendar year | Decision notices served | Upheld | Partly upheld | Not upheld |
Judges
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many judges sitting on cases before the First Tier Tribunal (Tax) (a) currently undertake private work as a legal practitioner on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs and (b) have undertaken private work as a legal practitioner on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs (i) within one year, (ii) within two years, (iii) within three years, (iv) within four years and (v) within five years of being appointed to serve as a First Tier Tribunal (Tax) judge; [89744]
(2) how many judges sitting on cases before the First Tier Tribunal (Tax) have undertaken private work as a legal practitioner on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs after sitting as a judge on cases before the First Tier Tribunal (Tax). [89746]
Mr Djanogly: We do not hold information that enables us to be able to provide details on the number of judges sitting on cases before the First Tier Tribunal (Tax) that have previously undertaken, currently undertake or have gone on to undertake private work as a legal practitioner on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs.
Tribunal judges are often appointed from the legal profession so that they have both knowledge of and experience in the jurisdiction for which they will consider appeals. Judges are, of course, prohibited from taking judicial action on a case in which they have provided professional advice to either side.
Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has consulted disabled people on the effect on them of removing welfare benefits from the scope of legal aid. [89327]
Mr Djanogly: A full public consultation was held on legal aid reform. Mindful of our obligations under the public sector equality duty, and in particular the need to encourage persons who share a protected characteristic to participate in public life, we engaged the Legal Services Commission's client diversity group, which includes users with protected characteristics (including disabilities) to obtain their views on the consultation proposals. This engagement led to the production of a summary of consultation proposals in the Easyread format for those with learning difficulties, as well as a British Sign Language version being made available.
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Legal Aid Scheme: Telephones
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of its proposed communications strategy to inform the public of a new mandatory telephone gateway for legal aid. [89630]
Mr Djanogly: The estimated one-off cost of implementing the mandatory telephone gateway, which includes the cost of the marketing strategy being developed, is £2 million. This figure is contained within the impact assessment published in June 2011 as part of the 'Reform of Aid in England and Wales: the Government Response', and can be found at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/legal-aid-reform.htm
Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on (a) salary, (b) benefits, (c) accommodation, (d) transport and (e) expenses for special advisers in 2011-12 to date in each area of expenditure. [89642]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: I have two special advisers. Their salaries are published quarterly on the Cabinet Office website. The last publication was 9 December 2011 and can be found here:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/LIST_AND_COSTS_9_DECEMBER_0.pdf
My special advisers do not claim any other benefits or accommodation costs. They have claimed total travel and subsistence expenses of £129.10 in the period 13 January 2011 to 13 January 2012. Mobile phone charges provided under a central contract and overseas travel costs accompanying me on officials business are not included in these figures.
Prisoners: Jamaica
Michael Ellis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners held in HM Prison Service prisons are Jamaican nationals. [89420]
Mr Blunt: The number of foreign national prisoners held in all prison establishments in England and Wales by nationality is published quarterly in the “Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin”, found under the following link:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/prisons-and-probation/oms-quarterly.htm
From the most recent available data, end of September 2011, the number of Jamaican national prisoners in all prison establishments in England and Wales is 878.
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.
Prisons: Public Expenditure
Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the adult prison estate in England and Wales in February and March 2012. [89621]
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Mr Blunt: The latest estimated forecast expenditure for adult prison estate in private and public sector in England and Wales for February 2012 is £150.2 million; and for March 2012 is £154.3 million. Figures are subject to rounding, and are likely to change as actual expenditure is reviewed each month end.
Probation
Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders given probation orders in England had their supervision transferred to Scottish local authorities in each of the last five years. [88167]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on how many offenders given community orders in England or Wales have had their supervision transferred to Scottish local authorities centrally. This information could be obtained only by a manual inspection of court files and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Secure Accommodation
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many secure premises used to house restricted patients there are in each local authority area; [89736]
(2) how many secure premises used to house sex offenders there are in each local authority area. [89737]
Mr Blunt: Restricted patients, including those who are sex offenders, may be detained in any hospital. Upon conditional discharge, depending on their needs, restricted patients may be housed in a variety of accommodation, including hostels, sheltered accommodation and private residential accommodation. It is not possible to provide a list of all premises used to house restricted patients.
Sex offenders who are released from prison may be housed in approved premises. Approved premises are not identical to secure hospitals. Individuals convicted of offences who are required to reside in an approved premises as a condition of their release licence are not held there as an alternative to custody in that they have completed the custodial part of their sentence. However, they are subject to a night time curfew and may be subject to other restrictions on their movement, depending on their assessed risk of harm. No approved premises are exclusively for sex offenders; all are able to take other types of offender as well. The number of approved premises in each local authority area is as follows.
| Local authority | Number of approved premises |
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Sexual Offences: Rehabilitation
Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of treatment programmes for sex offenders serving custodial sentences in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. [88944]
Mr Blunt: The cost to the public purse of treatment programmes for sex offenders serving custodial sentences in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years is not collated centrally. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by gathering highly complex information held on offender files or in local and national data systems, validating it, collating it in a common format and then calculating the overall costs in order to provide a response.
Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many sex offenders completed treatment programmes in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. [88945]
Mr Blunt: There are a range of interventions that could all potentially help reduce an offender's risk of further sexual offending and/or general offending.
In terms of those specifically designed to meet the treatment needs of sexual offenders, the figures for completions of an accredited Sex Offender Treatment Programme for the past 10 years to date are as follows:
| Custody SOTP completions | |
These figures are only for completions and it is possible that the figure for each year includes offenders who have completed two courses.
These figures do not include sexual offenders who have undertaken other programmes not specifically designed to address sexual offending, such as Thinking Skills programmes or treatment at Therapeutic Communities such as the one at HMP Grendon.
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Third Sector
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding his Department provided to (a) Action on Addiction, (b) Adoption UK, (c) the Adoption and Fostering Information Line, (d) the Child Bereavement Charity, (e) Well Child and (f) each of East Anglia's children’s hospices in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. [89770]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice provided funding of £27,500 to The Child Bereavement Charity in 2011-12. No funding was provided to this charity in 2010-11.
The Ministry of Justice did not provide funding to Action on Addiction, Adoption UK, The Adoption and Fostering Information Line, Well Child and East Anglia's children's hospices in neither 2010-11 nor 2011-12.
Trade Unions
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to prevent the blacklisting of workers for trade union activities. [89575]
Mr Djanogly: The Ministry of Justice acts in accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act (1992). Further to this, trade union representatives within the Department are afforded reasonable facility time to carry out their role. The Department does not blacklist workers for trade union activities.
Young Offenders: Haringey
Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders aged between 18 and 20 from the London Borough of Haringey have been held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) local prisons and (c) other parts of the secure estate in each month since May 2009. [89126]
Mr Blunt: All young offenders serving sentences of DYOI are held in appropriately designated YOI accommodation within the prison estate. The majority of this accommodation is in dedicated YOIs, although some establishments in the estate have a dual designation (designated both as a prison and a YOI) and hold both adult prisoners and young offenders.
The following table shows the number of offenders aged 18 to 20-years-old with a recorded residential address or proxy in the London borough of Haringey who were held in predominant function male young offender institutions, predominant function male local prisons and other prisons (including female prisons) on a set day in each month where data are available since May 2009.
| Number and location of male and female young adult offenders (aged 18 to 20) originating from London borough of Haringey | |||||||||
| Location | May 2009 | September 2010 | November 2010 | January 2011 | March 2011 | May 2011 | July 2011 | September 2011 | November 2011 |
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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.
Information on offenders' residences is provided by offenders on reception into prison and recorded on a central IT system. Addresses can include a home address, an address to which offenders intend to return on discharge or next of kin address and these figures are provided in the table above.
If no address is given, an offender's committal court address is used as a proxy for the area in which they are resident. These figures are also included in the table above. No address has been recorded and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders, these figures are excluded from the table above.
Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many juvenile offenders from the London borough of Haringey have been held in (a) secure children’s homes, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offender institutions in each month since May 2005. [89127]
Mr Blunt: The following table shows the number of juvenile offenders (aged 10 to 17) either sentenced or remanded in custody attached to the Haringey youth offending team in each month since May 2005.
These data are from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and refers to secure training centres (STCs), secure children’s homes (SCHs) and under 18 young offender institutions (YOIs).
The figures from April 2010 onwards are provisional. The final figures for April 2010 to March 2011 will be finalised in the 2010-11 Youth Justice Statistics publication on 26 January 2012. Data from April 2011 onwards will be finalised when the 2011-12 Youth Justice Statistics are published in 2013.
| Young people in custody attached to Haringey youth offending team by establishment type in each month since May 2005 | |||
| Secure children’s homes | Secure training centres | Under 18 young offender institutions | |
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| Notes: 1. YJB data referring to secure training centres (STCs), secure children’s homes (SCHs), and under 18 young offender institutions (YOIs). This does not include 18 to 21-year-olds held in YOI separate units for which the YJB do not hold data. The figures from April 2010 onwards are provisional. 2. Young people are defined as those aged 10 to 17 years of age, however, some 18-year-olds remain in the secure estate for children and young people if they only have a short period of their sentence left to serve, to avoid disrupting their regimes (and are included in these figures). 3. The data comes from the Youth Justice Board’s Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS). 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 and may be subject to change over time. | |||
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Young Offenders: Wigan
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many juvenile offenders from the Wigan metropolitan borough council area have been held in a (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution in each month since May 2005. [88995]
Mr Blunt: The table shows the number of juvenile offenders (aged 10 to 17) either sentenced or remanded in custody attached to the Wigan Youth Offending Team in each month since May 2005.
These data are from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and refer to Secure Training Centres (STCs), Secure Children's Homes (SCHs), and Under 18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs).
The figures from April 2010 onwards are provisional. The final figures for April 2010 to March 2011 will be finalised in the 2010-11 Youth Justice Statistics publication on 26 January 2012. Data from April 2011 onwards will be finalised when the 2011-12 Youth Justice Statistics are published in 2013.
| Table 1: Young people in custody attached to Wigan youth offending team by establishment type in each month since May 2005 | |||
| Month | Secure children's homes | Secure training centres | Under 18 young offender institutions |
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| Notes: 1. YJB data referring to Secure Training Centres (STCs), Secure Children's Homes (SCHs), and Under 18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). This does not include 18 to 21-year-olds held in YOI separate units for which the YJB do not hold data. The figures from April 2010 onwards are provisional. 2. Young people are defined as those aged 10 to 17 years of age, however some 18-year-olds remain in the secure estate for children and young people if they only have a short period of their sentence left to serve, to avoid disrupting their regimes (and are included in these figures). 3. The data comes from the Youth Justice Board's Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS). 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 and may be subject to change overtime. | |||
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young adult offenders aged between 18 and 20 from the Wigan metropolitan borough council area have been held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) local prisons, (c) women's prisons and (d) other parts of the secure estate in each month since May 2009. [88996]
Mr Blunt:
All young offenders serving sentences of DYOI are held in appropriately designated YOI accommodation within the prison estate. The majority
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of this accommodation is in dedicated YOIs, although some establishments in the estate have a dual designation (designated both as a prison and a YOI) and hold both adult prisoners and young offenders.
The following table shows the number of offenders 18 to 20-years-old with a recorded residential address
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or proxy in the Wigan metropolitan borough council area who were held in predominant function male young offender institutions, predominant function male local prisons, all female prisons and the rest of the male estate on a set day in each month where data are available since May 2009.
| Number and location of male and female young adult offenders (aged 18 to 20) originating from Wigan metropolitan borough council area | |||||||||
| Location | May 2009 | September 2010 | November 2010 | January 2011 | March 2011 | May 2011 | July 2011 | September 2011 | November 2011 |