Justice

written question – answered on 22 July 2008.

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  • Approved Premises: Planning Permission

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield (Grant Shapps) of 9 July 2008, Official Report, columns 1626-27W, on approved premises:...

  • Bail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average fine for failure to surrender to bail was in the last 12 months.

  • Bail Accommodation and Support Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) defendants and (b) offenders have been placed in ClearSprings accommodation since the start of the Bail Accommodation and Support Scheme.

  • Compensation: Vioxx

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will ask the Legal Services Commission to re-examine the case for granting legal aid for actions involving damages to health caused by taking...

  • Criminal Records

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of (a) black, (b) white and (c) Asian men have a criminal record, broken down by age.

  • Custody: Social Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the ratio of children's social workers practising in the penal establishment to children held in such custody was (a) overall and (b) in every...

  • Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what measures are in place in his Department to monitor expenditure on alcohol for hospitality purposes.

  • Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what purchasing process is used by his Department for the procurement of alcohol for hospitality purposes.

  • Departmental Data Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he is taking to prevent future losses of sensitive data by his Department; (2) what steps his Department is taking to implement the new...

  • Departmental Freedom of Information

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many freedom of information requests his Department resolved within (a) 20 days, (b) 40 and (c) 60 working days in the last 12 months; (2)...

  • Departmental Freedom of Information

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many unanswered freedom of information requests there have been by his Department in the last 12 months. [Official Report, 10 September 2008, Vol....

  • Departmental Freedom of Information

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost has been of dealing with freedom of information requests to his Department in the last 12 months.

  • Departmental Marketing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of (a) internet and website design and hosting, (b) print media design and (c) broadcast media of each of his Department's public...

  • Departmental Public Participation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what citizens' juries are planned in the next six months; (2) on what policy areas citizens' juries are being held in the next six months.

  • Departmental Public Participation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of citizens' juries held by his Department in the last 12 months was.

  • Departmental Public Participation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have attended a (a) citizens' jury and (b) citizens' summit sponsored by his Department in the last 12 months.

  • Departmental Public Participation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the development and running costs of his Department's digital dialogue programme are on promoting interaction between Government and the wider...

  • Departmental Public Participation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding he has allocated to citizens' juries planned to be held in the next six months.

  • Domestic Violence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many programmes which work with the perpetrators of domestic violence are in operation in the criminal justice system; how many men have taken...

  • Drugs: Misuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for ketamine (a) use and (b) dealing there have been (i) in Forest of Dean constituency, (ii) in Gloucestershire and (iii)...

  • Electoral Commission: Public Appointments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to carry out a consultation on the proposal to appoint electoral commissioners who have recent party political experience.

  • Electoral Commission: Public Appointments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to appoint electoral commissioners with recent party political experience.

  • Fines: Surcharges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice to how many (a) community and (b) custodial sentences a victim's surcharge was applied in 2006-07.

  • Fish Supplies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much fish was procured by his Department and at what cost in each of the last five years, broken down by species; and what amount and value of such...

  • Gambling: Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) fined and (c) cautioned for offences related to underage gambling in each of the last 10 years.

  • Google: Data Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the likely implications for individuals' right to privacy of the proposal by Google to publish photographs of UK addresses on its...

  • Human Rights

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what training has been provided to civil servants on (a) human rights and (b) the Convention on the Rights of the Child in each of the last five years.

  • Information Commissioner: Secondment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, columns 64-65W, on the Information Commissioner, what safeguards apply to secondees from...

  • International Law

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which Ministers have represented the UK in state party examinations by UN treaty monitoring bodies in each of the last five years.

  • Juries: Wales

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on bilingual juries in Wales.

  • Magistrates: Ethnic Groups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of magistrates in England and Wales were from an ethnic minority background in (a) 2007 and (b) 1997.

  • Magistrates: Females

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of magistrates in England and Wales were women in (a) 2007 and (b) 1997.

  • Mentally Disturbed Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure that a person subjected to a hospital order is not moved to a hospital near to his or her victims without there being...

  • Mentally Disturbed Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review the rights of victims and their families to be consulted prior to a person who has been convicted of an offence and made subject to a...

  • National Identity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the planned timetable for the development of a British statement of values is; (2) what progress has been made in the development of a...

  • National Identity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent on consultative exercises and initiatives in relation to the development of a British statement of values, broken down by event.

  • Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in respect of how many defendants remanded in custody on indictable-only matters had proceedings been terminated prior to arraignment or no evidence...

  • Offensive Weapons: Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people aged (a) under 16, (b) between 16 and 18 and (c) over 18 years were convicted of possession of a knife in each of the last 10 years;...

  • Offensive Weapons: Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of people aged (a) under 16, (b) between 16 and 18 and (c) over 18 years who were convicted of possession of a knife in...

  • Offensive Weapons: Yorkshire and the Humber

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what average sentence was imposed for knife crimes in North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

  • Offensive Weapons: Yorkshire and the Humber

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there were for knife crimes in North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

  • Official Secrets: Photography

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for the offence of photography contrary to section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 in the...

  • Parole Board

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of cases the Parole Board will deal with in each of the next 10 years.

  • Parole Board: Leeds (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many caseworkers were employed by the Parole Board in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan District to deal with (i) oral and...

  • Police Custody

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are being held in police cells; at what cost; and how many have been so held in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area...

  • Prison Sentences

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are serving indeterminate sentences for public protection.

  • Prisoners Release

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders serving indeterminate sentences for public protection are being held beyond the expiry of their tariff.

  • Prisoners Release

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were released on temporary licence in each of the last 10 years.

  • Prisoners Release: Employment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what schemes are in place in Leeds to assist prisoners in getting employment upon release; and if he will make a statement.

  • Prisoners: Childbirth

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women gave birth to children while serving a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age of the mother and (b)...

  • Prisoners: HIV Infection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of conducting the most recent Public Health Laboratory Service survey into HIV and hepatitis rates in prisons.

  • Prisoners: Restraint Techniques

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) injuries requiring hospital treatment and (b) other injuries have been sustained as a result of the use of control and restraint...

  • Prisons: Capacity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what spare capacity was in prisons at the most recently available date; and if he will make a statement.

  • Prisons: Mental Health Services (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons have a specialist mental health facility; and if he will make a statement.

  • Prisons: Offensive Weapons

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will introduce proposals to amend the target regime affecting the Prison Service to incentivise (a) the prevention of knives and offensive weapons...

  • Prisons: Overcrowding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are in cells intended for (a) one and (b) two fewer people than are in the cell.

  • Prisons: Telephone Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to conduct a review of the cost of telephone calls from prisons.

  • Prisons: Waste Management

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance he provides to prisons on reducing waste from the meals they provide.

  • Rape: Leeds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of reported rape cases in Leeds resulted in convictions in each of the last 10 years.

  • Reoffenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of defendants released early under the end of custody licence scheme have re-offended during their additional early release...

  • Road Traffic Offences

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of offences in England and Wales under sections (i) 14(3), (ii) 15(2) and (iii) 15(4) of the...

  • Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the review of restraint in juvenile secure settings.

  • Supreme Court

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) original and (b) current expected opening date of the new Supreme Court building is.

  • Supreme Court: Costs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the (a) capital and (b) annual running costs of the Supreme Court.

  • Written Questions: Government Responses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 172523, on the Operation of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, tabled on 4th December 2007 by the hon. Member for...

  • Young Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders there are in (a) young offender institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children's homes, broken down by age.

  • Young Offenders: Custodial Treatment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of young offenders who breached the terms of a community order received a custodial sentence as a result in the last three years.

  • Young Offenders: Custodial Treatment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate has been made of the average length of time taken to transfer money between young offender institutions when young people are transferred;...

  • Young Offenders: Housing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy that every child leaving custody receives effective support, including the provision of appropriate housing.

  • Young Offenders: Legal Aid

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy for all children in contact with the criminal justice system to be entitled to free legal advice and representation in...

  • Young Offenders: Local Authorities

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will discuss with local government representatives proposals to transfer child detention budgets to local authorities.

  • Young Offenders: Rehabilitation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to involve the families of young offenders in their rehabilitation following a period of detention.

  • Youth Citizenship Commission: Operating Costs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the annual running costs were of the Youth Citizenship Commission in the latest period for which figures are available.