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1149727

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	thebigword
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the contract with thebigword to provide interpreting and translation services in the criminal justice system will be reviewed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL20
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Language Services contracts commenced on 31 October 2016, with thebigword appointed as providers of spoken face to face, telephone and video interpretation as well as translation and transcription services.</p><p> </p><p>The initial term of the contracts is four years with up to three one-year extensions available.</p><p> </p><p>The initial term of the contracts with thebigword is due to expire on 30th October 2020. The first option to extend for one-year has been agreed for translation and transcription services, and has also been approved for spoken face to face, telephone and video interpretation services.</p><p> </p><p>The future of the contract, including the possibility of further extensions, is currently being considered.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/10/2019 15:27:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1607639

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Rehabilitation Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the pilot trial changes to Youth Rehabilitation Orders with Intensive Supervision and Surveillance will commence; and when they will report on their findings.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL6850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>Piloting the changes to Youth Rehabilitation Orders with Intensive Supervision and Surveillance are subject to the passage of secondary legislation which we intend to lay shortly. If passed, we intend that the new powers will come into force by summer 2023 for an initial 18-month period in selected areas. An evaluation will determine whether to fully roll out the changes. Publication of the findings will follow, but an exact date has not yet been decided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 06/04/2023 14:59:24 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4714 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

1184205

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of current funding streams to fund youth diversion activity undertaken by youth offending teams.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	uin	HL2472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministry of Justice funding for Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) is delivered through the Youth Justice Board (YJB), which provides an annual grant to local authorities to deliver youth offending services. Though varying by YOT, on average this makes up less than a third of the funding YOTs receive. Local authorities and partner agencies provide the rest of their funding. The YJB does not specify how the grant should be spent.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities hold the statutory responsibility to deliver youth justice services in their area and services are designed according to local context and needs. Diversion from the criminal justice system is not a statutory requirement for Youth Offending Teams, however they may choose to pay for these activities based on locally identified needs and priorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/03/2020 15:27:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1664737

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimation of the number of care-experienced young people in contact with the youth justice system.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL10520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 26/10/2023 10:55:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4714 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

692130

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 February (HL5075), when they expect the feasibility assessment to be completed, and whether cost will be the sole consideration for implementing the change.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL5425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is planning to stipulate the future collection of ethnicity data based on the ‘18+1’ ethnicity categories used in the 2011 Census (which includes ‘Gypsy or Irish Traveller’ as a separate category) as part of its Annual Data Recording Guidance. This guidance will be issued to Local Authority Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) by the start of the new reporting year in April 2017. Once this guidance is issued, YOTs, the YJB and the secure estate will need to make changes to their various IT systems. This requires updating over 150 systems and the technical standards between them.</p><p> </p><p>The YJB estimate that the changes will be implemented by spring 2018. These changes will enable YOTs to report using 18+1 data on all young people receiving a new order, whether or not they were previously known to the YOT.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider dependencies with existing IT systems, both within the youth justice system and with other local IT systems, and identify the feasibility and indicative costs as part of this process.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 15:37:43 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1183497

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they propose to appoint a new Chair for the Youth Justice Board.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	uin	HL2400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>A recruitment campaign to appoint a new Chair of the Youth Justice Board was launched at the end of August 2019 and is in its final stages. The recruitment process for this role is governed by the Public Appointments Governance Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 23/03/2020 16:13:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1184204

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice Board
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of the Youth Justice Board.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	uin	HL2471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board will continue to fulfil its role in overseeing the youth justice system. Once a new chair is appointed, they may wish to discuss their vision for the future of the Youth Justice Board with Ministers.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/03/2020 16:51:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

784720

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the proposal by the President of the Family Division that children should be dealt with in new "problem-solving" courts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laming
	uin	HL2938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice works with other departments to achieve the best outcomes for children both outside and within the court process. We are committed to ensuring that young people in the youth justice system receive the support they need to prevent them from committing further offences, with youth offending teams leading a multi-agency approach involving the courts, children’s services and other local services as appropriate. We recognise that problem-solving approaches can provide alternatives to a traditional court process, and may lead to improved outcomes for children and their families. We are supportive of such approaches in family proceedings, for example Family Drug and Alcohol Courts and the current piloting of settlement conferences.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 17:50:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

1330296

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Self-harm and Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle (1) violence, and (2) self-harm, on the youth secure estate.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to reducing violence in youth custody. Whilst there are fewer young people in custody than ever before – those in the youth estate are a cohort with complex needs. Children and young people (including 18-year olds) serving sentences for violence against the person offences accounted for more than half (55%) of the youth custody population in 2019/20.</p><p>We are investing in staff, education, psychology services and mental health support, alongside a package of interventions within the Behaviour Management Strategy that address the needs of children and young people through early intervention and multi-agency work. This is underpinned by ‘SECURE STAIRS’ - the framework of integrated care jointly led by the NHS and Youth Custody Service (YCS), which provides the foundations as to how the YCS works with children – which has adapted its approach during the COVID-19 pandemic to take into account the vulnerabilities of children at this time. In addition, the YCS has been progressing work with a focus on some of the most vulnerable and challenging young people in custody alongside NHS colleagues through the Critical Case Pathway. This provides a greater level of oversight and support to professionals working with children who self-harm, and those with the most complex needs to ensure effective assessment, planning and co-ordination. Additionally the ‘COVID-19 Support Plan’, a less intensive and physically distanced version of the Custody Support Plan (which provides children with a named officer to work with on a weekly basis) is also being delivered, to maintain key relationships between staff and children.</p><p>The roll out of the youth justice specialist roles has continued with funding provided for every prison officer to take up a degree level qualification in youth justice. As of March, there were 201 youth justice specialist officers already in post. A further 319 staff are currently signed up or undertaking the learning, with the last cohort due to start in October 2022 with up to 110 more frontline staff participating.</p><p>We are continuing to look to further open up regime opportunities in a manner that is safe and sustainable, to provide further support to children. Given the uncertainty this period has presented, it has been encouraging to see that levels of self-harm have fallen during the pandemic with - the annualised rate of self-harming per 100 children falling by 56% in the three months to December 2020. We are also carrying out work to ensure that lessons learned from the COVID-19 period are taken into account going forwards, and the YCS has commissioned a programme of research, in collaboration with academics, to evaluate these lessons with the results used to further inform recovery planning.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 21/06/2021 15:50:02 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1365279

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address safety concerns across the youth custody estate in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL3647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>We are clear that levels of violence within the youth secure estate are too high, which is why we are continuing to reform youth custody so that children are safer, and better able to lead positive, constructive lives upon their release. We have also been using the COVID-19 period to ensure that benefits or lessons learned are built into future delivery.</p><p>We continue to train and upskill our staff so they are better able to meet the needs of children in custody. Having introduced the youth justice specialist role, providing funding for every prison officer to take up a foundation degree in youth justice, as of August 2021, 249 youth justice specialist officers were already in post with a further 260 staff signed up or undertaking the learning at this point.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 16/11/2021 16:56:05 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick