Bill of Rights: Northern Ireland

Vernon Coaker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with the Human Rights Commission about a separate Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. [132395]

Chris Grayling: On the 29 November 2012 the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green), met with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Various issues were raised including a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

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Community Orders

Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders have been placed on community payback orders in each probation area in England and Wales for each year since 2008; and how many such offenders reoffended within two years of the completion of the requirements of the order in each such area in each such year. [133516]

Jeremy Wright: Proven reoffending statistics for England and Wales are published quarterly, most recently for the period January to December 2010. These statistics provide information on proven reoffending at the national, local authority, prison and probation trust level.

It is not possible to provide information on the number of offenders who reoffended following the completion of the community payback (unpaid work) requirement of their order because the Ministry's proven reoffending data measure reoffending from the start of a court order. However, for information, we can provide data on the number of offenders who reoffended within 12 months of commencing this type of requirement.

The following table shows the number of adult offenders in England and Wales starting a court order with an unpaid work requirement, by probation trust, in each year from 2008 to 2010; and the proportion that committed a proven reoffence within a one year follow-up period (ie the one year proven reoffending rate).

A proven reoffence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period and receiving a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up. Following this one year period, a further six month waiting period is allowed for cases to progress through the courts.

Please note that proven reoffending statistics are available from the Ministry of Justice website at:

www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/reoffending/proven-re-offending

Table 1: Proven reoffending rates for adult offenders starting a Court Order(1) with an unpaid work requirement in each year from 2008 to 2010, by probation trust, England and Wales
Probation trust200820092010

Avon and Somerset

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

28.8

26.9

27.4

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,575

1,735

1,851

    

Bedfordshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

24.0

24.7

24.1

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

830

910

892

    

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

31.3

30.6

30.4

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,154

1,258

1,311

    

Cheshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.2

24.9

26.1

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,495

1,488

1,469

    

Cumbria

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

34.9

31.6

30.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,046

873

819

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Derbyshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

24.9

24.0

23.6

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,528

1,625

1,483

    

Devon and Cornwall

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

28.8

27.7

25.6

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,490

1,510

1,397

    

Dorset

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

26.4

28.6

27.4

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

702

686

647

    

Durham Tees Valley

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

37.7

37.8

39.0

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,114

1,656

1,675

    

Essex

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

26.3

25.2

26.5

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,083

2,436

2,368

    

Gloucestershire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

32.8

30.6

25.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

551

513

474

    

Greater Manchester

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

28.6

27.8

27.5

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

5,315

5,424

5,532

    

Hampshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.0

26.4

27.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,583

2,231

2,285

    

Hertfordshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.5

28.8

24.8

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,159

1,078

1,142

    

Humberside

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

30.7

30.2

28.5

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,549

1,552

1,552

    

Kent

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.0

28.5

29.8

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,305

2,584

2,431

    

Lancashire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

30.5

32.7

30.8

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,004

2,059

2,129

    

Leicestershire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

23.5

23.8

25.5

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,381

1,262

1,369

    

Lincolnshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

31.1

27.0

27.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

671

775

777

    

London

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

28.2

27.9

26.9

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Number of offenders in cohort(2)

10,370

11,406

11,262

    

Merseyside

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.7

30.8

29.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,319

2,501

2,369

    

Norfolk and Suffolk

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

32.7

32.0

31.2

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,021

2,063

2,016

    

York and North Yorkshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

35.1

31.6

33.0

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,035

1,230

1,115

    

Northamptonshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.6

26.8

22.7

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

767

940

1,007

    

Northumbria

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

40.3

37.0

37.6

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,020

2,011

1,947

    

Nottinghamshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

30.5

29.4

31.0

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,713

1,911

2,021

    

South Yorkshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.5

27.7

29.0

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,374

2,640

2,632

    

Staffordshire and West Midlands

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.1

23.9

23.2

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

5,351

6,036

5,907

    

Surrey and Sussex

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.0

26.5

26.1

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,823

2,907

2,815

    

Thames Valley

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

26.8

26.4

24.6

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

2,369

2,280

2,479

    

Wales

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

31.0

31.0

29.1

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

4,906

5,239

5,355

    

Warwickshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.5

24.3

22.5

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

573

716

631

    

West Mercia

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.8

28.1

30.3

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

1,273

1,558

1,315

    

West Yorkshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

34.1

30.0

29.9

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

3,719

4,209

4,458

    

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Wiltshire

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

29.3

28.1

27.0

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

680

651

589

    

Unknown/More than one

   

1 year reoffending rate (percentage)

27.5

30.3

26.9

Number of offenders in cohort(2)

873

970

836

(1) This does not represent all offenders—offenders who commenced a court order are matched to the police national computer database and a certain proportion of these offenders who cannot be matched are excluded from the offender cohort. (2) Court Orders include Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders which were introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and came into force in April 2005.

Conditions of Employment

Julie Elliott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2013, Official Report, column 198W, on conditions of employment, how many people were employed on zero-hour contracts in each year between 2008 and 2011. [143045]

Jeremy Wright: The number of people employed on zero-hour contracts by the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Offender Management Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) in each year between 2008 and 2011 is set out in the following table.

Number of people employed on zero-hour contracts by the Ministry of Justice as at 31 December
 Headcount

2008

209

2009

188

2010

189

2011

172

Julie Elliott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2013, Official Report, column 198W, on conditions of employment, what grades of employment the 140 members of staff are on. [143046]

Jeremy Wright: The grade for those employed on zero-hour contracts by the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Offender Management Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) as at 31 December 2012 is set out in the following table.

GradeTotal

Band E (Administrative Officer)

1

Band F (Administrative Assistant)

139

Confiscation Orders

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the 10 largest confiscation orders imposed by the courts for fraud cases were in the last 12 months. [129796]

Mrs Grant: I have interpreted your question as covering the last 12 complete calendar months. The following table records the 10 largest value confiscation orders granted between 1 November 2011 and 31 October 2012 in relation to fraud cases, within England and Wales.

Fraud offenceOrder amount (£)Order date

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

29,276,566

30 August 2012

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

9,427,123

13 July 2012

VAT Fraud

8,405,342

26 June 2012

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

4,812,245

16 January 2012

Tax and Benefit Fraud

2,462,176

24 February 2012

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

1,984,794

4 November 2011

Tax and Benefit Fraud

1,665,567

26 March 2012

Tax and Benefit Fraud

1,584,733

26 March 2012

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

1,549,448

30 August 2012

Counterfeiting/Intellectual Property/Forgery

1,379,770

9 March 2012

Total amount

62,547,764

 

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been recovered under each of the 10 largest confiscation orders imposed by the courts for fraud cases since May 2010. [129801]

Mrs Grant: The table records the 10 largest value confiscation orders granted since May 2010 in relation to fraud cases, within England and Wales and how much has been recovered.

Large value confiscation orders often contain hidden and overseas assets, which makes them extremely difficult to enforce. I have provided a breakdown of the hidden and overseas assets in the table against each order. Of the 10 highest valued confiscation orders relating to fraud cases 79% of the value imposed relates to hidden or overseas assets.

The Government take confiscating criminals’ assets very seriously and during 2011-12 we recovered 8% more from all confiscation orders than in the previous financial year. This year performance has significantly increased again, and for the period April 2012 to the end of October 2012, we have collected 13% more than the same period last year. This means that, though there is still work to do, we are on course to have our most successful year ever.

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During the last two complete financial years, 77% of all confiscation orders imposed were successfully completed.

Appendix A

The following table records the 10 largest value confiscation orders granted since May 2010 in relation to fraud cases, within England and Wales and how much has been recovered.

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Fraud OffenceOrder Amount/Lead Enforcement AgencyAmount RecoveredOrder DateHidden/Overseas Assets contained in orderKey Facts

VAT Fraud

£40,000,000 CPS POCU (Crown Prosecution Service Proceeds of Crime Unit)

£0

8 October 2010

Hidden £40,000,000

Offender has been deported.

      

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

£29,276,566 Serious Fraud Office

£0

30 August 2012

Hidden £595,000 Overseas £26,000,000

The confiscation order is currently under appeal therefore active enforcement cannot proceed. Not yet in default of payment, as has until 28 February 2013 to pay.

      

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

£20,000,000 Serious Fraud Office

£13,826

5 August 2010

Hidden £19,400,000

Offender is currently serving a default Sentence for non payment. An Enforcement Receiver has been appointed

      

VAT Fraud

£16,145,098 CPS POCU

£0

19 July 2010

Hidden £3,000,000 Overseas £13,000,000

The CPS has an application pending to appoint an Enforcement Receiver, as of 2 November 2012. Default sentence is being served. Co-offender of the order below.

      

VAT Fraud

£16,145,098 CPS POCU

£0

19 July 2010

Hidden £451,000 Overseas £15,700,000

The CPS has an application pending to appoint an Enforcement Receiver, as of 2 November 2012. Default sentence is being served. Co-offender of the order above.

      

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

£9,427,123 CPS POCU

£563

13 July 2012

 

Not yet in default of payment, as has until 13 January 2013 to pay, therefore an Enforcement Receiver cannot be appointed at this time.

      

VAT Fraud

£8,405,342 CPS POCU

£1,427,191

26 June 2012

 

The CPS has an application pending to appoint an Enforcement Receiver. Not yet in default of payment, as has until 27 December 2012 to pay.

      

Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

£6,565,942 CPS POCU

£6,510,696

28 March 2011

 

This is a company confiscation order with £55,246 of the order balance left to pay, due to a shortfall in the funds held. An Enforcement Receiver has not been required.

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Other Fraud/Embezzlement/Deception/Crimes of Dishonesty

£4,812,245 CPS Branch

£3,880,732

16 January 2012

£4,000,000 is held in pension funds

The Offender has liquidated his pension funds. Default sentence has not been served as the offender is cooperating in paying his order. An Enforcement Receiver has not been required.

      

VAT Fraud

£3,570,000 CPS POCU

£0

8 July 2011

Hidden £3,500,000

The confiscation order is currently under appeal therefore active enforcement cannot proceed. The default sentence has not been applied.

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been recovered under each of the 10 largest confiscation orders imposed by the courts for drugs cases since May 2010; [129802]

(2) what the 10 largest confiscation orders imposed by the courts for drugs cases were since May 2010. [129803]

Mrs Grant: The following table records the 10 largest value confiscation orders granted since May 2010 in relation to drugs cases, within England and Wales and how much has been recovered.

Large value confiscation orders often contain hidden and overseas assets, which makes them extremely difficult to enforce. I have provided a breakdown of the hidden and overseas assets in the table against each order. Of the 10 highest valued confiscation orders relating to drugs cases 54% of the value imposed relates to hidden or overseas assets.

The Government take confiscating criminals’ assets very seriously and during 2011-12 we recovered 8% more from all confiscation orders than in the previous financial year. This year performance has significantly increased again, and for the period April 2012 to the end of October 2012, we have collected 13% more than the same period last year. This means that, though there is still work to do, we are on course to have our most successful year ever.

During the last two complete financial years, 77% of all confiscation orders imposed were successfully completed.

Drug offenceOrder amountAmount recoveredOrder dateHidden/overseas assets contained in orderHas a receiver been appointedAny other key information

Drug Trafficking

£10,508,650 CPS POCU (Crown Prosecution Service Proceeds of Crime Unit)

£1,432,032

9 September 2010

Hidden £16,000 Overseas £1,460,000 Many of the assets relate to buildings and land

The default sentence has not been applied. An Enforcement Receiver is still enforcing the order and a number of payments have been received during 2012

       

Drug Trafficking

£2,652,925 HMCTS

£66,032

17 February 2012

Hidden £2,600,000

Default sentence not yet activated. Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as all assets are hidden

       

Drug Trafficking

£2,402,728 CPS Branch

£251,437

20 April 2011

Hidden £1,000,000 Overseas £583,200 (buildings and land)

Earliest release from prison is October 2022. Default sentence not yet activated. An Enforcement Receiver has been appointed

       

Drug Trafficking

£2,395,430 CPS Branch

£573,544

18 January 2012

Overseas £1,203,000 (buildings and land)

The offender time is currently not in default as he has until 18 January 2013 to pay his order. Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as the time to pay hasn’t expired

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Drug Trafficking

£2,353,655 HMCTS

£815

22 November 2010

Hidden £2,353,655

Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as all assets are hidden. The offender is currently serving a default sentence for non payment

       

Drug Trafficking

£2,275,454 HMCTS

£1,130,067

16 April 2012

No Hidden or Overseas Assets

Offender is not currently in default as time to pay expires on 16 April 2013

       

Money Laundering—Drugs

£2,075,117 HMCTS

£51,764

28 June 2011

Hidden £2,016,000

Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as all assets are hidden. The offender is currently serving a default sentence for non payment

       

Drug Trafficking

£1,490,721 CPS Branch

£0

17 May 2011

Hidden £1,486,131

The offender is currently serving a default sentence for non payment. Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as all assets are hidden

       

Money Laundering—Drugs

£1,476,976 CPS Branch

£0

30 March 2011

Hidden £182,000 Overseas £1,658,976

An Enforcement Receiver has been considered, but an application is not being made at this stage

       

Money Laundering—Drugs

£1,362,218 HMCTS

£9,338

28 February 2011

Hidden £1,335,381

Unable to appoint an Enforcement Receiver as all assets are hidden. The offender is serving a prison sentence until 2017. A default sentence for non payment has not been activated yet

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of the defendants ordered to pay the 10 largest confiscation orders imposed by the courts were recipients of legal aid in the last two years. [129804]

Mrs Grant: I have interpreted your question as covering the last two complete financial years, the period from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2012. The information is not readily available; data must be merged from multiple datasets. I will write to the hon. Member once my officials have carried out this work.

Consultants

Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full-time equivalent staff were employed on consultancy contracts in his Department on the latest date for which figures are available; how many such staff were employed on the same date 12 months ago; and if he will make a statement. [132212]

Jeremy Wright: It is not possible to provide these figures. Consultancy agreements are frequently entered into to achieve certain outcomes; they do not necessarily describe the number of full-time equivalents required to deliver those outcomes.

Departmental Responsibilities

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department's core statutory obligations are; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost of delivering each such obligation. [142766]

Mrs Grant: The core responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice are set out in the Appropriation Act for each year which authorises the use of resources for each Department. The core functions listed include the administration of the National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service and civil and criminal legal aid, together with functions in relation to justice policy, victims and the criminal justice system.

The costs of delivering the obligations are published in the Main Estimates and the Ministry of Justice annual report and accounts.

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Domestic Visits

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which individuals and organisations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited since May 2010; and on what date each such visit took place. [135279]

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Jeremy Wright: The following table provides details of visits to external organisations by Ministry of Justice Ministers since May 2010 as part of their departmental responsibilities.

MinisterDateOrganisation

Jonathan Djanogly

27 May 2010

Barking Community Legal Advice Centre

Jonathan Djanogly

3 June 2010

Wandsworth Citizens’ Advice Bureau

Jonathan Djanogly

19 October 2010

National Pro Bono Centre

Jonathan Djanogly

31 January 2011

June Venters QC, Pro Bono Centre

Jonathan Djanogly

2 February 2011

Community Links Centre

Jonathan Djanogly

9 February 2011

Kent Family Mediation Service, Swale Borough Council

Jonathan Djanogly

10 May 2011

Irwin Mitchell

Jonathan Djanogly

26 January 2012

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Jonathan Djanogly

30 January 2012

ILEX

Helen Grant

18 October 2012

Victims Safehouse

Helen Grant

26 November 2012

Suzy Lamplugh Trust National Centre

Nick Herbert

29 September 2010

Reducing Reoffending visit to Hull

Lord McNally

18 October 2010

Law Commission

Lord McNally

22 October 2010

The National Archives

Lord McNally

12 November 2010

Runnymede Council— Magna Carta launch event

Lord McNally

19 November 2010

Gray’s Inn

Lord McNally

17 February 2011

National Archives (Kew)

Lord McNally

8 March 2011

Information Commissioner’s Office and UKBA

Lord McNally

18 March 2011

Turning Point Douglas House Project

Crispin Blunt

1 April 2011

Amber Project, Dorking

Lord McNally

12 April 2011

Serious Organised Crime Agency

Ken Clarke

6 May 2011

Nottingham Women’s Centre

Lord McNally

25 May 2011

UCL Constitution Unit

Crispin Blunt

4 July 2011

Koestler Trust

Lord McNally

27 July 2011

Press Complaints Commission

Crispin Blunt

30 July 2011

Slough College

Crispin Blunt

2 August 2011

G4S —electronic monitoring centre in Manchester

Lord McNally

31 August 2011

Kainos Community (in HMP Swaleside)

Nick Herbert

24 September 2011

Various

Nick Herbert

28 September 2011

North Kent live links demonstration

Lord McNally

6 October 2011

Index and English Pen

Crispin Blunt

11 November 2011

The One Service (payment by results pilot, Peterborough)

Nick Herbert

30 November 2011

Victim Support

Nick Herbert

7 December 2011

CJR Neighbourhood Resolution Panel—Sheffield

Nick Herbert

14 December 2011

CJR Visit—Hampshire

Lord McNally

23 December 2011

Turning Point

Ken Clarke

9 January 2012

Lilian Baylis Old School, Lambeth

Ken Clarke

23 January 2012

Milton Keynes Mediation Centre

Crispin Blunt

14 February 2012

Victim Support—new branch in Leicester

Lord McNally

13 March 2012

Minerva Project

Lord McNally

29 March 2012

Equality and Diversity Forum

Nick Herbert

17 April 2012

Sussex Magistrates Association AGM

Lord McNally

26 April 2012

48 Group Club

Lord McNally

4 May 2012

Carillion

Lord McNally

15 June 2012

The National Trust

Nick Herbert

18 June 2012

Visit to community payback scheme in Kettering and Round Table with Northants Probation Trust, Kettering Borough Council and Northants Partnership Executives

Nick Herbert

21 June 2012

Visit to buddi offender management solution in Kettering and polygraphing sex offenders pilot with Hertfordshire constabulary

Nick Herbert

25 June 2012

CJS Reform visit to Merseyside and London

Lord McNally

17 July 2012

Thames Valley Restorative Justice Service

Crispin Blunt

19 July 2012

Fine Cell Work HQ in London

Crispin Blunt

30 July 2012

Rape Crisis Centre in Croydon

Lord McNally

29 September 2012

Birmingham Law Society/Resolution

Lord McNally

12 October 2012

Legal Aid Practitioners Group

Lord McNally

8 November 2012

National Grid Young Offenders Programme

Chris Grayling

12 November 2012

Westminster Academy

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Jeremy Wright

13 November 2012

G4S—electronic monitoring centre in Manchester

Lord McNally

14 November 2012

Cooperative Group—Family Law Service

Damian Green

30 November 2012

Integrate Offender Management visit—Leeds

Damian Green

3 January 2013

Virtual Courts Visit—Sutton Coldfield police station

In addition to these visits, Ministers regularly attend receptions, make speeches and visit prisons, courts and other sites within the justice system; these are not included in the table. Also excluded are meetings and overseas travel; these are captured in the quarterly gifts, meetings and hospitality returns, which are available on the Justice website (or the Home Office website for the right hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) and the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green).

Human Trafficking

Sir Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in January 2013; in which region each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each case to the scheme. [142805]

Mrs Grant: In January 2013 there were 66 referrals to the Government-funded support service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales administered by The Salvation Army. In the interests of victim safety the region in which the victim was encountered is provided rather than the local authority. Details are provided in the following table:

NationalityGenderRegionReferring Agency

Afghan

Female

West Midlands

UKBA

Albanian

Female

North West

UKBA

Albanian

Female

South East

Legal Representative

Albanian

Female

Not Known

Legal Representative

Albanian

Female

Yorkshire

UKBA

Albanian

Female

Yorkshire

UKBA

Algerian

Female

South

Self Referral

North American

Female

South

Self Referral

Bangladeshi

Male

South East

Legal Representative

British

Male

North West

Self Referral

Bulgarian

Male

South

Other

Bulgarian

Female

North West

Police

Congolese

Female

South

Local Authority

Czech

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Czech

Female

South West

Police

Hungarian

Female

South East

Police

Indian

Female

West Midlands

UKBA

Indian

Female

South West

Other

Indian

Female

East Midlands

NGO

Lithuanian

Female

South

Other

Lithuanian

Female

South East

Police

Lithuanian

Male

South East

Police

Malian

Female

Yorkshire

NGO

Nigerian

Female

South

Self Referral

Nigerian

Female

South

Legal Representative

Nigerian

Female

South East

NGO

Nigerian

Female

West Midlands

Local Authority

Nigerian

Female

Yorkshire

UKBA

Nigerian

Female

West Midlands

Police

Nigerian

Female

West Midlands

UKBA

Pakistani

Female

Yorkshire

Police

Pakistani

Male

Yorkshire

Police

Pakistani

Female

North West

UKBA

Pakistani

Female

North West

UKBA

Pakistani

Female

North West

UKBA

Polish

Male

North West

GLA

Polish

Female

North West

GLA

Polish

Male

North West

GLA

Polish

Male

West Midlands

Police

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Female

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Polish

Male

Yorkshire

NGO

Romanian

Female

South

Police

Romanian

Female

South

Police

Romanian

Female

West Midlands

Police

Romanian

Female

North West

Self Referral

Romanian

Male

East Midlands

Police

Romanian

Male

West Midlands

Other

Romanian

Female

West Midlands

NGO

Romanian

Male

South

Police

Romanian

Female

South

Other

Russian

Female

South East

NGO

Slovakian

Male

East

Police

Slovakian

Female

South

Police

Sri Lankan

Female

Wales

Other

Thai

Female

Yorkshire

UKBA

Ugandan

Female

North West

Legal Representative

Vietnamese

Male

South East

UKBA

Vietnamese

Female

South East

NGO

Vietnamese

Male

South East

UKBA

Vietnamese

Male

West Midlands

UKBA

Vietnamese

Female

West Midlands

UKBA

Legal Aid Scheme

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much and what proportion of legal aid was awarded in each year between 1997 and 2011 to individuals serving a custodial sentence at the time the award was made; and how many such individuals received such awards. [136361]

Jeremy Wright: The Government are clear that legal aid must be available to those who need it, but resources are not limitless. That is why we were concerned to see an increase of £25 million in legal aid spend on prison law, between 2001-02 and 2010-11.

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Restrictions placed on prisoners' access to legal advice are having an impact. In July 2010 we reduced the availability of legal aid for prison law treatment cases, which has already reduced spend. However I am still concerned about public confidence in the legal aid system, and an urgent review into this has been ordered.

The details of legal aid spending on prison law each year from 2001-02 to 2011-12 and as a proportion of total legal aid spending in England and Wales, are provided in the table.

Details of the amounts of legal aid spent on prison law are not available for years prior to 2001-02 as spending cannot be disaggregated from other areas of legal aid.

 Legal aid spend on prison law in England and Wales(1) (£)Proportion of total legal aid spending in England and Wales (%)Total legal aid spending in England and Wales(1) (£)

2001-02

1

0.06

l,717

2002-03

3

0.18

1,909

2003-04

5

0.24

2,077

2004-05

7

0.33

2,038

2005-06

9

0.43

2,028

2006-07

12

0.63

1,984

2007-08

16

0.80

2,036

2008-09

21

1.01

2,108

2009-10

25

1.16

2,149

2010-11

26

1.21

2,134

2011-12

23

1.12

2,039

(1) Rounded to the nearest £ million.

Pay

Mr Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many employees in his Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year in each of the last five years. [133118]

Mrs Grant: The number of officials in the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Offender Management Service and Office of the Public Guardian) that earned a full-time equivalent salary of (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 and (b) in excess of £100,000 for each of the last five years is set out in the following table:

Year (as at 30 September)£80,000 to £100,000More than £100,000

2008

125

31

2009

172

39

2010

263

49

2011

252

38

2012

241

38

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The increase in employees earning £80,000 to £100,000 from 2009 to 2010 is largely attributable to a contractual 1% increase in the maximum pay threshold of one of the management grades. This resulted in an increase in the threshold from £79,661 to £80,458 thereby increasing the number of people who earned a full-time equivalent salary of £80,000 to £100,000.

Pay Systems

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish details of all payment by results scheme pilots since 2009 indicating (a) the aims and objectives of the pilot, (b) when the pilot started, (c) when it completed or is due to complete, (d) when interim evaluation data were published or are due to be published, (e) when final independent evaluation data were published or are due to be published, (f) how much funding was allocated for each pilot and (g) how much funding was spent on each pilot. [134699]

Mrs Grant: 14 payment by results pilot schemes became operational since 2009.

The pilots test different models and help to inform the use of payment by results in the Criminal Justice system. The Peterborough and Doncaster pilots and the Employment and Reoffending pilots are targeting reduced reoffending within the target cohort of offenders. The local justice reinvestment pilots target reduced demand on local justice services in the pilot areas. The Youth Justice Reinvestment Pathfinders target a reduction in the number of bednights spent by young offenders in custody.

The Ministry of Justice has recently published the consultation paper “Transforming Rehabilitation—a revolution in the way we manage offenders” setting out how we propose to extend payment by results for rehabilitation in the community. We will examine each of the operating pilots further as we develop our approach, both drawing lessons and considering whether they should continue to operate in coordination with new services or whether they should be replaced by new services.

The Ministry of Justice has identified the maximum potential financial exposure by reference to the contractual terms of each pilot. The level of actual spending on each pilot is ultimately dependent on the provider’s success in reducing reoffending. We will therefore identify the spending requirement for each pilot once the final results have been assessed.

Details of the pilots, including start and completion dates and the timing of evaluations, are set out in the following table:

Payment by results pilot schemes which became operational since 2009
 Date pilot became operationalDate pilot operations are due to endInterim Evaluation published(Process Evaluation)Final Independent evaluation data published

HMP Peterborough

September 2010

By September 2016(4)

May 2011

Summer 2014(5)

   

Spring 2015

Final process evaluation 2018

     

HMP Doncaster

October 2011

October 2015

November 2012

Summer 2014(6)

   

Autumn 2014

Final process evaluation spring 2016

     

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Local Justice Reinvestment Pilots(1)

July 2011

June 2013

Spring 2013

Year 1—November 2012

    

Year 2—November 2013

    

Final process evaluation summer 2014

     

Employment and Reoffending Pilots(2)

September 2012

September 2016

Autumn 2013

Summer 2015(7)

   

Autumn 2015

Final process evaluation 2018

     

Youth Justice Reinvestment Pathfinders(3)

October 2011

September 2013

Spring 2013

Autumn 2014

(1) There are six Justice Reinvestment pilots—in Greater Manchester, Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark. (2) The two Employment and Reoffending pilots are in Wales and west midlands and the Marches. (3) The four Youth Justice Reinvestment Pathfinders in Year 1 of the pilot were in Birmingham, north and east London, West Yorkshire and West London. (4) The Peterborough pilot will last for up to six years, with three cohorts of short sentence prisoners, one after another, each containing around 1,000 offenders. Each cohort will remain open until it reaches capacity, or for a maximum period of 24 months. (5) Results from cohort one. Subsequent cohort results approximately every two years thereafter, maximum three cohorts. (6) Results from cohort one. Subsequent cohort results to be published approximately annually thereafter, maximum three cohorts. (7) Results from cohort one. Subsequent cohort results to be published approximately annually thereafter, maximum three cohorts.

The Ministry of Justice is continuing to assess the robustness of early indicative reoffending data from the pilots and whether they are suitable for publication as Official Statistics. Any publication of such data will be pre-announced on the Ministry of Justice website following standard Official Statistics release protocols.

In addition, the Ministry of Justice has been supporting work, led by the Department of Health to co-design and implement eight drug and alcohol Payment by Results pilots to assess whether paying on the basis of results can further incentivise the delivery of a range of recovery outcomes rather than simply engaging people in treatment. The Ministry of Justice provides no funding to these pilots, which are not part of the department’s own pilot programme.

Prisoners: Self-harm

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners were considered to be at risk of self-harm in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; [138842]

(2) how many prisoners in HM Prison Lincoln were considered to be at risk of self-harm in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. [138843]

Jeremy Wright: Prisoners who are considered as being at-risk of self-harm may be placed on an Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) Plan. ACCT is a prisoner focused care planning system for those prisoners identified as being at-risk of self-harm and/or suicide. ACCT has helped prisons to manage prisoners’ risk of self-harm and suicide since 2007. Establishments record and monitor the number of prisoners supported through an ACCT plan locally. There is currently no ability to centrally report this information.

The vast majority of self-harm is not directly life threatening but nevertheless can be extremely distressing both for those affected by it and those who have to deal with it. There are no easy solutions to self-harm but we remain committed to managing and finding ways to reduce it.

The latest available figures show that 6,623 individual prisoners self-harmed in 2010 and 6,854 in 2011. The figures for 2012 are not due to be published until April 2013.

The latest available figures for HMP Lincoln show that 78 individual prisoners self-harmed in 2010 and 95 in 2011. Figures for 2012 will not be available until April 2013.

Prisons: Expenditure

Dr Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent from the public purse on prisons in each year since 1987. [130804]

Jeremy Wright: The expenditure recorded each year since 1987-88 on prisons in England and Wales is as follows:

 Total expenditure (£ million)

2011-12

2,213

2010-11

2,219

2009-10

2,288

2008-09

2,283

2007-08

2,317

2006-07

2,175

2005-06

2,073

2004-05

2,407

2003-04

2,281

2002-03

2,405

2001-02

2,245

2000-01

2,135

1999-2000

2,129

1998-99

2,089

1997-98

1,904

1996-97

1,774

1995-96

1,747

1994-95

1,601

1993-94

1,288

1992-93

1,660

1991-92

1,631

1990-91

1,464

1989-90

1,206

1988-89

1,014

1987-88

882

Notes: 1. Figures include both public sector and private prisons. 2. Figures from 1993-94 do not include capital expenditure.

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The figures from 2008-09 are as recorded with the Addendums to the published accounts of the National Offender Management Service, and previously in the published accounts of the HM Prison Service and Home Office.

Over the last 25 years changes to the scope of the Prison Service and the accounting treatment in recording expenditure mean the ability to make useful comparisons between years is reduced.

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much capital expenditure there was on each prison in each year since 2007. [137793]

Jeremy Wright: Details of capital expenditure for all prisons for each year since 2007 are given in the following table:

£ million
Type of capital expenditure2007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12

Major capital expenditure

495

473

540

328

166

Local capital expenditure

10

13

14

10

18

Notes: 1. Local capital expenditure is that met directly by the establishment and excludes expenditure met at regional or national level. 2. Local capital acquisitions include purchases of items such as plant, machinery, mechanical and electrical equipment etc. 3. Figures include immigration removal centres and major investment on new builds during this period. 4. Figures may not be directly comparable over time due to changes in scope and accounting treatment. 5. The capitalisation threshold increased from £5,000 to £10,000 from 1 April 2010. 6. All figures are rounded.

The higher figures reflect investment in the prison capacity programme which has now come to an end.

The Department holds detailed information on capital expenditure, but because it is not collated by establishments as a matter of course, it will take departmental staff some time to draw it together. As soon as this has been done I will write to the right hon. Gentleman and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.

Prisons: Food

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether any changes have been made to his Department's contract with 3663 to supply Halal meat for prison food in the last three years; [143212]

(2) what contingency planning his Department has undertaken to avoid any disturbances in prisons following the identification of contaminated Halal meat in prison food; [143213]

(3) how long 3663 has been providing food to the prison estate; [143214]

(4) whether his Department is able to impose financial penalties on suppliers of contaminated Halal meat in prisons; [143241]

(5) whether any prison food containing contaminated Halal meat had been distributed further than the prison estate. [143242]

Jeremy Wright: The standard for the provision of Halal products has not changed or been amended during the past three years. During this time, 3663 has been the

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sole provider of Halal products. It has been contracted to supply food to public sector prisons since June 2007.

The National Offender Management Service has acted quickly and decisively throughout this issue, withdrawing contaminated and potentially contaminated supply lines, ceasing all deliveries from the affected supplier, providing alternative menu choices and working with the Agency's Muslim advisor to communicate to all Muslim chaplains to disseminate information to prisoners. Due to this positive approach, there have to date been no reported disturbances in prisons linked to this issue. In addition, there have been various engagements with Muslim media to clarify the contamination issue and reassure the community.

All prisons have regularly tested contingency plans to deal with instances of concerted indiscipline and Governors can call on national resources as required.

The Ministry of Justice is currently considering what financial redress it can seek. The MOJ is unaware of any product contamination outside of the Halal products supplied to prisons.