Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) magistrates and (b) judges on his proposal that there should be a presumption against prison sentences of less than 12 months.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates are for people given a suspended sentence order with a custodial period of (a) 14 days to less than one month, (b) one month to less than three months, (c) three months to less than six months, (d) six months to less than nine months, (e) nine months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which information is available.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates were for people given an immediate prison sentence of (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months, (c) 3 months to less than 6 months, (d) 6 months to less than 9 months, (e) 9 months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Sentencing Bill on the number of new probation officers required.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what records his Department holds on non-activation by the courts of a custodial sentence when an offender serving a suspended sentence has (a) been convicted of another offence and (b) otherwise breached a suspended sentence order in each of the last five years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of offenders convicted of a knife-crime offence who had previously been convicted of (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five knife-crime offences who were sentenced to an immediate prison sentence of up to 12 months in each of the last five years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to a suspended sentence order were subsequently sent to immediate custody for (a) breaching the conditions of the order and (b) reoffending in each of the last three years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the highest number of suspended sentences for different offences served concurrently in the last five years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by people on a suspended sentence order by offence in each of the last three years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of knife crime offences were sentenced to immediate custody of 12 months or less in each of the last five years.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.