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1719696

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Veterans
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 support veterans who are released from prison.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2024 13:21:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719697

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison staff undergo veteran awareness training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2024 13:22:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719698

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether jurors undergo veteran awareness training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 24/05/2024 13:49:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1719699

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is provided to veterans with mental health conditions in prison.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	27261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2024 13:23:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1564613

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	County Courts: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards his Department has in place within the County Court system to help ensure that the names of parties to court cases are accurately recorded and are updated if a person's name is changed, including following a divorce, during the course of court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	117433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the parties involved in court proceedings to ensure that the court is informed of the correct names of the parties, as well as any change of name during proceedings.</p><p>Most applications issued using the digital services of HMCTS automatically update the courts’ case management system with the names provided by the applicant. Whilst paper applications will usually require manual data entry by HMCTS, management checks are undertaken on sample of cases to ensure that case records accurately reflect the information provided on the application form.</p><p>In a divorce case further checks are also carried out at the decree nisi/conditional order and decree absolute/final order stage as a final check before the divorce is legally granted.</p><p>Throughout court proceedings any party can inform the court of a change of name or request a correction if an error has been made.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/01/2023 14:30:59 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1456371

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for investigations to be made by the Birmingham and Solihull Coroner Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	150981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">Coroner Statistics</a> for the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area show that, in 2020, the average time from a death being reported to the conclusion of the inquest was 10 weeks. This was a decrease from 14 weeks in 2019 and 12 weeks in 2018, and below the 2020 average of 27 weeks in England and Wales. Statistics for 2021 will be published next month.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that delays in the inquest process may cause additional anguish and distress for the relatives and friends of the deceased. It is a matter for coroners, as independent judicial office holders, to determine how their investigations are carried out. However, we expect that they will continue to work sensitively with bereaved families to address any faith-based concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner has issued practical <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/guidance-no-28-report-of-death-to-the-coroner-2010517.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance</a> for coroners on situations where a bereaved family has requested urgent consideration of the death of a loved one, which may also include a request for early release of the body; or where the coroner or coroner’s officers become aware that a particular death may have aspects which justify especially urgent consideration. This may include consideration on the basis of religious obligations. The guidance says that coroners should pay appropriate respect to those wishes, within the framework of their legal duties and in the context of their other responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 150982 question first answered 25/04/2022 16:47:10 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1456372

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: West Midlands
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 waiting times for investigations to be made by the Birmingham and Solihull Coroner Service on people with religious obligations to conduct burials within a particular timeframe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	150982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">Coroner Statistics</a> for the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area show that, in 2020, the average time from a death being reported to the conclusion of the inquest was 10 weeks. This was a decrease from 14 weeks in 2019 and 12 weeks in 2018, and below the 2020 average of 27 weeks in England and Wales. Statistics for 2021 will be published next month.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that delays in the inquest process may cause additional anguish and distress for the relatives and friends of the deceased. It is a matter for coroners, as independent judicial office holders, to determine how their investigations are carried out. However, we expect that they will continue to work sensitively with bereaved families to address any faith-based concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner has issued practical <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/guidance-no-28-report-of-death-to-the-coroner-2010517.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance</a> for coroners on situations where a bereaved family has requested urgent consideration of the death of a loved one, which may also include a request for early release of the body; or where the coroner or coroner’s officers become aware that a particular death may have aspects which justify especially urgent consideration. This may include consideration on the basis of religious obligations. The guidance says that coroners should pay appropriate respect to those wishes, within the framework of their legal duties and in the context of their other responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 150981 question first answered 25/04/2022 16:47:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1456475

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Spiking: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for drink spiking-related offences in the West Midlands in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	150984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for a wide range of offences up to the end of December 2020, in our ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’, here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><ul><li>In the ‘police force area’ filter, select: ‘West Midlands’</li><li>For a range of offences that might be considered linked to drink spiking, in the ‘offence code’ filter, select: 08805, 00505, 00510, 00802</li></ul><p> </p><p>These offence codes relate to the following detailed offences:</p><p>- 08805 - Administer substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</p><p>- 00505 - Using chloroform, etc., to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence</p><p>- 00510 - Endangering life or causing harm by administering poison</p><p>- 00802 - Administering poison with intent to injure or annoy</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants prosecuted will populate row 32.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that these offences will include a broader range of offences than just drink spiking, and that drink spiking offences may be included as a subset of another offence not listed above.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/04/2022 09:06:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1439841

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: McKenzie Friends
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 help ensure that domestic abuse victims have access to a McKenzie friend in courts.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	137974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help that they need, which is why legal aid is available for domestic abuse victims in private family law proceedings. This is subject to the statutory means and merits test and evidence requirements. Where domestic abuse victims are litigants in person in private family law proceedings, they have the right to have reasonable assistance from a layperson called a McKenzie Friend. This is subject to the litigant having received permission from the court for the McKenzie Friend to do so at the start of a hearing. The judge should give this permission unless the judge is satisfied that fairness and the interests of justice do not so require.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/03/2022 11:06:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1422872

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parental Responsibility: Grandparents
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 (a) legal and (b) financial challenges faced by grandparents in gaining care rights of their grandchildren in the event of one or both child's parents dying.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>In the unfortunate circumstance of the death of a parent, a child is cared for by a remaining parent or any other person with parental responsibility, such as a guardian, or any other person with a child arrangements order as to living or contact arrangements. Grandparents can apply to be a guardian, or seek permission to be a special guardian, or for a child arrangements order as to contact or with whom the child is to live (where permission is required, it can be applied for at the same time as the main application). The child’s welfare always remains paramount in deciding care for a child in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In the even more distressing circumstance of the death of both parents, a child first becomes the responsibility of the courts who look to whether there are any others with parental responsibility, and to whether either or both parents left a will expressing wishes as to care of the child, and would look to appoint a guardian for the child. Again, grandparents can apply for guardianship or permission for a child arrangements order. The child’s welfare remains the court’s paramount consideration.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at the scope for extending legal aid for applications for special guardianship in private law proceedings as part of wider consideration of the civil legal aid scheme more generally.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/03/2022 15:36:57 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe