Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Ministry of Justice's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
We estimate that 90% of the data held by the MOJ is hosted in the UK, and the remaining 10% overseas. No standard methodology exists for calculating this figure, and as such a significant margin of error should be assumed.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many medical appointments have been missed by prisoners as a result of a shortage of escort staff in each prison and young offender institution in each of the last three months.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Government is fully committed to making our prisons deliver safe and decent regimes and is actively taking the measures necessary to ensure that. External escorts which include hospital appointments are profiled based on the agreement between the individual establishment and the healthcare provider.
We do not hold data showing missed medical appointments and would need to request this from each establishment.
We are boosting the number of prison officers by 2,500 and we have already reached the halfway mark.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which prisons and young offenders institutions have cancelled educational activities as a result of staff shortages on any day in the last three months; and what was the number of days in each instance.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. A key priority for HMPPS is to make our prisons safe so that they can provide the maximum time out of cell for meaningful and purposeful activity to give prisoners the education, training, skills and work experience to enable them to obtain employment on release to their home areas. The new consistent core day models optimise the time available to provide appropriate regimes and to staff them efficiently.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which prisons and young offenders institutions have confined prisoners to their cells for more than 22 hours per day on any day in the last three months; and what was the number of days in each instance.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Government is fully committed to making our prisons safe so that they can provide the maximum time out of cell for meaningful and purposeful activity to give prisoners the training, skills and work experience needed on release.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, how many cases of individuals imprisoned for defaulting on their council tax were appealed to the High Court, and in how many of those cases the appeals were upheld.
Answered by Lord Faulks
Data showing how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are presented in the table below:
Year | Total |
2012 | 107 |
2013 | 108 |
2014 | 89 |
Notes:
These data are sourced from the Libra Management Information System (MIS). As such this data set is not subject to the same levels of quality assurance as national statistics
In extracting this data only offences of complaint for council tax committal application have been included where the court hearing date occurred within each year reported (i.e. between 1 January and 31 December).
It should also be noted that, although committals to prison are reported as occurring within a particular financial year, the non-payment of council tax itself may relate to a previous financial year or even a period covering more than one financial year.
Committal to prison for non-payment of council tax can be challenged through a judicial review in the High Court. The table below shows the number of judicial reviews relating to imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and the outcomes.
Year | Number of Judicial Reviews | Upheld | Refused |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Notes:
These data were obtained from a manual check of judicial reviews carried out specifically to answer this question.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, in how many instances people have been imprisoned for defaulting on payment of their council tax.
Answered by Lord Faulks
Data showing how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are presented in the table below:
Year | Total |
2012 | 107 |
2013 | 108 |
2014 | 89 |
Notes:
These data are sourced from the Libra Management Information System (MIS). As such this data set is not subject to the same levels of quality assurance as national statistics
In extracting this data only offences of complaint for council tax committal application have been included where the court hearing date occurred within each year reported (i.e. between 1 January and 31 December).
It should also be noted that, although committals to prison are reported as occurring within a particular financial year, the non-payment of council tax itself may relate to a previous financial year or even a period covering more than one financial year.
Committal to prison for non-payment of council tax can be challenged through a judicial review in the High Court. The table below shows the number of judicial reviews relating to imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and the outcomes.
Year | Number of Judicial Reviews | Upheld | Refused |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Notes:
These data were obtained from a manual check of judicial reviews carried out specifically to answer this question.