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843725

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the proportion of the judiciary who attended private school.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	128110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Judicial Office do not currently hold data on the educational background of judges.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2018 17:22:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

843726

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the judiciary is female.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	128113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>At 1 April 2017, 28% of court judges and 45% of tribunal judges were female. The information is available on the government website.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published Judicial Diversity Statistics bulletin is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/judicial-statistics-2017/" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/judicial-statistics-2017/</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2018 17:24:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

843727

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of judicial selection panels were gender balanced in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	128117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is the executive non‑departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, which selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals whose jurisdiction extends across the UK, up to and including the High Court and Upper Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>JAC’s selection panels for selections up to and including the High Court and Upper Tribunal, usually consist of a lay panel chair, an independent lay member and a judicial member (nominated by the judiciary). Of those who declared diversity information, 62% of JAC lay panellists are female and 8% are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (‘BAME’) background.</p><p> </p><p>People making nominations to the selection panels for senior posts and the UK Supreme Court must have regard (alongside other relevant considerations) to the fact that it is desirable that the panel should include both women and men and members drawn from a range of different racial groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010)</p><p> </p><p>I also refer to my honourable friend to my answer to PQ 128124, in which she asked the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase judicial diversity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 128121 question first answered 12/03/2018 15:01:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

843728

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of judicial selection panels included at least one Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic member in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	128121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is the executive non‑departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, which selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals whose jurisdiction extends across the UK, up to and including the High Court and Upper Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>JAC’s selection panels for selections up to and including the High Court and Upper Tribunal, usually consist of a lay panel chair, an independent lay member and a judicial member (nominated by the judiciary). Of those who declared diversity information, 62% of JAC lay panellists are female and 8% are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (‘BAME’) background.</p><p> </p><p>People making nominations to the selection panels for senior posts and the UK Supreme Court must have regard (alongside other relevant considerations) to the fact that it is desirable that the panel should include both women and men and members drawn from a range of different racial groups (as defined by the Equality Act 2010)</p><p> </p><p>I also refer to my honourable friend to my answer to PQ 128124, in which she asked the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase judicial diversity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 128117 question first answered 12/03/2018 15:01:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

843729

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase judicial diversity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	128124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor has a joint statutory duty with the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission to encourage judicial diversity.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ is working with the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission to consider all practical actions that would impact positively on diversity, assess the impact of our existing activities and measure progress.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ also strongly supports the work of the Judicial Diversity Forum which coordinates action by MoJ, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the judiciary and the legal professional bodies to increase judicial diversity. The Judicial Appointments Commission, judiciary and legal professions undertake a range of outreach events, shadowing programmes, pre-application support and mentoring to attract and support eligible candidates, which includes programmes specifically targeted at underrepresented groups to encourage applications from diverse applicants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2018 17:24:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

835935

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Personal Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many qualifying cases of victims eligible for the victims contact scheme was no statement provided by a witness or victim before a sentencing or parole decision.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	126290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The victim personal statement (VPS) provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Court or Parole Board in their own words how the crime has affected them and their family, and in the case of the Parole Board, what the impact of a prisoner’s release or move to open conditions would have on them.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service does not hold centrally data on the number of victims who either made a VPS at the point of sentence or who made a VPS to the Parole Board and who qualified for the statutory Victim Contact Scheme. The data could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 January, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon David Gauke MP, announced in a statement to the House that he would review the case for transparency in the process for parole decisions, how victims are communicated with, and how they are appropriately engaged in that process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/02/2018 12:38:15 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

833003

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of compensation orders were paid within (a) one month and (b) one year of the order being made in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	125319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/02/2018 16:23:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

833004

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases involved a victim of domestic abuse being cross-examined in court by the perpetrator in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	125320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested regarding victims of domestic abuse. We are committed to legislating to give family courts the power to prohibit the direct cross-examination of victims by their abusers as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:13:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

833006

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of rape cases in which the complainant's sexual history was referenced by the defence in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	125322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We asked the CPS to analyse a sample of rape cases finalised in 2016 to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce evidence of a complainant’s sexual history under s 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.</p><p> </p><p>A section 41 application was made by the defence in 13% of the 309 cases looked at. In 8% of the 309 cases, an application to permit such evidence was granted by the court.</p><p> </p><p>These are <strong>not</strong> official published statistics. For further details of this study, see our report published in December: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:16:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

828625

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations his Department consulted on the introduction of a victims law; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Supporting victims of crime is a priority for the Government and we have made a commitment to publish a victims strategy in 2018. We are looking at legislative and non-legislative options to give effect to the strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We are engaging widely with victims, victims’ groups and other stakeholders, including but not limited to the Victims’ Commissioner, Criminal Justice Agencies, and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 29/01/2018 15:24:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero