Ministerial Corrections Debates in the Commons on 21st March 2011

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Monday 21st March 2011

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Care Proceedings

Monday 21st March 2011

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Ministerial Corrections

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Annette Brooke

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many care proceedings cases in each local authority area are currently open in the family courts; how many were open in each of the last five years; and how many have reached a conclusion (a) in 2010 to date and (b) each of the last five years.

[Official Report, 3 June 2010, Vol. 510, c. 55-59W.]

Letter of correction from Mr Jonathan Djanogly:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke) on 3 June 2010. The December 2008 figures in Table 1 of the response in relation to care supervision orders outstanding in the Family Proceedings Courts (FPCs) are incorrect.

The full answer given was as follows:

Mr Djanogly

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Table 1 shows the number of care and supervision cases outstanding as at the end of December in each year from 2005 to 2009 in the Family Proceedings Courts and County Courts of England and Wales. Data are presented by HM Courts Service areas as a local authority area breakdown is not collected centrally and could be obtained only through the inspection of individual case files at disproportionate cost.

*Table 1*
	Total number of care and supervision outstanding cases in the Family Proceedings Court	Total number of care and supervision outstanding cases in the County Courts
	December	December
HMCS area	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset Devon and Cornwall, and Gloucestershire	342	350	348	342	370	260	303	275	310	389
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	227	187	216	227	301	188	221	175	179	320
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk	282	264	372	282	371	273	236	241	233	286
Cheshire and Merseyside	126	225	210	126	253	240	300	248	261	356
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	484	642	636	484	533	198	270	264	235	317
Cumbria and Lancashire	82	115	113	82	101	185	198	218	200	297
Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Wiltshire	162	154	206	162	215	160	151	173	165	233
East Midlands	395	444	367	395	560	164	176	176	214	287
Greater Manchester	133	174	140	133	295	361	378	394	353	547
Humber and South Yorkshire	166	183	188	166	201	252	265	239	245	335
Kent Surrey and Sussex	325	340	364	325	512	256	260	287	245	340
London Civil and Family	1,017	1,020	888	1,017	1,426	850	733	724	561	758
Mid and West Wales	94	106	97	94	168	67	43	40	53	115
North and West Yorkshire	185	169	293	185	409	229	258	240	225	294
North Wales	16	25	30	16	57	57	77	67	52	80
South East Wales	157	205	162	157	260	136	133	122	116	156
Staffordshire and West Mercia	152	217	219	152	274	104	115	88	88	148
West Midlands and Warwickshire	303	320	332	303	966	391	340	342	294	464
National total	4,648	5,140	5,181	4,648	7,272	4,371	4,457	4,313	4,029	5,722
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System and Family Case Tracker. 2. The figures relate to the new HMCS areas. 3. The total number of outstanding cases show the total number of care and supervisions cases open at the end of December each year.

Table 2 shows the number of care and supervision orders made in each calendar year from 2004 to 2008 for county courts and the High Court.

*Table 2*
	Care and supervision orders made in the County Courts and High Court, England and Wales
HMCS area	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire	395	355	334	372	450
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	386	274	337	310	331
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk	327	325	445	399	350
Cheshire and Merseyside	330	396	393	466	453
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	369	403	303	349	464
Cumbria and Lancashire	316	257	342	327	283
Dorset, Hampshire and IOW and Wiltshire	311	255	299	255	272
East Midlands	391	369	299	292	351
Greater Manchester	561	490	715	736	579
Humber and South Yorkshire	435	489	559	611	476
Kent, Surrey and Sussex	266	200	418	471	371
London Civil and Family	916	846	989	878	868
Mid and West Wales	82	113	109	100	71
North and West Yorkshire	516	427	484	552	530
North Wales	106	84	92	167	173
South East Wales	240	278	262	239	168
West Mercia and Staffordshire	175	195	208	253	186
West Midlands and Warwickshire	474	509	588	434	446
National Total	6,596	6,265	7,176	7,211	6,822
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System. 2. Figures relate to the number of children subject to each application. 3. Disposals in each year may relate to applications made in earlier years. 4. Figures are provided for County Courts and the High Court.

Table 3 shows the number of care and supervision orders made from April 2007 to December 2008 in the Family Proceedings Courts; figures for earlier periods are not available for these areas.

More recent statistics than those shown are not yet available.

*Table 3*
	Care and supervision orders made in the Family Proceedings Courts, England and Wales
HMCS area	April 2007 to December 2007	January 2008 to December 2008
Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire	262	361
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	174	272
Cambridgeshire, Essex. Norfolk and Suffolk	133	202
Cheshire and Merseyside	139	135
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	327	387
Cumbria and Lancashire	85	84
Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Wiltshire	107	121
East Midlands	198	372
Greater Manchester	76	116
Humber and South Yorkshire	64	153
Kent, Surrey and Sussex	161	258
London Crime, Central and South	533	543
Mid and West Wales	69	56
North and West Yorkshire	176	214
North Wales	9	43
South East Wales	149	172
West Mercia and Staffordshire	172	239
West Midlands and Warwickshire	93	129
National total	2,927	3,857
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System and One Performance Truth database. 2. Figures relate to the number of children subject to each application. 3. Disposals in 2007 and 2008 may relate to applications made in earlier years. 4. Figures are provided for Family Proceedings Court. 5. For Family Proceedings Courts the earliest available data that can be broken down by HMCS area is from April 2007. Therefore figures for 2007 relate to data from April 2007 to December 2007.

The correct answer should have been:

Mr Djanogly

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*Table 1*
	Total number of care and supervision outstanding cases in the Family Proceedings Court	Total number of care and supervision outstanding cases in the County Courts
	December	December
HMCS area	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Avon and Somerset Devon and Cornwall, and Gloucestershire	342	350	348	319	370	260	303	275	310	389
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	227	187	216	218	301	188	221	175	179	320
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk	282	264	372	351	371	273	236	241	233	286
Cheshire and Merseyside	126	225	210	188	253	240	300	248	261	356
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	484	642	636	374	533	198	270	264	235	317
Cumbria and Lancashire	82	115	113	86	101	185	198	218	200	297
Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Wiltshire	162	154	206	205	215	160	151	173	165	233
East Midlands	395	444	367	553	560	164	176	176	214	287
Greater Manchester	133	174	140	351	295	361	378	394	353	547
Humber and South Yorkshire	166	183	188	115	201	252	265	239	245	335
Kent Surrey and Sussex	325	340	364	282	512	256	260	287	245	340
London Civil and Family	1,017	1,020	888	959	1,426	850	733	724	561	758
Mid and West Wales	94	106	97	115	168	67	43	40	53	115
North and West Yorkshire	185	169	293	247	409	229	258	240	225	294
North Wales	16	25	30	41	57	57	77	67	52	80
South East Wales	157	205	162	108	260	136	133	122	116	156
Staffordshire and West Mercia	152	217	219	201	274	104	115	88	88	148
West Midlands and Warwickshire	303	320	332	259	966	391	340	342	294	464
National total	4,648	5,140	5,181	4,979	7,272	4,371	4,457	4,313	4,029	5,722
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System and Family Case Tracker. 2. The figures relate to the new HMCS areas. 3. The total number of outstanding cases show the total number of care and supervisions cases open at the end of December each year.

Table 2 shows the number of care and supervision orders made in each calendar year from 2004 to 2008 for county courts and the High Court.

*Table 2*
	Care and supervision orders made in the County Courts and High Court, England and Wales
HMCS area	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire	395	355	334	372	450
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	386	274	337	310	331
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk	327	325	445	399	350
Cheshire and Merseyside	330	396	393	466	453
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	369	403	303	349	464
Cumbria and Lancashire	316	257	342	327	283
Dorset, Hampshire and IOW and Wiltshire	311	255	299	255	272
East Midlands	391	369	299	292	351
Greater Manchester	561	490	715	736	579
Humber and South Yorkshire	435	489	559	611	476
Kent, Surrey and Sussex	266	200	418	471	371
London Civil and Family	916	846	989	878	868
Mid and West Wales	82	113	109	100	71
North and West Yorkshire	516	427	484	552	530
North Wales	106	84	92	167	173
South East Wales	240	278	262	239	168
West Mercia and Staffordshire	175	195	208	253	186
West Midlands and Warwickshire	474	509	588	434	446
National Total	6,596	6,265	7,176	7,211	6,822
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System. 2. Figures relate to the number of children subject to each application. 3. Disposals in each year may relate to applications made in earlier years. 4. Figures are provided for County Courts and the High Court.

*Table 3*
	Care and supervision orders made in the Family Proceedings Courts, England and Wales
HMCS area	April 2007 to December 2007	January 2008 to December 2008
Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire	262	361
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley	174	272
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk	133	202
Cheshire and Merseyside	139	135
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	327	387
Cumbria and Lancashire	85	84
Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Wiltshire	107	121
East Midlands	198	372
Greater Manchester	76	116
Humber and South Yorkshire	64	153
Kent, Surrey and Sussex	161	258
London Crime, Central and South	533	543
Mid and West Wales	69	56
North and West Yorkshire	176	214
North Wales	9	43
South East Wales	149	172
West Mercia and Staffordshire	172	239
West Midlands and Warwickshire	93	129
National total	2,927	3,857
Notes: 1. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan System and One Performance Truth database. 2. Figures relate to the number of children subject to each application. 3. Disposals in 2007 and 2008 may relate to applications made in earlier years. 4. Figures are provided for Family Proceedings Court. 5. For Family Proceedings Courts the earliest available data that can be broken down by HMCS area is from April 2007. Therefore figures for 2007 relate to data from April 2007 to December 2007.

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Prisoners: Sentencing

Monday 21st March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections

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Gavin Shuker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were serving a custodial sentence of (a) five years or fewer, (b) four years or fewer, (c) three years or fewer, (d) two years or fewer and (e) one year or less for each category of offence in the latest period for which figures are available.[32361]

[Official Report, 21 December 2010, Vol. 520, c. 1166W.]

Letter of correction from Mr Crispin Blunt:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Luton South (Gavin Shuker) on 21 December 2010. The figures in the table supplied on the breakdown of the custodial prison population for various sentence lengths by offence group for 30 September 2010 are incorrect.

The full answer given was as follows:

Mr Blunt

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The following table provides information on custodial sentences in prison establishments in England and Wales by sentence length band and offence category as at 30 September 2010.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

*Custodial prison population as of 30 September 2010 by sentence length and offence category*
	Sentence length
Offence category	Less than five years	Less than four years	Less than three years	Less than two years	Less than one year
Violence against the person	7,033	5,991	4,846	3,535	1,761
Sexual offences	2,315	1,753	1,232	720	212
Robbery	3,513	2,486	1,500	619	143
Burglary	5,053	4,188	2,954	1,526	507
Theft and handling	3,719	3,517	3,207	2,768	2,047
Fraud and forgery	1,225	1,066	903	698	324
Drug offences	5,866	4,370	2,677	1,085	229
Motoring offences	877	857	823	759	547
Other offences	4,851	4,383	3,849	3,234	2,234
Offences not recorded	190	159	128	107	92

The correct answer should have been:

Mr Blunt

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*Custodial prison population as of 30 September 2010 by sentence length and offence category*
	Sentence length
Offence category	Less than five years	Less than four years	Less than three years	Less than two years	Less than one year
Violence against the person	7,097	5,951	4,594	3,154	1,736
Sexual offences	2,882	1,742	1,245	721	208
Robbery	3,394	2,484	1,730	930	142
Burglary	4,596	4,144	2,963	1,719	499
Theft and handling	3,594	3,484	3,016	2,514	2,019
Fraud and forgery	1,166	1,060	826	573	322
Drug offences	5,840	4,306	2,997	1,600	224
Motoring offences	847	835	737	633	532
Other offences	4,819	4,392	3,695	2,953	2,221
Offences not recorded	408	372	315	253	193

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Prostitution: Newham

Monday 21st March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections

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Lyn Brown

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there were for (a) kerb crawling, (b) soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public place, (c) keeping a brothel and (d) control of prostitution in respect of offences committed in the London borough of Newham in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.

[Official Report, 17 January 2011, Vol. 521, c. 652-53W.]

Letter of correction from Mr Crispin Blunt:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) on 17 January 2011. The figures in the table for the number of defendants convicted for keeping a brothel in the Metropolitan police force area were incorrect along with some of the information included in the footnotes that accompanied the table.

The full answer given was as follows:

Mr Blunt

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The number of defendants found guilty at all courts for selected prostitution related offences in the Metropolitan police force area for the years 2008 to 2009 can be viewed in the table.

Information at borough level is not collated centrally by the Ministry of Justice.

Court proceedings data for 2010 are planned for publication in the spring.

*Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for selected prostitution related offences in the Metropolitan police force area for the years 2008*-09^1,2,3
Offence	2008	2009
Kerb crawling	165	117
Soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public place	114	65
Keeping a brothel	5	10
Control of prostitution	16	4
¹ The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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 following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions: Kerb, crawling: Sexual Offences Act 1985, S.1 kerb crawling Sexual Offences Act 1985, S.2 Persistent soliciting of person or persons for the purpose of prostitution Soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public place: Sexual Offences Act 1985, S.1 Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution Keeping a brothel: Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.33A as added by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Keeping a brothel for prostitution Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.34 Letting premises for use as a brothel Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.34 Letting premises for use as a brothel for homosexual practices Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.35 Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.35 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.53 Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel for homosexual practices Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.33 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Keeping a brothel for homosexual practices Control of prostitution: Sexual Offences Act 2001 S.53 Controlling prostitution for gain Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice

The correct answer should have been:

Mr Blunt

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*Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for selected prostitution related offences in the Metropolitan police force area for the years 2008*-09^1,2,3
Offence	2008	2009
Kerb crawling	165	117
Soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public place	114	65
Keeping a brothel	11	15
Control of prostitution	16	4
¹The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. ²Every 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 following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions: Kerb crawling: Sexual Offences Act 1985, s.1 Kerb crawling Sexual Offences Act 1985, s.2 Persistent soliciting of person or persons for the purpose of prostitution Soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public place: Sexual Offences Act 1985, s.1 Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution Keeping a brothel: Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.33A as added by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.55 Keeping a brothel for prostitution Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.33 Keeping a brothel Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.34 Letting premises for use as a brothel Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.35 Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.36 Tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.33 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Keeping a brothel for homosexual practices Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.34 Letting premises for use as a brothel for homosexual practices Sexual Offences Act 1956 s.35 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 s.53 Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel for homosexual practices Similar provisions in Local Acts Other offences against keeping a brothel Control of prostitution: Sexual Offences Act 2001 s.53 Controlling prostitution for gain Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

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