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1204915

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Equality
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 in response to the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled Inclusive Justice, published on 22 April 2020, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	60668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The government welcomes the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report, Inclusive Justice, the interim findings of which were published on 22 April, and the full report on 11 June 2020. The recommendations made in the report are being carefully considered.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2020 14:17:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203612

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff (a) in administrative grades and (b) employed as instructional officers have received (i) a financial incentive or (ii) extra pay since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, by grade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	59617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We are making special payments to our hardworking prison staff who continue to go above and beyond the call of duty during these exceptional times.</p><p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> May 2020, 1,843 (33%) of administrative staff and 1,032 (79%) of Instructional Officers working in prisons have received a financial incentive and extra pay.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:14:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1203795

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
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 ensure that women eligible for release from prison are denied that release as a result of a lack of suitable accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	59536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that it is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live as a platform to access the services and support needed to during this difficult period.</p><p>In response to the current unprecedented emergency, the Government is releasing risk- assessed prisoners who are within two months of their release date from prison, as part of the national plan to protect the NHS and save lives. Additionally, pregnant women and those with their babies in prison are considered for Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) under the Special Purpose Licence (SPL) provisions, subject to individual risk assessment. Our intention is to make sure that no prisoner will be released without housing and health support being in place.</p><p>Her Majesty Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have set up seven Homelessness Prevention Taskforces (HPTs) to coordinate the sourcing of accommodation for those offenders released early, in order to ensure no offender is released early without accommodation in place. Approximately £3 to £5m funding has been made available to support the HPTs to secure accommodation for those released through this scheme without suitable accommodation to return to.</p><p>Since our announcement regarding the plans to temporarily release individuals within two months of their planned conditional release date, we have been working hard to create a wider scheme that is deliverable, sustainable and that would provide the best outcomes for prison leavers while ensuring the public is protected.</p><p>Government has now decided that because of public health and public protection considerations, there is a need to provide accommodation for a larger cohort of prison leavers. The Ministry of Justice has secured appropriate funding for a time-limited period to support the provision of accommodation for all individuals released from prison during this period, who are at risk of homelessness.</p><p>Whilst this scheme is an immediate response to support prison leavers at risk of homelessness during this period, the MoJ is keen to utilise the learning gathered from this scheme to help develop longer-term improvements. We will draw on that learning as we develop and roll out our wider reforms to probation services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2020 09:32:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1203796

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women serving sentences of one year or less have been recalled to prison since 31 March 2020; and, of those, how many have been recalled for failure to comply with licence provisions only.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	59537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision. When an offender breaches a condition of their licence, their probation officer will undertake a thorough risk assessment to determine whether it is necessary, for the protection of the public, to recall that offender to prison.</p><p>The requested data are not available at this time. Licence recalls data covering April – June 2020 are planned for publication in October 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 13:45:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1203799

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings proceeded in the family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59418 59419 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203801

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal professionals with caring responsibilities participated in the civil and family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme, by (a) sex, (b) jurisdiction and (c) location.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59417 59419 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203834

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person with caring responsibilities took part in the Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme for civil and family courts, broken down by sex, jurisdiction and location.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59417 59418 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203304

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) operational, and (b) non-operational prison staff have received (i) a financial incentive, or (ii) extra pay since the start of the covid-19 outbreak, by grade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	59255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>We are making special payments to our hardworking prison staff who continue to go above and beyond the call of duty during these exceptional times.</p><p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> May 2020, 30,799 prison staff have received a financial incentive or extra pay. This is made up of 26,272 (92%) of operational staff and 4,527 (50%) of non-operational staff in prisons.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/06/2020 16:51:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1203330

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remote Hearings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the proposed evaluation of the use of remote hearings during the covid-19 outbreak; whether the findings of that evaluation will be disaggregated by protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; and how the findings will be used to inform future practice.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the judiciary to safely continue thousands of hearings during the pandemic.</p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service is planning to evaluate the use of remote hearings during the covid-19 outbreak. They will publish the findings of the evaluation once it is complete and has been quality assured.</p><p>The findings will be disaggregated by protected characteristic where data are available and robust conclusions can be drawn. The findings will be used to inform how remote hearings are used in different jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/06/2020 16:12:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1203331

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the finding of the recent report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, entitled Inclusive justice: a system designed for all, that there are gaps in the collection, monitoring and analysis of disability data for defendants, what steps his Department is taking to tackle those gaps.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS welcomes the Equality and Human Rights Commission report on Inclusive Justice which brings the opportunity to review the report recommendations alongside the work already being progressed for supporting vulnerable defendants.</p><p>Under the HMCTS Reform Programme new systems are being developed to improve accuracy and consistency of data across the Magistrates’ and Crown Court jurisdictions, including data on disability.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/06/2020 14:15:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham