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1082212

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the undertakings in the Armed Forces Covenant, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans are identified when they enter the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the sacrifices made by all who have served in the Armed Forces. For those few who come into contact with the Criminal Justice System, it is important their needs are assessed and support offered.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s Liaison and Diversion services assess vulnerable individuals, including identifying former service personnel at first point of contact with the Criminal Justice System, for example at police stations and courts across England. Individuals may be diverted away from the Criminal Justice System, or into appropriate community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Information on previous military service is also asked at first contact with probation, typically in court, and during screening on entry to custody. Prisoners can declare their previous service at any point in their sentence. Prisons will typically have a member of staff operating as a Veterans in Custody Support Officer, and work with military charities, to encourage this to happen.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/03/2019 17:34:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 107525 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082385

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has any plans to promote human rights in the UK and abroad through the creation of a dedicated UK Minister or commissioner for human rights.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	228780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has two Ministers with responsibility for human rights. In my role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, I have Ministerial responsibility for human rights domestically, and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has responsibility for human rights internationally.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans for additional Human Rights Ministers or Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2019 17:48:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1082226

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding mentoring services for veterans leaving prison nationwide.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>A background of military service is generally a positive factor in the rehabilitation of individuals who have been convicted and sent to custody. A mentoring scheme, being delivered by a military charity is currently being evaluated by the department’s Justice Data Lab to assess its impact on reoffending rates.</p><p> </p><p>Mentoring services may differ in their aims, content and the nature of the mentor-mentee relationship, for example when working to a clear purpose with defined outcomes such as finding employment or reintegrating into the community. However, suitability for mentoring depends on a number of factors, and may not be appropriate in all cases. It is important from the outset to carry out a thorough assessment of the mentee’s needs and risks.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 227955 228568 question first answered 12/03/2019 17:31:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082214

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of mentoring support for armed forces veterans in prisons on re-offending rates.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>A background of military service is generally a positive factor in the rehabilitation of individuals who have been convicted and sent to custody. A mentoring scheme, being delivered by a military charity is currently being evaluated by the department’s Justice Data Lab to assess its impact on reoffending rates.</p><p> </p><p>Mentoring services may differ in their aims, content and the nature of the mentor-mentee relationship, for example when working to a clear purpose with defined outcomes such as finding employment or reintegrating into the community. However, suitability for mentoring depends on a number of factors, and may not be appropriate in all cases. It is important from the outset to carry out a thorough assessment of the mentee’s needs and risks.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 227955 228576 question first answered 12/03/2019 17:31:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082122

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will allocate additional funding for resources to protect young victims of crime.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	228676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that young victims of crime get the protection and support they need. As the Prime Minister said in the House on 6 March, we have seen too many young lives lost to terrible crimes. The response must be cross agency, and focused on supporting and protecting victims and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy published last year sets out a wide range of actions intended to address serious violence including knife and gun crime, and homicides. We are working with the Home Office following the Home Secretary’s announcement in October 2018 for the £200 million Youth Endowment Fund (YEF). The fund will be delivered over the next 10 years, targeting those children most at risk of becoming involved in serious violence.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 we spent £97m to fund support services for victims of crime, and we forecast to spend broadly the same in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>Included in this funding the Ministry of Justice provides approximately £68m to Police and Crime Commissioners to commission victim support services locally, based on the needs identified in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice provides approximately £3.4m a year for support to families bereaved by murder and manslaughter. A key priority and focus of resource within the Homicide Service we fund will be ensuring that support for families bereaved by serious violence such as gang crime, includes the right specialist support to support and help protect young family members.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the government’s Victims Strategy, which was published on 10 September 2018, my officials are considering longer-term and more sustainable funding arrangements as part of our work to develop a new delivery model for supporting victims and witnesses of crime.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/03/2019 17:42:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 107523 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1082210

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department missed the deadline or refiled its gender pay gap data for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	228615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice did not miss the deadline or refile its gender pay gap data for 2017-18 and this data was filed on time.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry was however required to revise its Gender Pay Gap data for 2016-17 as, in reviewing the data for 2017-18 report calculation, it became apparent that the calculations for the 2016-17 Gender Pay Gap report incorrectly included Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) in addition to normal pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice had previously submitted its 2016-17 figures within the required deadline, however, as it is not possible to amend an existing entry once submitted, the 2016-17 figures had to be refiled and therefore showing as missing the original deadline.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2019 17:26:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler