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Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Prisoner Assessment Unit Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice how many meetings have been held, or attended by, the Northern Ireland Prison Service and his Department in relation to (i) the issues leading to the closure of the Prisoner Assessment Unit; and (ii) the publication of the subsequent report. (AQW 13514/11-15) Mr Ford: (i) Two Prison Service meetings were held prior to the decision to close the Prisoner Assessment Unit. (ii) Two Prison Service meetings were held to discuss requests for the disclosure or publication of the Report into the Investigation of the Prisoner Assessment Unit. Cases of Death in Custody Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW12906/11-15, to detail the relevant staff associations that were in agreement. (AQW 13515/11-15) Mr Ford: Both the Prison Officers Association and the Prison Governors Association agreed the existing NIPS Code of Conduct and Discipline. Illegal Protest in Ardoyne Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW11862/11-15, with the exception of the costs disclosed, what is the total of all other costs which have been incurred in this case, including costs to the PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service. (AQW 13516/11-15) Mr Ford: The estimated court related costs incurred to date including judicial, staff and facilities are £12,600. Further claims for legal fees have been submitted since my previous answer and I have set out below updated Legal Aid costs. Fees of £5,378.08 have been paid under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) (including VAT of £852.62 and disbursements of £121.96). £53,464.19 has been paid to date for proceedings at the Magistrates’ Court (including VAT of £8,597.52 and disbursements of £9.07). Fees of £47,604.58 (including VAT of £7,859.25 and disbursements of £9.07) were paid to solicitors and a total of £5,859.61 (including VAT of £738.27) was paid to Counsel. £10,005.51 has been paid to date for proceedings at the Crown Court (including VAT of £1,426.30 and disbursements of £1,447.68). Of these fees £5,906.88 (including VAT of £743.20 and disbursements of £1,447.68) has been paid to solicitors and £4,098.63 (including VAT of £683.10) has been paid to Counsel. The Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Public Prosecution Service have advised that to extract the information required to answer this question would involve a lengthy manual exercise which would incur disproportionate cost. They are therefore not in a position to supply the information sought. Office of the Police Ombudsman: Complaints Mr Weir asked the Minister of Justice to detail the process used by his Department when dealing with complaints made against the actions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman. (AQW 13517/11-15) WA 596
Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Mr Ford: If having made a complaint of administrative maladministration to the Chief Executive of the Police Ombudsman’s Office, the complainant is unhappy with the Chief Executive’s decision, the individual can raise a complaint with my Department. A written request specifying the grounds of maladministration along with a copy of the Chief Executive’s decision letter should be forwarded to my Department. My Department will then ask the Police Ombudsman’s Office for a report, which the Head of Policing Policy and Strategy Division will consider on my behalf, and determine whether the complaint is substantiated and if so, can appoint an independent person to investigate. Office of the Police Ombudsman: Complaints Mr Weir asked the Minister of Justice how many complaints his Department has received regarding the actions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman, in each of the last three years. (AQW 13520/11-15) Mr Ford: The information requested is only available from 12 April 2010, when the Department of Justice came into being. The table below details how many complaints of administrative maladministration regarding the actions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman the Department has received. Period Number of complaints received April -December 2010 0 January – December 2011 1 January – June 2012 3 Total 4 Office of the Police Ombudsman: Complaints Mr Weir asked the Minister of Justice how many of the complaints received by his Department against the actions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman, in each of the last three years, were upheld. (AQW 13522/11-15) Mr Ford: The information requested is only available from 12 April 2010, when the Department of Justice came into being. The table below details how many complaints of administrative maladministration regarding the actions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman the Department has received and how many of those complaints were upheld. Period Number of complaints received Number of complaints upheld April -December 2010 0 0 January – December 2011 1 0 January – June 2012 3 1 upheld 2 pending review and decision Prisoner Ombudsman Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice whether the Prisoner Ombudsman has made representations on behalf of republican separated prisoners on protest, including the dates on which any representations were received. (AQW 13546/11-15) Mr Ford: The Prisoner Ombudsman has not made any such representations. WA 597
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