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1342420

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the staff turnover rate was in each Ambulance Service in England in each year since 2010-11 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	24975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The attached table shows the annual number of joiners and leavers for each ambulance trust in England for the years requested as at 31 March, headcount.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/07/2021 10:39:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ24975 - (1).xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1661499

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Rwandans have (1) applied for asylum, and (2) been granted asylum, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL10281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications and initial decisions, by nationality and year, in the Immigration System Statistics quarterly release on gov.uk. These statistics are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the asylum &amp; resettlement detailed datasets which can be downloaded via the table attached.</p><p>The latest data relates to the end of June 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 27/09/2023 10:11:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name asylum-applications-datasets-jun-2023.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1545390

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices have a civil legal aid contract that is inactive and are not able taken on an active case, broken down by each local authority and area of law, for the years 2020-21; 2021-22 and 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	95927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the attachment.</p><p>Data in the tables reflects the position as 1 November each year. Please note that a single office may have a Contract to deliver services in more than one area of law.</p><p>A civil legal aid provider would only be unable to take on a case where there is a sanction in place prohibiting them from taking on a new matter or case. Sanctions are applied only in limited circumstances, for example, where there has been a material breach of the contract. The full range of circumstances in which a sanction may be applied are set out at Clause 24 of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948256/2018_Standard_Civil_Contract_Standard_Terms__1_January_2021__Clean.pdf" target="_blank">2018 Standard Civil Contract Standard Terms</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/11/2022 15:59:24 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2022-11-29 95927 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1545584

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices are starting less than or equal to 30 cases each year, in each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	96645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the attachment.</p><p>Data for 2022/23 is a year-to-date figure reflective of the work reported between April 2022 to October 2022, inclusive. Please note that the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) commissions and monitors legal aid services by ‘Procurement Area’ or ‘Access Point’ rather than by local authority. Procurement areas differ for different categories of law.</p><p>The LAA frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision of legal aid, in all categories of law, throughout England and Wales. The LAA moves quickly, where issues arise, to secure additional provision and to ensure demand for legal aid services is met across the country. The LAA contracts with a range of legal aid providers of varying size and capacity to take on new cases. Additionally, legal advice on a range of civil matters including housing, debt, discrimination and education is available, wherever people are, through the Civil Legal Advice telephone service.</p><p>Demand for legal aid services may vary across different categories of law. In particular, there may be low demand for services in categories such as clinical negligence or welfare benefits where the scope of services funded through legal aid was reduced under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.</p><p>In early 2023 the LAA will be opening up a tender for new entrants who want to bid for a 2018 civil legal aid contract in all categories.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/11/2022 16:05:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2022-11-30 96645 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1673708

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of Community Payback are yet to be delivered as of 28 November 2023 in each (a) region of (i) England and (ii) Wales and (b) probation service area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	4110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Below is a table which shows the total number of community payback hours yet to be delivered for each region of England and Wales as of 27 November 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hours Outstanding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,978,852 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>271,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>446,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>272,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>272,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>630,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>182,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>340,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>301,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>280,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>155,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>370,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>456,228</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The current number of hours outstanding reflects the hours yet to be delivered on the Unpaid work caseload.</p><p> </p><p>Please see attached annex for a table which shows the total number of community payback hours yet to be delivered for Probation Delivery Units (PDUs) as of 27 November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has announced up to £93million additional investment in Unpaid Work over the next three years. The funding is being used to recruit an additional ~500 Unpaid Work staff so that we can ramp up delivery to address the Covid backlog and effectively manage oncoming orders.</p><p> </p><p>This investment gives Probation a vital opportunity to relaunch Unpaid Work and make sure that placements are visible and robust, and put UPW delivery on a sustainable footing following disruption caused by the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Explanatory note</p><p>Data for part B (Probation service areas) has a high proportion of hours allocated to unknown PDUs within regions. This is due to regional practice on how UPW requirements are managed (single Regional PDU for all UPW requirements vs localised PDUs managing both standalone UPW requirements and other multi requirement orders).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2023 16:38:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-12-04 PQ 4110 Annex.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1673709

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of community service were not carried out in each (a) local justice area and (b) region in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	4111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Please see attached annex for data table contain information on how many hours of community service were not carried out in each local justice area and region in England and Wales since 2010.</p><p>Owing to data migration issues following the move to a single National Recording Platform, with Transforming Rehabilitation in 2014 and subsequent changes to Probation Delivery boundaries, it is less possible to accurately map older locations to the current Probation Regions.</p><p>The dataset covers reasons hours are not carried out including offender deaths, deportation, orders revoked, and resentenced, successful appeals and Suspended Sentence Order (SSO) activated.</p><p>This Government has announced up to £93million additional investment in Unpaid Work over the next three years. The funding is being used to recruit an additional ~500 Unpaid Work staff so that we can ramp up delivery to address the Covid backlog and effectively manage oncoming orders.</p><p>This investment gives Probation a vital opportunity to relaunch Unpaid Work and make sure that placements are visible and robust, and put UPW delivery on a sustainable footing following disruption caused by the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2023 16:38:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-12-04 PQ 4111 Annex.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1675920

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of community sentences were completed (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully due to (i) the committal of an additional offence and (ii) a breach of sentence stipulations in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	uin	5599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We have increased funding for the Probation Service by an additional £155m a year to recruit staff and to deliver better and more consistent supervision of offenders in the community. The data shows that since 2018, the proportion of successfully completed community sentences has increased from 70% to 74%. Please find the full dataset requested in the accompanying table.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering public protection and cutting crime is not just about custody. There is persuasive evidence that suspended and community sentences are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending and promoting rehabilitation. Community sentences can include a range of robust requirements to punish the offender, protect the public and deliver rehabilitation. Electronic monitoring of curfews, exclusion zones, attendance at appointments, location monitoring and alcohol bans are all available requirements which the courts can use. Courts can also impose up to 300 hours of unpaid work to make sure that offenders are visibly and publicly making reparations for their crimes. Any breach of these requirements could see them returned to court and face immediate custody.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that where there is a significant risk of harm to an individual or where the offender has breached an order of the court, the courts will retain full discretion to impose a sentence of immediate custody.</p><p> </p><p>Data sources and quality:</p><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p>National Delius case management system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/12/2023 15:26:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-12-14 PQ 5599 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1606267

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders who have completed a community sentence, by region in England and Wales, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	171422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>The data requested can be found in the tables attached.</p><p> </p><p>During 2020 and 2021, the number of court order completions was substantially reduced as a result of operational restrictions put in place in response to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing an extra £155 million a year into the Probation Service, enabling us to recruit thousands more staff, to help reduce re-offending and protect the public.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/04/2023 10:18:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 2023-03-27 PQ 171422 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1543919

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total value of compensation orders issued by the courts and (b) average compensation order issued by each offence type was in each year since 2015; and what the ten largest compensation orders issued by the courts were in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	92190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, which can be found in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996332/ccsq_tables_jan_mar_2021.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>.</p><p>Information on the average value of compensation orders, on an all-disposal basis, by offence type, in England and Wales, for year ending December 2015 up to year ending December 2017 is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2020 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 6.04 MB)</a></p><p>and for year ending June 2018 up to year ending June 2022 is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 83.2 MB)</a>.</p><p>The ten largest compensation orders issued by the courts between 2015 and June 2022 are listed in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/11/2022 15:12:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2022-11-29 92190 Table - final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1605535

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those compensation orders was.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	169263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information, split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The 20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018 to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods" target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>. These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf" target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic or unenforceable.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169264 169266 169267 169268 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-03-28 PQ 169263 - 169264 - 169266 - 169267 - 169277 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel