The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The number of Magistrates for the period requested are:
|
Year (at 1 April) |
Magistrates |
|
1989 |
28,211 |
|
1994 |
30,054 |
|
2000 |
30,308 |
|
2005 |
28,253 |
|
2010 |
28,607 |
|
2014 |
21,745 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010, have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers.
Andrew Selous
50 prison officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers (up to 30 September 2014). The majority of the officers who have been re-employed have returned on a fixed-term basis as part of the HM Prison Service Reserves, which has been established to support capacity changes and fluctuations in staffing numbers. In total less than 1% of the officers who received a severance package since May 2010 have returned to work for NOMS.
This figure is rounded to the nearest 10, in line with the departmental policy for presenting staffing data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John McDonnell on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the delays in criminal proceedings in courts in England and Wales.
Mike Penning
The Transforming Summary Justice programme is a collaboration between the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts designed to ensure that magistrates’ court cases are prepared and prosecuted in a timely and efficient manner. It is in the process of being rolled out and will be operating throughout England and Wales by May 2015. The recent report of the Review of Efficiency in Criminal Proceedings, which was carried out by Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, makes detailed recommendations for improving efficiency, some of which build on these initiatives. The Government is now considering these recommendations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John McDonnell on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases in which a suspect had been charged for offences committed in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 a trial had not commenced after (i) six and (ii) 12 months had elapsed.
Mike Penning
Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) records the date of offence and date of trial in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. However, a number of cases do not go to trial, either because the defendant pleads guilty or the prosecution drop the case. A number of offences committed during 2014 will not yet have reached six or twelve months since receipt by HMCTS. To answer this question would require the creation of complex reports to combine the variables within the question, which would then need to be tested, this would incur disproportionate costs.
Also, offences committed in 2014 would be incomplete as many will not yet have reached six or 12 months since they were received by HMCTS.
The Ministry of Justice does, however, publish official statistics on the timeliness of criminal cases in Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance her Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
My Department provides guidance to our managers and their staff on the Civil Service commitment to provide 5 days development a year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
My Department’s expenditure on training in each of the last three financial years is shown below:
|
Financial Year |
Expenditure (£) |
|
2012/13 |
19,912 |
|
2013/14 |
31,234 |
|
2014/15 to 31 January 2015 Known committed expenditure for remainder of financial year Total |
18,050 7,960 26,010 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department’s training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
My Department’s training budget in each of the last three financial years is shown below:
|
Year |
Budget (£) |
|
2012/13 |
32,000 |
|
2013/14 |
40,000 |
|
2014/15 |
40,000 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in her Department was in each of the last three financial years.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
The number of average training days of full-time equivalent staff employed in my Department is not held in this format. This is because training takes place in many informal formats such as work-shadowing, on the job training and research etc, which are not formally recorded.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies. Some of those employing bodies specify the number of days per annum that should be devoted to training. However, all Scotland Office managers are given guidance that their staff should have learning targets to be monitored through their objectives, as part of their annual reviews and through regular meetings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in his Department was in each of the last three financial years.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies.
All staff have access to a wide range of professional development courses through their parent employers, through Civil Service Learning, and in the form of continuous on the job training. The Office does not have a record of time spent on training in each of the last three financial years.