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Written Question
Council Tax: Unpaid Taxes
Wednesday 25th November 2015

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, what was the estimated cost to the public purse of people being imprisoned for defaulting on payment of their council tax.

Answered by Lord Faulks

This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison, and in summary form the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. These can be found on Gov.uk.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2015
Criminal Justice: Transgender People

"My noble friend Lord Patel raised an important issue about overcrowding in prisons. Under those circumstances, the sensitive consideration of to which prison a prisoner is to be allocated is made much more difficult simply because there are not enough vacant prison places for the allocation to take place...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 29 Oct 2015
Prisons: Young People

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To move that this House takes note of the case for taking action to address the problems of young people before they enter the criminal justice system in order to reduce the prison population, improve conditions within prison, and focus on the rehabilitation of prisoners, as set out in The …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 29 Oct 2015
Prisons: Young People

"My Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce this debate. I should make it clear that this is not out of any sense of self-promotion, but because I believe that the issues raised by the independent review that I led are so important. Indeed, I believe that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 29 Oct 2015
Prisons: Young People

"My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. It has been a very important and thorough debate, and I am grateful to everyone. I thought that the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, put it very usefully when he said that the Government need no …..."
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Written Question
Prisoners: Age
Wednesday 29th July 2015

Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the future age profile of the prison population.

Answered by Lord Faulks

The Ministry of Justice publish annual projections of the prison population broken down by juveniles (15-17 year olds), young adults (18-20 year olds) and adults (21+). These are published as part of the annual prison population projections.

The next release of this publication will be in November 2015, when it is planned to include further tables showing projections for populations aged over 50 years and over 60 years old.

Written Question
European Protection Orders
Monday 22nd December 2014

Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to implement the European Protection Order (EU Directive 2011/99/EU) that requires member states to introduce procedures whereby the victims of domestic violence can get a non-molestation order from the courts in one member state which will then be automatically recognised in other member states.

Answered by Lord Faulks

EU Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order comes into force on 11 January 2015 and the Government plans to implement it by way of statutory instrument made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, on the same day. At the same time, the Government will also implement the related EU Regulation on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters, (606/3013) which comes into force on the same day.

Written Question
Offences against Children
Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the outcome of the meeting held with the NSPCC on 14 November to discuss the Serious Crime Bill.

Answered by Lord Faulks

The meeting between Government officials, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Police and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to discuss the case for criminalising sexual communications with a child was constructive.

As my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary indicated during Home Office oral questions on 17 November (House of Commons, official report, column 17), we will complete our consideration of the case for a new offence in good time to enable an amendment to be tabled to the Serious Crime Bill in the House of Commons should the Government decide to do so.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

"My Lords, I have listened to this debate for the last hour and a half and was almost looking forward to the Minister’s response. Some serious issues have been raised during the course of this debate which deserve an answer on behalf of the Government. As I understand the position—and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2014
Digital Bill of Rights

"The Minister talks about the importance of protecting children, but do not all consumers need protection on the internet? While it may not be appropriate to legislate, would it not be appropriate for the Government to put their weight behind requiring that there is a robust system of identity assurance …..."
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