Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The only data held on this is at December 2014 when the number of staff within the MoJ (including HMPPS) that were members of trades unions was 43,286 which equated to 63.21% of staff numbers. Following the removal of check-off as a method of payment for members to pay for union subscriptions, it is no longer possible for the department to verify the numbers of staff that are currently trade union members.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were employed directly by his Department on zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The table below shows the number of individuals working in MOJ and HMPPS who were placed on zero hours contracts over the specified time period. Currently those individuals on zero hours contracts within MOJ are scheduled court ushers who are working within HMCTS.
Snapshot date | Total | MOJ | HMPPS2 |
31/1/2017 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
31/12/2016 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
31/12/20151 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
31/01/2015 | 73 | 66 | 7 |
31/12/2013 | 120 | 120 | 0 |
31/12/2012 | 140 | 140 | 0 |
31/12/2011 | 172 | 172 | 0 |
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the lead non-executive director and other non-executive director board members are in his Department.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Department does not currently have a lead non-executive director following the appointment of Lord Theodore Agnew as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System on 28 September 2017. Our current non-executive directors are Liz Doherty and Lizzie Noel. A recruitment process is underway to recruit a lead and other additional non-executive directors.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of women have been given custodial sentences as a proportion of all sentences in each of the last five years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information can be found in the sentencing data tool in the annual publication, linked below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016
We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's comparative international position for custodian sentences given to female offenders as a proportion of all sentences in each of the last five years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
We are aware of independent assessments of female prison population internationally, such as the World Female Imprisonment List published by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research at Birkbeck, University of London.
We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody, including how we can do more in the community so custody is only used when absolutely necessary.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of (a) community supervision and (b) custodial prison sentences for female prisoners in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) does not calculate separately the average cost of community supervision by gender. Additionally, the information recorded on the HMPPS central accounting system does not allow the identification of such costs.
In respect of information for average cost for female prisoners serving custodial prison sentences, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the female estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.
Information on prison expenditure for previous financial years can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the www.gov.uk website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.
The most recent published figures for financial year 2016-17 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic s/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders received an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last seven years; and what the percentage change in that number was for each police force area in England and Wales in each of those years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The number of female offenders sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.
Court proceedings data, including sentencing outcomes, for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.
In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody.
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London (3) | 1,691 | 1,822 | 1,566 | 1,320 | 1,318 | 1,192 | 1,286 |
Cumbria | 80 | 109 | 88 | 90 | 93 | 104 | 92 |
Lancashire | 189 | 193 | 205 | 241 | 239 | 215 | 169 |
Merseyside | 251 | 265 | 232 | 232 | 249 | 268 | 267 |
Greater Manchester | 468 | 486 | 412 | 405 | 451 | 405 | 309 |
Cheshire | 139 | 131 | 121 | 118 | 169 | 182 | 168 |
Northumbria | 156 | 199 | 165 | 136 | 178 | 184 | 170 |
Durham | 87 | 64 | 79 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 80 |
North Yorkshire | 91 | 90 | 104 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 83 |
West Yorkshire | 273 | 284 | 270 | 271 | 300 | 294 | 336 |
South Yorkshire | 206 | 244 | 210 | 273 | 249 | 232 | 194 |
Humberside | 151 | 155 | 157 | 146 | 158 | 138 | 147 |
Cleveland | 116 | 91 | 93 | 98 | 91 | 78 | 108 |
West Midlands | 630 | 580 | 590 | 493 | 536 | 525 | 559 |
Staffordshire | 151 | 143 | 145 | 101 | 125 | 126 | 119 |
West Mercia | 146 | 116 | 111 | 104 | 117 | 102 | 112 |
Warwickshire | 28 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 57 | 60 |
Derbyshire | 139 | 156 | 123 | 128 | 174 | 183 | 179 |
Nottinghamshire | 187 | 153 | 145 | 117 | 143 | 170 | 147 |
Lincolnshire | 52 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 42 | 52 | 67 |
Leicestershire | 108 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 88 | 97 |
Northamptonshire | 129 | 115 | 128 | 93 | 92 | 70 | 78 |
Cambridgeshire | 143 | 111 | 123 | 132 | 92 | 89 | 113 |
Norfolk | 96 | 99 | 93 | 73 | 86 | 99 | 124 |
Suffolk | 56 | 81 | 43 | 64 | 79 | 73 | 49 |
Bedfordshire | 99 | 75 | 84 | 42 | 69 | 80 | 54 |
Hertfordshire | 95 | 109 | 107 | 100 | 93 | 89 | 110 |
Essex | 231 | 223 | 197 | 194 | 201 | 162 | 176 |
Thames Valley | 242 | 254 | 213 | 204 | 214 | 255 | 224 |
Hampshire | 199 | 267 | 245 | 156 | 193 | 211 | 158 |
Surrey | 94 | 99 | 113 | 82 | 90 | 64 | 63 |
Kent | 206 | 226 | 193 | 201 | 203 | 192 | 217 |
Sussex | 260 | 240 | 194 | 148 | 132 | 160 | 131 |
Devon and Cornwall | 144 | 158 | 120 | 109 | 116 | 126 | 121 |
Avon and Somerset | 181 | 207 | 172 | 182 | 200 | 170 | 164 |
Gloucestershire | 68 | 51 | 49 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 58 |
Wiltshire | 25 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 49 |
Dorset | 78 | 42 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 52 |
North Wales | 74 | 74 | 97 | 98 | 93 | 107 | 116 |
Gwent | 59 | 70 | 94 | 86 | 91 | 82 | 88 |
South Wales | 327 | 328 | 291 | 344 | 345 | 328 | 387 |
Dyfed-Powys | 51 | 58 | 42 | 44 | 37 | 33 | 32 |
England and Wales | 8,196 | 8,418 | 7,709 | 7,138 | 7,525 | 7,323 | 7,313 |
(1) The sentence shown is the most severe sentence given for the principal offence (i.e. the principal sentence), secondary sentences given for the principal offence and sentences for non-principal offences are not counted in the tables.
(2) 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.
(3) Includes the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Areas.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department is making on implementation of the recommendations of the Corston Report on women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, published in March 2017.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Government accepted 40 out of the 43 recommendations of Baroness Corston’s Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System and progress has been made in part or fully against these.
In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody. This will build on the principles set out in Baroness Corston’s report.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the recidivism rates for female prisoners who have received (a) custodial prison sentences and (b) community supervision orders in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Rory Stewart
We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody
The table below shows the proven reoffending data for adult females released from custody or receiving community orders between January 2011 and December 2015. As it shows, reconviction rates have remained relatively stable across this period.
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| Jan - Mar 2011 | Apr - Jun 2011 | Jul - Sep 2011 | Oct - Dec 2011 | Jan - Mar 2012 | Apr - Jun 2012 | Jul - Sep 2012 | Oct - Dec 2012 | Jan - Mar 2013 | Apr - Jun 2013 | Jul - Sep 2013 | Oct - Dec 2013 | Jan - Mar 2014 | Apr - Jun 2014 | Jul - Sep 2014 | Oct - Dec 2014 | Jan - Mar 2015 | Apr - Jun 2015 | Jul - Sep 2015 |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 48.5 | 49.1 | 47.6 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 49.2 | 51.1 | 49.1 | 50.5 | 49.8 | 50.4 | 52.4 | 52.0 | 52.5 | 52.2 | 53.2 | 53.7 | 51.2 | 53.6 |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 33.5 | 31.9 | 33.5 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 33.4 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 31.9 | 31.8 | 31.4 | 31.9 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 |
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1. Community Orders were introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and came into force from April 2005. "-" indicates that data is not available for January - March 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. These figures have been derived from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. A proven reoffence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. Number of offenders in each disposal category do not sum to the total number of offenders. This is due to a difference in methodology to provide a realistic and relevant view of proven reoffending by disposal type. The first event within each disposal is taken as the start point. Therefore, some offenders will appear in more than one disposal category. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5. From October 2015 onwards, reoffending data are collected using different data sources to previous quarters. January to March 2005 is the earliest quarter for which proven reoffending data exists, however the quarters before October 2015 are not directly comparable to those after. | |||||||||||||||||||||