The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the code governing detention of teenagers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act will be redrafted to ensure that 17 year olds in custody are treated as teenagers by the police.
Damian Green
I refer the Hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime of 8th April 2014, Official Report , Column 202W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new jobs have been created in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 in (i) Barnsley central constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what equality impact assessments his Department has carried out on the proposed introduction of a secure college.
Jeremy Wright
In accordance with the Ministry of Justice’s duties under the Equality Act 2010, we considered the impact of the proposals set out in the Government’s response to the Transforming Youth Custody Consultation in January 2014. We will consider equalities impacts further as part of the consultation on the approach to the Secure College Rules during the passage of the Criminal Justice and Court Bill through Parliament, and throughout the development of the Project.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the Youth Justice Board’s budget has been spent on research in each year since 2010.
Jeremy Wright
The statutory functions of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) include that of identifying and promoting good practice to prevent and reduce youth crime. In undertaking this function, the YJB works closely with local services, research bodies and academic institutions.
The table below shows the YJB’s central expenditure on research for each full financial year since 2009/10 alongside the proportion of that expenditure against the YJB’s overall expenditure for the year:
No new central research was commissioned in 2012/13 to enable the completion and publication of ongoing research projects. Figures relating to YJB’s research programme expenditure for 2013/14 will be published in the YJB’s Annual Report and Accounts due for publication in July. This and previous reports can be found at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/yjb.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year olds have been held in police custody in the UK in each year since 2010.
Damian Green
This information is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure proper support and welfare is available to asylum seekers accommodated in hotels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place including
monthly meetings with providers, quarterly and biannual strategic meetings.
These aim to ensure the required performance standards expected of all
providers as defined in the contracts is met. In addition, the COMPASS
contracts contain minimum standards of welfare that the provider must ensure is
provided to asylum applicants, this includes briefing applicants on services to
which they are entitled. For example giving details of how to use facilities in
the accommodation, access to essential services in the local area and contact
details for the provider and department so any concerns can be addressed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which company designed and what the cost to the public purse was of production in 2009 of the plans for a young offender institute at Glen Parva.
Jeremy Wright
Interserve designed the 2009 plans for a Young Offender Institution at Glen Parva with their designers, HLM Architects.
The previous Government spent £5.6 million on developing the plans for a new Young Offender Institution at Glen Parva up to 2010. Although the Secure College pathfinder will be fundamentally different from a Young Offender’s Institution, we are making use of the previous work where relevant.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which secure children’s homes Ministers of his Department have visited since May 2010; and what the date of each such visit was.
Jeremy Wright
Ministers from the Department have made two visits to secure children’s homes since May 2010; Crispin Blunt to Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home on 3rd August 2010 and Ken Clarke to Clayfields House Secure Children’s Home on 14th October 2011. I am also scheduled to visit Clayfields House on 10th April 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government Actuary’s Department provided Ministers with estimates of additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme before 19 March; and if so, if he will publish such estimates.
Mr David Laws
The Government Actuary’s Department has provided no such estimate to the Secretary of State for Education.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were accommodated in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iii) the UK in each year since May 2010.
James Brokenshire
The department does not collect specific data on asylum applicants accommodated
in contingency accommodation. COMPASS providers have a responsibility to
provide suitable accommodation to asylum applicants. The COMPASS contracts
allow providers to use alternative or temporary initial accommodation (IA) as
contingency in exceptional circumstances, for example when the existing
nominated IA is full. This may include the use of hotels for a short term
period until such time as the asylum seeker is accommodated in the IA or
provided with dispersal accommodation.