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1537275

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mental Capacity: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme, which closed on 12 January, to help disabled families access Child Trust Funds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL3027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>We are preparing the Government's response to the consultation and are aiming to provide an update to the House in the near future. The consultation exposed a number of issues which warranted further consideration, especially in relation to the design, security, simplicity and effectiveness of a scheme when compared to existing processes. In the meantime we have been collaborating with the Court of Protection to improve access to payments under current legislation, and pilot processes and documentation are currently being developed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 14/11/2022 12:53:26 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1537341

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government’s response to e-petition 607712 on Do not reform the Human Rights Act, what steps the Government is taking to safeguard human rights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	74938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting and respecting human rights. We have a longstanding tradition of ensuring rights and liberties are protected domestically and of fulfilling our international human rights obligations. We have strong human rights protections within a comprehensive and well-established constitutional and legal system.</p><p>This Government was elected with a manifesto commitment to ‘update the Human Rights Act... to ensure there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals, our vital national security and effective government’. The Government stands by this commitment.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/11/2022 15:20:37 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1537361

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the period of time for which non-molestation orders can be issued.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	74983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are civil orders made by the family court to protect victims and their children from the harms of domestic abuse and there is no time limit on the duration of an order.</p><p>Non-molestation orders can be made for a specified time or until a further order is made. As non-molestation orders have no statutory minimum or maximum time limit, the duration of each order is at the discretion of the court. The duration of each order will be determined by a number of factors, including, the risks of further domestic abuse, whether the order was made on notice or without notice to the respondent, and whether there has been a follow-up hearing (known as a return hearing).</p><p>In practice, these orders are often made for a period of 6-12 months, during which time the order can be varied (including to extend it) or discharged.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/11/2022 12:49:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1537439

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the Probation Service on recruitment and retention of staff.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service plays a critical role in protecting the public and reducing reoffending. The 2021 Spending Review provided an additional £155m per year to support probation reform. Future decisions on funding will be taken in the course of normal government business, at fiscal events.</p><p>The recruitment and retention of staff are key priorities for the Probation Service leadership team and me, and these are subjects of frequent discussion, covering career marketing and attraction, remuneration and benefits, career development paths, and other factors. The recently agreed three-year pay deal is important to our offer.</p><p>The Probation Service recruited over 1,000 trainees in 2020/21 financial year and 1,518 trainees in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74581 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:24:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537440

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the National Offender Management Service on recruitment and retention of staff.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Having experienced staff in our prisons is vital to ensuring prisons remain safe, secure and decent. Ministers receive regular briefings from Prison Service leadership on prison resourcing and proactive measures are being taken to improve recruitment and retention.</p><p>There are recruitment campaigns open for all prisons with vacancies and a tailored approach to recruitment advertising is being taken at sites where it is harder to recruit.</p><p>We made a significant investment in pay for prison staff through the 2022/23 pay award. This delivered an increase in base pay of at least 4% for all staff between bands 2 to 11, alongside further targeted pay rises for our lowest paid staff of up to £3,000.</p><p>Since April 2022, we have also invested in several new initiatives to improve the experience of our new joiners and increase retention. These include a new peer-to-peer learning scheme, the introduction of mentors for new prison officers, piloting additional staff support and supervision in two prisons, and new leadership training in prisons facing retention challenges.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/11/2022 17:29:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537441

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Standards
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 probation services are adequately resourced.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74582 74583 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537443

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that probation services are adequately resourced.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service plays a critical role in protecting the public and reducing reoffending. The 2021 Spending Review provided an additional £155m per year to support probation reform. Future decisions on funding will be taken in the course of normal government business, at fiscal events.</p><p>The recruitment and retention of staff are key priorities for the Probation Service leadership team and me, and these are subjects of frequent discussion, covering career marketing and attraction, remuneration and benefits, career development paths, and other factors. The recently agreed three-year pay deal is important to our offer.</p><p>The Probation Service recruited over 1,000 trainees in 2020/21 financial year and 1,518 trainees in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74578 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:24:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537444

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
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 encourage people to enter careers in the probation services.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74580 74583 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537445

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Apprentices
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 encourage the creation of apprenticeships in probation services.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	74583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74580 74582 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537461

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	High Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of High Court hearings in each of the last three years; and how many hearings took place in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	74847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The total cost to HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service for the administration of High Court for the last three financial years was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Years</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Cost</p></td><td><p>54.2M</p></td><td><p>53.7M</p></td><td><p>47.7M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Total Cost includes both direct costs and overheads (those costs such as estate, provision of information &amp; technology services and human resources).</p><p> </p><p>The total number of hearings that took place in the High Court for the last 3 calendar years was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Years</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Hearings</p></td><td><p>21,589</p></td><td><p>17,645</p></td><td><p>14,357</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/11/2022 16:52:09 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves