Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place in his Department to consider the implications of a decision by the Court of Appeal that a sentence has been unduly lenient; and what steps his Department takes in relation to the judge in the case concerned as a result of such a ruling.

Mike Penning

Whether or not a judge has correctly applied the law is a matter for the Court of Appeal alone. It is the responsibility of the Government to uphold the independence of the judiciary and that includes the judicial decision making process.

The unduly lenient scheme currently allows anyone to ask for a Government Law Officer to consider referring a sentence to the Court of Appeal for consideration that it was unduly lenient. The scheme applies to all indictable-only offences and a specified selection of either-way offences sentenced at the Crown Court.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-27.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to reduce the number of grades in the Civil Service.

Mr Francis Maude

Arrangements for setting grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are delegated to departments and not held centrally. For the SCS, grading arrangements are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office. There are four main grades in the SCS.

To deliver a flatter structure in the Civil Service, departments are, as set out in the Civil Service Reform Plan, reviewing their structures as part of ongoing change programmes and departmental improvement plans.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safety officers are employed by probation trusts to help (a) female and (b) male victims of domestic violence.

Jeremy Wright

The information requested is not available as it was not collected centrally from the probation trusts. Probation trusts ceased to provide probation services from midnight on 31^st May 2014.

National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) commenced operations on 1^st June 2014.

Information on staffing levels at Probation Trust level was published in the Quarterly Probation Service Workforce Information reports. The link to the reports on GOV.UK is provided below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/probation-service-workforce-quarterly-reports

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances a foreign criminal serving a prison sentence for an offence committed outside the UK could serve their sentence in the UK.

Andrew Selous

International prisoner transfer arrangements may enable non-nationals to apply to transfer to their state of normal residence or to the state to which they have close ties. There is no requirement on a state to accept the transfer of a non-national resident. Since 2010, no such transfers have taken place to England and Wales. Prisoner transfer is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant Minister in Scotland and in Northern Ireland.

The numbers of foreign national prisoners from each country convicted of each offence in the violence offence group from April 2013 to March 2014 are in the attached table 1.

The numbers of foreign national prisoners from each country, convicted of each offence type from 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2014 are at the attached table 2. Prison receptions data for April to June 2014 is not available by offence group due to problems with data quality. Figures for this period will be published in due course subject to the result of ongoing investigations. Prison receptions data for July to September 2014 is currently not available and is due to be published on 29 January 2015.

The number of foreign national offenders in our prisons has reduced since 2010, compared to that number doubling between 1997 – 2010.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who came to the UK to (a) participate in and (b) spectate at the 2012 Olympic Games who remain in the country illegally.

James Brokenshire

Close to 70,000 records of individuals who were accredited by LOCOG (London
Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) have been investigated. These
individuals were subject to immigration control. This would include athletes,
coaches, sponsors, etc. but the records do not include those who came merely to
watch the Games.

At the time of the investigations, 82 individuals had claimed asylum and 50 had
not returned but were in possession of another form of legitimate leave.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners received driving lessons in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jeremy Wright

In 2013, the latest year for which data are available, 190 prisoners were recorded as taking car driving lessons/tests.

All prisoners are thoroughly risk-assessed before being allowed to take these lessons and are only permitted to do so if the licence is required to help their rehabilitation, for example improving future employment prospects, thus reducing their likelihood of re-offending.