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  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which barristers are employed by the Public Defence Service; and what day rates each such person charges.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    In a joint statement with the Bar Council, the Criminal Bar Association and the Circuit Leaders, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that normal working relationships have been restored and there is no need to expand the PDS Advocacy Unit further.

    As at 10th July 2014, the following Barristers have commenced employment with the PDS:

    Queens Counsel

    David Aubrey QC

    Gregory Bull QC

    John Burton QC

    Alun Jenkins QC

    Andrew Lamb QC

    Stephen Leslie QC

    Michael Wood QC

    Juniors

    Lisa Hennessey

    Robin Howat

    Tom Mitchell

    Gerald Mohabir

    Emma Nott

    Simon Perkins

    Adam Roxborough

    Martin L. Sharpe

    Peter Woodall

    George Zachary

    As employed Barristers no day rates are charged for work done.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much former employees of probation trusts have received in severance pay since 1 January 2014.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prior to 1 June, probation staff in England & Wales were employed by the 35 probation trusts. Employment data of the kind requested were held by the individual probations trusts. They were not collected centrally and it would not be possible to obtain the information without incurring disproportionate cost.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults there were against prison officers in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    NOMS takes the issue of assaults on prison staff very seriously. It currently has systems in place to deal with perpetrators quickly and robustly, with serious incidents referred to the police for prosecution. It is working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that prisoners who assault staff are charged and punished appropriately.

    NOMS is committed to exploring options to continue to improve how violence is tackled in prisons to keep both staff and prisoners safe. It is currently reviewing the policy and practice of the management of violence.

    The number of prisoner on prison officers assault incidents in each year are provided in table 3.8 of the supplementary tables on assaults that accompany each Safety in Custody statistics bulletin. The latest publication can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody.

    Figures for the number of these incidents that are reported on the centralised administrative system as being referred to the police in each year are provided in table 1. These figures do not represent individuals as there may be multiple assailants in some incidents. How many of these resulted in charges or conviction can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

    Table 1: Number of prisoner on officer assault incidents referred to the police

    2010

    2011

    2012

    Prisoner on officer assaults referred to police

    374

    393

    543

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  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving custodial sentences for non-payment of (i) a television licence, (ii) vehicle excise duty and (iii) council tax on 1 March 2014.

    Jeremy Wright

    The offences of using a TV receiver without a valid licence and of failure to hold a valid vehicle excise duty licence (tax disc) are not punishable by imprisonment, so offenders cannot be sentenced to custody for these offences. Failing to pay council tax is not a criminal offence. Accordingly, there were no men or women serving custodial sentences on 1 March 2014 for non-payment of a TV licence, vehicle excise duty or council tax.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital attendances there were from the (a) adult male, (b) adult female, (c) youth male, (d) youth female and (e) total prison estate in each of the last four years.

    Norman Lamb

    This information is not collected centrally by the Department or NHS England.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest amount earned by any prisoner in jail was in 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    This information is not held centrally. To obtain this information would require an examination by each prison establishment of payment transactions made on the central prisoner monies recording system for each of the relevant periods. This would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff sickness rate has been in (a) the prison estate and (b) HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    Sickness absence is measured as the average working days lost (AWDL) per staff year, which is the measure used across all Government Departments.

    Sickness rates in adult prisons have fallen over the last ten years and remain below the rate of 14.8 days lost, across public sector adult prisons, in 2002/03.

    Information on staff sickness rates for High Down and for all prisons in England and Wales are published in Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report. The latest figures, which relate to 2012/13, can be found at the link below:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225231/prs-data-12-13.xls‘

    Figures for 2013/14 will be published on 31st July 2014.

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  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration appeal hearings lost by the Government her Department failed to send a presenting officer in each of the last four years.

    James Brokenshire

    I will write to the Rt Hon Member.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barristers have been employed by the Public Defence Service in each month since January 2014.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    Since January 2014 the PDS has employed the following number of Barristers (Full Time Equivalent):

    January 2014

    0.5

    February 2014

    2

    March 2014

    2

    April 2014

    4.5

    May 2014

    6.5
  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what new prison accommodation is planned to come on stream and in which locations before May 2015.

    Jeremy Wright

    We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and continue to modernise the prison estate so that it delivers best value for the taxpayer. This Government has a long term strategy for managing the prison estate which will provide more adult male prison capacity than we inherited from the previous Government.

    Over 2,000 further places for adult male prisoners will become available before May 2015, including new house-blocks at HM Prisons The Mount, Thameside, Parc and Peterborough. The remainder of the places will come from re-opening refurbished or mothballed capacity