Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority claims from Scottish applicants remain unresolved more than (a) 12, (b) 24 and (c) 36 months after a judicial‑review judgment quashing the original decision.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The table below shows the number of applications for criminal injuries compensation which are unresolved more than (a) 12 months, (b) 24 months, and (c) 36 months after the Court of Session quashed the decision of the First-tier Tribunal in judicial review proceedings.
Time | Number unresolved |
12 months to 24 months | 5 or fewer |
Over 24 months to 36 months | 5 or fewer |
Over 36 months | 5 or fewer |
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 contains safeguards where an applicant is dissatisfied with the outcome of their application. All applicants have the right to request that their initial decision is reviewed by a different claims officer. If the applicant remains dissatisfied following review, they have the right to appeal to the independent First-tier Tribunal. Thereafter, an applicant can apply for ‘judicial review’ of the First-tier Tribunal’s decision. In Scotland, judicial review claims are heard by the Court of Session. In England & Wales, judicial review claims are heard by the Upper Tribunal.
We have answered ‘5 or fewer’ to mitigate the risk of individuals being identifiable from our response.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) prison population and (b) cost per prisoner was in 2022.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The unit costs for 2021/22 are not yet finalised and will be published in due course. In the meantime, the link below contains information around the previous year’s unit costs. This shows that the average population across the year was 78,959 and the overall cost per prisoner was £48,409 per annum.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-performance-data-2020-to-2021
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many care-experienced people were part of the prison population in 2022.
Answered by Damian Hinds
This question cannot be answered without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has any plans to promote human rights in the UK and abroad through the creation of a dedicated UK Minister or commissioner for human rights.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Government has two Ministers with responsibility for human rights. In my role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, I have Ministerial responsibility for human rights domestically, and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has responsibility for human rights internationally.
We have no plans for additional Human Rights Ministers or Commissioners.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has visited Scotland in an official capacity since the 2015 General Election; and what meetings were held on each such visit.
Answered by Mike Penning
Details of all ministerial meetings are published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if his will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
Answered by Dominic Raab
Further to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952 I can confirm that, in line with the Government’s commitment given in the budget, the Ministry of Justice will continue to ensure staff are paid at or above the National Living Wage of £7.20 per hour which will be introduced in April 2016.
All civil servants within the Ministry of Justice and its agencies excluding the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) were paid above the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage on 1 August 2014.
As of 31 March 2015, after the Foundation increased the rate in November 2014, 283 staff out of 23,598 direct employees within the Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Legal Aid Agency were paid below the current living wage.
As of 31 March 2015, there were 89 members of staff who currently earn below the living wage out of a total of 46,442 direct employees in NOMS (including the National Probation Service).
The Secretary of State would like all MoJ staff to be paid at least the current living wage. The department is working to implement this as soon as possible.