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825262

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Media: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the settlement of a claim against Facebook in the High Court in Belfast concerning nude photos of a girl aged 14 placed on the Facebook website, whether they intend to assist people under 18 to pursue claims for similar abuses against social media companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The civil justice system provides an individual with a route to pursue a legal claim and potential damages against other parties. However, it would not be appropriate for the Government to intervene directly in private law proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 17:28:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

825263

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what processes they use to review the performance of Parole Board psychologists; what actions they take to follow up instances of poor decision-making, judgment or performance; and whether they intend to conduct a study to assess the appropriateness of recommendations by Parole Board psychologists that sex offenders should be released in the light of whether those offenders subsequently re-offend.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>All members of the Parole Board, including psychologist members, are subject to quality assurance processes. Members are assessed as part of their accreditation to make decisions and there is on-going, routine quality assurance thereafter.</p><p> </p><p>Cases where there has been a serious further offence within three years of a Parole Board decision to release are reviewed by the Board’s Review Committee and any learning that is identified is used to inform future policy, guidance and training.</p><p> </p><p>The Parole Board also has a Standards Committee that focuses on developing and promoting high standards of practice across the whole of the Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 16:09:27 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

823993

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to set out the criteria, and tests they undertake, by which Parole Board psychologists and psychiatrists determine that a sex offender is fit for release.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Where the release of a prisoner is at the discretion of the Parole Board, the panel must apply the statutory release test which requires the Board to be ‘satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that a prisoner should be confined’.</p><p> </p><p>Parole panels comprise one or more members according to the needs and complexity of the case. Some, but not all, Parole Board panels include a psychologist member of the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>At an oral hearing, the parole panel will hear evidence and witnesses may include a prison psychologist and/or an independent psychologist.</p><p> </p><p>Psychologist members of the Parole Board do not undertake psychological assessment of prisoners nor do they give evidence to the parole panel. They sit in the same capacity as other members of the panel to assess the risk of serious harm to the public. The panel must determine whether the public would be at risk of further serious violent or sexual offending if the prisoner were to be released. Psychologist members have professional knowledge of psychology to assist the panel in considering the psychological assessment that forms part of the broad range of evidence before the panel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL4741 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:43:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

823994

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, with respect to the advice of Parole Board psychologists and psychiatrists relating to a sex offender being considered for release, what level of risk of offending is considered suitable for release.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Where the release of a prisoner is at the discretion of the Parole Board, the panel must apply the statutory release test which requires the Board to be ‘satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that a prisoner should be confined’.</p><p> </p><p>Parole panels comprise one or more members according to the needs and complexity of the case. Some, but not all, Parole Board panels include a psychologist member of the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>At an oral hearing, the parole panel will hear evidence and witnesses may include a prison psychologist and/or an independent psychologist.</p><p> </p><p>Psychologist members of the Parole Board do not undertake psychological assessment of prisoners nor do they give evidence to the parole panel. They sit in the same capacity as other members of the panel to assess the risk of serious harm to the public. The panel must determine whether the public would be at risk of further serious violent or sexual offending if the prisoner were to be released. Psychologist members have professional knowledge of psychology to assist the panel in considering the psychological assessment that forms part of the broad range of evidence before the panel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL4740 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:43:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

823188

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose the introduction of specific legally enforceable provisions to maintain, following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, all rights and judicial remedies contained in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights that do not have equivalents in current or envisaged UK law, in particular those relating to (1) protections for personal data, (2) workers’ rights, (3) women, (4) elderly citizens, (5) disabled people, and (6) LGBTI people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Charter did not create new rights, but reaffirmed rights which already existed in EU law. The EU (Withdrawal) Bill sets out that the Charter of Fundamental Rights will not form part of domestic law after exit. The Bill will retain the rights and principles which underpin the Charter and exist elsewhere in EU law or existing domestic law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s intention, therefore, is that in itself the non-incorporation of the Charter into UK law should not affect the substantive rights that individuals already benefit from in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 December 2017 the Government published a right-by-right analysis of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, setting out how each substantive right found in the Charter will be reflected in the domestic law of the UK. It looks at how the right will flow through retained EU law and how it will otherwise be protected by existing domestic law or international law after exit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 17:55:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

823189

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contracts HM prison service has with Carillion; and what services are provided under those contracts, across the prison estate.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL4680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Carillion AMBS Ltd (a subsidiary of Carillion PLC) has two contracts providing facilities management services to the prison estate.</p><ul><li>Work Package G: South West, South Central, Kent &amp; Sussex; and</li><li>Work Package H: Greater London and East of England.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Carillion provide a wide range of facilities management services to 52 different sites. These include, but are not limited to, planned and reactive maintenance, landscaping and cleaning.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 14:38:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

823220

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Commercial Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK remains competitive as a provider of international commercial law services following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a world leading centre for legal services. To reflect this, we launched our international ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign overseas last year. This campaign showcases the expertise of our legal services, the integrity and experience of our judiciary and the benefits of using English Common Law to a global audience that will help us build stronger links with both emerging and established markets.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to provide continuity and certainty for businesses, families and individuals by seeking continued civil judicial cooperation between the EU and UK. Such cooperation underpins the resolution of international commercial disputes. In publishing our position on future civil judicial cooperation in August 2017, we made clear our desire to continue this cooperation.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/01/2018 17:14:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

820513

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are proposing to make further changes to the contractual or financial arrangements of the Community Rehabilitation Company following the recent inspection report of HM Chief Inspector of Probation, Quality and Impact inspection: The effectiveness of probation work by the National Probation Service in London.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL4594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The report of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMI Probation) published on 10 January focuses on the performance of the National Probation Service (NPS) in London. The NPS works closely with London Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC), and as HMI Probation note, that relationship is much improved since the last inspection in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with both the NPS and CRC to improve probation services in London. We robustly manage CRC performance and will make further changes to contracts if that is necessary to ensure we are delivering a probation system that protects the public, rehabilitates offenders and commands the confidence of the courts.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/01/2018 14:59:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German