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1698668

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: 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 reduce delays in the family courts.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	20487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget, we announced an additional £55 million to improve productivity, support earlier resolution of family disputes and reduce the number of cases coming to court. This includes creating a digital advice tool for separating couples, piloting early legal advice and supporting the expansion of the private law Pathfinder model.</p><p>We are also investing up to £23.6 million in the family mediation voucher scheme, which we intend will allow for its continuation up to March 2025. As of March 2024, over 26,000 families have successfully used the scheme to attempt to resolve their private law disputes outside of court.</p><p>In addition, we are working with the Department for Education and other partners on the Family Justice Board to tackle the longest running cases and increase the proportion of public law proceedings that conclude within the 26-week timeline. The Department for Education is also investing an extra £10 million to deliver new initiatives to address the longest delays in public law.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/04/2024 11:21:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1698669

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
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 reduce family court waiting times for domestic abuse victims seeking to divorce abusive partners.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	20488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>In April 2022, the Government implemented the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (“DDSA”) 2020. The DDSA provides a minimum period of 26 weeks to obtain a divorce, and benefits victims of domestic abuse by making it no longer possible for abusive respondents to exercise control by ‘defending’ a divorce and prolonging proceedings. The DDSA did not provide an exemption for domestic abuse victims from the 26-week minimum period because to do so would require a victim to set out allegations, risking further abuse by a perpetrator.</p><p>The Government is working with the Family Procedure Rule Committee to consider whether a pilot can be established to test a new, fast-track procedure for contested financial cases on divorce under a certain value threshold. The pilot will aim to provide swifter outcomes for litigants, including victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/04/2024 11:23:15 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1698710

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	902214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has introduced a comprehensive legislative framework to prevent violence against women, including our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>We have pioneered the creation of new offences including coercive control, non-fatal strangulation and intimate image abuse; more than doubled the number of adult rape cases reaching court compared to when we commissioned our End-to-End Rape Review; and made sure that sentences for adult rape are almost 40% longer than they were in 2010.</p><p>And through our Sentencing Bill, we will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders spend the entirety of their custodial sentence behind bars, without possibility of parole.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 902215 902220 question first answered 26/03/2024 18:26:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1698711

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	902215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has introduced a comprehensive legislative framework to prevent violence against women, including our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>We have pioneered the creation of new offences including coercive control, non-fatal strangulation and intimate image abuse; more than doubled the number of adult rape cases reaching court compared to when we commissioned our End-to-End Rape Review; and made sure that sentences for adult rape are almost 40% longer than they were in 2010.</p><p>And through our Sentencing Bill, we will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders spend the entirety of their custodial sentence behind bars, without possibility of parole.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 902214 902220 question first answered 26/03/2024 18:26:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1698712

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to help increase the retention rate of staff in HM Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	902217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Safe, decent, rehabilitative prisons require excellent and experienced staff, as does supervising offenders in the community to keep the public safe.</p><p>We want them to stay in the Prison Service and to support retention, we have:</p><ul><li><p>Accepted every penny of the Prisons Service PRB pay recommendations for 2023/24.</p></li><li><p>Injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to support Probation staff to deliver more robust supervision.</p></li><li><p>Rolled out BWV to every officer, to help protect staff by defusing volatile situations.</p></li><li><p>Introduced a New Colleague Mentor scheme to help new recruits feel supported in their early weeks and months.</p></li></ul><p>Retention for prison officers is improving, with the staff resignation rate dropping from around 10.7% to around 8.3% over the last year to December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:05:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1698713

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
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 increase prison capacity.
tabling member constituency	Old Bexley and Sidcup
tabling member printed	Mr Louie French
uin	902218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently delivering 10,000 new prison places by the end of 2025 and have a long-term commitment to build 20,00 places overall, which is the largest prison building programme in Britain since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two brand new modern and secure prisons. A third prison will open next year, and two more have planning permission; as a result, the total number of prison places is significantly higher than in 2010 and will rise further.</p><p>Meanwhile, with a new prisoner transfer agreement with Albania and expansion of the Early Removal Scheme, strong and decisive action is being taken to drive down the number of Foreign National Offenders in our prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:52:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4932 label Biography information for Mr Louie French

1698714

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Women
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 impact of accommodating young female offenders in all-male young offender institutions on the wellbeing of those female offenders.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Samantha Dixon
uin	902219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The safety of all those in our custodial estate, including young female offenders is a key priority.</p><p>Girls currently make up less than 1% of children and young people within the youth estate which has a range of mixed gender settings. In HMYOI Wetherby, girls live separately from boys but attend education and activities together, as occurs in the community.</p><p>Girls in the youth estate can communicate trauma-related stress through internalising behaviours such as self-harming. Professionals work hard to deliver effective care.</p><p>The YCS is further developing gender-responsive guidance and training both at HMYOI Wetherby and for the wider youth estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:54:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4976 label Biography information for Samantha Dixon

1698715

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls through the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	902220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has introduced a comprehensive legislative framework to prevent violence against women, including our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>We have pioneered the creation of new offences including coercive control, non-fatal strangulation and intimate image abuse; more than doubled the number of adult rape cases reaching court compared to when we commissioned our End-to-End Rape Review; and made sure that sentences for adult rape are almost 40% longer than they were in 2010.</p><p>And through our Sentencing Bill, we will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders spend the entirety of their custodial sentence behind bars, without possibility of parole.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 902214 902215 question first answered 26/03/2024 18:26:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones