Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chief executives, (b) deputy chief executives and (c) assistant chief officers of community rehabilitation companies have left their post since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
On 1 February 2015, ownership of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transitioned to new providers. CRCs are now separate, private entities, contracted by the Department to provide specific services and as such are responsible for determining their budgets, staffing levels and staff salaries. As they are autonomous organisations, the MoJ no longer holds details of their budgeted annual expenditure.
In terms of staffing, while CRCs are contractually required to have sufficient suitably qualified and competent staff, they are responsible for determining their own staffing levels and recruitment. No Chief Executives and only a small number of staff at Paybands A-D left their CRC posts during January 2015 while CRCs were still under public ownership. Since 1 February 2015, staffing has been a matter for CRC owners. The Department has not issued guidance to CRCs on recruitment.
Following the transfer of ownership in February 2015, staff remuneration is now a matter for CRC providers. The salary of the Chief Executive of Essex CRC during the period 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015 was in the range £90,000-£95,000. The governance structure of the Community Rehabilitation Companies did not include a position of Chairman during that period.
The National Probation Service (NPS) may use agency staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. The Department has issued a range of guidance (for example Probation Instructions) on the use of agency staff by the National Probation Service.
Since January 2015, official discussions continue with CRCs as part of the contract management process.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budgeted annual expenditure is of the Essex Community Rehabilitation Company for this financial year; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
On 1 February 2015, ownership of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transitioned to new providers. CRCs are now separate, private entities, contracted by the Department to provide specific services and as such are responsible for determining their budgets, staffing levels and staff salaries. As they are autonomous organisations, the MoJ no longer holds details of their budgeted annual expenditure.
In terms of staffing, while CRCs are contractually required to have sufficient suitably qualified and competent staff, they are responsible for determining their own staffing levels and recruitment. No Chief Executives and only a small number of staff at Paybands A-D left their CRC posts during January 2015 while CRCs were still under public ownership. Since 1 February 2015, staffing has been a matter for CRC owners. The Department has not issued guidance to CRCs on recruitment.
Following the transfer of ownership in February 2015, staff remuneration is now a matter for CRC providers. The salary of the Chief Executive of Essex CRC during the period 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015 was in the range £90,000-£95,000. The governance structure of the Community Rehabilitation Companies did not include a position of Chairman during that period.
The National Probation Service (NPS) may use agency staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. The Department has issued a range of guidance (for example Probation Instructions) on the use of agency staff by the National Probation Service.
Since January 2015, official discussions continue with CRCs as part of the contract management process.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department (i) have had since January 2015 and (ii) plan to have in the next six months with the Chief Executive of the Essex Community Rehabilitation Company; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
On 1 February 2015, ownership of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transitioned to new providers. CRCs are now separate, private entities, contracted by the Department to provide specific services and as such are responsible for determining their budgets, staffing levels and staff salaries. As they are autonomous organisations, the MoJ no longer holds details of their budgeted annual expenditure.
In terms of staffing, while CRCs are contractually required to have sufficient suitably qualified and competent staff, they are responsible for determining their own staffing levels and recruitment. No Chief Executives and only a small number of staff at Paybands A-D left their CRC posts during January 2015 while CRCs were still under public ownership. Since 1 February 2015, staffing has been a matter for CRC owners. The Department has not issued guidance to CRCs on recruitment.
Following the transfer of ownership in February 2015, staff remuneration is now a matter for CRC providers. The salary of the Chief Executive of Essex CRC during the period 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015 was in the range £90,000-£95,000. The governance structure of the Community Rehabilitation Companies did not include a position of Chairman during that period.
The National Probation Service (NPS) may use agency staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. The Department has issued a range of guidance (for example Probation Instructions) on the use of agency staff by the National Probation Service.
Since January 2015, official discussions continue with CRCs as part of the contract management process.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has (a) issued and (b) plans to issue on the use of agency staff at the Probation Service.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
On 1 February 2015, ownership of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transitioned to new providers. CRCs are now separate, private entities, contracted by the Department to provide specific services and as such are responsible for determining their budgets, staffing levels and staff salaries. As they are autonomous organisations, the MoJ no longer holds details of their budgeted annual expenditure.
In terms of staffing, while CRCs are contractually required to have sufficient suitably qualified and competent staff, they are responsible for determining their own staffing levels and recruitment. No Chief Executives and only a small number of staff at Paybands A-D left their CRC posts during January 2015 while CRCs were still under public ownership. Since 1 February 2015, staffing has been a matter for CRC owners. The Department has not issued guidance to CRCs on recruitment.
Following the transfer of ownership in February 2015, staff remuneration is now a matter for CRC providers. The salary of the Chief Executive of Essex CRC during the period 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015 was in the range £90,000-£95,000. The governance structure of the Community Rehabilitation Companies did not include a position of Chairman during that period.
The National Probation Service (NPS) may use agency staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. The Department has issued a range of guidance (for example Probation Instructions) on the use of agency staff by the National Probation Service.
Since January 2015, official discussions continue with CRCs as part of the contract management process.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how frequently prison recall data for the licence period and the new supervision period will be published; and whether such data will be recorded and published separately for Essex.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
Statistics on offenders recalled and returned to custody are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) bulletin. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics dates for future releases of this bulletin have been pre-announced in the Department’s statistical publication schedule. This is available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics
As part of the latest release of OMSQ, my Department published a consultation document and set of statistical tables proposing how this information on recalls could be presented in the future. These new tables aim to ensure that the changes this Government’s Transforming Rehabilitation programme have made in this area can be monitored. These documents are available online at the link below:
The proposed set of statistical tables do not currently include a separate breakdown for Essex. I have asked my officials to consider this request, alongside other consultation responses, as they develop the final tables that will be included with the next edition of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly which is due to be published on 30 April 2015.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase the compensation paid by criminals to their victims.
Answered by Mike Penning
This Government takes enforcement of compensation orders very seriously and remains determined to find new ways to ensure they are paid and to trace those who do not pay. The Government has recently discussed with the Victims Panel how we might potentially pay compensation to victims up front, rather than victims having to wait for their money.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to cyclists riding on footpaths in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) the London Metropolitan Police area; and how many such notices (i) have been paid, (ii) are currently outstanding, (iii) have been written-off and (iv) have had a warrant issued for the arrest of the offender.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.
Trend data can be viewed in table 3.
Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pedal cyclists in each police force area have been convicted of each type of offence relating to contravention of Road Traffic Acts in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.
Trend data can be viewed in table 3.
Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of cycling on footpaths in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.
Trend data can be viewed in table 3.
Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted for each type of cycling offence in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences relating to pedal cycles by gender, age group and police force area in England and Wales, from 2003 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table 1.
The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates’ courts, found guilty and fined for offences connected with pedal cycles by gender, age group and court can be viewed in the table 2.
Trend data can be viewed in table 3.
Data on fixed penalty notices and data on warrants for the arrest of the offender are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, data held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.