Tag: Andy Slaughter

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department’s post-implementation review of tribunal fees.

Dominic Raab

Following public consultation, the government introduced fees in Employment Tribunals as a way of reducing the burden on the taxpayer and to encourage parties to seek alternative ways of resolving their disputes.

On 11 June 2015, we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will report in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38441, what estimate he has made of the date by which all prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection whose tariffs have expired will be released.

Andrew Selous

The sentence of IPP was introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 for offences committed after April 2005. They were abolished in 2012 by the Coalition Government.

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not disaggregate spending on IPP prisoners from spending on all prisoners.

It is a priority for us to help remaining IPP prisoners progress towards release, when it is safe to do so, including by giving them opportunities to complete relevant interventions and work to reduce their risk of harm and risk of reoffending.

The ongoing work to improve progression opportunities is continuing to achieve results, with 512 IPP releases approved by the Parole Board in 2015, the highest number of annual releases since the sentence became available in 2005.

The release dates of prisoners serving IPP sentences, once they have completed their tariff, is entirely a matter for the independent Parole Board. The Board will direct release only if prisoners’ risks have been reduced to a level that may be safely managed in the community.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for recent reductions in the number of cases brought by women in employment tribunals.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The review we are currently undertaking on Employment Tribunals fees is assessing the impact that the introduction of fees has had on proceedings in the Employment Tribunals, including in relation to characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010.

We expect to announce the conclusion of the review in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to retain current inward investors in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

Greg Hands

The UK remains the most attractive place in Europe to invest in. As well as attracting new projects, this Department already focuses substantial effort on retention of our existing investors and supporting them to grow and remain in the UK to maximise wealth creation. On 5^th September 2016, the Directorate General within DIT responsible for inward investment moved to a new, more focussed operating model to deliver inward investment, which will push this agenda and provide more focussed support than ever before to retain our inward investors.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 12150, on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Procurement, tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 15 October 2015.

Mr Shailesh Vara

I refer the Honourable member to the answer given to question 12150 on 06 November 2015.

This can be found at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-10-15/12150/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-11-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Israeli government on the Children in Military Custody report, funded by his Department, which was published in June 2012.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have held roundtable meetings with Israeli officials to discuss the Children in Military Custody report, most recently on 19 May. Since the publication of the report, there has been some progress on the issue of children held in military detention. This includes piloting of sending summons instead of carrying out night-time arrests, changes to standard operating procedures on methods of restraint, and steps to reduce the amount of time a child can be detained before seeing a judge. There has also been a reduction in the use of solitary confinement and an increase in the use of Arabic to give notifications of arrest. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to push for further progress with Israeli officials. On 27 August, our Ambassador to Tel Aviv lobbied the Israeli Military Advocate General on Children in Detention where the issue of child detention was discussed.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates has resigned in each month since January 2015.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The requested information is provided in the table below.

Month	Resignations	Proportion of total in post*
Jan	66	0.34
Feb	46	0.24
Mar	95	0.50
Apr	80	0.42
May	95	0.50
Jun	92	0.48
Jul	79	0.41
Aug	69	0.36
Sep	89	0.46
Oct	80	0.42
Nov	64	0.33

* There are approximately 19,000 magistrates in England and Wales.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons references to UK objections to the death penalty were omitted from his Department’s policy paper, UN Human Rights Council: United Kingdom 2017-2019.

Mr David Lidington

Our UN pledges reflect our enduring commitment to promoting universal human rights which includes work to abolish the death penalty. The position of this Government is clear: We oppose the death penalty in all circumstances and we continue to call on all states to abolish it.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people whom the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015 has encouraged and enabled to play a more active role in civil society.

Dominic Raab

The Act only came into force on 13 April 2015. As is normal practice, a formal assessment of its impact may be carried out after three to five years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Prison Service Gold Command opened in each month since May 2010; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.

Andrew Selous

The safety of staff and prisoners is a priority. Gold Command is opened in order to deal with incidents as quickly and safely as possible. Not all incidents turn out to be serious, but all incidents are regarded as potentially serious at the point of Gold being opened up.

Prisons are dealing with an increasingly violent population, and the effects of novel psychoactive substances. We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prisons, and have recently introduced tough new laws which will see those who smuggle packages over prison walls, including drugs, face up to two years in prison. There are already a range of robust measures in place to detect drugs, including the use of sniffer dogs, searches of cells, and mandatory drugs tests.

Table 1: Gold Command Openings by Month and Incident Type May 2010 – December 2015

Month	Total	Hostage	Concerted Indiscipline	Incident at Height	Industrial Action	Escape	Barricade	Fire		Civil Unrest
May-10	2			2
Jun-10	1		1
Jul-10	3	1	2
Aug-10	1		1
Sep-10	2	2
Oct-10	4	2	1	1
Nov-10	8	2	5				1
Dec-10	3	1	2
Jan-11	4		4
Feb-11	4	2		1			1
Mar-11	1	1
Apr-11	4	2	1				1
May-11	2	2
Jun-11	0
Jul-11	0
Aug-11	3	1	1							1
Month	Total	Hostage	Concerted Indiscipline	Incident at Height	Industrial Action	Escape	Barricade	Fire		Civil Unrest
Sep-11	1	1
Oct-11	2	1				1
Nov-11	7	4	1	1	1
Dec-11	2	2
Jan-12	5	5
Feb-12	3	2		1
Mar-12	5	2	1	1			1
Apr-12	2		2
May-12	6	5			1
Jun-12	3	1	1					1
Jul-12	6		4	2
Aug-12	3	2		1
Sep-12	3	1	2
Oct-12	2	2
Nov-12	6	4			2
Dec-12	2	2
Jan-13	2	1		1
Feb-13	1	1
Mar-13	7	4	1	1	1
Apr-13	6	4	1	1
May-13	6	3	1	1			1
Jun-13	13	9	3				1
Jul-13	4	4
Aug-13	4	3	1
Sep-13	12	7	1	4
Oct-13	4	2	1	1
Nov-13	6	3	2						1
Dec-13	6	5		1
Jan-14	10	8	2
Feb-14	4	3	1
Mar-14	5	3	2
Apr-14	6	5	1
May-14	0
Jun-14	8	7	1
Jul-14	12	7	1	1	1		1	1
Aug-14	5	3	2
Sep-14	5	3	1	1
Oct-14	5	4	1
Nov-14	10	6	4
Dec-14	8	4	3	1
Jan-15	5	4		1
Feb-15	2	2
Month	Total	Hostage	Concerted Indiscipline	Incident at Height	Industrial Action	Escape	Barricade	Fire		Civil Unrest
Mar-15	13	9	2	2
Apr-15	5	3	1	1
May-15	6	4		2
Jun-15	9	5	2				1		1
Jul-15	14	7	2	5
Aug-15	3	1	2
Sep-15	9	6	2	1
Oct-15	6	3	2	1
Nov-15	5	2	3
Dec-15	5	2	1	2