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1464670

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date	20/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98878, how many transwomen, who do not have a Gender Recognition Certificate, are serving a sentence for a serious violent offence against the person are held in (a) female, (b) male and (c) all prisons as of 20 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	5685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) approach to managing transgender offenders is set out in the policy framework ‘The Care and Management of Individuals who are Transgender’.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are allocated to prisons initially according to their legal gender, which for the vast majority will be their sex recorded at birth. We are not obliged to allocate transgender prisoners according to their wishes, and their views are one of a range of factors considered when making allocation decisions. Any decisions to locate differently to an individual’s legal gender, at any point during a sentence, are made on a case-by-case basis by a Complex Case Board, an expert multi-disciplinary panel chaired by a senior operational manager in HMPPS with specialist training.</p><p> </p><p>As we do not have a definition of a “serious violent offence against the person”, we have provided data on transgender women with any offence of violence against the person.</p><p> </p><p>Data on transgender prisoners is not available for 20th May 2022. This is because transgender data comes from an annual collection exercise and is a snapshot of the transgender prison population on 31st March of each year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available is from 31st March 2021. On 31st March 2021, there were 146 transgender women without GRCs in prison estates across England and Wales. Of these, 41 individuals were serving their sentence for the principal offence of violence against the person in male establishments. There were no transgender women with a principal offence of violence against the person in the women’s estate.</p><p> </p><p>The number of transgender women with GRCs serving sentences for offences of violence against the person in either estate is fewer than 5.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 5686 question first answered 25/05/2022 15:18:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1464671

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98878, on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, how many transwomen with a Gender Recognition Certificate held in (a) female prisons and (b) all prisons are serving a sentence for a serious violent offence against the person.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	5686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) approach to managing transgender offenders is set out in the policy framework ‘The Care and Management of Individuals who are Transgender’.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are allocated to prisons initially according to their legal gender, which for the vast majority will be their sex recorded at birth. We are not obliged to allocate transgender prisoners according to their wishes, and their views are one of a range of factors considered when making allocation decisions. Any decisions to locate differently to an individual’s legal gender, at any point during a sentence, are made on a case-by-case basis by a Complex Case Board, an expert multi-disciplinary panel chaired by a senior operational manager in HMPPS with specialist training.</p><p> </p><p>As we do not have a definition of a “serious violent offence against the person”, we have provided data on transgender women with any offence of violence against the person.</p><p> </p><p>Data on transgender prisoners is not available for 20th May 2022. This is because transgender data comes from an annual collection exercise and is a snapshot of the transgender prison population on 31st March of each year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data available is from 31st March 2021. On 31st March 2021, there were 146 transgender women without GRCs in prison estates across England and Wales. Of these, 41 individuals were serving their sentence for the principal offence of violence against the person in male establishments. There were no transgender women with a principal offence of violence against the person in the women’s estate.</p><p> </p><p>The number of transgender women with GRCs serving sentences for offences of violence against the person in either estate is fewer than 5.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 5685 question first answered 25/05/2022 15:18:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1464689

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Camp Hill Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on decisions on the future of the Camp Hill prison site.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Bob Seely
uin	5680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to reopen the Camp Hill prison site.</p><p>The prison estate is kept under careful review to ensure there is sufficient capacity. Decisions on the future size of the prison estate will reflect the current and projected prison population, including an assessment of the necessary margin to manage population fluctuations.</p><p>We are investing £3.8bn to deliver 20,000 additional, modern prison places, including up to 2,000 temporary prison places across England and Wales by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/05/2022 15:15:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1464434

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal legal aid firms have been added to the Legal Aid Agency’s list of providers willing to accept instructions for advocacy services at different locations since 11 April 2022; and what data his Department holds on number of trials in the Crown Court that have been adjourned or postponed due to the unavailability of a defence advocate.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	5390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>At the point the Crown Court Representation Helpline was launched on 20 April, there were 19 contacts registered. The helpline does not require higher court advocates to be registered individually. Therefore, some of the registered contacts may have multiple higher court advocates available to provide advocacy services in the Crown Court. The number of registered contacts is subject to fluctuation.</p><p>The Crown Court Representation Helpline is in place to make the process of identifying higher court advocates easier for providers who may be impacted by barristers declining to accept returns in defence cases as part of national Criminal Bar Association disruptive action. Providers are not limited to instructing higher court advocates registered with the helpline. The <a href="https://publicdefenderservice.org.uk/" target="_blank">Public Defender Service</a> may also be able to provide advocacy support where cases have been impacted by the no returns action.</p><p>The Department publishes data on volumes and the reasons why trials do not go ahead as part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021" target="_blank">Criminal court statistics quarterly</a>. The latest statistics cover the period October to December 2021. In line with the timetable for the publication of official statistics into the public domain we are unable to provide data for more recent months at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/05/2022 09:39:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1464058

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Atheism: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to sections (a) 3 and (b) 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the human rights of people who are non-religious.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	4638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>With our proposed changes to section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), we aim to make sure the balance between our domestic institutions is right, by ensuring that UK courts can no longer interpret legislation contrary to Parliament’s intent.</p><p>Our proposed changes to section 6 of the HRA will ensure that those delivering vital public services can do so without the constant threat of having to defend against trivial human rights claims.</p><p>Humanist marriage is very much on my department’s radar. In 2014, the Government published a consultation paper and response assessing the potential merits of provision for non-religious belief marriages. This concluded that the matter was complex, and that by allowing Humanists to solemnise marriages in unrestricted locations, the Government would create a provision for Humanists that would not be available to all groups.</p><p>To ensure we are considering the implications of changing the law on marriage fairly for all groups, we invited the Law Commission to undertake a review which is currently underway and is expected to report in July of this year. By looking at the law comprehensively, the Law Commission will seek to put forward proposals that would ensure that, insofar as possible, groups and couples are all subject to the same rules and the same level of regulation.</p><p>Following the Law Commission report, we will take the time to consider any proposed changes to marriage laws thoroughly, including how non-religious belief organisations (such as Humanists) and/or independent celebrants could conduct legally binding weddings. Any change to legislation would then take place when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/05/2022 22:08:42 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq