Tag: Sadiq Khan

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.

Steve Webb

Please see table below:

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of running (a) the Case Resolution Directorate, (b) the Case Assurance and Audit Unit and (c) the Older Live Cases Unit in each year of those bodies’ operations.

Karen Bradley

The operational costs of running the Case Resolution Directorate (excluding
enforcement costs, detention and removal escort costs or asylum and immigration
tribunal costs) was approximately £32 million per year. The costs are inclusive
of an outsourced administrative function in 2009-2011. Support costs for
applicants were accounted for separately for this period.

The total running costs of the Case Assurance and Audit Unit was £27.4 million
(2011/ 2012) and £19. 5million (2012/ 2013). The total running costs of the Older Live
Cases Unit was £7.8 million (2013/ 2014). The Older Live Cases Unit budget spend to
date for 2014/ 2015 is £1.87 million. Since setting up the Case Resolution Directorate,
operational running costs have decreased year on year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent each month on court buildings that were closed in the period up to their disposal since May 2010.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. Spend for each month on court buildings that were closed in the period up to their disposal since May 2010 can only be provided at disproportionate costs.

The total cumulative gross benefits expected from the Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP) are £152m over the Strategic Review (SR10) period, consisting of resource savings from court closures of £99m and gross capital proceeds of £53m from the sale of buildings.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contract or temporary employees are employed in the Older Live Cases Unit; and what proportion of the overall staff count are contract or temporary employees.

Karen Bradley

There were 208 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) temporary agency workers employed on
OLCU casework at the end of Q1 2014, this was equal to 62.7% of the overall
staff at the time. FTE means that part time employees are counted by the
proportion of full time hours they work, so that staff working half the time of
an equivalent full time colleague would count as 0.5 FTE.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 326W, on young offenders, on what date each adult male establishment was first designated both as a prison and a young offender institution; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Selous

This information is not immediately available. I will write to the Rt Honourable member when all the relevant information is available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time staff are employed in the Older Live Cases Unit.

Karen Bradley

There were 332 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff employed by OLCU at the end of
Q1 2014. FTE means that part time employees are counted by the proportion of
full time hours they work, so that staff working half the time of an equivalent
full time colleague would count as 0.5 FTE.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on prison numbers of Clause 25 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.

Mike Penning

Knife crime is a scourge, and this Government has already introduced new offences of threatening with a knife in a public place or school in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. We are also legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions on the use of adult cautions for certain offences, which includes knife possession.

Clause 25 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill was introduced by back bench amendment in the House of Commons. On the 17 June the House of Commons passed the clause into the Bill at Report stage. The clause is now being considered in the House of Lords. We will publish an assessment of the impact of this clause on prison numbers, if it were to become law, in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were repatriated to their home countries to serve their custodial sentence in each year since 2010.

Jeremy Wright

The tables below sets out the number of prisoners who have transferred from a prison in England andWales to a prison in their state of nationality since 1 January 2009.

The list includes one foreign national prisoner who was returned to a British Overseas Territory in 2011 under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884.

We remain determined to secure compulsory Prisoner Transfer Agreements wherever possible, in order to increase the number of foreign national prisoners who are able to transfer to prisons in their home countries. In January this year we signed a compulsory transfer agreement with Nigeria and last year we signed an agreement with Albania. We expect to see prisoner transfers to both these countries before the end of this year.

We are also working hard to increase the number of foreign nationals who are removed from prison under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS). In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under TERS, which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 256 prisoners to date.

The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.

Whereas this Government has begun to reduce the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monthly cost is of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010.

Simon Hughes

The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. The monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 is detailed below. The majority of these courts were closed as part of the Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP).

CERP is expected to deliver an estimated £99m resource savings plus £53m from the sale of buildings. Under this Government court buildings that were rarely used or no longer suitable were closed as part of our drive to cut waste. There are temporary costs associated with ensuring unused courts are kept secure and protecting the fabric of each building, as well as property tax rates payable to the local council. When disposing of surplus property assets we will always seek best value for the taxpayer.

In addition to the courts announced for closure under CERP, the Ministry of Justice has closed and disposed of a number of court buildings as a result of the integration and co-location.

Table: monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 as at 30 June 2014

Footnotes:

1. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2013/14. Holding costs include rates, fuel and utilities, facilities management, telephony and other property costs.

2. Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ Court and County Court building was sold on 11 August 2014

3. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates in 2013/14

4. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates and accounting adjustments made in 2013/14

5. Monthly costs includes spend for associated office, The Villa.

6. Costs are not comparable between financial years due to events such as rebates for rates, utilities, facilities management and telephony.