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1367425

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
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question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the rise of cases being withdrawn due to court delays and case backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	72386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated over a quarter of a billion pounds on recovery in the last financial year, making court buildings safe, rolling out new technology for remote hearings, recruiting additional staff and opening Nightingale courtrooms, including retaining 32 Nightingale Court rooms until the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are now focused both on increasing capacity of the criminal courts and maximising use of that which we already have in areas where it is needed most. There is no limit on the number of days Crown Courts can sit this financial year. The department is also working closely with the judiciary to ensure we have the capacity required to maximise the number of court hearings taking place this year and to minimise disruption to cases listed for hearings.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review will also provide an extra £477m for the criminal justice system to meet the increased demand from additional police officers and to recover performance following the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/11/2021 12:14:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1366880

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, Out of sight: Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, published by Centre for Mental Health on 5 October 2021, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (b) the Secretary of State for Education and (c) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on steps that can be taken to improve early interventions in the community for girls at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	71301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>To better understand the needs and care pathways of girls in the youth secure estate, the Youth Custody Service and NHS England &amp; Improvement co-commissioned the Centre for Mental Health to undertake this report. We are considering all the recommendations carefully. The report will inform our strategy for girls and helping us to continue to build a gender-responsive approach to children in custody.</p><p> </p><p>HMI Prisons is conducting a thematic on girls in custody which will also feed into our strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is undertaking and supporting a range of community-based interventions to address underlying causes of offending behaviour by children and young people, including girls. MoJ ministerial and official engagement has contributed to, for example, DLUHC’s Supporting Families programme; DfE’s programmes (such as the Alternative Provision and the Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed taskforces) and on Family Hubs; and DHSC’s Long Term Plan rollout of the Community Integrated Care Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Custody should always be a last resort for all children. Measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will tighten the tests courts must apply in order to remand children in custody and will strengthen community sentencing options. This will better ensure that remand and short custodial sentences are only used for girls where necessary and appropriate. The department is also undertaking a review into youth remand and will publish its findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 71302 71304 71305 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1366881

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, Out of sight: Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, published by Centre for Mental Health on 5 October 2021, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of remand for girls.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	71302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>To better understand the needs and care pathways of girls in the youth secure estate, the Youth Custody Service and NHS England &amp; Improvement co-commissioned the Centre for Mental Health to undertake this report. We are considering all the recommendations carefully. The report will inform our strategy for girls and helping us to continue to build a gender-responsive approach to children in custody.</p><p> </p><p>HMI Prisons is conducting a thematic on girls in custody which will also feed into our strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is undertaking and supporting a range of community-based interventions to address underlying causes of offending behaviour by children and young people, including girls. MoJ ministerial and official engagement has contributed to, for example, DLUHC’s Supporting Families programme; DfE’s programmes (such as the Alternative Provision and the Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed taskforces) and on Family Hubs; and DHSC’s Long Term Plan rollout of the Community Integrated Care Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Custody should always be a last resort for all children. Measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will tighten the tests courts must apply in order to remand children in custody and will strengthen community sentencing options. This will better ensure that remand and short custodial sentences are only used for girls where necessary and appropriate. The department is also undertaking a review into youth remand and will publish its findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 71301 71304 71305 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1366882

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, Out of sight: Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, published by Centre for Mental Health on 5 October 2021, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient high-quality and appropriate accommodation in the children and young-people's secure estate to accommodate girls (a) while Rainsbrook STC is closed and (b) after decisions have been made on the futures of Rainsbrook and Oakhill STCs and prior to the opening of the Medway Secure School.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	71303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Although the numbers of girls in custody remain small, the latest published statistics show that at the end of August 2021, only 20 of the 550 children and young people (including 18 year olds) in the Children and Young Person’s Secure Estate were female and it is very important that their individual needs and requirements are met.</p><p>Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs) remain a key placement consideration for girls and it is this sector that accommodates the majority of girls in custody. Whilst permanent options are reviewed, following the decant of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in June and July, the Youth Custody Service has expanded provision for girls at the Keppel Unit which is a self-contained unit on the Wetherby site for children with complex and challenging needs, and those who pose significant risk or require specialist input.</p><p>A discrete unit at Keppel has been established and redesigned to accommodate girls, with work continuing locally to devise and further implement gender-specific policies and procedures, with close local engagement with Healthcare and Education providers in order to make any necessary amendments in the delivery of services as required.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/11/2021 17:34:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1366883

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, Out of sight: Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, published by Centre for Mental Health on 5 October 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the use of short custodial sentences for girls.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	71304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>To better understand the needs and care pathways of girls in the youth secure estate, the Youth Custody Service and NHS England &amp; Improvement co-commissioned the Centre for Mental Health to undertake this report. We are considering all the recommendations carefully. The report will inform our strategy for girls and helping us to continue to build a gender-responsive approach to children in custody.</p><p> </p><p>HMI Prisons is conducting a thematic on girls in custody which will also feed into our strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is undertaking and supporting a range of community-based interventions to address underlying causes of offending behaviour by children and young people, including girls. MoJ ministerial and official engagement has contributed to, for example, DLUHC’s Supporting Families programme; DfE’s programmes (such as the Alternative Provision and the Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed taskforces) and on Family Hubs; and DHSC’s Long Term Plan rollout of the Community Integrated Care Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Custody should always be a last resort for all children. Measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will tighten the tests courts must apply in order to remand children in custody and will strengthen community sentencing options. This will better ensure that remand and short custodial sentences are only used for girls where necessary and appropriate. The department is also undertaking a review into youth remand and will publish its findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 71301 71302 71305 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1366884

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report, Out of sight: Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate, published by the Centre for Mental Health on 5 October 2021, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations in that report in relation to (a) girls from racialised communities in the children’s and young people’s secure estate, (b) transitions into the children's and young people's secure estate, (c) girls’ placement far from home, (d) gender-responsive approaches, (e) use of force/restraint with girls, (f) educational, vocational and growth opportunities, (g) self-harm, (h) transitions to adult settings, (i) transition to inpatient settings, (j) residential accommodation issues, (k) workforce issues, (l) girls from LGBTQ+ communities, (m) Mother and Baby Units for teenage girls and (n) research and data monitoring.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	71305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>To better understand the needs and care pathways of girls in the youth secure estate, the Youth Custody Service and NHS England &amp; Improvement co-commissioned the Centre for Mental Health to undertake this report. We are considering all the recommendations carefully. The report will inform our strategy for girls and helping us to continue to build a gender-responsive approach to children in custody.</p><p> </p><p>HMI Prisons is conducting a thematic on girls in custody which will also feed into our strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is undertaking and supporting a range of community-based interventions to address underlying causes of offending behaviour by children and young people, including girls. MoJ ministerial and official engagement has contributed to, for example, DLUHC’s Supporting Families programme; DfE’s programmes (such as the Alternative Provision and the Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed taskforces) and on Family Hubs; and DHSC’s Long Term Plan rollout of the Community Integrated Care Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Custody should always be a last resort for all children. Measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will tighten the tests courts must apply in order to remand children in custody and will strengthen community sentencing options. This will better ensure that remand and short custodial sentences are only used for girls where necessary and appropriate. The department is also undertaking a review into youth remand and will publish its findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 71301 71302 71304 question first answered 19/11/2021 13:02:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1367043

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Rearing
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 prevalence of the use of parental alienation accusations in the family courts.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	71484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Incidences of alleged parental alienation by either parent in relation to family proceedings about child arrangements are not recorded centrally. Such information can only be obtained from individual case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In assessing the child’s best interests, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) assess and report any concerns about alienating behaviours to the court, focusing on the impact on the child’s safety and welfare and in the context of wider family dynamics. Parents are also able to inform the court of any concerns they may have about the other parent. Cafcass’ Child Impact Assessment Framework includes various tools and guidance that further support social work practitioners in identifying where a child expresses reluctance to have an ongoing relationship with a parent, including domestic abuse, persistent and harmful conflict and alienating behaviours.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 71485 question first answered 19/11/2021 12:19:13 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1367044

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the implementation of the recommendations made by his Department's expert panel on reforming the family court response to domestic abuse, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that accurate data is collected on the (a) number of allegations made of parental alienation and (b) outcome of child contact in cases where those allegations are made.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	71485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Incidences of alleged parental alienation by either parent in relation to family proceedings about child arrangements are not recorded centrally. Such information can only be obtained from individual case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In assessing the child’s best interests, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) assess and report any concerns about alienating behaviours to the court, focusing on the impact on the child’s safety and welfare and in the context of wider family dynamics. Parents are also able to inform the court of any concerns they may have about the other parent. Cafcass’ Child Impact Assessment Framework includes various tools and guidance that further support social work practitioners in identifying where a child expresses reluctance to have an ongoing relationship with a parent, including domestic abuse, persistent and harmful conflict and alienating behaviours.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 71484 question first answered 19/11/2021 12:19:13 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1367045

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on the review of the application of the presumption of parental involvement in the family courts, announced on 9 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	71486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government launched the review into the presumption of parental involvement in child arrangements cases in November 2020. This review focuses on understanding how the presumption, together with its ‘risk of harm’ exception, is applied by the courts, including where there is evidence to suggest that the involvement of a parent will put the child at risk of harm. It also focuses on the impact on children’s welfare of the courts’ application of the presumption and its exception. An Advisory Group was established in November 2020 to inform the direction of the review, which has faced delays, largely due to COVID 19 restrictions. Work on the literature review, the qualitative research project, and the case file analysis continues.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/11/2021 12:48:13 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1367046

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) organisations and (b) other relevant stakeholders have been contacted by his Department on the matter of introducing a wide range of training for all participants in the family justice system.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	71487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p>Additional training requirements for all family justice professionals involved in the private law reform pilots are being developed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/11/2021 12:53:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum