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1217865

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is conducting an internal review of domestic abuse policy.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	64907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We are determined to drive the fundamental change necessary to keep victims of domestic abuse and their children safe. The Domestic Abuse Bill is the culmination of significant policy work and consultation on how we improve our response to this crime, which we are committed to keeping under review. Most recently, on 25 June 2020, we published our comprehensive report into the family courts system: ‘Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases’.</p><p>We are taking immediate action to implement the panel’s recommendations, and will be undertaking further work to address the long-standing, systemic issues identified in the report particularly where there are allegations of domestic abuse. This work will include a review into the presumption of ‘parental involvement’ and whether the right balance is being struck between the risk of harm to children and victims, and the right of the child to have a relationship with both parents.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/06/2020 16:10:30 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1216777

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document entitled End of Custody Temporary Release, how many prisoners have been released from custody to alleviate the spread of covid-19 in prisons since 7 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	63529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has started publishing a weekly release of COVID-19 related statistics. This includes the number of prisoners that have been released from custody under COVID-19 early release schemes, including End of Custody Temporary Release.</p><p>The statistics release can be found here each Friday:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 13:47:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1216900

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
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 merits of allowing children receiving support from Youth Offending Teams to continue accessing this service until the age of 25, rather than being transitioned to the Probation Service at 18 years old.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	63505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises that transitioning from youth offending services to adult probation services is a very important issue, and we are looking at how we can improve the process. We also recognise that young adults (18-25 year olds) have distinct needs which need to be addressed during this process. In general, the transition to adulthood presents a new range of challenges for young people, such as finding housing, employment and navigating the welfare system. The complexity of this can hinder a young person’s desistance from crime.</p><p>We need to strike a balance between putting the right support in place for vulnerable young adults, and supporting them to engage independently with adult services, so that there is not another drop off in services at 25. We are committed to supporting young people transition from youth offending services to adult probation services so that they have the best opportunity to desist from criminal behaviour.</p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is working with Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) to review the Joint National Transition Protocol for Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and Probation in both England and Wales separately. This provides guidance to services supporting the transition of children to adult services once they reach age 18.</p><p>In addition, the YJB has been focussing on supporting the most effective transitioning of children into adult services, and for those services to recognise and meet the unique needs of this group. The YJB also identifies and disseminates emerging practice from the sector through a variety of channels including the Youth Justice Resource Hub</p><p>Officials in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are also working in collaboration with the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and London Councils to review existing transition arrangements for young adults coming into contact with probation services in London.</p><p>In response to evidence that young adults continue psychosocial maturity and development well into their mid-twenties, a resource pack and screening tool is now available in prisons and some probation areas to assess and support young people whose maturity is still developing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 14:12:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1216902

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Speech and Language Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of children being supported by Youth Offending Team services have (a) had a speech, language and communication assessment and (b) have access to specialist speech, language and communication support.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	63506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Although the Ministry of Justice does not centrally collect data on this, we are working to improve the outcomes for children with these needs.</p><p>Youth Offending Teams (which sit within local authorities) are at the forefront of working with vulnerable children. The Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board have sought to build the knowledge of sector professionals in speech, language and communication needs. For example, the Youth Justice Board has worked with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to develop guidance for practitioners and managers in Youth Offending Teams. It has also created additional guidance for Youth Offending Teams in using the AssetPlus screening tool, to identify and analyse speech, language and communication concerns.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 13:44:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1216977

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Prisons: Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm have been recorded in women’s prisons since 31 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	63447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>We publish data on the number of incidents of self-harm recorded across the prison estate as part of our Safety in Custody statistics. Figures for the period up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020 will be published on 30th July 2020.</p><p>The most recent quarterly figures (up to December 2019), showed an increase in self-harm incidents in women’s prisons with 3243 incidents recorded, compared with 2995 incidents in the quarter up to September 2019.</p><p>The level of self-harm in women’s is too high and we are determined to address this. Our women’s estate psychology services (WEPS) have previously developed specialist interventions designed to support the most complex women within our care, and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic they have continued to support both staff and residents where it is safe to do so.</p><p>We are continuing to provide care and support to people at risk of self-harm or suicide through ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork) case management. We have issued guidance to establishments during the pandemic so they can ensure that ACCT processes continue during the restricted regimes.</p><p>Across the prison estate, we have also given over 25,000 staff better training to spot and prevent self-harm and are investing an extra £2.75 billion to modernise prisons, combat drug use and improve the environment in which prisoners live.</p><p>As well as this, we have refreshed our partnership with the Samaritans which supports the excellent Listeners scheme, through which selected prisoners are trained to provide emotional support to their fellow prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 14:10:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1217035

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to support local specialist BAME voluntary and community organisations in accessing funding for resettlement and rehabilitation work through (a) the HMPPS dynamic framework and (b) alternative procurement routes.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	63273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>As the Lord Chancellor set out in his statement to the House on 11 June, we want to see greater involvement by voluntary and specialist organisations in rehabilitation services, including by specialist BAME organisations. The Probation Services Dynamic Framework will allow the National Probation Service to directly commission rehabilitative services in a way that encourages the participation of a range of suppliers including voluntary and community organisations.</p><p>We are working with Clinks, the umbrella group for third sector organisations in criminal justice, to encourage the participation of BAME community organisations in the Dynamic Framework, including advice on forming bidding consortia.</p><p>We intend to assess the proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering Dynamic Framework services on an annual basis as part of the Probation Reform Programme’s benefits management strategy.</p><p>When using alternative procurement routes to the Dynamic Framework, the National Probation Service will have the same guidance on commissioning, including on reducing barriers to entry, and services procured will be subject to the same assessment for proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 63274 63275 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:33:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1217037

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether local specialist BAME voluntary and community organisations will be able to make joint bids for funding for resettlement and rehabilitation work through (a) the HMPPS dynamic framework and (b) alternative procurement routes.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	63274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>As the Lord Chancellor set out in his statement to the House on 11 June, we want to see greater involvement by voluntary and specialist organisations in rehabilitation services, including by specialist BAME organisations. The Probation Services Dynamic Framework will allow the National Probation Service to directly commission rehabilitative services in a way that encourages the participation of a range of suppliers including voluntary and community organisations.</p><p>We are working with Clinks, the umbrella group for third sector organisations in criminal justice, to encourage the participation of BAME community organisations in the Dynamic Framework, including advice on forming bidding consortia.</p><p>We intend to assess the proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering Dynamic Framework services on an annual basis as part of the Probation Reform Programme’s benefits management strategy.</p><p>When using alternative procurement routes to the Dynamic Framework, the National Probation Service will have the same guidance on commissioning, including on reducing barriers to entry, and services procured will be subject to the same assessment for proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 63273 63275 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:33:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1217039

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to measure the extent of involvement of (a) voluntary and community organisations, (b) BAME voluntary and community organisations, (c) voluntary and community organisations serving areas smaller than PCC level but larger than local authority level, (d) voluntary and community organisations serving local authority-sized areas and (e) voluntary and community organisations serving sub-local authority-sized areas in (i) the HMPPS dynamic framework and (ii) alternative procurement routes under the planned new procurement model from June 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	63275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>As the Lord Chancellor set out in his statement to the House on 11 June, we want to see greater involvement by voluntary and specialist organisations in rehabilitation services, including by specialist BAME organisations. The Probation Services Dynamic Framework will allow the National Probation Service to directly commission rehabilitative services in a way that encourages the participation of a range of suppliers including voluntary and community organisations.</p><p>We are working with Clinks, the umbrella group for third sector organisations in criminal justice, to encourage the participation of BAME community organisations in the Dynamic Framework, including advice on forming bidding consortia.</p><p>We intend to assess the proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering Dynamic Framework services on an annual basis as part of the Probation Reform Programme’s benefits management strategy.</p><p>When using alternative procurement routes to the Dynamic Framework, the National Probation Service will have the same guidance on commissioning, including on reducing barriers to entry, and services procured will be subject to the same assessment for proportion of voluntary and community organisations delivering services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 63273 63274 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:33:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1217084

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons and Judiciary: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison wardens, (b) probation officers, (c) prison governors, (d) judges and (e) magistrates have been dismissed for sexual harassment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	63204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of dismissals for the roles requested in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3-5 Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Probation Officers</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Governors</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Judges</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>MoJ treats allegations of sexual harassment seriously and has policies in place to ensure that they are fully investigated and appropriate action is taken.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 16:29:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1216018

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on prison sentences for terrorism offences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	62436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In the development of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill there has been official and ministerial engagement with our Ministry of Justice counterparts in Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice to discuss the breadth of the Bill’s provisions, including prison sentences for terrorism offences.</p><p>We will continue this engagement throughout the Bill’s progress and once it is enacted to ensure we have a consistent approach to managing terrorist offenders in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/06/2020 16:15:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon