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  • Jim Sheridan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Jim Sheridan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Sheridan on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of fines imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office on reducing nuisance calls and texts.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    No such assessment has been made, but we are aware that after ICO issued a large monetary penalty in November 2012 for spam text messages, the monitoring service Cloudmark reported a 10% drop in unsolicited spam SMS text messages. We remain keen to ensure robust enforcement of the regulations, so that companies breaking the rules are caught and penalised.

    OurNuisance Calls Action Plan that was published on 30th March 2014, details the range of legislative and non-legislative measures being taken forward to tackle nuisance calls and texts and the plan can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled

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  • Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the per capita spending on prison officers was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

    Jeremy Wright

    Information on the average total salary cost, including national insurance and pension contributions, of a prison officer as at 31 March each year since 2010 is contained in the table below.

    Mean Annual Pay Cost of Prison Officers, Including Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions – as at 31 March, 2010 to 2014

    Year

    – At 31st March

    Mean Annual Pay Cost (Nominal)

    2010

    32,747

    2011

    34,024

    2012

    34,951

    2013

    35,608

    2014

    36,157

    The pay costs shown are for Band 3 Prison Officers and their equivalents and include basic salary and local pay allowance where applicable.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence under Sections 141, 142, 146, 147A and 149 (1, 3 and 4), 151, 152 or 153 of the Licensing Act 2003 in the last 12 months; and how many of those convicted were fined the maximum amount stipulated in that Act for those offences.

    Jeremy Wright

    The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of the listed offences related to the Licensing Act 2003, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013, alongside the number of offenders given the maximum allowable sentence, can be viewed in the table.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of probation trusts have left their posts since 1 January 2014.

    Jeremy Wright

    Former employees of the Trusts have transferred to the new organisations, namely the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. A small number of Chief Executives have taken early retirement or are due to do so over the next few weeks. There have also been a number of departures at Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) level. These were part of the normal turnover of staff; details of these are not held centrally.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure or compromise agreements have been included in the departure packages of former employees of probation trusts since 1 January 2014.

    Jeremy Wright

    There have been no non-disclosure or compromise agreements included as part of the departure packages of the Trust Chief Executives who have taken early retirement. The terms of departure for other former Trust staff were agreed through their own local arrangements.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of probation trusts who left their posts since 1 January 2014 had non-disclosure or compromise agreements as part of their departure packages.

    Jeremy Wright

    There have been no non-disclosure or compromise agreements included as part of the departure packages of the Trust Chief Executives who have taken early retirement. The terms of departure for other former Trust staff were agreed through their own local arrangements.

  • Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which places of detention on the prison estate have (a) a member of staff assigned to the role of foreign national co-ordinator and (b) more than one foreign national co-ordinator; how many such co-ordinators there are across the prison estate; and at what salary grade they are paid.

    Jeremy Wright

    While prisons are required to ensure that systems are in place to both facilitate the identification of foreign national prisoners and to meet their distinct needs, there is no mandatory requirement for prisons to have a designated foreign national co-ordinator. It is for Governors and Directors to decide how best to allocate their staffing resources, dependent upon the make-up and needs of their population and their staffing resource. While some will choose to assign dedicated staff to a foreign national co-ordinator role, in either a full or part-time capacity, others will have in place an arrangement that spreads responsibility for this work amongst a number of staff. Information on the arrangements in place at each prison is not recorded centrally.

  • Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    The Ministry of Justice Language Services Contract commenced on the 31st October 2011 and went live operationally in January 2012. The new interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system and saved taxpayers £15m in its first year. We have seen dramatic improvements over the life of the contract so far, with performance currently at 94% success rate, record numbers of bookings are now being made and fulfilled, and we continue to drive further improvement in performance.

    The number of occasions on which interpretation services were used, and the total cost of these for each prison in 2013, can be found in the table below:

    Prison

    Number of Jobs

    Total Cost

    HMP Shepton Mallet NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £37.30

    HMP Sudbury NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £165.75

    HMP Bedford

    151

    £2,307.40

    HMP Belmarsh

    274

    £88,467.31

    HMP Blundeston

    10

    £254.86

    HMP Brixton

    27

    £2,488.47

    HMP Bure

    4

    £646.30

    HMP Cardiff

    34

    £211.13

    HMP Dartmoor

    4

    £402.55

    HMP Elmley

    23

    £796.05

    HMP Erlestoke

    3

    £1,611.97

    HMP Frankland

    136

    £25,122.43

    HMP Guys Marsh

    13

    £802.64

    HMP Haverigg

    10

    £454.78

    HMP Hewell

    61

    £858.92

    HMP Highpoint

    48

    £2,220.03

    HMP Holme House

    34

    £1,220.84

    HMP Leeds

    108

    £1,449.70

    HMP Leyhill

    3

    £314.74

    HMP Lindholme

    18

    £2,356.99

    HMP Lindholme Learning Centre

    2

    £1,110.90

    HMP Littlehey

    13

    £340.70

    HMP Liverpool

    99

    £2,919.94

    HMP Long Lartin

    148

    £182,180.50

    HMP Manchester

    635

    £50,444.73

    HMP Manchester – Public Protection

    1

    £101.76

    HMP Manchester – Security

    2

    £223.74

    HMP Norwich

    403

    £3,956.21

    HMP Pentonville

    355

    £13,976.57

    HMP Ranby

    56

    £1,232.89

    HMP Send

    22

    £6,838.05

    HMP Stocken

    6

    £165.27

    HMP Sudbury

    5

    £1,835.27

    HMP Swaleside

    13

    £2,015.00

    HMP Swansea

    70

    £1,004.74

    HMP Usk and Prescoed

    51

    £10,967.74

    HMP Wandsworth

    848

    £114,603.82

    HMP Wellingborough

    1

    £58.00

    HMP Whatton

    215

    £53,315.58

    HMP Woodhill

    270

    £4,613.79

    HMP Wormwood Scrubs

    133

    £1,913.12

    HMPOI Aylesbury

    2

    £94.65

    HMPYOI Foston Hall

    17

    £413.64

    HMPYOI Hindley

    76

    £1,164.26

    HMPYOI Holloway

    622

    £6,280.04

    HMPYOI Lewes

    33

    £412.99

    HMPYOI Low Newton

    112

    £1,573.07

    HMPYOI Moorland

    120

    £9,226.49

    HMPYOI New Hall

    189

    £5,480.24

    HMPYOI Reading

    85

    £5,259.40

    HMYOI Portland

    34

    £1,803.30

    Prison Service College

    82

    £27,913.31

    HMP Acklington/Castington

    20

    £221.37

    IRC Dover

    1149

    £9,902.50

    HMP Durham

    73

    £471.58

    HMP Hull

    23

    £743.00

    HMP Huntercombe

    123

    £5,065.04

    IRC Morton Hall

    2762

    £44,677.50

    HMP Nottingham

    169

    £1,867.61

    HMP Wakefield

    163

    £107,301.70

    HMPYOI Warren Hill

    16

    £431.49

    HMP Whitemoor

    92

    £30,026.31

    HMP Wymott

    25

    £1,157.87

    HMP Isle of Wight

    10

    £1,228.67

    HMP YOI Isis

    14

    £1,101.08

    Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group

    282

    £92,537.70

    HMPYOI Brinsford

    148

    £1,462.78

    HMP Bristol

    49

    £428.42

    HMP Bullwood Hall

    28

    £7,846.42

    HMP Canterbury

    14

    £152.28

    HMYOI Chelmsford

    163

    £2,672.87

    HMYOI Deerbolt

    90

    £1,013.15

    HMP Dorchester

    21

    £183.41

    HMPYOI Downview

    17

    £341.50

    HMPYOI Drake Hall

    136

    £1,150.58

    HMP Eastwood Park

    422

    £3,591.42

    HMP Featherstone

    37

    £554.06

    HMYOI Feltham

    284

    £2,910.20

    HMP Gartree

    12

    £210.45

    HMYOI/RC Glen Parva

    132

    £1,381.49

    HMP Gloucester

    15

    £134.67

    IRC Haslar

    1121

    £11,545.50

    HMYOI Lancaster Farms

    42

    £420.75

    HMP Leicester

    75

    £1,064.05

    HMP Lincoln

    103

    £1,241.73

    HMP Maidstone

    8

    £193.36

    HMP Preston

    52

    £650.34

    HMP Risley

    73

    £2,030.13

    HMP Shrewsbury

    3

    £15.06

    HMYOI Styal

    113

    £1,243.83

    HMP The Verne

    20

    £322.28

    HMP Wayland

    6

    £64.52

    HMYOI Wetherby

    42

    £798.14

    HMP Winchester

    66

    £1,891.31

    HMP Exeter

    43

    £384.50

    HMP High Down

    35

    £244.37

    Hounslow Junior Attendance Centre

    4

    £34.22

    HMP Buckley Hall

    1

    £36.00

    HMP Bullingdon

    16

    £467.50

    HMP Onley

    11

    £67.04

    HMPYOI Swinfen Hall

    4

    £33.94

    Equalities Group

    1

    £1.29

    London (Romford) Junior Attendance Centre

    23

    £263.44

    Bournemouth Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £10.20

    HMYOI Werrington

    20

    £246.41

    HMP KENNET

    4

    £13.34

    HMPYOI Northallerton

    8

    £71.75

    HMYOI Rochester

    12

    £140.22

    Cricklewood Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £5.26

    HMP Full Sutton

    28

    £2,540.22

    HMP Stafford

    2

    £28.20

    HMP Wealstun

    3

    £19.14

    HMP Ford

    1

    £62.82

    HMYOI Stoke Heath

    9

    £104.18

    South London Greenwich Senior Attendance Centre

    1

    £28.60

    HMP Everthorpe

    3

    £28.40

    Essex Junior Attendance Centre (Wickford)

    1

    £0.77

    Fulham Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £11.75

    Hertford Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £232.80

    HMPYOI Askham Grange

    1

    £1.74

    HMP The Mount

    5

    £137.68

    Assisted Prison Visits Unit

    1

    £940.63

    HMP Garth

    1

    £6.88

    Total

    14138

    £994,041.28

    The costs for the provision of language services detailed in the table provided vary dependent upon the nature of the service used, and the length of the assignment. These services may include, Face to Face interpreters including provision for the deaf and deafblind, Telephone Interpreters and Written Translations.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a criminal conviction is a disqualification for a Community Rehabilitation contract.

    Jeremy Wright

    Final bids to run the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are expected at the end of June 2014, and will be rigorously assessed against robust quality, legal, commercial and financial criteria. In the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, bidders were required to declare that their organisation, directors or partners or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control had no convictions in relation to criminal offences such as conspiracy, corruption, bribery or fraud and that their organisation had no convictions for criminal offences relating to the conduct of their business or profession and acts of grave misconduct. As set out in the Invitation to Negotiate, bidders are required to notify the department of any changes to the position set out in their declarations or anything that may affect their continued participation in the competition and the department reserves the right to undertake a full re-assessment and, if grounds for rejection exist, exclude the bidder from further participation in the competition.

    The MoJ also undertook extensive due diligence of bidders on a range of matters, including integrity and legal compliance issues. As a consequence we have a robust and diverse market.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department expects to raise from increased Notice to Seek Possession fees in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    We expect to generate around £35m in additional gross income in 2014/15 and subsequent years from increased Notice to Seek Possession fees.

    However, as part of our reforms we also removed the listing and allocation fees for possession claims in the county and high court.