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432097

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many youth offending teams have dyslexic accreditation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Youth Offending Teams with dyslexic accreditation is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 02/12/2015 17:35:34 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

803053

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Video Games: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for (1) selling, and (2) supplying, age-rated video games to under-age children have taken place in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Defendants proceeded against for selling or supplying age rated video games to under age children in England and Wales 2012 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for selling or supplying age-rated video games <sup>(1)</sup> to under-age children in England and Wales 2012-2016 <sup>(2)(3)</sup>.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>' - ' = Nil</p><p>(1) section 9(1) to 13(1)(3)(5) of the Video Recordings Act 1984.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) This information was obtained from a manual review of court case files that centrally held data indicated may be relevant, and as such has not been through the same quality assurance processes as for routinely published data. However, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. It is also important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/12/2017 16:05:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1662191

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that bereaved families are able to retrieve a note or letter written by an individual who has died by suicide.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL10326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>Any death which is suspected to have been a suicide must be reported for investigation by the coroner. If a note or letter has been left by the deceased person, this should be provided to the coroner by the police and must be admitted as evidence if the coroner considers that the content of the document is relevant to the inquest into the person’s death.</p><p>Rule 13 of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 provides that, (subject to a limited number of exceptions) where an interested person (which would include the bereaved family) requests the disclosure of a document held by the coroner, the coroner must provide the document, or a copy of it, or make the document available for inspection by the interested person as soon as reasonably practicable.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 03/10/2023 10:21:07 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1167557

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the solicitor profession remains accessible to all applicants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales is independent from government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is responsible for authorising, and setting the qualifications standards for, solicitors in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Legal Education and Training Review, the Legal Services Board issued statutory guidance on regulatory arrangements for education and training in 2014, and all the legal services regulators reviewed their arrangements. Subject to the approval of the Legal Services Board, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is planning to introduce a new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) from September 2021. It is hoped that the flexibility and projected lower costs of the SQE will help attract a more diverse range of candidates.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/11/2019 13:03:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1175237

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible impact of the closure of the Professional and Career Development Loans scheme on those from low-income households seeking to qualify as solicitors through the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, due to be introduced in 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal services sector in England and Wales is independent of Government, and as such, the Government does not have a role in setting or approving the framework for admission into the legal profession.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved a rule change application made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This application laid out a framework upon which the SRA could seek to introduce new requirements for trainee solicitors to pass a centralised Solicitors Qualifying Exam before being admitted into the profession. However, the application only established the framework. The SRA will need to submit another rule change application to LSB in order to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>In its March 2018 decision notice, the LSB set out the substantive issues that it had not been able to fully assess and would need to evaluate before it approved any further application from the SRA seeking to implementing the framework. This included assessing the full costs of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and accessibility of assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL717 question first answered 05/02/2020 12:55:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1175240

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that aspiring solicitors from low-income households have access to the funds necessary to complete the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, alongside any associated preparation or training courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal services sector in England and Wales is independent of Government, and as such, the Government does not have a role in setting or approving the framework for admission into the legal profession.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved a rule change application made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This application laid out a framework upon which the SRA could seek to introduce new requirements for trainee solicitors to pass a centralised Solicitors Qualifying Exam before being admitted into the profession. However, the application only established the framework. The SRA will need to submit another rule change application to LSB in order to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>In its March 2018 decision notice, the LSB set out the substantive issues that it had not been able to fully assess and would need to evaluate before it approved any further application from the SRA seeking to implementing the framework. This included assessing the full costs of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and accessibility of assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL716 question first answered 05/02/2020 12:55:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

432096

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many transgender prisoners are gaoled in a prison for people of their previous gender designation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. The Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation announced on 20 November that HM Government will publish data on the number of trans people in prison in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 02/12/2015 17:35:23 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

679326

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Gender: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions have been brought for unlawful sexual discrimination in the field of employment in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Sexual discrimination is not a prosecutable offence.</p><p> </p><p>Employment tribunals are not criminal courts and therefore it is not possible to prosecute for unlawful sexual discrimination before an employment tribunal.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/02/2017 17:00:31 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1384151

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 16 year olds have been required to wear an electronic tag.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an important tool that can improve supervision in the community and therefore support children to maintain family ties and remain in training, work or education with additional safeguards in place. From 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, 1134 children aged 16 started an Electronically Monitored order.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 15/12/2021 16:41:59 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1648356

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many retailers have been prosecuted for selling disposable vapes to children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL8851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions and sentence outcomes in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, including offences as set out in the Offence Group Classification, both found via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This includes the number of prosecutions for offences contrary to regulations under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (09185) and the sale of tobacco to person under 18 years of age (14401).</p><p> </p><p>However, whether this was specifically regarding the sale of disposable vapes to children is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings Database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 07/07/2023 10:29:02 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey