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855961

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of prosecutions of rape which collapse due to a failure to disclose evidence; and what support his Department provides to the alleged victims in such cases.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	131127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>This is an issue that the Government takes extremely seriously. The Attorney General is leading a wide-ranging review of disclosure procedures that aims to report in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 January the Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council published their joint National Disclosure Improvement Plan. The police and Crown Prosecution Service have reviewed all live rape and serious sexual offence cases, to provide assurance that disclosure is being handled appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is providing £12.5m in funding for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence. This includes £7.2m of funding for rape support services. Where proceedings are discontinued or no evidence offered, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime requires the CPS to explain to complainants why this has happened. The CPS must also inform complainants of how they can seek a review under the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47363 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

934738

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any plans to ensure that there is a minimum amount of criminal legal aid lawyers in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	160748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors and barristers to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. The 2017 tender for crime contracts resulted in a greater number of offices being awarded criminal legal aid contracts, providing sufficient coverage in each local authority area.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2018 16:26:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 68518 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1010402

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) median and (b) mean times were for private landlords to progress from a claim to possession of a property by a county court bailiff for the most recent period for which figures are available (i) across England and (ii) by each court circuit.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	192940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The average time taken from issue to repossession (in weeks) in private landlord possession cases in the county court is provided in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p><strong>Mean</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Med</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p><strong>24.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p><strong>23.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>20.8</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p><strong>22.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p><strong>24.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>21.1</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p><strong>22.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/11/2018 16:21:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

933954

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage more trainee solicitors to progress into a career in criminal legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	159614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>As the legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government, responsibility for the training of intending solicitors rests with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The SRA is currently working on introducing a new Solicitors Qualifying Exam, which it hopes will lower costs and open up a variety of routes into the profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. Last year £891 million was spent on criminal legal aid so that those who most need legal support are able to get it.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2018 15:22:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934740

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	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 ensure that the pay and conditions for criminal legal aid lawyers are adequate to encourage more people to enter the profession.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	160749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors and barristers to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. Last year £891 million was spent on criminal legal aid so that those who most need legal support are able to get it.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, the LAA and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service are working with representatives from solicitors’ and barristers’ groups as they look to evolve the way that courts are operating moving forward. This involves looking at options on working more digitally and an increased utilisation of virtual facilities. We will consider what future fee structures will be appropriate for future ways of working, the aim of which is to ensure that legal aid remains available for those that need it as the court estate and services are reconfigured.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2018 16:27:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 68520 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1104954

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victims and Witnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has he made on implementing the recommendations contained in A Voice for the Voiceless: The Victims’ Commissioner’s Review into the Provision of Registered Intermediaries for Children and Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses, published in January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice responded to the Victims’ Commissioner’s comprehensive review of the provision of Registered Intermediaries, making these commitments: to review governance of the Witness Intermediary Scheme; to consider whether to appoint a National Lead Registered Intermediary; to publish an annual report; and to promote the role of Registered Intermediaries.</p><p>The department have delivered on these commitments and introduced improvements to governance, including the introduction of Regional Coordinator roles for exceptional Registered Intermediaries – which are more appropriate for the scheme than a National Lead. An annual report is due to be published in the summer, the scheme now has a page on Gov.uk and work is ongoing to promote the role of Registered Intermediaries.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/04/2019 22:06:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1035360

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The approximate total number of people working on EU exit across the MoJ is 110 MoJ EU exit programme includes work on both deal and no-deal scenarios in preparation for the UK exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit</p><p>Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:46:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

855960

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for the public purse of the judgment in the case of R (Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prisoners’ Advice Service) v the Lord Chancellor.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	131126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Court of Appeal judgment, the Government decided to reinstate criminal legal aid funding to three discrete areas of prison law, namely: pre-tariff reviews where the Secretary of State seeks the advice of the Parole Board on whether life and Imprisoned for Public Protection prisoners may be transferred to open conditions; Category A Reviews; and referrals to close supervision centres. At the same time, the Government also decided to bring referrals to separation centres within scope of criminal legal aid. The regulations giving effect to these changes came into force on 21 February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the regulations confirmed that this policy change would result in increased expenditure from the Criminal Legal Aid Fund estimated to be in the region of £1.1 million per year (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1319/impacts).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47365 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1232991

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences were returned to their country of origin under (a) the Early Removal Scheme, (b) an EU Prisoner Transfer Framework Decision, (c) the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and (d) bilateral prisoner transfer agreements in each year from 2016 to 2019; and under each scheme how many returned offenders were EEA or Swiss nationals in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
	tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
	uin	87543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>We continue to remove foreign national offenders where routes are available.</p><p>Since 2010, we have removed over 55,000 foreign national offenders from our prisons, immigration removal centres and the community, with 4,743 removed in 2019/20.</p><p>We are absolutely committed to removing foreign national offenders from the UK and continue to work closely with international governments to maximise the removal of serious and persistent offenders.</p><p>We are constantly reviewing progress to ensure that all options are being pursued and that our early removal mechanisms are working as effectively as possible.</p><p>The latest published information on foreign national offenders returned under the Early Removal and Facilitated Returns Schemes is available here:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-enforcement-data-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb230545ba8474fe3e40308d855a9e8b2%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637353535517088383&amp;sdata=IQ%2BJXkZDT0ITqUiIrosR6SrSEhlH1Rw6UU2qkN0T1Os%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2020</a> (Table FNO_09 in <em>Transparency data Immigration Enforcement data: August 2020</em>, provides the numbers of foreign nationals removed under the Early Removal Scheme every year since 2010 but that there is no published data that breaks down these numbers by nationality or offence type).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under EUPTFD convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under CoE Convention convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under bilateral PTAs convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All five prisoners repatriated under the EUPTFD were EEA nationals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/09/2020 14:53:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1452943

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) artificial intelligence, and (b) machine learning projects are being (i) undertaken and (ii) considered by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	143730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>HMRC are using up to date technology, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), to deliver data and insight into the hands of their decision makers. This helps HMRC to focus on minimising the tax gap and makes the tax system more intuitive for taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC use AI methods across all their business areas. AI and ML outputs are validated with human oversight before being implemented.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are in the process of standardising their AI ethical framework in order to ensure it is consistently applied across the organisation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/03/2022 17:07:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens