Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 13 November, 28 November and 14 December 2017 to Questions 112585, 112584 and 118460 on 14 December 2017, on domestic violence: convictions and prosecutions, what that data is by fiscal year.
Answered by Dominic Raab
For the financial year 2015/16 there were 20 prosecutions and 2 summary convictions for the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015. For the financial year 2016/7 there were 135 prosecutions and 30 summary convictions for this offence. The breakdown of this data is shown below:
| 2015/16 | April – December 2016 |
Summary convictions | 2 | 30 |
Sentenced at Crown Court | - | 7 |
Sentenced at Magistrates’ Court | 2 | 23 |
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Immediate custodial sentence | - | 4 |
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Maximum term (6 months) | - | 3 |
These are cases where the controlling or coercive offence was the principal offence. Where a defendant is charged with such an offence alongside another, such as serious sexual assault, the conviction and proceeding would be identified as a sexual assault offence in the statistics.
Court proceedings data for 2017, including the period for January to March making up the balance of the 2016/17 fiscal year, is planned for publication in May 2018
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department consulted the Amy Johnson Arts Trust before the decision was made on the permanent location of the replica of Amy Johnson's plane.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull will contact the Amy Johnson Arts Trust as part of the work that is underway to secure a permanent location for the full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth.
A decision has not been reached on a permanent location since receiving notification the model had to move by February 2018.
HMP Hull continue to work with any interested parties to agree the most appropriate location for the model.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2017 to Question 115630, on aircraft: Kingston upon Hull, to set out the dates on which (a) the City of Culture Organisation, (b) Network Rail, (c) Hull Museums, (d) the Museums Registrar (East Riding) and (e) Sewerby Hall were consulted; and if he will place in the Library all minutes and correspondence related to those discussions.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull have been in contact with the City of Culture organisation and several other organisations to secure a permanent location for the full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth since receiving notification the model had to move by February 2018.
A formal contact log has not been maintained as this is not a requirement.
HMP Hull continue to work with any interested parties to agree the most appropriate location for the model.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) insurance costs and (b) other costs of permanently housing the replica of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth in (a) Hull and (b) the Yorkshire Air Museum.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull are working with Hull city of Culture organisation, St Stephen’s shopping centre and Yorkshire Air museum who have both indicated that they are able to provide a permanent location for the full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth. Consideration will be given to the insurance and other costs before a decision is made.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the correspondence between officials of his Department and (a) Hull Maritime Museum, (b) Hull University, (c) Hull City Council, (d) TransPennine Express, (e) the artist Leonard J Brown and (f) HM Prison Hull on the permanent location of the replica of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull created a full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth as part of the Hull City of Culture 2017 programme and the prison’s reducing reoffending initiative. No organisation contacted the Department to express an interest in permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull.
None of the organisations listed expressed an interest or were consulted about permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull. Mr Brown was also not consulted as the replica Gypsy Moth remains the property and responsibility of HMP Hull.
HMP Hull approached and held discussions about the permanent placement of the replica Gipsy Moth with the City of Culture organisation, Network Rail for the use of Paragon Station, Curator Hull Museums, Museums Registrar (East Riding) and Sewerby Hall before the decision was taken to locate house the replica at Yorkshire Air Museum.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) which organisations contacted (i) the Ministry of Justice and (ii) HM Prison Hull expressing an interest in permanently housing the replica of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth at a site in Hull.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull created a full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth as part of the Hull City of Culture 2017 programme and the prison’s reducing reoffending initiative. No organisation contacted the Department to express an interest in permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull.
None of the organisations listed expressed an interest or were consulted about permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull. Mr Brown was also not consulted as the replica Gypsy Moth remains the property and responsibility of HMP Hull.
HMP Hull approached and held discussions about the permanent placement of the replica Gipsy Moth with the City of Culture organisation, Network Rail for the use of Paragon Station, Curator Hull Museums, Museums Registrar (East Riding) and Sewerby Hall before the decision was taken to locate house the replica at Yorkshire Air Museum.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sites in Hull were considered to permanently house the replica of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth, and what steps were taken to assess the suitability of those sites.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull created a full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth as part of the Hull City of Culture 2017 programme and the prison’s reducing reoffending initiative. No organisation contacted the Department to express an interest in permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull.
None of the organisations listed expressed an interest or were consulted about permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull. Mr Brown was also not consulted as the replica Gypsy Moth remains the property and responsibility of HMP Hull.
HMP Hull approached and held discussions about the permanent placement of the replica Gipsy Moth with the City of Culture organisation, Network Rail for the use of Paragon Station, Curator Hull Museums, Museums Registrar (East Riding) and Sewerby Hall before the decision was taken to locate house the replica at Yorkshire Air Museum.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) Hull Maritime Museum, (b) Hull University, (c) Hull City Council, (d) TransPennine Express and (e) the artist Leonard J Brown were consulted before the decision was taken permanently to house the replica of Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth at Yorkshire Air Museum.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
HMP Hull created a full-scale replica of Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth as part of the Hull City of Culture 2017 programme and the prison’s reducing reoffending initiative. No organisation contacted the Department to express an interest in permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull.
None of the organisations listed expressed an interest or were consulted about permanently housing the replica Gipsy Moth in Hull. Mr Brown was also not consulted as the replica Gypsy Moth remains the property and responsibility of HMP Hull.
HMP Hull approached and held discussions about the permanent placement of the replica Gipsy Moth with the City of Culture organisation, Network Rail for the use of Paragon Station, Curator Hull Museums, Museums Registrar (East Riding) and Sewerby Hall before the decision was taken to locate house the replica at Yorkshire Air Museum.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests relating to restricted patients were made to the Mental Health Casework Section in each year since 2009-10; and of those requests in each such year how many (a) have been completed and (b) still need to be completed.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (formerly known as the National Offender Management Service) has not recorded centrally all the funding allocated to of the Mental Health Casework Section (MHCS) in each year since 2009/10. Information on the number of full time equivalent staff within this unit over those years is also not recorded centrally. There is no legal or business requirement for the Department to hold such information on a separate basis.
For 2017/18, the full time equivalent headcount for MHCS is 58, with 11 positions currently vacant, pending completion of the recruitment processes
The numbers of requests relating to restricted patients that were made to MHCS each year from 2009/10 are set out in the table below. It is not possible retrospectively to ascertain how many requests were completed in-year for each year. The number of current outstanding requests in 2017/18 is set out in the table below. These figures include requests received up to and including 14 November 2017. “Request” has been taken to mean any application for a decision by the Secretary of State under the Mental Health Act 1983, or application to or referral to a Tribunal, which requires the Secretary of State to submit a statement to the Tribunal. The figures given include requests that were made, but may have been withdrawn at a later stage, and include requests relating to discharged restricted patients, such as request to recall or request to vary or revoke conditions of discharge, as well as those relating to detained restricted patients.
Year | Number of Requests Made | Number of Requests Completed | Number of Requests Outstanding |
2009-10 | 8,756 |
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2010-11 | 9,073 |
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2011-12 | 9,056 |
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2012-13 | 10,653 |
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2013-14 | 10,856 |
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2014-15 | 11,364 |
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2015-16 | 11,336 |
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2016-17 | 11,938 |
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2017-18 (up to 14/11/2017) | 6,881 | 5,732 | 1,149* |
*All requests received after 1/4/2017. This figure does not take into account active “critical” work which is being processed but may not have yet been completed and/or for which MHCS may be awaiting full information.
MHCS has not had a backlog of cases in significant numbers, nor for any significant periods of time, prior to June 2017. There are therefore no figures relating to backlogs of
cases in earlier years from 2009/10, as no such backlogs then existed.
The average number of calendar days between the case being logged to the final decision being made for restricted patients to (a) transfer to another hospital, (c) discharge (d) recall to hospital in each year since 2009/10 is set out in the table below. There is no power to (b) transfer to community care – a patient is either detained in hospital or discharged to the community. Recall decisions are made immediately, hence zero calendar days is recorded as the average. It should be noted that while a case is logged, it may not be ready for immediate consideration if there is further information required to enable a decision to be made.
Year | Hospital transfers | Conditional discharge | Absolute discharge | Recall |
2009-10 | 36 | 33 | 41 | 0 |
2010-11 | 28 | 46 | 20 | 0 |
2011-12 | 27 | 42 | 22 | 0 |
2012-13 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 0 |
2013-14 | 23 | 43 | 42 | 0 |
2014-15 | 30 | 42 | 31 | 0 |
2015-16 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 0 |
2016-17 | 35 | 45 | 41 | 0 |
The number of (a) backlog cases and (b) critical work cases for restricted patients that have been cleared by the MHCS in each month since June 2017 is set out below. MHCS did not develop a backlog until June 2017, therefore the backlog recovery plan was not implemented until June 2017; consequently, no such figures are held prior to June 2017.
| Jun 2017 | Jul 2017 | Aug 2017 | Sep 2017 | Oct 2017 |
Backlog cases | 249 | 230 | 151 | 223 | 240 |
Critical work cases | 424 | 472 | 433 | 358 | 441 |
These figures have been derived from an administrative IT system which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
MHCS is dealing with a backlog of casework decisions and has been since June 2017. This situation is a direct result of staff vacancies which have proved difficult to fill, together with some long-term sickness absences which could not have been predicted. A recovery plan was developed in June 2017, and while MHCS has been able to continue to make critical decisions, such as prison transfers, within 24 hour targets, delays in other parts of the system are ongoing.
We take the mental health of restricted patients very seriously, and MHCS has been working closely with NHS colleagues nationally to mitigate the impact of the delays and to understand better areas where the NHS is most concerned. While opportunities are limited until the significant number of MHCS vacancies are filled and new post-holders fully trained, MHCS has managed to adjust its backlog recovery plan to expedite certain types of cases within the backlog. MHCS continues to identify ways in which it can safely reduce delays, while continuing to protect the public.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of cases being processed by the Mental Health Casework Section was in each year since 2009-10; and how long on average from the case being logged to the decision being made it took to clear cases on that backlog in each of those years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (formerly known as the National Offender Management Service) has not recorded centrally all the funding allocated to of the Mental Health Casework Section (MHCS) in each year since 2009/10. Information on the number of full time equivalent staff within this unit over those years is also not recorded centrally. There is no legal or business requirement for the Department to hold such information on a separate basis.
For 2017/18, the full time equivalent headcount for MHCS is 58, with 11 positions currently vacant, pending completion of the recruitment processes
The numbers of requests relating to restricted patients that were made to MHCS each year from 2009/10 are set out in the table below. It is not possible retrospectively to ascertain how many requests were completed in-year for each year. The number of current outstanding requests in 2017/18 is set out in the table below. These figures include requests received up to and including 14 November 2017. “Request” has been taken to mean any application for a decision by the Secretary of State under the Mental Health Act 1983, or application to or referral to a Tribunal, which requires the Secretary of State to submit a statement to the Tribunal. The figures given include requests that were made, but may have been withdrawn at a later stage, and include requests relating to discharged restricted patients, such as request to recall or request to vary or revoke conditions of discharge, as well as those relating to detained restricted patients.
Year | Number of Requests Made | Number of Requests Completed | Number of Requests Outstanding |
2009-10 | 8,756 |
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2010-11 | 9,073 |
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2011-12 | 9,056 |
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2012-13 | 10,653 |
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2013-14 | 10,856 |
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2014-15 | 11,364 |
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2015-16 | 11,336 |
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2016-17 | 11,938 |
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2017-18 (up to 14/11/2017) | 6,881 | 5,732 | 1,149* |
*All requests received after 1/4/2017. This figure does not take into account active “critical” work which is being processed but may not have yet been completed and/or for which MHCS may be awaiting full information.
MHCS has not had a backlog of cases in significant numbers, nor for any significant periods of time, prior to June 2017. There are therefore no figures relating to backlogs of
cases in earlier years from 2009/10, as no such backlogs then existed.
The average number of calendar days between the case being logged to the final decision being made for restricted patients to (a) transfer to another hospital, (c) discharge (d) recall to hospital in each year since 2009/10 is set out in the table below. There is no power to (b) transfer to community care – a patient is either detained in hospital or discharged to the community. Recall decisions are made immediately, hence zero calendar days is recorded as the average. It should be noted that while a case is logged, it may not be ready for immediate consideration if there is further information required to enable a decision to be made.
Year | Hospital transfers | Conditional discharge | Absolute discharge | Recall |
2009-10 | 36 | 33 | 41 | 0 |
2010-11 | 28 | 46 | 20 | 0 |
2011-12 | 27 | 42 | 22 | 0 |
2012-13 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 0 |
2013-14 | 23 | 43 | 42 | 0 |
2014-15 | 30 | 42 | 31 | 0 |
2015-16 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 0 |
2016-17 | 35 | 45 | 41 | 0 |
The number of (a) backlog cases and (b) critical work cases for restricted patients that have been cleared by the MHCS in each month since June 2017 is set out below. MHCS did not develop a backlog until June 2017, therefore the backlog recovery plan was not implemented until June 2017; consequently, no such figures are held prior to June 2017.
| Jun 2017 | Jul 2017 | Aug 2017 | Sep 2017 | Oct 2017 |
Backlog cases | 249 | 230 | 151 | 223 | 240 |
Critical work cases | 424 | 472 | 433 | 358 | 441 |
These figures have been derived from an administrative IT system which, as with any large scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
MHCS is dealing with a backlog of casework decisions and has been since June 2017. This situation is a direct result of staff vacancies which have proved difficult to fill, together with some long-term sickness absences which could not have been predicted. A recovery plan was developed in June 2017, and while MHCS has been able to continue to make critical decisions, such as prison transfers, within 24 hour targets, delays in other parts of the system are ongoing.
We take the mental health of restricted patients very seriously, and MHCS has been working closely with NHS colleagues nationally to mitigate the impact of the delays and to understand better areas where the NHS is most concerned. While opportunities are limited until the significant number of MHCS vacancies are filled and new post-holders fully trained, MHCS has managed to adjust its backlog recovery plan to expedite certain types of cases within the backlog. MHCS continues to identify ways in which it can safely reduce delays, while continuing to protect the public.