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1434000

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date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will respond to the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice's report into the Criminal Cases Review Commission, published on 5 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	127501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>On 13 April 2021, Alex Chalk MP, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, responded to the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice’s report into the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) at a Westminster Hall debate. During that debate, the Minister noted the CCRC’s good performance, the additional funding provided to it, and the position on the most significant recommendations in the report.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/03/2022 17:39:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1434033

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all feedback received by his Department from early adopter courts on the experiences of those courts with the Common Platform tool.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	127418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>It is not our practice to publish internal feedback logs. However, we can confirm that feedback has been continually gathered from all courts using common platform, including early adopters. We have a team investigating all issues raised to determine whether improvements to the system or guidance and process need to be made. Findings from an evaluation of the wider HMCTS Reform Programme will be fed into the programme’s development. An interim report is planned for publication in 2022 with the final report being completed at the end of the reform programme.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 28/02/2022 17:22:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434037

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the introduction of the Common Platform tool on the number of cases processed per day in courts using the tool.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	127419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Analysis of Common Platform’s performance is ongoing. We expect Common Platform to significantly outperform legacy systems once full functionality is delivered later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 28/02/2022 17:23:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434054

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that sentencing guidelines for modern slavery adequately reflect the severity of that crime.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	127551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the Sentencing Council, which is independent of Parliament and Government. Last year, following public consultation the Council issued sentencing guidelines for offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, such as slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. These are the first dedicated guidelines for offences under the Act. The guidelines aim to promote consistency of approach in this area of sentencing and help the courts pass appropriate sentences when dealing with these offences.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises there is yet more we can do to tackle this crime. We are currently reviewing the 2014 Modern Slavery Strategy to build on the progress we have made to date, adapt our approach to the evolving nature of these crimes, and continue our leadership in tackling modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/03/2022 17:42:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1434127

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department provides to courts in England and Wales for the maintenance of their premises.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	127420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts, published on GOV.UK, provide information regarding annual estate expenditure across England and Wales.</p><p>In 2020/21 HMCTS was provided with an additional £105m in capital funding that allowed extra investment into high priority maintenance, to enhance the resilience of our estate, maintaining capacity to help our courts get back up to speed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/03/2022 17:21:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434130

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist prison leavers to make applications to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	127421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides vital financial support to prisoners and we are committed to ensuring they progress onto Universal Credit quickly, using it to seek and secure work and so reduce reoffending.</p><p>The government has already made changes to improve access to Universal Credit for prison leavers, including the introduction of a national Universal Credit telephone claim line to provide quick access on the day of release, and also delivered on our manifesto commitment to have a Prison Work Coach in every prison. Prison leavers can also receive an advance payment of Universal Credit entitlement on their day of release.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper set out that the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions will work together to test different approaches for prisoners preparing to make their Universal Credit claim. Our aim is to enable prisoners to prepare a Universal Credit claim and claimant commitment while still in custody. We also want to ensure on release the prisoner has ID and a bank account and explore providing an email address so, where needed, they can immediately apply for and be paid a Universal Credit advance.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/02/2022 16:06:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434133

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on the root and branch review of the parole system.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	127422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>We announced in October 2020, that the government would conduct a Root and Branch Review of the Parole System. The overriding aim of the review is to improve public protection and confidence in the system. To that end, the review is looking in particular at the criteria for release and the powers to challenge Parole Board release decisions, as we are exploring how to take an even more precautionary approach to the potential release of high risk and serious offenders. We are also looking at ways to make the system more transparent, and through the recent Victims’ Bill consultation we have sought views on how to further improve the engagement and experience of victims in the parole process. The review will report its findings this spring.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2022 15:00:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434136

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult safeguarding concerns were recorded in HMP and HMP/YOI prison establishments in England and Wales, in each establishment, in (a) 2017 and (b) each subsequent year for which full data exists.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	127344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>It is essential that safeguarding concerns regarding prisoners are recorded and acted upon. Action needs to be taken at local level, so the information requested is held within establishments. A variety of different systems and processes are used for this purpose. As records are held locally rather than centrally, to gather the information requested it would be necessary to make individual enquiries of every prison establishment, and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/02/2022 14:53:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1434483

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Abduction: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the recourse available through the family courts where a child has been abducted from the UK to an EU Member State which is not a party to the 1980 Hague Convention, now that the Brussels II Regulation no longer applies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pitkeathley
uin	HL6357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Applications for the return of a child wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained away from the UK are made to the court in the country where the child has been taken or retained. All EU member states are party to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and the UK continues to operate the Convention with them through the Central Authorities which transmit applications. This position was not changed by the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 08/03/2022 15:37:44 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	3179 label Biography information for Baroness Pitkeathley