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1713642

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date

24/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

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answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Homicide: Convictions

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for murder in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.

tabling member constituency

Luton South

tabling member printed

Rachel Hopkins

uin

23614

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

The Ministry of Justice holds data on convictions for murder offences. The published data, from 2010 to 2022, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcce7b63a23d0013c820f5/outcomes-by-offence-2022-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2022</a>. The most recent published data available, from year ending June 2011 until the year ending June 2023, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>. The full calendar year for 2023 will be available in the next update of the Outcomes by Offence tool, expected in May 2024. The data can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the offence code filer to select the following offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:<ul><li>00101 Murder – victim aged 1 year or over</li><li>00102 Murder – victim under one year old</li></ul> To cover the full period requested, convictions for murder offences from 2005 to 2009 have been provided in Table 1. It is not advised to use this data to calculate conviction rate due to the Court Proceedings Database counting two separate records at two separate stages. We cannot track the defendant throughout their court journey and an individual may appear at each court in separate years, or for a different principal offence at different stages. As a result, this rate is not an accurate measure of the proportion of prosecutions that result in a conviction.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

29/04/2024 15:37:24

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-29 PQ 23614 table.xlsx
	title	Table

tabling member

4873

	label	Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713643

registered interest

date

24/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Rape: Convictions

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for rape in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.

tabling member constituency

Luton South

tabling member printed

Rachel Hopkins

uin

23615

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

This Government is committed to improving the criminal justice system’s response to rape. In 2019, we commissioned our end-to-end Rape Review, publishing this in 2021 alongside a clear Action Plan that committed to delivering sustained improvements for victims. In this Action Plan, we set ourselves stretching ambitions to return the volumes of adult rape cases being referred by the police, charged by the CPS, and going to court back to 2016 levels by the end of this Parliament. We have exceeded each of these ambitions ahead of schedule. In practice, this means we have more than doubled the volumes of police referrals, charges, and cases reaching court compared to when the Review was commissioned in 2019. Increases to conviction volumes or conviction rates were not included as ambitions for the Rape Review. The right to a fair trial means that juries should rightly make decisions independently and based on the facts of the case. Whilst not being a Rape Review ambition, the Ministry of Justice does hold data on convictions for rape offences. Published data for calendar years (from 2010 to 2022) can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcce7b63a23d0013c820f5/outcomes-by-offence-2022-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2022</a>. The most recent published data available, providing data for the years ending in June from 2011 until 2023, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>. The full calendar year for 2023 will be available in the next update of the Outcomes by Offence tool, expected in May 2024. This can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the Offence filter to select the following offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:<ul><li>19C Rape of a female aged 16 or over</li><li>19D Rape of a female aged under 16</li><li>19E Rape of a female child under 13 by a male</li><li>19F Rape of a male aged 16 or over</li><li>19G Rape of a male aged under 16</li><li>19H Rape of a male child under 13 by a male</li></ul> To cover the full period requested, previously unpublished convictions for rape offences from 2005 to 2009 have now been provided in Table 1. It is not advised to use this data to calculate conviction rate (the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of prosecutions). This is due to the Court Proceedings Database counting two separate records at two separate stages (one for prosecution, one for conviction). We cannot track the defendant throughout their court journey and an individual may appear at each court in separate years, or for a different principal offence at different stages. As a result, this rate is not an accurate measure of the proportion of prosecutions that result in a conviction. However, the most accessible published data for conviction rates is in the quarterly data summaries for the period 2019/20 onwards published by the CPS in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cps.gov.uk%2Fpublication%2Fcps-quarterly-data-summaries&data=05%7C02%7CBarbora.Vyklicka%40justice.gov.uk%7C2b58ae9c79f542df230f08dc650f1631%7Cc687472871e641fea9e12e8c36776ad8%7C0%7C0%7C638496362671314955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PSYBLdccc%2FHcQ0l8alRAllmvPTjQpHR%2FBF8DjQfcguU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">CPS quarterly data summaries | The Crown Prosecution Service</a>. Furthermore, convictions rates 2007/8 to 2013/14 are available in the <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-violence-against-women-and-girls-crime-report-2013-2014" target="_blank">CPS Violence against Women and Girls crime report 2013-2014</a>.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

29/04/2024 15:37:41

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-29 PQ 23615 Table.xlsx
	title	Table

tabling member

4873

	label	Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713644

registered interest

date

24/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Homicide: Reoffenders

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of murder in each year since 2005.

tabling member constituency

Luton South

tabling member printed

Rachel Hopkins

uin

23616

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

Between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%. As shown in the attached table, the most recent data shows that reoffending rates for both murderers and rapists are at their lowest levels since 2005. In particular, the proportion of rapists who reoffend has fallen from 10.2% in 2005/06 to 5.3% in 2021/22. We are taking action to drive down the reoffending rate for all offenders by investing in a wide range of rehabilitative interventions to get them into skills training, work, and stable accommodation. Since 2021, we’ve rolled out Employment Hubs and Prison Employment Leads in all resettlement prisons and are delivering our temporary accommodation service for all prisoners at risk of homelessness. The full information requested can be found in the attached table.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

23617

question first answered

29/04/2024 16:55:11

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-29 PQ 23616 23617 table.xlsx
	title	Table

tabling member

4873

	label	Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713645

registered interest

date

24/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Rape: Reoffenders

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of rape in each year since 2005.

tabling member constituency

Luton South

tabling member printed

Rachel Hopkins

uin

23617

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

23616

question first answered

29/04/2024 16:55:11

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-29 PQ 23616 23617 table.xlsx
	title	Table

tabling member

4873

	label	Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713166

registered interest

date

23/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Administration of Justice: Wales

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) producing and (b) publishing disaggregated justice data for Wales.

tabling member constituency

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

tabling member printed

Liz Saville Roberts

uin

23257

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/04/2024

answer text

The Ministry of Justice produces the data required to deliver justice effectively in Wales. A significant amount of data is already published that is disaggregated for Wales.Officials in the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service continue to work with Welsh Government officials to consider areas in which Wales-specific data is not available and examine whether any such data might further aid the delivery of justice in Wales.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

26/04/2024 11:38:53

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4521

	label	Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1713188

registered interest

date

23/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on probation (a) have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme and (b) are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024.

tabling member constituency

Romsey and Southampton North

tabling member printed

Caroline Nokes

uin

23187

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/04/2024

answer text

We are unable to provide data on the number of people on probation who have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme (BBR) or who are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024 without incurring disproportionate cost. We are also unable to provide the number of available places on the BBR programme for people on probation in 2024-25 without incurring disproportionate cost. This information is not collated and recorded centrally. Regions collect their own management information and waiting lists vary with average waiting times for BBR between one and five months. Each region manages their own accredited programme referrals and allocation of places is based on risk and order expiry date.We are unable to provide data on the number of filled custodial places on the Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme in 2023-24 at this time as to do so would breach official statistics publication rules outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics as they will form a subset of future published statistics. Data for 2023-2024 will be published in the Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics report on 26 September 2024.There are 210 places available on the BBR programme for people in custody for 2024-25. This is subject to review related to changes in both the demand for different programmes, and the transition to new programmes being introduced in-year.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

23188
23189

question first answered

26/04/2024 13:34:53

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4048

	label	Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713194

registered interest

date

23/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 200 custodial places on the Building Better Relationships programme were filled in 2023-24.

tabling member constituency

Romsey and Southampton North

tabling member printed

Caroline Nokes

uin

23188

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

23187
23189

question first answered

26/04/2024 13:34:54

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4048

	label	Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713198

registered interest

date

23/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places will be available on the Building Better Relationships programme for people (a) in custody and (b) on probation in 2024-25.

tabling member constituency

Romsey and Southampton North

tabling member printed

Caroline Nokes

uin

23189

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

23187
23188

question first answered

26/04/2024 13:34:54

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4048

	label	Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1712689

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Powers of Attorney

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require the Office of the Public Guardian to notify all nominated persons when a (a) power of attorney and (b) lasting power of attorney is made.

tabling member constituency

Portsmouth South

tabling member printed

Stephen Morgan

uin

23023

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

General, otherwise known as ordinary, powers of attorney are governed by the Powers of Attorney Act 1971. They allow a donor to give power to an attorney to manage their affairs for a defined period of time. There is no requirement to name or notify nominated persons and the Public Guardian is not involved in the process. Powers of attorney are an important mechanism for supporting agency arrangements, often in a commercial context, and there are no plans to change this arrangement to require notification of nominated persons. Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are governed by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 which requires that any nominated persons are notified at the point when an application is made to the Office of the Public Guardian to register the LPA. An application to register an LPA can be made either by the donor or by one or more attorneys named in the LPA. Currently, it is the applicant’s responsibility to notify any nominated persons. The Public Guardian maintains a register of all registered LPAs and anyone can request a free search to check if there is a registered LPA for a relative or friend. The Powers of Attorney Act 2023, when implemented, will improve the process for notification and objections for LPAs. The Public Guardian will in future be responsible for issuing notices to the donor, their attorneys and any persons to be notified that the LPA has been received for registration and appears to be validly made. Furthermore, anyone who is aware that an LPA is being made will be able to object to its registration at an earlier stage in the process if they have concerns. These changes will strengthen the existing safeguards in the system.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

30/04/2024 11:11:22

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4653

	label	Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1712690

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Powers of Attorney: Fraud

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) fraud and (b) misuse of Lasting Power of Attorney.

tabling member constituency

Portsmouth South

tabling member printed

Stephen Morgan

uin

23024

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, execution of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) must be witnessed and a certificate provider must confirm that the donor understands the powers they are conferring on their attorney or attorneys and is not being coerced to make the LPA. A mandatory 4-week period must elapse before registration, allowing time for objections to be raised prior to registration. Following consultation on ways to strengthen these protections, my department is working with the Office of the Public Guardian to implement a modernised LPA, facilitated by the Powers of Attorney Act 2023. The modernised LPA will introduce identity checks for donors and certificate providers to reduce the risk that an unknown party could obtain an LPA in another person’s name without their knowledge. The certificate provider will be required to be present at execution of the LPA by the donor and a more streamlined objection process will allow anyone to object, making it easier for potential abuses to be challenged earlier in the process. These measures collectively should reduce the risk of fraudulent LPAs and abuse of the powers they confer. Once the LPA is registered, any concerns about its use can be reported to the Office of the Public Guardian, which has authority to investigate. It can, if necessary, ask the court to remove the power for an attorney to act.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

30/04/2024 11:12:49

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4653

	label	Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1712705

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prison and Probation Service: Corruption

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police detectives are employed by the counter corruption unit in HM Prison and Probation Service.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22963

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

No Police Detectives are directly employed by HMPPS. HMPPS has, however, funded 20 dedicated Police Detectives employed in Police Regional Organised Crime Units, to support in the investigation of corruption within the organisation.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

30/04/2024 09:54:41

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1712730

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Drugs

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of inmates in prisons were drug tested at least once in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

tabling member constituency

South Holland and The Deepings

tabling member printed

Sir John Hayes

uin

22844

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. All prisons have a zero-tolerance approach to drugs. Our drug testing contract also enables us to deliver key commitments in the Cross-Government Drug Strategy such as: testing of offenders who receive a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement, the pilot of Intensive Supervision Courts and increased flexibility to test for a broader range of drugs. In addition, all prisons have been provided with access to forensic testing of items seized or found within the estate. Our £100 million Security Investment Programme completed in March 2022 and delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners, supplying full coverage across the closed male estate. We have also installed 84 X-ray baggage scanners at 49 sites, drug detection machines and metal detection archways. Furthermore, we are taking steps to support individuals with substance misuse issues in prison. We have dramatically increased the number of incentivised substance-free living units (ISFLs), where prisoners commit to living drug-free with incentives and regular testing. 80 prisons now have an ISFL, up from 25 in summer 2022.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

30/04/2024 09:52:55

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

350

	label	Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1712834

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the longest period of time that a claimant has had to wait for their benefit decision to be heard at tribunal (a) nationally and (b) by region in the last five years.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22886

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

The information requested is not held centrally.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

25/04/2024 12:55:58

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712842

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22887

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232</td></tr><tr><td>Region / Venue</td><td>Total Open Caseload</td><td>Ready To List</td><td>Listed For Hearing</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>6804</td><td>3861</td><td>980</td></tr><tr><td>Bexleyheath</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>East London</td><td>1543</td><td>905</td><td>234</td></tr><tr><td>Enfield</td><td>27</td><td>11</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Fox Court</td><td>3318</td><td>1846</td><td>483</td></tr><tr><td>Hatton Cross</td><td>243</td><td>98</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>Romford</td><td>512</td><td>353</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>Sutton</td><td>1160</td><td>647</td><td>121</td></tr><tr><td>Midlands</td><td>9330</td><td>5052</td><td>1369</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham</td><td>1984</td><td>1007</td><td>354</td></tr><tr><td>Boston</td><td>202</td><td>134</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield</td><td>457</td><td>255</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry</td><td>698</td><td>442</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>Derby</td><td>701</td><td>417</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td>Hereford</td><td>101</td><td>43</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Kidderminster</td><td>144</td><td>60</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>813</td><td>415</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>427</td><td>258</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton</td><td>488</td><td>328</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>1135</td><td>610</td><td>168</td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton</td><td>99</td><td>58</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury</td><td>333</td><td>185</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>427</td><td>228</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>Walsall</td><td>316</td><td>136</td><td>66</td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough</td><td>196</td><td>114</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>637</td><td>262</td><td>110</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester</td><td>172</td><td>100</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>7061</td><td>3468</td><td>1316</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley</td><td>193</td><td>71</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington</td><td>159</td><td>66</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>Berwick</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Bradford</td><td>691</td><td>334</td><td>131</td></tr><tr><td>Darlington</td><td>356</td><td>195</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster</td><td>316</td><td>142</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>333</td><td>169</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead</td><td>78</td><td>33</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby</td><td>186</td><td>80</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield</td><td>32</td><td>10</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>342</td><td>181</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>514</td><td>165</td><td>132</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle</td><td>332</td><td>122</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>North Shields</td><td>134</td><td>34</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Scarborough</td><td>158</td><td>75</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield</td><td>737</td><td>381</td><td>119</td></tr><tr><td>South Shields</td><td>233</td><td>112</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>545</td><td>349</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Teesside</td><td>871</td><td>581</td><td>85</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>687</td><td>322</td><td>138</td></tr><tr><td>York</td><td>150</td><td>40</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>7362</td><td>4250</td><td>1066</td></tr><tr><td>Barrow</td><td>84</td><td>53</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead</td><td>355</td><td>223</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn</td><td>311</td><td>180</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>355</td><td>189</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton</td><td>414</td><td>231</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>263</td><td>151</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle</td><td>165</td><td>86</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Chester</td><td>500</td><td>315</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster</td><td>105</td><td>66</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>1023</td><td>495</td><td>155</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>1319</td><td>821</td><td>164</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>248</td><td>123</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale</td><td>436</td><td>216</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens</td><td>512</td><td>301</td><td>73</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport</td><td>699</td><td>451</td><td>68</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan</td><td>427</td><td>267</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Workington</td><td>146</td><td>82</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>263</td><td>68</td><td>114</td></tr><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Dumfries (Cairndale)</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Dunfermline</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>70</td><td>19</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Galashiels</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow</td><td>89</td><td>24</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Hamilton</td><td>24</td><td>3</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Inverness</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkcaldy</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Oban</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Stirling</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Stranraer</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wick</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>7696</td><td>4930</td><td>574</td></tr><tr><td>Ashford</td><td>556</td><td>349</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td>264</td><td>144</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>200</td><td>133</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton</td><td>842</td><td>541</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge</td><td>238</td><td>122</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Chatham</td><td>466</td><td>355</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>408</td><td>265</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Eastbourne</td><td>98</td><td>64</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Hastings</td><td>243</td><td>177</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>High Wycombe</td><td>321</td><td>192</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich</td><td>411</td><td>283</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn</td><td>181</td><td>91</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Luton</td><td>363</td><td>229</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Margate</td><td>257</td><td>162</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes</td><td>212</td><td>119</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>659</td><td>470</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford</td><td>311</td><td>216</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough</td><td>307</td><td>165</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>361</td><td>224</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Southend</td><td>95</td><td>33</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td>163</td><td>94</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>740</td><td>502</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>5916</td><td>3428</td><td>625</td></tr><tr><td>Unallocated 3</td><td>177</td><td>115</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot</td><td>289</td><td>162</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple</td><td>80</td><td>36</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>1167</td><td>724</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>224</td><td>80</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester</td><td>432</td><td>257</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Havant</td><td>657</td><td>440</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Newport IOW</td><td>222</td><td>153</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Newton Abbot</td><td>246</td><td>126</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth</td><td>384</td><td>193</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>Poole</td><td>441</td><td>249</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury</td><td>46</td><td>10</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>606</td><td>401</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon</td><td>320</td><td>218</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Taunton</td><td>239</td><td>134</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Truro</td><td>255</td><td>68</td><td>59</td></tr><tr><td>Worle</td><td>131</td><td>62</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>4181</td><td>2180</td><td>514</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth</td><td>49</td><td>24</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon</td><td>101</td><td>23</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>1746</td><td>949</td><td>250</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen</td><td>72</td><td>15</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest</td><td>105</td><td>39</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Langstone, Newport</td><td>793</td><td>459</td><td>76</td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells</td><td>32</td><td>16</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni</td><td>199</td><td>121</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Port Talbot</td><td>305</td><td>112</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn</td><td>277</td><td>170</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>194</td><td>75</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool</td><td>52</td><td>31</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>256</td><td>146</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>National</td><td>48623</td><td>27241</td><td>6558</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Disability Living Allowance at December 232</td></tr><tr><td>Region / Venue</td><td>Total Open Caseload</td><td>Ready To List</td><td>Listed For Hearing</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>592</td><td>426</td><td>73</td></tr><tr><td>East London</td><td>149</td><td>114</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Enfield</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Fox Court</td><td>264</td><td>180</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Hatton Cross</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Romford</td><td>54</td><td>41</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Sutton</td><td>103</td><td>75</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Midlands</td><td>597</td><td>394</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham</td><td>164</td><td>84</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>Boston</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield</td><td>26</td><td>20</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry</td><td>46</td><td>35</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Derby</td><td>40</td><td>32</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Hereford</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kidderminster</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>43</td><td>32</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>36</td><td>25</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton</td><td>26</td><td>19</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>63</td><td>41</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>30</td><td>23</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Walsall</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>34</td><td>17</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>489</td><td>326</td><td>68</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bradford</td><td>54</td><td>36</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Darlington</td><td>29</td><td>20</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster</td><td>14</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby</td><td>12</td><td>5</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>23</td><td>16</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>30</td><td>8</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>North Shields</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Scarborough</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield</td><td>71</td><td>52</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>South Shields</td><td>19</td><td>11</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>40</td><td>29</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Teesside</td><td>67</td><td>61</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>47</td><td>32</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>York</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>535</td><td>372</td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>Barrow</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead</td><td>32</td><td>19</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn</td><td>26</td><td>17</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton</td><td>30</td><td>20</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>14</td><td>11</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Chester</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>70</td><td>45</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>113</td><td>89</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale</td><td>40</td><td>25</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens</td><td>42</td><td>27</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport</td><td>60</td><td>49</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan</td><td>31</td><td>21</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Workington</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Inverness</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkcaldy</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>555</td><td>427</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Ashford</td><td>33</td><td>24</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td>25</td><td>15</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>20</td><td>16</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton</td><td>46</td><td>36</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Chatham</td><td>47</td><td>41</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>38</td><td>28</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Eastbourne</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hastings</td><td>13</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>High Wycombe</td><td>27</td><td>18</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich</td><td>30</td><td>23</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Luton</td><td>27</td><td>26</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Margate</td><td>15</td><td>14</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>46</td><td>37</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford</td><td>23</td><td>18</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough</td><td>19</td><td>14</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>26</td><td>23</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Southend</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td>12</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>60</td><td>47</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>394</td><td>266</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Unallocated 3</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot</td><td>26</td><td>20</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>79</td><td>52</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester</td><td>27</td><td>15</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Havant</td><td>48</td><td>33</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Newport IOW</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Newton Abbot</td><td>12</td><td>8</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth</td><td>21</td><td>15</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Poole</td><td>30</td><td>23</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>36</td><td>26</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon</td><td>24</td><td>19</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Taunton</td><td>21</td><td>17</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Truro</td><td>16</td><td>9</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Worle</td><td>12</td><td>7</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>247</td><td>148</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>115</td><td>61</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Langstone, Newport</td><td>45</td><td>33</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni</td><td>13</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Port Talbot</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>21</td><td>14</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>National</td><td>3418</td><td>2361</td><td>454</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232</td></tr><tr><td>Region / Venue</td><td>Total Open Caseload</td><td>Ready To List</td><td>Listed For Hearing</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>380</td><td>158</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>East London</td><td>116</td><td>59</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Enfield</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Fox Court</td><td>149</td><td>47</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Hatton Cross</td><td>19</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Romford</td><td>24</td><td>12</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Sutton</td><td>70</td><td>32</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Midlands</td><td>667</td><td>351</td><td>88</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham</td><td>112</td><td>57</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Boston</td><td>21</td><td>11</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield</td><td>33</td><td>14</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry</td><td>48</td><td>29</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Derby</td><td>48</td><td>26</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Hereford</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Kidderminster</td><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>69</td><td>44</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>17</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton</td><td>32</td><td>14</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>65</td><td>31</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury</td><td>38</td><td>21</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>49</td><td>29</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Walsall</td><td>25</td><td>13</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>56</td><td>25</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester</td><td>14</td><td>9</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>468</td><td>188</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley</td><td>18</td><td>7</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington</td><td>14</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Bradford</td><td>41</td><td>17</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Darlington</td><td>23</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster</td><td>17</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>20</td><td>7</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle</td><td>25</td><td>9</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>North Shields</td><td>19</td><td>3</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Scarborough</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield</td><td>40</td><td>15</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>South Shields</td><td>27</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>38</td><td>20</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Teesside</td><td>49</td><td>25</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>42</td><td>18</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>York</td><td>17</td><td>7</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>323</td><td>82</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>Barrow</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>13</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton</td><td>21</td><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Chester</td><td>25</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>38</td><td>16</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>50</td><td>15</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale</td><td>28</td><td>6</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens</td><td>21</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport</td><td>40</td><td>17</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan</td><td>24</td><td>4</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Workington</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>214</td><td>20</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>13</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr</td><td>17</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Campbeltown Centre</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dumfries (Cairndale)</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Dunfermline</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>27</td><td>1</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Galashiels</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow</td><td>50</td><td>6</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock</td><td>12</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hamilton</td><td>19</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Inverness</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkcaldy</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Lerwick</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Stirling</td><td>17</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>420</td><td>209</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>Ashford</td><td>20</td><td>10</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton</td><td>39</td><td>20</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge</td><td>11</td><td>5</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Chatham</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>37</td><td>18</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Eastbourne</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hastings</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>High Wycombe</td><td>19</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich</td><td>25</td><td>14</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Luton</td><td>22</td><td>13</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Margate</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>36</td><td>17</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough</td><td>32</td><td>12</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>34</td><td>19</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Southend</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>29</td><td>12</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>490</td><td>295</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Unallocated 3</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot</td><td>31</td><td>24</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>80</td><td>42</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>12</td><td>5</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester</td><td>35</td><td>21</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Havant</td><td>65</td><td>43</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Newport IOW</td><td>27</td><td>21</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Newton Abbot</td><td>26</td><td>15</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth</td><td>31</td><td>19</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Poole</td><td>32</td><td>25</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>49</td><td>26</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon</td><td>17</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Taunton</td><td>22</td><td>12</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Truro</td><td>21</td><td>12</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Worle</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>434</td><td>278</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>155</td><td>108</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest</td><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Langstone, Newport</td><td>88</td><td>55</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni</td><td>23</td><td>15</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Port Talbot</td><td>37</td><td>26</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn</td><td>24</td><td>14</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>27</td><td>11</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>23</td><td>17</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>National</td><td>3399</td><td>1581</td><td>398</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Universal Credit5 at December 232</td></tr><tr><td>Region / Venue</td><td>Total Open Caseload</td><td>Ready To List</td><td>Listed For Hearing</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>2659</td><td>1361</td><td>215</td></tr><tr><td>East London</td><td>566</td><td>294</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>Enfield</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Fox Court</td><td>1468</td><td>754</td><td>94</td></tr><tr><td>Hatton Cross</td><td>102</td><td>40</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Romford</td><td>169</td><td>85</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Sutton</td><td>346</td><td>186</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Midlands</td><td>2602</td><td>1489</td><td>406</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham</td><td>713</td><td>381</td><td>142</td></tr><tr><td>Boston</td><td>51</td><td>34</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield</td><td>62</td><td>34</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry</td><td>202</td><td>125</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Derby</td><td>159</td><td>87</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Hereford</td><td>21</td><td>16</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kidderminster</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>265</td><td>160</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>123</td><td>74</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton</td><td>126</td><td>82</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>253</td><td>148</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury</td><td>78</td><td>45</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>99</td><td>55</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Walsall</td><td>116</td><td>64</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough</td><td>43</td><td>29</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>218</td><td>109</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester</td><td>42</td><td>24</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>2007</td><td>1012</td><td>385</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley</td><td>55</td><td>26</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington</td><td>46</td><td>20</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Berwick</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bradford</td><td>208</td><td>118</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Darlington</td><td>70</td><td>26</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster</td><td>84</td><td>31</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>40</td><td>17</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead</td><td>24</td><td>11</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby</td><td>69</td><td>41</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>108</td><td>62</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>173</td><td>68</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle</td><td>229</td><td>109</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>North Shields</td><td>45</td><td>16</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Scarborough</td><td>49</td><td>24</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield</td><td>160</td><td>67</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>South Shields</td><td>71</td><td>40</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>124</td><td>79</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Teesside</td><td>227</td><td>137</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>170</td><td>88</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>York</td><td>47</td><td>29</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>1512</td><td>572</td><td>308</td></tr><tr><td>Barrow</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead</td><td>34</td><td>15</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn</td><td>33</td><td>15</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>54</td><td>13</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton</td><td>107</td><td>32</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>65</td><td>29</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle</td><td>29</td><td>14</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Chester</td><td>61</td><td>17</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster</td><td>27</td><td>13</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>179</td><td>49</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>467</td><td>226</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>35</td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale</td><td>91</td><td>23</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens</td><td>79</td><td>34</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport</td><td>141</td><td>45</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan</td><td>85</td><td>29</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Workington</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>658</td><td>187</td><td>219</td></tr><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>33</td><td>8</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr</td><td>40</td><td>12</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Dumfries (Cairndale)</td><td>13</td><td>1</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>44</td><td>10</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Dunfermline</td><td>14</td><td>3</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>120</td><td>31</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Galashiels</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow</td><td>206</td><td>64</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock</td><td>25</td><td>6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Hamilton</td><td>59</td><td>17</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Inverness</td><td>22</td><td>3</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkcaldy</td><td>22</td><td>9</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkwall</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lerwick</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lewis</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Oban</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Stirling</td><td>29</td><td>13</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Stranraer</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Wick</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>2002</td><td>1053</td><td>321</td></tr><tr><td>Ashford</td><td>117</td><td>47</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td>70</td><td>24</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>48</td><td>30</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton</td><td>173</td><td>76</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge</td><td>68</td><td>33</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Chatham</td><td>70</td><td>27</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>107</td><td>62</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Eastbourne</td><td>26</td><td>15</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Hastings</td><td>43</td><td>27</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>High Wycombe</td><td>125</td><td>70</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich</td><td>89</td><td>54</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn</td><td>36</td><td>18</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Luton</td><td>110</td><td>65</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Margate</td><td>39</td><td>18</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes</td><td>48</td><td>27</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>145</td><td>86</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford</td><td>111</td><td>66</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough</td><td>91</td><td>45</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>141</td><td>73</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Southend</td><td>65</td><td>37</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td>45</td><td>27</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>235</td><td>126</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>1744</td><td>1121</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Unallocated 3</td><td>43</td><td>26</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot</td><td>120</td><td>74</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple</td><td>24</td><td>15</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>342</td><td>219</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>59</td><td>32</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester</td><td>136</td><td>99</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Havant</td><td>187</td><td>133</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Newport IOW</td><td>49</td><td>35</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Newton Abbot</td><td>61</td><td>34</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth</td><td>84</td><td>52</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Poole</td><td>159</td><td>96</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>162</td><td>106</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon</td><td>108</td><td>71</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Taunton</td><td>71</td><td>42</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Truro</td><td>87</td><td>58</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Worle</td><td>37</td><td>23</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>1019</td><td>712</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon</td><td>53</td><td>32</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>389</td><td>277</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest</td><td>28</td><td>19</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Langstone, Newport</td><td>179</td><td>133</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni</td><td>27</td><td>20</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Port Talbot</td><td>91</td><td>68</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn</td><td>74</td><td>46</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>58</td><td>43</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>67</td><td>41</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>National</td><td>14203</td><td>7507</td><td>1981</td></tr></tbody></table> From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)2. Data pulled 23/4/20243. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

grouped question UIN

22888
22889
22890

question first answered

25/04/2024 12:57:31

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712843

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Disability Living Allowance: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Disability Living Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22888

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

grouped question UIN

22887
22889
22890

question first answered

25/04/2024 12:57:31

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712844

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Employment Support Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22889

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

grouped question UIN

22887
22888
22890

question first answered

25/04/2024 12:57:31

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712845

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Universal Credit: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Universal Credit claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22890

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

grouped question UIN

22887
22888
22889

question first answered

25/04/2024 12:57:31

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712846

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals for all types of benefit case (a) are awaiting a hearing and (b) were awaiting a hearing on 22 April 2010 (i) nationally, (ii) by region, (iii) by Tribunal Office and (iv) by hearing venue.

tabling member constituency

Wallasey

tabling member printed

Dame Angela Eagle

uin

22891

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

The table below sets out the number of appeals for all types of benefit awaiting a hearing (i) nationally, (ii) by region, and (iv) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There is no separate data collated at (iii) Tribunal office level. Data for 22 April 2010 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">All SSCS Benefits at December 231</td></tr><tr><td>Region / Venue</td><td>Total Open Caseload</td><td>Ready To List</td><td>Listed For Hearing</td></tr><tr><td>London </td><td>11785</td><td>6166</td><td>1401</td></tr><tr><td>Bexleyheath</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>East London</td><td>2715</td><td>1443</td><td>349</td></tr><tr><td>Enfield</td><td>46</td><td>20</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Fox Court</td><td>5765</td><td>2996</td><td>670</td></tr><tr><td>Hatton Cross</td><td>436</td><td>170</td><td>96</td></tr><tr><td>Romford</td><td>844</td><td>516</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td>Sutton</td><td>1973</td><td>1018</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>Midlands</td><td>14569</td><td>7979</td><td>2084</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham</td><td>3275</td><td>1668</td><td>603</td></tr><tr><td>Boston</td><td>299</td><td>196</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield</td><td>649</td><td>359</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>Coventry</td><td>1146</td><td>725</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td>Derby</td><td>1047</td><td>618</td><td>142</td></tr><tr><td>Hereford</td><td>162</td><td>81</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Kidderminster</td><td>193</td><td>93</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>1305</td><td>700</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>693</td><td>422</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton</td><td>736</td><td>476</td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>1666</td><td>906</td><td>256</td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton</td><td>123</td><td>72</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury</td><td>518</td><td>283</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>681</td><td>379</td><td>78</td></tr><tr><td>Walsall</td><td>493</td><td>226</td><td>86</td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough</td><td>280</td><td>169</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>1058</td><td>462</td><td>180</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester</td><td>245</td><td>144</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>North East (Leeds)</td><td>6382</td><td>2903</td><td>1205</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley</td><td>314</td><td>126</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>Bradford</td><td>1055</td><td>542</td><td>178</td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster</td><td>448</td><td>191</td><td>75</td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby</td><td>300</td><td>138</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield</td><td>36</td><td>11</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>615</td><td>327</td><td>97</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>957</td><td>341</td><td>193</td></tr><tr><td>Scarborough</td><td>241</td><td>111</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield</td><td>1182</td><td>554</td><td>214</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>982</td><td>473</td><td>187</td></tr><tr><td>York</td><td>252</td><td>89</td><td>76</td></tr><tr><td>North East (Newcastle)</td><td>4775</td><td>2480</td><td>807</td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington</td><td>234</td><td>95</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Berwick</td><td>20</td><td>9</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Darlington</td><td>502</td><td>251</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>425</td><td>212</td><td>95</td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead</td><td>116</td><td>49</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle</td><td>751</td><td>284</td><td>176</td></tr><tr><td>North Shields</td><td>208</td><td>56</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>South Shields</td><td>361</td><td>176</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>792</td><td>488</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Teesside</td><td>1366</td><td>860</td><td>143</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>10686</td><td>5704</td><td>1635</td></tr><tr><td>Barrow</td><td>108</td><td>65</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead</td><td>440</td><td>264</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn</td><td>401</td><td>225</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool</td><td>545</td><td>238</td><td>105</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton</td><td>613</td><td>303</td><td>108</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>374</td><td>200</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Bury</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle</td><td>254</td><td>125</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>Chester</td><td>627</td><td>358</td><td>81</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster</td><td>157</td><td>94</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>1640</td><td>778</td><td>234</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>2159</td><td>1258</td><td>331</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>317</td><td>143</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>Rochdale</td><td>636</td><td>279</td><td>127</td></tr><tr><td>Runcorn</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>St Helens</td><td>676</td><td>373</td><td>99</td></tr><tr><td>Stockport</td><td>977</td><td>581</td><td>129</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan</td><td>581</td><td>327</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td>Workington</td><td>179</td><td>93</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>1557</td><td>411</td><td>508</td></tr><tr><td>Aberdeen</td><td>89</td><td>24</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Ayr</td><td>101</td><td>20</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Campbeltown Centre</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Dumfries (Cairndale)</td><td>26</td><td>2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Dundee</td><td>88</td><td>18</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Dunfermline</td><td>27</td><td>7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>315</td><td>92</td><td>114</td></tr><tr><td>Galashiels</td><td>28</td><td>9</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Glasgow</td><td>489</td><td>143</td><td>155</td></tr><tr><td>Greenock</td><td>46</td><td>10</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Hamilton</td><td>130</td><td>26</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Inverness</td><td>63</td><td>9</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Kilmarnock</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkcaldy</td><td>59</td><td>22</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkwall</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lerwick</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lewis</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Oban</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Stirling</td><td>65</td><td>22</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Stranraer</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wick</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>12225</td><td>7369</td><td>1200</td></tr><tr><td>Ashford</td><td>930</td><td>533</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td>399</td><td>200</td><td>75</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>365</td><td>243</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton</td><td>1250</td><td>733</td><td>109</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge</td><td>456</td><td>244</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>Chatham</td><td>616</td><td>434</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>700</td><td>434</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td>Eastbourne</td><td>135</td><td>88</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Hastings</td><td>317</td><td>221</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>High Wycombe</td><td>509</td><td>291</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich</td><td>619</td><td>409</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn</td><td>269</td><td>136</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Luton</td><td>605</td><td>365</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Margate</td><td>322</td><td>197</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes</td><td>309</td><td>172</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>990</td><td>657</td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford</td><td>551</td><td>351</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough</td><td>467</td><td>243</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>Reading</td><td>593</td><td>352</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Southend</td><td>220</td><td>109</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td>239</td><td>137</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>1364</td><td>820</td><td>109</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>9782</td><td>5401</td><td>823</td></tr><tr><td>Unallocated 2</td><td>247</td><td>156</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot</td><td>555</td><td>309</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple</td><td>122</td><td>60</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>1922</td><td>1090</td><td>163</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>385</td><td>132</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester</td><td>715</td><td>421</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>Havant</td><td>1058</td><td>684</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>Newport IOW</td><td>319</td><td>225</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Newton Abbot</td><td>383</td><td>190</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth</td><td>623</td><td>303</td><td>62</td></tr><tr><td>Poole</td><td>801</td><td>417</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury</td><td>73</td><td>20</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>982</td><td>594</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Swindon</td><td>532</td><td>322</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Taunton</td><td>410</td><td>215</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Truro</td><td>435</td><td>156</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Weymouth and Dorchester</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Worle</td><td>206</td><td>107</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>6471</td><td>3470</td><td>675</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth</td><td>82</td><td>41</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon</td><td>179</td><td>64</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>2668</td><td>1455</td><td>310</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen</td><td>107</td><td>36</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest</td><td>153</td><td>68</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Langstone, Newport</td><td>1181</td><td>703</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells</td><td>37</td><td>21</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Llanelli</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni</td><td>284</td><td>180</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Port Talbot</td><td>531</td><td>232</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn</td><td>411</td><td>247</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>317</td><td>140</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool</td><td>81</td><td>46</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>438</td><td>237</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</td><td>29</td><td>4</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Total</td><td>78261</td><td>41887</td><td>10340</td></tr></tbody></table> From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.1. Data pulled 24/4/20242. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used. Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

30/04/2024 11:08:28

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

491

	label	Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1712855

registered interest

date

22/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Ministry of Justice: Fraud

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce the cost of fraud in his Department in the last three financial years.

tabling member constituency

Llanelli

tabling member printed

Dame Nia Griffith

uin

22927

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

26/04/2024

answer text

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) recognises that the nature of the fraud threat it faces is constantly evolving and that our response must be equally as agile. The MoJ has been developing its Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise (CoEx) since 2019 and this team has a central governance and oversight role across the Department, including its Executive Agencies, Arm’s Length Bodies and core Functions.The MoJ maintains a collaborative working relationship with the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) regarding Counter Fraud Functional Standards and performance, and contributes to PSFA thematic working groups, for example internal fraud risks.The MoJ conducts regular internal reviews against Functional Standards across the Department and collaborates with teams to improve performance and raise awareness in terms of fraud risk assessment, fraud controls and fraud reporting.The MoJ took part in the 2022 National Fraud Initiative that looked to identify duplicated payroll data held across other public and private sector bodies to prevent and detect fraud.The MoJ provides management information and updates to the Department Audit and Risk Committee.The MoJ has always had a current Counter Fraud Strategy, Policy and Response Plan in place, all of which are readily accessible on the respective Intranet sites.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

26/04/2024 11:19:41

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

1541

	label	Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1702388

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Sentencing

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Council on the implementation of guidelines that require judges to consider factors such as poverty and social deprivation in sentencing; and whether his Department will provide training on these factors.

tabling member constituency

Slough

tabling member printed

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

uin

22785

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

On 1 April 2024, the Sentencing Council for England and Wales introduced a new mitigating factor ‘difficult and/or deprived background or personal circumstances’ across all offence specific guidelines, following consultation. As a statutory consultee, the Lord Chancellor made clear in his response his opposition to the inclusion of this new mitigating factor. However, as an independent body, the Government cannot require the Council to review particular guidelines.Regarding the implementation of the guidelines, under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Council is required to monitor the operation and effect of its guidelines once published. The Council decides on its own priorities and work plan for producing and monitoring guidelines.In relation to judicial training, in order to preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lady Chief Justice has statutory responsibility under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary. The Lady Chief Justice exercises this responsibility through the Judicial College.

answering member constituency

Orpington

answering member printed

Gareth Bacon

question first answered

29/04/2024 14:48:50

answering member

4798

	label	Biography information for Gareth Bacon

tabling member

4638

	label	Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1702420

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Juries: Safety

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidelines his Department has issued on ensuring the (a) anonymity and (b) safety of jurors in high-profile cases.

tabling member constituency

Slough

tabling member printed

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

uin

22804

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

There is no expectation of anonymity for jurors in trials. It is standard procedure that jurors’ names are called out to allow the defendant, or the defence’s legal representative, the opportunity to object to any person called, if for example they have knowledge of the defendant or of the case, which may be prejudicial to the trial.However, Criminal Procedure Rule 25.6(4) allows for jurors to be announced by an identifying number assigned by the court officer to that person (rather than by their name) where the court is satisfied that that is necessary.We take the safety of jurors and all those who attend the crown court seriously. Jurors are advised to make immediate contact with HMCTS staff if they are approached by anyone they think may be connected to the case they are part of the jury for, or if they feel threatened or concerned. If they are not in the courthouse and think they are in immediate danger, jurors are advised to dial 999.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

29/04/2024 10:56:56

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4638

	label	Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1702490

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Ministry of Justice: ZK Analytics

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract agreed by his Department with ZK Analytics Limited on 18 March 2024, procurement reference 23425, if he will publish the deliverables specified in Annex F of that contract.

tabling member constituency

Islington South and Finsbury

tabling member printed

Emily Thornberry

uin

22713

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

24/04/2024

answer text

A redacted copy of Annex F – Deliverables will be uploaded to Contracts Finder within the next 10 days.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

24/04/2024 07:15:54

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

1536

	label	Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1702510

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Just Stop Oil: Prison Sentences

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the cases of Just Stop Oil protestors who were imprisoned on remand for slow-marching.

tabling member constituency

Battersea

tabling member printed

Marsha De Cordova

uin

22811

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the independent judiciary acting in accordance with the law. The Ministry of Justice therefore cannot intervene in any decision made by the court and cannot assess whether remands to custody or bail are more appropriate in these cases.

answering member constituency

Orpington

answering member printed

Gareth Bacon

question first answered

25/04/2024 15:04:16

answering member

4798

	label	Biography information for Gareth Bacon

tabling member

4676

	label	Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1702516

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Just Stop Oil: Remand in Custody

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which some Just Stop Oil protestors who were under the age of 18 were held on remand in adult prisons.

tabling member constituency

Battersea

tabling member printed

Marsha De Cordova

uin

22812

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

Custody should always be a last resort for children, including on remand. The Government raised the legal test for remanding a child to custody in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. A child must have committed a violent or sexual offence or have been charged with an offence where an adult may receive a custodial sentence of 14 years, and the court must consider it very likely that the child will receive a custodial sentence.Any person under the age of 18 will not be remanded in an adult prison. Instead, they are remanded into Young Offender Institutions (YOIs), a Secure Training Centre (STC), or Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs). Specific placement decisions for custodial remands are made by the Youth Custody Service (YCS), factoring in the needs of the child.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

25/04/2024 11:29:46

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4676

	label	Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1702526

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Convictions: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission for appeal were successful in each year since 2019.

tabling member constituency

North Shropshire

tabling member printed

Helen Morgan

uin

22830

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

24/04/2024

answer text

The number and proportion of successful cases referred by the CCRC and heard by appeal courts each year since 2019/20 is:<table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Number of successful referrals</td><td>Proportion of successful referrals</td></tr><tr><td>2019/20</td><td>10</td><td>58.8%</td></tr><tr><td>2020/21</td><td>30</td><td>88%</td></tr><tr><td>2021/22</td><td>57</td><td>88%</td></tr><tr><td>2022/23</td><td>17</td><td>89%</td></tr><tr><td>2023/24</td><td>19</td><td>79%</td></tr><tr><td>2024/25 (year to date)</td><td>2</td><td>100%</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

24/04/2024 13:10:32

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

tabling member

4934

	label	Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702527

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Miscarriages of Justice: Convictions

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support victims of historic miscarriages of justice to appeal their convictions.

tabling member constituency

North Shropshire

tabling member printed

Helen Morgan

uin

22831

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

24/04/2024

answer text

Where the normal time limit for appeals through the courts has passed and where an individual believes they have been wrongly convicted of a crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, including in historic cases, they can apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which is an independent public body funded by the Ministry of Justice. The CCRC can investigate and where it considers that there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were the reference to be made, can refer cases back to the courts.There is no time limit on any application and the service is free.To ensure that the appeals system is working effectively, the Government has asked the Law Commission to conduct an independent and wide-ranging Review of the appeals system. The Review will consider the issues raised by the Westminster Commission (2021) on miscarriages of justice, which includes the tests used by the CCRC and the Court of Appeal, and the government will then consider the review’s findings, and any recommendations for change in the law, very carefully.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

24/04/2024 13:12:20

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

tabling member

4934

	label	Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702528

registered interest

date

19/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Convictions: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions under joint enterprise legislation have been successfully overturned on appeal.

tabling member constituency

North Shropshire

tabling member printed

Helen Morgan

uin

22832

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

29/04/2024

answer text

The Ministry of Justice does not currently collate data on whether a prosecution or conviction relied on the doctrine of joint enterprise or whether an appeal in such a case resulted in the conviction being quashed or the sentence changed.The Crown Prosecution Service has recently updated their case management system to enable better tracking of homicide and attempted homicide cases involving joint enterprise.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

29/04/2024 15:36:10

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

tabling member

4934

	label	Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702144

registered interest

date

18/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Lewes Prison: Health Services

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigation HM Prison and Probation Service has carried out into the causes of the hospitalisation of (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners at HMP Lewes on 28 March 2024.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22577

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

On 28 March, following a Maundy Thursday service and meal in the prison chapel at HMP Lewes, two people who were present collapsed and were taken to hospital. After others who had attended the service also reported feeling unwell, the 32 prisoners and six staff who had attended were checked by paramedics. In total, six people required hospital treatment. The police are conducting an investigation into the incident. His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service is continuing to engage with them and to obtain regular updates on the investigation.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

25/04/2024 11:27:04

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1702157

registered interest

date

18/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Civil Proceedings: Finance

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy to invest all additional revenue from court and tribunal fees into the Courts and Tribunals Service to help tackle the civil case backlog.

tabling member constituency

Stockton North

tabling member printed

Alex Cunningham

uin

22557

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/04/2024

answer text

Additional income raised from court and tribunal fees will make a significant contribution to vital work taking place across the Department to facilitate an effective and efficient justice system. This includes our continuous efforts to improve HMCTS service performance and reduce court backlogs.Fees generated £727 million in income for the Ministry of Justice in 2022/23 out of the total c.£2.3 billion that it cost to run HMCTS. The recent round of fee uplifts is expected to raise another £30 million – £37 million a year in additional income.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

23/04/2024 14:08:21

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4122

	label	Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1702281

registered interest

date

18/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Staff

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21066 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, how may Tornado trained officers each prison should aim to have trained.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22578

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:<ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.The requested information is in the table attached.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

25/04/2024 11:28:51

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-25 PQ 22578 table.xlsx
	title	PQ_25578_table

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701729

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoners: Children

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by Lay Observers entitled 2022-23 Annual Report, published on 10 April 2024, and the response from the Minister of State published on the same date, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on ensuring that children and young people are (a) always transported in vehicles without adult detained persons and (b) looked after and managed by suitably trained staff.

tabling member constituency

Lewisham East

tabling member printed

Janet Daby

uin

22385

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

We are very grateful to the Lay Observers for their invaluable work. We have thoroughly considered their annual report and its recommendations.Timeliness is a key consideration when conveying children and young people to and from court and, in certain circumstances, transport in vehicles with adults may be the appropriate solution. In these cases, the children and young people would be collected and supervised by staff who normally work with adults. This is provided for in the contracts, and our focus is on ensuring that the service provided for in the contracts is delivered.On all occasions when children and young people are transported with adults, the cellular accommodation in the vehicle must be separated by a screen to ensure that the children and young people are kept apart.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

22/04/2024 12:49:19

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4698

	label	Biography information for Janet Daby

1701807

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Crimes of Violence

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of section 156 (2) of the Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on levels of attacks on workers undertaking public-facing roles.

tabling member constituency

East Antrim

tabling member printed

Sammy Wilson

uin

22286

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

Section 156 (2) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for certain assault offences where they are committed against a person providing a public service, performing a public duty, or providing services to the public. The Government introduced this to ensure that the public-facing nature of a victim's role would be considered, allowing the court to give a longer sentence within the statutory maximum for the offence.The Ministry of Justice does not collect or publish data on the use of aggravating factors. Currently, there is no specific offence for an attack against a worker undertaking a public-facing role. As assault of a worker in a public-facing role is not a specific offence, we are unable to assess the trends relating to assaults on public-facing workers specifically.The Government recognises the seriousness of assaults on workers undertaking public-facing roles and is clear that we must adopt a zero-tolerance approach to assault against those who serve the public. This is why in April 2024, the Government published ‘Fighting Retail Crime: more action’, within which the Government announced plans to introduce a new offence of assault against a shop worker, building on the operational policing commitments in the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan published in October 2023.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

25/04/2024 16:21:28

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

tabling member

1593

	label	Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1701808

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoners

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to manage prison population levels.

tabling member constituency

Slough

tabling member printed

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

uin

22365

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

We continue to focus on the prison capacity challenge.To meet rising demand, we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way, and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.On 11 March, I announced the next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing FNOs. This includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners such as Albania and the creation of a new taskforce across the HO and MoJ to change the way we process FNO cases radically.We have also put in place short-term measures across the prison estate to expand useable capacity, while ensuring our prisons remain safe for staff and offenders.The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

25/04/2024 11:24:47

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4638

	label	Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701810

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Education and Training

house id

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 (a) educational and (b) vocational training opportunities are not reduced in prisons; and whether he plans to use those training opportunities to help reduce prison overcrowding.

tabling member constituency

Slough

tabling member printed

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

uin

22366

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/04/2024

answer text

Education is key for reducing reoffending and research indicates that prison education reduces reoffending by 9 percentage points. In September 2023, we set out our plans to deliver an improved Prison Education Service that will support more prisoners to improve their literacy and numeracy and increase the number of prison leavers employed on release.Over the past 12 months we have seen a sustained delivery in the number vocational courses undertaken by prisoners following increases to 95,000. To ensure the right education and vocational training opportunities are available across prisons we have:<ul><li>Introduced new Head of Education Skills and Work roles in every prison to provide tailored education plans to meet the needs of their jail.</li><li>Enabled the first ever prisoner apprenticeships in catering and construction through ground-breaking partnerships with Greene King, Kier and Clipper, with talks underway to open up apprenticeships in other industries.</li><li>Recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers in every prison to support offenders with neurodivergent needs in accessing education, skills and work opportunities within the prison.</li><li>Launched a Future Skills programme to train up over 2,000 offenders over the next two years in vital industries such as scaffolding and electrics, before linking them up with employers in the local community and guaranteeing interviews on release.</li><li>We are investing £16 million to test new ways of increasing workshop activity to get prisoners work-ready and improve labour supply.</li><li>£1.8 million in the Literacy Innovation Fund which is delivering pilots in 15 prisons targeting those with low literacy levels.</li></ul>I am pleased to say that we have seen positive outcomes in employment in support of our work to make best use of prison capacity. The proportion of prison leavers in employment six months after release has more than doubled in the two years to March 2023, from 14% to over 30%and between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

25/04/2024 11:25:49

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4638

	label	Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701862

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Ministry of Justice: ICT

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-rated legacy IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service to be red-rated.

tabling member constituency

Leicester South

tabling member printed

Jonathan Ashworth

uin

22312

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

We completed an assessment of our critical systems against the CDDO’s legacy technology measures in July 2023, identifying the red rated system during that process.HMCTS first assessed the red-rated legacy IT systems in October 2022 as part of their Decommissioning and Legacy Risk Mitigation (DLRM) programme.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

22/04/2024 16:25:28

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4244

	label	Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1701865

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoner Escorts

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates court hearings have been delayed or could not go ahead due to a (a) failure to deliver a prisoner and (b) delay in bringing a prisoner to court by (i) SERCO and (ii) other providers of escort services since 2017, by court.

tabling member constituency

Stockton North

tabling member printed

Alex Cunningham

uin

22304

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

It is not possible to provide the information requested without detailed examination of individual records for more than 220 courts, across two Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contract generations (Generation 3, 2011 – 2020, and Generation 4, 2020 – 2030), and this would incur disproportionate cost.

answering member constituency

Orpington

answering member printed

Gareth Bacon

grouped question UIN

22305

question first answered

22/04/2024 14:59:44

answering member

4798

	label	Biography information for Gareth Bacon

tabling member

4122

	label	Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1701866

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoner Escorts

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners were delivered late to (a) a magistrates’ court hearing and (b) a Crown Court hearing, by each court, since 2017.

tabling member constituency

Stockton North

tabling member printed

Alex Cunningham

uin

22305

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Orpington

answering member printed

Gareth Bacon

grouped question UIN

22304

question first answered

22/04/2024 14:59:44

answering member

4798

	label	Biography information for Gareth Bacon

tabling member

4122

	label	Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1701872

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in February 2024.

tabling member constituency

Lewisham East

tabling member printed

Janet Daby

uin

22386

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.<table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Cookham Wood </td><td>Feltham </td><td>Parc </td><td>Werrington </td><td>Wetherby </td></tr><tr><td>Weekdays </td><td>3:24</td><td>5:02</td><td>8:30</td><td>4:06</td><td>6:25</td></tr><tr><td>Weekends </td><td>2:01</td><td>3:49</td><td>5:47</td><td>3:10</td><td>4:33</td></tr></tbody></table>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

22387

question first answered

22/04/2024 12:52:02

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4698

	label	Biography information for Janet Daby

1701873

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Oakhill Secure Training Centre

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024.

tabling member constituency

Lewisham East

tabling member printed

Janet Daby

uin

22387

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

22386

question first answered

22/04/2024 12:52:02

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4698

	label	Biography information for Janet Daby

1701965

registered interest

date

17/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Judiciary: Public Appointments

house id

legislature

25277

	pref label	House of Lords

question text

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by the University of Manchester Racial Bias and the Bench: A response to the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (2020-2025), published in November 2022, what support they will give to recommendations to overhaul judicial appointment processes to deliver a more diverse judiciary and embed equalities within the judiciary.

tabling member printed

The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

uin

HL3880

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

30/04/2024

answer text

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is independent of government and has a statutory duty to select candidates for judicial appointment solely on merit; select only people of good character and have regard to the need to encourage diversity in the range of persons available for judicial selection. The JAC keeps its selection processes under continual review to ensure they are transparent, fair, and attract talented candidates from a wide range of backgrounds. In 2022-2023, across all legal JAC exercises, 51% of those recommended for appointment were women and 16% were ethnic minorities, contributing to a more diverse judiciary.The Ministry of Justice, as a member of the Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF), works closely with the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), the Legal Services Board (LSB) and the three largest legal professions on actions to improve judicial diversity. The Forum’s 2024 action plan (<a href="https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Judicial-Diversity-Forum-Priorities-and-Actions-for-2024.pdf" target="_blank">https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Judicial-Diversity-Forum-Priorities-and-Actions-for-2024.pdf</a>) which was published in January, sets out our shared priorities.

answering member printed

Lord Bellamy

question first answered

30/04/2024 13:42:51

answering member

4941

	label	Biography information for Lord Bellamy

tabling member

4540

	label	Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1701309

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoners' Release

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a complete list of prisons in England and Wales in which the 18-day prisoner early release scheme has (a) applied and (b) continues to apply.

tabling member constituency

Cardiff West

tabling member printed

Kevin Brennan

uin

21908

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/04/2024

answer text

End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

21909

question first answered

23/04/2024 13:17:28

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

1400

	label	Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701310

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoners' Release

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons will be included in the extension of the end of custody supervised licence measure from 35 to 60-days.

tabling member constituency

Cardiff West

tabling member printed

Kevin Brennan

uin

21909

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/04/2024

answer text

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

grouped question UIN

21908

question first answered

23/04/2024 13:17:28

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

1400

	label	Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701311

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisoners' Release

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has published on when a person with an end of custody supervised licence should be recalled to prison.

tabling member constituency

Cardiff West

tabling member printed

Kevin Brennan

uin

21910

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/04/2024

answer text

Public protection is our priority. Offenders released early on ECSL are subject to a standard supervision licence which is designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. The recall process is the same for those released on ECSL and other standard releases. The decision to recall an offender on licensed supervision is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff following consideration of safe alternatives to recall. Where offenders are recalled, it is because they present a risk of serious harm to the public and the controls available are no longer sufficient to keep the public safe. These individuals will remain in prison for only as long as necessary to protect the public. Guidance on the recall of offenders to prison is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners.</a>

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

23/04/2024 13:20:37

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

1400

	label	Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701325

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Ministry of Justice: ICT

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the risks of red-rated legacy IT systems used in (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

tabling member constituency

Leicester South

tabling member printed

Jonathan Ashworth

uin

22007

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

19/04/2024

answer text

We continue to assess our most critical services using the CDDO legacy IT framework. Now that funding has been secured, we are designing phased plans to mitigate risks for the red-rated services identified in the previous assessment. One of the red-rated services has had technical risks mitigated by being migrated to the MoJ's modernisation platform. Additionally, we are continually improving our overall risk management and mitigation approaches. Within HMCTS, services have also been assessed against the framework, and we are continuing with the delivery of the Decommissioning and Legacy Risk Mitigation (DLRM) programme that is addressing these risks. DLRM is a SR21-funded, Government Major Project Portfolio programme specifically focussed on legacy system risks and is decommissioning, replacing, or moving them onto secure, modern, cloud-based environments.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

19/04/2024 13:14:40

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4244

	label	Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1701328

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Probation: Resignations

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers have resigned from the service within (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) three months of starting their role as a trainee probation officer.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22021

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

The recruitment team has worked extensively to improve candidate experience by broadening the information and communication channels available to potential applicants, to help reduce attrition. This includes interactive webinars for successful candidates to ensure new trainees are starting the role with a clear understanding of their responsibilities, the organisation, and the trainee programme. We have also reviewed the trainee learning and development curriculum to improve learner experience and have launched a refreshed induction in March 2024.For the period from 16 October 2016 to 31 December 2023, there have generally been two cohorts of Trainee Probation Officers who started training each year. Out of the people undertaking this training:<ul><li>10 individuals resigned in the period up to one week after the start date of their PQiP training course.</li><li>23 resigned in the period of over a week but up to and including one month after the start date of their PQiP training course.</li><li>57 resigned in the period of over one month up to and including three months after the start date of their PQiP training course.</li></ul>For the two cohorts across 22/23 there were 1,514 starters, for the two cohorts across 21/22 there were 1,518 starters and for the two cohorts across 20/21 there were 1,007 starters. We are unable to provide data on 23/24 at the current time as this would pre-empt the next set of published data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Notes:1. Includes staff on Trainee Probation Officer (PQiP) courses. A considerable majority of these individuals are of the Probation Services Officer grade.2. Resignation date taken as the last day of service. Date that resignation handed in is not available.3. Staff who left for other reasons are not included.5. In order to arrive at this information there had to be some data matching from a trainee probation officer staff list to staff who left to separate out trainees from substantive Probation Services Officers. In instances where data from the staff list was incomplete with data such as relevant staff ID then matching may not have been possible.6. Data on the number of starters each financial year can be found in the March edition of the Probation Officer Recruitment Annex (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6464f746d3231e001332db9d/annex-probation-officer-recruitment-March-2023_final.ods).7. It should be noted that a considerable number of trainees withdraw from PQiP training but remain in HMPPS. For information on withdrawal and leaving rates from PQiP training, please see Table Three of Probation Officer Recruitment Annex.8. In January 2023, a considerable number of PQiPs onboarded early to the Probation Service. For the purposes of this response, we have looked at the time of resignation following the time at which they started their PQiP training course. If any of these individuals left the service before starting their PQiP training course, they have been excluded from this analysis.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

22/04/2024 12:51:35

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701329

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Probation Service: Vacancies

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies in the probation service there are as of 16 April 2024, by region.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22022

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on Wednesday 20 March to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-13/18474" target="_blank">18474</a>. Data was provided on the average number of vacancies for the month of December 2023, in line with our latest published workforce statistics (which present data up to 31 December 2023).We are unable to provide a more up-to-date number of vacancies at the current time (for periods following December 2023) as this would pre-empt the next set of published data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Once updated staffing data have been published in May, including data up to 31 March 2024, we will then be able to respond to questions for vacancy data up to and including March 2024.Recruitment and retention remain a priority across the Probation Service and we have injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to deliver more robust supervision, recruit more staff and reduce caseloads to keep the public safer.We have recruited a record 4,039 trainee Probation Officers between 2020/21 and 2022/23 and we expect these intakes to qualify by the end of 2024 and begin to take on Probation Officer caseloads.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

22/04/2024 12:53:09

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701330

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prison Officers: Vacancies

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies for band (a) three, (b) four and (c) five prison officers there are as of 16 April 2024, by (i) prison and (ii) region.

tabling member constituency

Brentford and Isleworth

tabling member printed

Ruth Cadbury

uin

22023

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/04/2024

answer text

We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.Our latest published HMPPS workforce statistics present data up to 31 December 2023. While you have asked for data as at 16 April 2024, we are unable to provide data for periods following December 2023 as this could pre-empt the next set of published Staff in Post data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Once updated staffing data have been published in May, including data up to 31 March 2024, we will then be able to consider questions related to vacancy data up to and including March 2024.In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales (including the Youth Custody Service) for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 63 FTE below the Target Staffing level. This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Where possible, prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies. At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.In December 2023, there were just under 790 FTE Band 3-5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies across individual Public Sector Prison establishments in England and Wales, where Staff in Post was below their Target Staffing level, and just over 720 FTE indicative number of surplus staff across individual Public Sector Prison establishments, in establishments where Staff in Post was above their Target Staffing level.Table One (below) shows the total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region, as of December 2023. Table Two attached shows total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region, December 2023. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Table One: Total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England & Wales, by region (summed from the establishment level in Annex A), December 2023</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Region</td><td>Band 3 Indicative Vacancies</td><td>Band 4 Indicative Vacancies</td><td colspan="2">Band 5 Indicative Vacancies</td></tr><tr><td>Avon, South Dorset and Wiltshire Prisons</td><td>30</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Prisons</td><td>10</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria & Lancashire Prisons</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Devon and North Dorset Prisons</td><td>12</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands Prisons</td><td>22</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester, Merseyside & Cheshire Prisons</td><td>0</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Prisons</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Kent, Surrey and Sussex Prisons</td><td>59</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>London Prisons</td><td>13</td><td>36</td><td>22</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Long Term High Security Estate - North</td><td>12</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Long Term High Security Estate - South</td><td>259</td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>North East Prisons</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>North Midlands Prisons</td><td>0</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>South Central Prisons</td><td>48</td><td>25</td><td>7</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands Prisons</td><td>0</td><td>10</td><td>15</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Women's Prison Group</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire Prisons</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Youth Custody Services*</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>31</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>36</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>541</td><td>237</td><td> 196</td></tr></tbody></table> * In addition, there were 76 FTE vacancies across the Band 3 and 4 grades combined for the Youth Custody Services. In the Youth Custody Services there are a considerable number of staff employed at Band 3 grade working against the Band 4 target as they work towards becoming Band 4 Youth Justice Workers. As a result, we have merged the Band 3 and 4 grades for these five institutions.Notes on data in this response<ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month (as of December 2023), adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments (including the four Young Offenders Institutions (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Werrington and Wetherby)) in England and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales at prisons (and the Youth Custody Service) with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>In Table One we have summed indicative vacancies at the Public Sector Prison establishment level to produce the table showing indicative vacancies at the regional level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li><li>There will be some prisons in our data who appear to have a surplus of staff at the Band 3 or Band 4 grades whereas in reality some of these staff are temporarily promoted to more senior grades. Temporary promotions will not be visible in this data and so these roles will appear as vacancies.</li></ol>

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

22/04/2024 18:57:28

answering member

4362

	label	Biography information for Edward Argar

attachment

1

	file name	2024-04-22 PQ 22023 table v2.xlsx
	title	PQ 22023_table_two

tabling member

4389

	label	Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701392

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Buildings

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court buildings in England and Wales reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete has been identified.

tabling member constituency

Orkney and Shetland

tabling member printed

Mr Alistair Carmichael

uin

21914

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

19/04/2024

answer text

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) has been identified in 10 court buildings out of 329 operational court and tribunal buildings.Five are deemed safe and remain fully operational, three have temporarily closed whilst work is taking place to remove RAAC. Two sites in Blackpool, will not reopen and their work has been relocated to other sites in Lancashire until the new court centre in Blackpool opens in 2026.The safety of staff, judiciary and court users is our top priority, and we will continue to regularly monitor and survey our estate and take action where necessary based on professional advice.

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

19/04/2024 13:10:10

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

1442

	label	Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1701450

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Sexual Offences: Convictions

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted under section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each year since 2010.

tabling member constituency

Kingston upon Hull North

tabling member printed

Dame Diana Johnson

uin

21942

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

19/04/2024

answer text

The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of offenders convicted under section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be obtained through the Outcomes by Offence Data tool, using HO offence code: 02418 – Controlling a prostitute for gain.The information is published quarterly as part of the Criminal Justice System statistics.

answering member constituency

Newbury

answering member printed

Laura Farris

question first answered

19/04/2024 13:04:27

answering member

4826

	label	Biography information for Laura Farris

tabling member

1533

	label	Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1701513

registered interest

date

16/04/2024

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Immigration: Appeals

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19426 on Immigration: Appeals, how many appeals were made before the (a) First and (b) Upper Tribunal between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023; how many and what proportion of these appeals were successful; and what the total cost to the public purse was for these appeals.

tabling member constituency

Bristol North West

tabling member printed

Darren Jones

uin

22096

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

23/04/2024

answer text

Information about appeal receipts in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is routinely published within Tribunals Statistics Quarterly in the main tables. The total number of receipts to the First-tier Tribunal is available in table FIA_1 and for the Upper Tribunal in UIA_1. The proportion of appeals for the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal which were successful is also available as published data and can be found in tables FIA_3 and UIA_3 respectively. The latest quarterly data includes figures to December 2023 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2023" target="_blank">Tribunals statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a> Data for the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) receipts, disposals and outcome figures is available up to Q1, April to June 2021. Data from Q2 2021/22 onwards have not been included in this publication as data was migrated to a new IT system and the data is not yet available. Financial information is published for the IAC on an annual basis in the HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Annual Report, within the fees and charges section. Published information relates to the expenditure and fee income of HMCTS and will not cover financial impacts on other public bodies. Fees and costs cannot be reliably attributed to a particular cohort of appeals. The most recent available data is for Financial Year 2022/23 and is published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-annual-reports-and-plans" target="_blank">HMCTS annual reports and plans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a>

answering member constituency

Finchley and Golders Green

answering member printed

Mike Freer

question first answered

23/04/2024 14:10:45

answering member

4004

	label	Biography information for Mike Freer

tabling member

4621

	label	Biography information for Darren Jones