Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 5 May (HL7790), what assessment they have made of the cause of the rise in the number of applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission from 2010 to 2015.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) published annual reports from 2010 to 2015 setting out the reasons for applications to the CCRC. The CCRC casework is subject to fluctuations and the Government works closely with them to understand the reasons for these applications.
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were sentenced for failure to answer to bail in each of the last five years; and what was the average (1) fine, and (2) custodial sentence imposed, for such offences in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The number of persons sentenced for failing to surrender to bail, with average fine and custodial length, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2014 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.
Court proceedings data for 2015 will be published in due course.
Persons sentenced at all courts, with average fine and custodial length, for the offence of failing to surrender to bail(1), England & Wales, 2010 to 2014(2)(3) | |||||
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Sentenced | 18,593 | 16,700 | 13,263 | 11,284 | 9,479 |
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Average fine (£) | 62.95 | 63.61 | 67.41 | 70.30 | 70.86 |
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Average custodial sentence length (months)(4) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |||||
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(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||||
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in payment of employment tribunal fees since 29 July 2013; how many (1) single, and (2) multiple, claims were received by employment tribunals in each year since their introduction; and what has been the total value of all grants of remission of employment tribunal fees in each year since their introduction.
Answered by Lord Faulks
To protect vulnerable workers, there is a system of fee remissions under which fees may be waived in part or in full, for those who qualify.
The total amount received from the payment of employment tribunal fees less, the value of all grants of remission of employment tribunal fees, in each year since the introduction of fees is set out in table 1.
Table 1 Employment Tribunal Income & Remission | 2013-14 [Note 1] | 2014-15 |
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Total | 4,469 | 9,039 |
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Note 1 - 2013-14 Income covers 29 July 2013 to 31 March 2014 |
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This information is published in the HMCTS annual report and accounts for 2013-14 and 2014-15.
The number of single and multiple cases received between 29 July 2013 and December 2015 is set out in table 2.
Table 2 Volume by ET Appeal Type | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Single Cases | 14,868 | 16,420 | 13,086 |
Multiple Cases | 1,338 | 1,921 | 899 |
Total Cases | 16,206 | 18,341 | 13,985 |
Note 1 - volumes from August 2013 to March 2014. Volumes for July were not included because fees only came into force on 29 July 2013 | |||
Note 2 - volumes from April to December 2015 only. Q4 data will published on 9 June 16 | |||
Volumes for single and multiple claims and fee remissions is published in the quarterly bulletin in ‘Annex D Employment tribunal fees’ on the Tribunal statistics available on the Government website.
On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The Review is being undertaken within the Ministry of Justice.
The review is ongoing and will be published in due course.
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish the findings of their review of employment tribunal fees; who conducted that review; what resources were afforded to that review; and when they were made aware of the findings of that review.
Answered by Lord Faulks
On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The Review is being undertaken within the Ministry of Justice.
The review is ongoing and will be published in due course.
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications the Criminal Cases Review Commission has received since its creation that subsequently succeeded on appeal.
Answered by Lord Faulks
Since its creation in 1997 the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had referred 619 cases, to the relevant court, by 31 March 2016. As at 31 March 2016 596 of the referrals had been heard by the court. 406 Appeals have been allowed, 178 have been dismissed and 12 have been abandoned.
This information can also be located in the published CCRC annual report.
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications the Criminal Cases Review Commission has received in each year since its creation.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The information requested regarding the number of applications the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has received since its creation, is highlighted in the table below. This information can also be located in the published CCRC annual report.
Since its creation in 1997, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has had 20,367 applications. This figure excludes 279 applications that were transferred from the Home Office when the CCRC started operating in 1997. This is broken down as:
Year | Total Applications |
1997/8 | 1,103 |
1998/9 | 1,037 |
1999/0 | 777 |
2000/1 | 800 |
2001/2 | 834 |
2002/3 | 932 |
2003/4 | 885 |
2004/5 | 955 |
2005/6 | 1011 |
2006/7 | 1051 |
2007/8 | 984 |
2008/9 | 919 |
2009/10 | 932 |
2010/11 | 933 |
2011/12 | 1040 |
2012/13 | 1625 |
2013/14 | 1470 |
2014/15 | 1599 |
2015/16 | 1480 |
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budget has been allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each year since its creation.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The information requested regarding the budget that has been allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) since its creation, is highlighted in the table below. This information can also be located in the published CCRC annual report.
Prior to 2007/8 budgets were allocated by the Home Office, as the sponsor department.
For this reason, the MoJ only holds the information from the date that the sponsorship function transferred to MoJ. Since 2007/8, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has had the following net levels of funding:
Year | Total Funding £ Ms |
2007/8 | 6.701 |
2008/9 | 6.661 |
2009/10 | 6.560 |
2010/11 | 6.324 |
2011/12 | 5.920 |
2012/13 | 5.277 |
2013/14 | 5.178 |
2014/15 | 5.178 |
2015/16 | 5.178 |
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many young offenders in prison have been recorded as improving their standard of literacy during their sentence in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Table 1 shows the number of offender learners aged 18 to 21 that undertook and achieved a learning aim in English from 2010/11 to 2014/15 in prisons in England.
Table 1: Offender Learners aged 18 to 21 – English Achievements (2011/12 to 2014/15) – Learner Volumes | ||||||||||
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English Achievements | 3,000 | 3,100 | 1,700 | 2,200 | 2,000 |
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3) Offender learners are defined as offenders aged 18 or over that participated in Skills Funding Agency funded learning while in the prison system. These offenders were funded via the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) budget. |
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Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours on average a young offender in prison spent playing competitive sport in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Faulks
National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not require establishments to report the average time young offenders (18-20 year olds) spend playing competitive sport. Figures for the average hours of PE for 18-20 year olds in Young Offender Institutions for the years 2010/11 and 2011/12 are provided in the table below. These have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table: Average hours per young offender per week spent in physical education - YOIs (18-20 year olds)
Year | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
YOI (18-20) average hours per prisoner per week spent in physical education | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff were employed in an offender management role in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The National Offender Management Service delivers offender management services through both the National Probation Service (NPS) and Public Sector Prisons (PSP). Information on the numbers employed since 2010 is given below.
On the 1 June 2014, the probation delivery model changed with the 35 Probation Trusts being dissolved and the inception of a new National Probation Service (NPS) within NOMS plus the creation of 21 new privately owned Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). As a result of the changes the NPS directly manages offenders who pose the highest risk in both custody and community with the remainder of offenders in the community being managed by the CRCs.
Full Time Equivalent Staff Employed in Offender Management Roles in Probation Areas/Trusts 2010 to 2014
Date | Probation Areas / Trusts |
31-Mar-101 | - |
31-Mar-11 | 9,580 |
31-Mar-12 | 9,270 |
31-Mar-132 | 9,900 |
31-Mar-14 | 9,660 |
Staff Employed in Offender Management Roles in National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), 31 March and 31 December 2015
Date | NPS | CRCs3 |
31-Mar-15 | - | - |
31-Dec-15 | 4,860 | - |
3. CRCs became private companies in February 2015 and are therefore responsible for the management of their own staffing levels. However, information on the staffing of CRCs was collected until they transferred to the private sector. At 31 December 2014 there was a full-time equivalent of 4,810 staff working within the Offender Management function in CRCs.
Public Sector Prison Service Staff Employed in Offender Management, 2014 to 20154
Date | Public Sector Prisons4 |
31-Mar-14 | 1,770 |
31-Mar-15 | 1,620 |
31-Dec-15 | 1,600 |
Note to All Tables:
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However the database itself is dynamic, and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures.