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1718258

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of prisoners that were released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme who were homeless upon their release from prison.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	26480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Release under ECSL follows the same planning and arrangements as release at the normal automatic release point and that includes making suitable arrangements for accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We know that having a safe place to stay helps cut crime which is why we are investing in our transitional accommodation service so prison leavers can have a guaranteed 12 weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons and Probation have a statutory duty to refer someone at risk of homelessness to a local authority for assistance and we have worked closely with DLUHC on the design and delivery of their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/23, 86% of prisoners were accommodated on first night of release, up from 80% in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 11:06:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1718306

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The enablement of the Disability Confident scheme is embedded throughout the employee lifecycle, and the teams that support the employee lifecycle.  This is in line with the Ministry of Justice’s new HR operating model whereby strategic Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) activity is mainstreamed into the department’s HQ People Function.  This approach assures that any related Ministry of Justice workforce activity is aligned to Civil Service reform priorities and the strategic objectives of the Civil Service People Plan and Civil Service D&amp;I Strategy, including recent, updated Ministerial guidance on EDI activity in the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s approach to the delivery of the Civil Service People Plan and Civil Service D&amp;I Strategy includes the ongoing assessment of work to support recruitment and retention of disabled staff. The Ministry of Justice has been taken part in the Disability Confident scheme since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Further steps to recruit and retain disabled staff that are aligned to the Disability Confident scheme include:</p><ul><li><p>Information in job adverts about the Disability Confident scheme, how to request a reasonable adjustment to the application process and the Disability Confident interview scheme, which provides candidates with an option to “opt-in” to be considered for an interview as a disabled candidate if they meet the minimum criteria for the role.</p></li><li><p>The Ministry of Justice provides individual focused support to ensure our disabled staff have workplace adjustments they require, including an in-house workplace adjustment service. The department seeks to continually review the effectiveness of this offer.</p></li><li><p>The Ministry of Justice values the talent of all staff, including those with a disability. The department participates in the Civil Service ‘Future Leaders Scheme’ Disability Empowers Leadership Talent (DELTA) scheme and is piloting a new in-house talent offer for disabled staff in 2024.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/05/2024 12:39:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1718311

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	26341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.</p><p>On 14 May, the Minister without Portfolio made a <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-05-14/hcws464" target="_blank">written statement</a> on the latest findings from the review.</p><p>In response to these findings, the Cabinet Office is publishing the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance. This includes an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.</p><p>Further guidance on diversity staff networks is being developed, and we will seek to publish additional data on historic spending to assist transparency in this area.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/05/2024 12:37:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1718373

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners serving an imprisonment for public protection and (b) other prisoners have been released on compassionate grounds in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	26473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>We have taken significant action through the Victim’s and Prisoner Bill to curtail IPP licence periods to give offenders the opportunity to move on with their lives. In addition to these changes, the actions this Government is taking are working: the number of prisoners serving the IPP sentence who have never been released now stands at 1,180 as of 31 March, down from more than 6,000 in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has a statutory power to grant the early release of prisoners serving a sentence or term of imprisonment in custody on compassionate grounds. The power is used in exceptional circumstances only and in accordance with the HMPPS the Early Release on Compassionate Grounds Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Early release on compassionate grounds may, for example, be considered for terminally ill prisoners with a diagnosis of limited time left to live, and where there is medical advice that their end-of-life palliative care needs would be better met in a hospice. Compassionate release of such individuals is only approved if a risk assessment confirms they are safe to release.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of prisoners released early on compassionate grounds from 2010 to 2023. Data prior to 2010 is not available in a useable format and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IPP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Please note that data for 2024 has not been provided as it is a subset of data which are due for future publication as part of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly.</li><li>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 13:18:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1718375

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference HM Inspectorate of Probation' report entitled A thematic inspection of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) recall decisions, published in December 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing fixed-term recalls for some people on IPP sentences.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	26474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>In her December 2023 report, the then Chief Inspector of Probation suggested exploring options that may allow more prompt release of IPPs including using Fixed Term Recall (FTR), to reduce the uncertainty and despair felt by many after recall.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is taking action to curtail IPP licence periods and provide for automatic licence termination in specific circumstances to give rehabilitated people the opportunity to move on with their lives, while continuing to make sure the public are protected from the most serious offenders, through multiple measures included in the Victims and Prisoners Bill.</p><p> </p><p>Case law dictates that to recall an indeterminate sentence prisoner there must be a causal connection to the original offending so you cannot recall an indeterminate sentence offender unless you consider there is a risk similar to the one when they committed the index offence. Based on this, the government believes it is very unlikely that an IPP prisoner would meet the test to be considered for FTR i.e. that they would not be a serious risk to the public if re-released after 14 or 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>Instead, the Government has tabled amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill which will enable the Secretary of State to release a recalled IPP offender following Risk Assessed Recall Review (RARR) without the need for a Parole review when he considers it is in the interests of justice to do so.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 11:05:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1717834

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 25013 on Ministry of Justice: ICT, for what reason his Department considers publishing the latest available figures on the number of red-rated systems it holds a security risk, in the context of the publication of the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework on 29 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	26215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>In response to question 25013, the department responded with a cautionary response to withhold releasing information on the red-rated systems due to potential security risks. However, upon revising our previous response we have concluded that we are able to release the requested figures.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are already in the public domain and can be found on slide 21 of the CDDO progress update below:</p><p><a href="https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf" target="_blank">https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 13:59:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1717859

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Women
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 of trends in the number of convictions for violence against women in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/05/2024 13:50:55 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1717863

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parc Prison: Offensive Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) knives and (b) other similar weapons were taken off prisoners at HMP Parc in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	26108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Data on finds for April 2023 onwards is subject to future publication. Data to March 2024 will be released on 25th July, in the 23/24 HMPPS Annual Digest.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of finds within prison custody, including finds of weapons, are published once per year on a financial year basis in the HMMPS Annual Digest: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2022 to March 2023 - GOV.UK, specifically in tables 8.2b, 8.3 and 8.4 of this link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c143b41e10bf000e17cf9e/8.__Finds.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c143b41e10bf000e17cf9e/8.__Finds.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS continues to work extensively with G4S and is closely overseeing the prison to improve safety and reduce harm. All establishments are required to have a safety strategy in place, which includes actions to address violence. HMPPS remains committed to providing a safe, decent and secure environment for all committed to our care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2024 10:59:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1717874

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Ipsos MORI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 25190 on Ministry of Justice: Ipsos MORI, what the deliverables are for contract reference 398437/1351727 contained in Annex F of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The supplier is contracted to conduct cognitive interviews, a pilot survey, and the finalised survey pursuant to the new survey design and agreed requirements.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 14:00:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1717953

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	County Courts: Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that county court judgments (CCJs) against rogue traders are enforced; and what enforcement steps can be taken if such a CCJ cannot be delivered.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	26179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of having effective routes available to enforce judgment debts. The civil courts offer different enforcement methods that a judgment creditor may apply for to recover money that a court has ordered is owed. These include warrants or writs of control, attachment of earnings, third party debt orders, and charging orders. These processes are individually designed to address different financial circumstances, and collectively aim to make it as difficult as possible for judgment debtors to avoid their responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the many methods of enforcement available, the courts cannot guarantee to obtain the payment of civil debt, particularly where a debtor goes to great lengths to evade payment or simply does not have the means to pay.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 14:01:05 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch