The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 705-6W, on domestic violence: prosecutions, if he will estimate the number of victimless prosecutions for domestic violence-related offences in 2013.
Oliver Heald
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave her on the 13th February (Official Report, Col 706W).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he take steps to extend the requirement to apply sanctions set out in Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 to the (a) Bailiwick of Jersey and (b) Bailiwick of Guernsey.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK but are self-governing dependencies of the Crown. This means they have their own directly elected legislative assemblies, administrative, fiscal and legal systems and their own courts of law. It is therefore not for the UK to extend the application of the Sanctions set out in the Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014. Equivalent measures have been implemented by the Crown Dependencies, who have kept Her Majesty’s Government updated about their activities in this area.
Her Majesty’s Government does not routinely request information on the value of particular assets held in the Crown Dependencies.
The UK and the Crown Dependencies recognise the importance of working together to promote the application of high international standards and implementing sanctions and asset freezing measures.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will seek an estimate from the (a) Bailiwick of Jersey and (b) Bailiwick of Guernsey of the value of Russian (a) financial and (b) non-financial assets held in each such territory.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK but are self-governing dependencies of the Crown. This means they have their own directly elected legislative assemblies, administrative, fiscal and legal systems and their own courts of law. It is therefore not for the UK to extend the application of the Sanctions set out in the Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014. Equivalent measures have been implemented by the Crown Dependencies, who have kept Her Majesty’s Government updated about their activities in this area.
Her Majesty’s Government does not routinely request information on the value of particular assets held in the Crown Dependencies.
The UK and the Crown Dependencies recognise the importance of working together to promote the application of high international standards and implementing sanctions and asset freezing measures.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Gregory Campbell on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Northern Ireland per 10,000 of the population were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three years.
Mr Shailesh Vara
My Department’s Court Proceedings database holds information on criminal justice statistics only in England and Wales. Criminal Justice Statistics in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, which the Member will need to contact directly.
The offence of using a TV receiver without a valid licence carries a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1,000). Failure to pay such a fine can lead, following enforcement action and as a last resort, to committal to prison for fine default for a maximum of 28 days.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Worksop Courthouse is planned to close.
Mr Shailesh Vara
There are no plans to close the courthouse at Worksop. A consultation is currently underway on potential changes to listing arrangements at Worksop Magistrates’ Court. The consultation commenced on 19 March 2014 and closes on 30 April 2014 and all responses will be taken into account before any decision is made.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which instances Probation Trust staff have been co-located with other public or private organisations in (a) Probation Trust premises and (b) other organisation premises; and what the annual cost to the Probation Trust is of sub-letting space shared with another organisation for the purpose of staff co-location.
Jeremy Wright
This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-24.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many fire alarms have sounded in Portcullis House in the last 12 months; on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade arrived to attend a fire; and on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade discovered a fire.
John Thurso
There have been three fire alarms resulting in evacuations from Portcullis House in the last 12 months. One of these alarms, on 24th March 2014, led to the attendance of the London Fire Brigade. On this occasion the alarm was triggered by a heat detector following the overheating of a grill in the Lower Ground Kitchens as well as the triggering of a manual call point. No fire was discovered.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed removals of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
James Brokenshire
I will write to the Rt. hon. Member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between a deportation order being made on a foreign national offender and their deportation in each year since 2010.
James Brokenshire
The average length of time between a deportation order being made on a foreign
national offender and their deportation in each year since 2010 is as follows:
143 days in 2010, 148 days in 2011, 174 days in 2012 and 187 days in 2013.
The increase in average time taken is driven mainly by serving more deportation
orders earlier in the process, sometimes up to 27 months before sentence end
date, to enable removal to take place as early as possible within the Early
Removal Scheme (ERS) period. The by-product of starting the deportation process
earlier is that we have to wait longer to enforce a person’s removal, which
artificially inflates the view on the average time taken to deport.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Diane Abbott on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Refugee Council, When Maternity Doesn’t Matter, what steps her Department has taken to reform the dispersal policy of the former UK Border Agency.
James Brokenshire
The report covers procedures for accommodating pregnant asylum seekers who are destitute. The Home Office has been consulting about changes to these procedures and is considering some detailed suggestions by the Refugee Council and Maternity Action. Once that is completed we will move towards finalising and publishing revised guidance on the procedures.