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registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken for a person charged with knife possession to have their first appearance before a magistrate is; and what that average length of time was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	22579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the impact the pandemic has had on timeliness, and the Government is committed to continuing to work to reduce waiting times for victims, witnesses and other court users.</p><p>Over the next three financial years we are investing an extra £477 million for the Criminal Justice System to help improve waiting times for victims of crime.</p><p>We are investing £1 million in a programme of work to support the recruitment of new magistrates. Over the next three financial years we are aiming to recruit 4,000 new magistrates.</p><p>As a result of these measures, in the magistrates' court, the criminal caseload has fallen from 445,000 in July 2020 to 358,100 in April 2022.</p><p>The table below sets out timeliness of magistrates' courts cases for charge to first listing before a magistrate (known also as first hearing, or first appearance) for the offences of:</p><ul><li>Having an article with a blade or point in a public place</li><li>Having an article with a blade or point on school premises</li><li>Threaten with a blade or sharply pointed article on school premises</li><li>Threaten with blade/sharply pointed article in a public place</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charge or laying of information to first listing (mean days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charge or laying of information to first listing (median days)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Data excludes a small number of cases with identified data quality issues and breaches.</p><p>2) Only one offence is counted for each defendant in the case. If there is more than one offence per defendant that complete on the same day, a set of validation rules applies to select one offence only and these relate to the longest duration, seriousness and the lowest sequence number of the offence.</p><p>3) Data includes cases completed in the magistrates' courts during the specified time period, where no further action is required by the magistrates' courts.</p><p>4) Data includes cases that are sent to the Crown Court.</p><p>5) Following a technical issue a small amount of data (less than 1% of case disposals) was not included for a single day in September.</p><p>Further information on Magistrates' Courts Timeliness can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/06/2022 16:41:49 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1144327

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women received an immediate custodial sentence for (a) less than six months and (b) six months or more in each of the four Police Force areas in Wales in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017 and (v) 2018 in each offence category.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	286114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of adult females sentenced to immediate custody broken down by custodial sentence length, by Police Force Area and by offence group in the Court Outcomes by Police Force area data tool available here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804509/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>Select ‘All’ in the Court Type filter.</p><p>Select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter and ’03: Adults’ in the Age Group filter.</p><p>Select ’15: Immediate Custody’ in the Outcome filter.</p><p> </p><p>In the pivot table, filter Police Force Area to Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In the pivot table field list, drag ‘Offence Group’ from Filters to Rows, beneath ‘Police Force Area’.</p><p> </p><p>Custodial sentence lengths can be selected using the Custodial Sentence Length filter.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Police Force Areas provide breakdowns of where offences were dealt with (not where they were committed).</strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:30:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1137610

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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, which Government Department is responsible for ensuring people due to be released from prison are released with a (a) valid photo ID, (b) bank account and (c) JobCentre appointment for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	274445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for ensuring people are released from prison with a valid photo ID and a bank account. We recognise the importance of this support and have made changes so that Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) are clearly responsible for the provision of identification documents and bank accounts, as part of Through the Gate support to prisoners on release. We have invested an additional £22 million per annum to improve delivery of these vital services for the remainder of the CRC contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has responsibility for Universal Credit and Jobcentre appointments. We are working closely with the DWP to agree a National Partnership Agreement which sets out how the two Departments work together to support ex-offenders into employment. We are also working with DWP to help support these work coaches, and to further ensure they have the tools and support to do their jobs effectively.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/07/2019 10:49:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1137611

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what (a) criteria and (b) date the performance of his Department’s New Futures Network initiative supporting offenders into employment will be assessed.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	274446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>We are completing the roll-out of the New Futures Network, with 13 of the 15 geographical prison groups across England and Wales now covered.</p><p> </p><p>The New Futures Network is responsible for three things:</p><ol><li>The availability and quality of work for prisoners in commercial workshops.</li><li>Brokering partnerships with employers that produce workplace ROTL opportunities.</li><li>Brokering partnerships that generate employment opportunities on release.</li></ol><p> </p><p>It will be assessed against those criteria at the end of this financial year, as part of the annual HMPPS reporting cycle.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/07/2019 10:57:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136584

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the pay award for prison officers following the recommendations made by the Public Sector Pay Review Board.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>At this time I am unable to confirm when the response to the Prison Service Pay Review Body recommendations will be published.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:45:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136274

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Litigant in Person portal will be expanded to include minor personal injury claims by April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with a broad group of expert stakeholders to develop the new accessible IT Service. This will support and enable both represented and unrepresented claimants to progress all Road Traffic Accident related personal injury claims where the value of the personal injury claims is under the new small claims track limit of £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:07:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136275

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have held with representatives of claimant bodies on the operation of the Litigant in Person portal in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with any representatives of claimant groups in the last three months. However, officials have met with representatives of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on four occasions between April and June 2019 to discuss the whiplash reform programme generally, including aspects of the new IT Service.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:11:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136276

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
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 his Department's response to Part 2 of the consultation paper, Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (whiplash) Claims Process.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is considering the issues raised in Part 2 of the consultation paper Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (whiplash) Claims Process and intends to publish its response by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:11:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136277

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that customers' experience of the litigant in person portal can be (a) monitored and (b) evaluated.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with its key delivery partner (the Motor Insurers’ Bureau) and a broad group of expert stakeholders from across the personal injury sector to develop a new accessible IT Service. This will enable both represented and unrepresented claimants to progress Road Traffic Accident related personal injury claims under £5,000.</p><p>Public testing of the IT Service is planned to begin in November 2019 and, in light of user’s experience, the Government will consider making some further modifications to the service before it goes live in April 2020, so that it is easy to understand and navigate.</p><p>In addition, the service will provide a significant amount of management information. The Government is committed to reviewing this management information and how the new service is operating to identify any required changes and improvements approximately eighteen months from implementation. This will include a full evaluation of all relevant data relating to the overall customer experience of claimants using the service.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:13:02 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136278

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
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 insurance companies do not submit incorrect Not Admitted responses through the Litigant in Person portal.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	272146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure that all claimants progress their claim efficiently and that claims for compensation are not unnecessarily delayed. As part of the new process, the Government is working in partnership with expert stakeholders to develop a bespoke alternative dispute resolution scheme to support unrepresented claimants and enable them to gain, at no cost to themselves, an independent view on the liability decision made by the defendant insurer. The new IT Service will also be publishing regular management data on how claims are handled by defendant insurers, including on how many times insurers are denying liability.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:13:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson