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1132400

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Divorce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a response from each HMCTS divorce centre (a) on 17 June 2019, (b) in 2015 and (c) in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	265567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The regional divorce units were set up in 2015.</p><p>The average period of time from receipt to issue of the decree nisi is currently:</p><p> </p><p>Midlands 27.6 weeks</p><p>North East 29.7 weeks</p><p>North west 29.1 weeks</p><p>Wales 28.5 weeks</p><p>South east 41 weeks</p><p>South west 26.8 weeks</p><p> </p><p>In June 2015 it was:</p><p>Midlands 24 weeks</p><p>North East 21 weeks</p><p>North West 23.8 weeks</p><p>Wales 22 weeks</p><p>South East 24.7 weeks</p><p>South west 21.4 weeks</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the number of sitting days and recruited extra judges and magistrates to meet increased demand in the family courts. In the South East, staff shortages in Bury St Edmunds Divorce Centre led to some delays, and the centre is now fully staffed and performance is improving.</p><p>Divorce can be a deeply distressing time which is why a new online divorce application was introduced as part of the £1 billion Reform programme. Separating couples can fill in simplified forms, submit documents and pay online - leading to significantly fewer errors and an easier, cheaper application process.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/06/2019 15:20:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132496

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for his Department to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	uin	265452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>We will bring forward proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving as soon as the parliamentary timetable allows.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/06/2019 15:49:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1132506

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	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 9 May to Question 246971 on Reoffenders: Community Orders, if he will publish the offences included under the Miscellaneous Crimes Against Society category.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	265471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The offences included under the Miscellaneous Crimes Against Society category committed by adult offenders who started a community order in the calendar year 2016, in England and Wales, can be found in the attached response table.</p><p>At present, we do not intend to routinely produce such statistics as we have yet to identify sufficient user need to justify the costs involved.</p><p>Details of the offence classifications used by the Ministry of Justice can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802050/offence_group_classification2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802050/offence_group_classification2018.xlsx</a></p><p>MoJ groups indictable offences based on the counting rules for recorded crime published by the Home Office which can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791105/count-notifiable-offences-apr-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791105/count-notifiable-offences-apr-2019.xlsx</a></p><p>The detail around crime recording general rules can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/801406/count-general-may-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/801406/count-general-may-2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/06/2019 16:57:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1132517

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	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 June 2019 to Question 260706 on Prisons: Drugs, which 20 prisons are included in the post-exposure testing programme.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	265594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service has been investigating and evaluating the risks of second-hand exposure to psychoactive substances to prison staff. A pilot programme was run at Holme House prison in 2018 which involved anonymous pre and post-shift sampling of 15 volunteers. 122 samples were tested, and no metabolites of synthetic cannabinoids were detected. On the advice of toxicologists from Public Health England, HMPPS subsequently embarked on a programme of post-incident testing in 10 prisons on the 1 March 2019. All samples require the consent of the member of staff. As of 7 June 2019, 28 members of staff have been offered testing post-incident, with 17 staff consenting and providing a sample.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are in the process of selecting 10 additional establishments to expand and accelerate the programme. The 10 prisons already included in the programme are HMPs Hewell, Ranby, Dartmoor, Holme House, Channing’s Wood, Low Newton, Durham, The Mount, Wymott and Portland.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265595 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:58:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1132518

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	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 June 2019 to Question 260706 on Prisons: Drugs, how many members of prison staff have been tested in the post-exposure testing programme in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	265595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service has been investigating and evaluating the risks of second-hand exposure to psychoactive substances to prison staff. A pilot programme was run at Holme House prison in 2018 which involved anonymous pre and post-shift sampling of 15 volunteers. 122 samples were tested, and no metabolites of synthetic cannabinoids were detected. On the advice of toxicologists from Public Health England, HMPPS subsequently embarked on a programme of post-incident testing in 10 prisons on the 1 March 2019. All samples require the consent of the member of staff. As of 7 June 2019, 28 members of staff have been offered testing post-incident, with 17 staff consenting and providing a sample.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are in the process of selecting 10 additional establishments to expand and accelerate the programme. The 10 prisons already included in the programme are HMPs Hewell, Ranby, Dartmoor, Holme House, Channing’s Wood, Low Newton, Durham, The Mount, Wymott and Portland.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265594 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:58:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1132587

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of contracts awarded by his Department to third sector organisations for the provisions of services in prisons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 265530 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1132588

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of contracts awarded by his Department to third sector organisations for the provision of services in the probation system in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 265529 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1132591

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid from the public purse to Staffline Group Plc for the provision of education services in prisons in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>PeoplePlus, a subsidiary of Staffline Group PLC, were awarded contracts worth the following for providing prison education services over the last three years:</p><p><strong>Aug 2016 – Jul 2017:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2017 – Jul 2018:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2018 – Mar 2019:</strong> £7.498m*</p><p><em>*This period ended when new prison education contracts commenced on 1 April 2019.</em></p><p> </p><p>PeoplePlus are (with effect from 1 April 2019) delivering education services in HMP Bedford; HMP Littlehey; HMP &amp; YOI Norwich; HMP Bure; HMP Wayland; HMP Leicester; HMP Onley; HMP Lincoln; HMP North Sea Camp; HMP Whatton; HMP The Mount; HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford; HMP Warren Hill; HMP &amp; YOI Hollesley Bay; HMP Highpoint; HMP Nottingham; HMP Ranby; HMP Stocken; HMP Sudbury; HMP &amp; YOI Foston Hall; and HMP Drake Hall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265534 question first answered 25/06/2019 15:38:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1132592

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons Staffline Group Plc provides education services.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>PeoplePlus, a subsidiary of Staffline Group PLC, were awarded contracts worth the following for providing prison education services over the last three years:</p><p><strong>Aug 2016 – Jul 2017:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2017 – Jul 2018:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2018 – Mar 2019:</strong> £7.498m*</p><p><em>*This period ended when new prison education contracts commenced on 1 April 2019.</em></p><p> </p><p>PeoplePlus are (with effect from 1 April 2019) delivering education services in HMP Bedford; HMP Littlehey; HMP &amp; YOI Norwich; HMP Bure; HMP Wayland; HMP Leicester; HMP Onley; HMP Lincoln; HMP North Sea Camp; HMP Whatton; HMP The Mount; HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford; HMP Warren Hill; HMP &amp; YOI Hollesley Bay; HMP Highpoint; HMP Nottingham; HMP Ranby; HMP Stocken; HMP Sudbury; HMP &amp; YOI Foston Hall; and HMP Drake Hall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265533 question first answered 25/06/2019 15:38:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1133727

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
	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 June 2019 to Question 262418, what the threshold for the number of participants is in an accredited programme below which his Department does not consider it suitable for impact evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	267349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The department seeks to deliver impact evaluations for all accredited programmes. However, the feasibility of an impact evaluation needs to be reviewed first in an evaluability study. The factors that are reviewed to determine whether an impact evaluation is possible include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The expected reduction in reoffending rate for the specific offender cohort, and the appropriate number of years over which we expect reductions in reoffending to occur;</li><li>The number of programme completers required to detect this reduction (calculated using statistical power analysis); and</li><li>The quality of the data and information available.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Evaluability studies ensure that the best possible evaluation approach is identified. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a single threshold for the number of participants in an accredited programme below which it would not have an impact evaluation carried out, as it will differ by programme.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to publishing all research carried out in line with the Government Social Research guidelines.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 267350 question first answered 25/06/2019 15:43:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon