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1518938

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will carry out a review of the criminal sanctions associated with abortion.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	59072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to review the offences relating to abortion in England and Wales, under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 or the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:33:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1519200

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: United Arab Emirates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has an agreement in place with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to allow British nationals sentenced in the United Arab Emirates to serve their sentences in UK prisons.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	59265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prisoner Transfer Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates was signed on 24 January 2013 and entered into force on 2 February 2014. The agreement provides for the voluntary transfer of a sentenced prisoner and requires the consent of both governments involved, as well as that of the prisoner concerned.</p><p>The full text of the agreement is available online on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ts-no332015-ukuae-transfer-of-sentenced-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ts-no332015-ukuae-transfer-of-sentenced-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/10/2022 10:17:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1507591

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's policy to carry out reforms to prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Protection, as announced on 20 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	54623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Our recent Call for Evidence response, published on 20 July, sets out the Government’s intention to tackle SLAPPs, and the Government is currently exploring appropriate legislative opportunities to do so.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 08:04:02 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1507699

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crown courts have had Section 28 pre-recorded video evidence technology installed; and when the Government plans to have this technology rolled out across all crown courts.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	54630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>All crown courts have the necessary technology installed to support pre-recorded cross-examination, known as Section 28.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 11:40:52 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1507733

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime Prevention: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding his Department has provided to Blackpool on schemes to discourage young people from committing crime.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	54681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Blackpool Youth Offending Team received the following sums from the Ministry of Justice in each of the last three years: £435k (anticipated allocation for 2022/23), £396k (2021/22), £365k (2020/21).</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 11/10/2022 13:34:06 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1507774

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cyberflashing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of cyberflashing.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	54635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is creating a new criminal offence targeting “cyberflashing” in the Online Safety Bill. This offence, which will carry a 2-year maximum prison sentence, will criminalise intentionally sending or giving a photograph or film of any person’s genitals to another person with the intention that that person will see the genitals and be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification whilst being reckless as to whether the recipient will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.</p><p>Alongside this important reform of the criminal law, in May, we published the draft Victims Bill to enable improvements in the quality and consistency of support services for victims.</p><p>It includes measures to improve support for victims of sexual offences such as making provision for the Secretary of State to issue guidance about Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors). It will also improve how organisations work together to commission support services to better meet the needs of victims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/10/2022 16:14:20 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507785

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July to Question 36043 on Ministry of Justice: Devolution, if he will publish the minutes of the formal meetings in which the Justice Devolution Team has been involved since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	54622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will not publish minutes of meetings referred to in the response to Question 36043.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 11:40:17 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1507201

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to mothers going through custody proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that parents can get the support they need to access the justice system across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Ministry of Justice has provided over £20 million of grant funding through not-for-profit organisations who provide a range of services to support individuals, including parents involved in private law proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the Ministry of Justice launched the Help Accessing Legal Support Grant, which will inject a further £3.2 million into the legal support sector by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 08:03:14 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507251

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish a timeline for the implementation of the recommendations made in the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	53424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>On 15 March, we published our interim response to Sir Christopher Bellamy’s report together with a consultation on related policy proposals.</p><p>On 20 July, the Government published its interim response and laid a statutory instrument to implement a 15% uplift to most fee schemes, which will come into force for new representation orders from 30 September 2022. Criminal legal aid practitioners will start to receive the pay increase from October 2022 onwards for their work on these cases. The increases we are implementing from 30 September 2022 are on top of the £74m we have invested in criminal legal aid over the last 4 years.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 53425 53428 question first answered 03/10/2022 09:29:32 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1507252

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the recent increase in fees to legal aid will be backdated to existing court cases to 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	53425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>On 15 March, we published our interim response to Sir Christopher Bellamy’s report together with a consultation on related policy proposals.</p><p>On 20 July, the Government published its interim response and laid a statutory instrument to implement a 15% uplift to most fee schemes, which will come into force for new representation orders from 30 September 2022. Criminal legal aid practitioners will start to receive the pay increase from October 2022 onwards for their work on these cases. The increases we are implementing from 30 September 2022 are on top of the £74m we have invested in criminal legal aid over the last 4 years.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 53424 53428 question first answered 03/10/2022 09:29:32 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight