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Written Answers — Justice: National Offender Management Service: Disciplinary Proceedings (11 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2266W, on prisons: manpower, what the offences were for which the prison service staff were (a) dismissed and (b) otherwise disciplined.

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Drug Misuse (Prisons) (10 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: I know that the Government have done some work on this, but is there not a serious problem in that some offenders go into prison clean of drugs, and then come out addicted? What is the Government's estimate of the number of prisoners who have acquired or intensified their drug habit while in prison?

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2266W, on prisons: manpower, how many prisoners released on licence and subsequently recalled to prison since 1997 remain at large.

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to the introduction of (a) risk assessments and (b) accommodation checks prior to release for offenders to be released under the End of Custody Licence Scheme.

Probation Service (4 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: I start by thanking the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) for launching this debate. We are all grateful to him for doing so. This is my first formal encounter with the Minister since I became shadow Prisons Minister. I look forward to many more.

Probation Service (4 Nov 2009)

Alan Duncan: Many, many more, perhaps from the other side of the House in due course. For the last 102 years, the probation service has worked tirelessly to protect the public and rehabilitate offenders through its effective supervision of those offenders out in the community. It is and always has been a vital part of the criminal justice system. Great credit must go to all those who work so hard in what...

Written Answers — Justice: Prison Accommodation (29 Oct 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders convicted of terrorism offences have been housed in approved premises following their release from custody since January 2007; and what additional resources were provided to assist with their supervision in each case.

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (29 Oct 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many under the End of Custody Licence scheme since June 2007 had previously been refused release on Home Detention Curfew.

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (28 Oct 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners released in each year since 2000 for which figures are available had already completed (a) a community sentence, (b) one custodial sentence, (c) more than one custodial sentence and (d) more than five custodial sentences.

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners Release (27 Oct 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences have been committed by offenders recalled to prison from release on licence but who remained at large since 2000.

Written Answers — Justice: Sexual Offences: Bail Accommodation and Support Service (27 Oct 2009)

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convicted sex offenders are resident in approved premises in England and Wales.

Bills Presented: Bill of Rights (21 Jul 2009)

Alan Duncan: Is it not the case that the hon. Gentleman's party voted against a full sunset clause—or at least argued against one—in another place?

Bills Presented: Bill of Rights (21 Jul 2009)

Alan Duncan: We are asked to consider the amendments made in another place. May I say at the outset, before I go through some of the detail, that we on the Conservative Benches broadly support the amendments that the Lords have made to the Bill? Most have been the subject of vigorous debate and negotiation. Just over a week ago, the Bill arrived in the House in a state of some confusion. It was...

Bills Presented: Bill of Rights (21 Jul 2009)

Alan Duncan: At the risk of annoying the House, I shall put €10 on it now. I am pleased that the Government accepted Lords amendment 1, a Conservative amendment that categorically states that the issue of parliamentary privilege will remain unchanged in the Bill. The original Bill would have succeeded in unravelling, in just a few days, fundamental rights that have been at the foundation of our...