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50303

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 815, how the assisted digital service for lasting power of attorney is provided and accessed; and what assisted digital services are in place for other Government digital services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	198286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office of the Public Guardian (an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice) is piloting an assisted digital service through three third sector organisations: Alzheimer's Society, Age UK and CAB. Customers identified as requiring the service are signposted by the OPG contact centre to the providers national contact numbers. The pilots are being used to assess the extent of the assisted digital need and to evaluate different methods for delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before going live every digital by default service is required to make sure appropriate assisted digital support is in place. Services are working with GDS to understand who their assisted digital users are and what this support should look like.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1142392

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
	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 merits of the Law Society’s recommendation that the Government create (a) a statutory code of practice for the use of algorithms in the justice system and (b) a national register of algorithms in the justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	282346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We have noted the Law Society of England and Wales’ report with interest. We recognise the importance of ethics when designing AI systems for use in the criminal justice system. The Government is committed to the better use and management of data and algorithmic tools.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 09:02:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693822

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Charles Taylor
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Charles Taylor is able to make phone calls from Durham Prison.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	65335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>All prisoners are eligible to make phone calls to approved numbers for both social and legal purposes and are subject to appropriate security and monitoring arrangements. Legally privileged calls remain unmonitored in line with policy requirements.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/03/2017 11:35:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

515188

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
	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 (a) Law Society and (b) other representatives of the legal profession on the issuing of seven day notices of legal proceedings at the same time as invoices for payment to consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	35350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Ministers at the Ministry of Justice have had no such discussions with the Law Society or other representatives of the legal profession on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 28/04/2016 17:11:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

809613

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Claims Management Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out a timescale for bringing forward legislative proposals on the regulation of claims management companies
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	120253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>The Financial Guidance and Claims Bill was introduced in Parliament on 22 June 2017. This Bill enables the transfer of the regulation of claims management companies from the Ministry of Justice to the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 29/12/2017 14:19:43 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1339520

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Computers: Common Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the common law presumption of the reliability of computers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	21220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to the answers given to PQ 69550 on 9 July 2020 and PQ 72206 on 20 July 2020 on this subject. We have no plans to review the presumption, as it has wide application and is rebuttable if there is evidence to the contrary.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, Government wants to be fully assured that there is a public summary of the failings associated with Post Office Ltd’s Horizon IT system and that lessons are learnt from this dispute. That is why the Inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT dispute has been converted into a statutory enquiry with effect from 1 June 2021, with new powers to require the production of evidence and documents. The full, updated Terms of Reference for the Inquiry are available on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-office-horizon-it-inquiry-2020/terms-of-reference" target="_blank">Post Office Horizon IT inquiry 2020 ToR</a> page, and on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/07/2021 13:51:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1221111

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Act 2020
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under the Coronavirus Act 2020; and how many and what proportion of those prosecutions were subsequently (a) withdrawn and (b) overturned.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	69551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>National Statistics on prosecutions and convictions for the first and second quarter of 2020 are due for publication in August and November 2020, with detailed offence level data for the whole of 2020 planned for publication in May 2021. Our statisticians are currently considering what suitable data from court management information systems could be gathered and prioritised for quality assurance and publication before then related to Covid-19 impacts, including potentially prosecutions for offences under the act. They will notify users through regular statistical publications.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/07/2020 15:47:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

834359

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what categories cyber crime is recorded in the justice service systems.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	125979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Many criminal offences may be committed online or offline. However, the Ministry of Justice only records information on offences against the statute under which a prosecution is brought; and not on whether a particular prosecution was for ‘cyber-crime’</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2018 16:35:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1170767

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged 16 or under have been killed by negligent drivers in each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	3198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on offenders sentenced to custody for causing death by driving offences up to December 2018, which is available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information on victims may be held on court record but individual court records would need to be accessed to identify such cases, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Sentencing Council have published sentencing guidelines on causing death by driving offences at: <a href="https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/crown-court?s&amp;collection=causing-death-by-driving" target="_blank">https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/crown-court?s&amp;collection=causing-death-by-driving</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 3197 question first answered 20/01/2020 14:28:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1170765

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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 average sentence given to drivers whose negligence led to the death of a child was in each of the last five years; and what the sentencing guidance is.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	3197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on offenders sentenced to custody for causing death by driving offences up to December 2018, which is available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information on victims may be held on court record but individual court records would need to be accessed to identify such cases, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Sentencing Council have published sentencing guidelines on causing death by driving offences at: <a href="https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/crown-court?s&amp;collection=causing-death-by-driving" target="_blank">https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/crown-court?s&amp;collection=causing-death-by-driving</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 3198 question first answered 20/01/2020 14:28:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah