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1694126

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2024
	date	06/03/2024
	date tabled	06/03/2024
	ddp created	06/03/2024 19:28:39
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	07/03/2024 12:25:13 11/03/2024 17:38:09
	hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	17246
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	11/03/2024 17:06:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been subject to a special guardianship order in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 17246
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17246
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government does not collect figures in relation to how many children are subject to a special guardianship order at any one time.</p><p>However, the following table extracted from the publicly available Family Court Statistics Quarterly figures provides details on the number of children involved in orders from 2013 until 2022. Data for public law cases in 2022 has not been published due to data issues resulting from the reform of public law services.</p><p>The number of these orders has remained relatively stable over that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public Law</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Private Law</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,923</p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td><td><p>6,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,852</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td><td><p>6,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,514</p></td><td><p>1,949</p></td><td><p>7,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,668</p></td><td><p>1,812</p></td><td><p>7,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,758</p></td><td><p>1,581</p></td><td><p>7,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5,920</p></td><td><p>1,501</p></td><td><p>7,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5,835</p></td><td><p>1,544</p></td><td><p>7,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5,268</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>6,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6,124</p></td><td><p>1,293</p></td><td><p>7,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 11/03/2024 17:06:49
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1690802

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2024
	date	21/02/2024
	date tabled	21/02/2024
	ddp created	21/02/2024 19:59:55
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/02/2024 20:09:46 29/02/2024 18:07:12
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	15116
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	29/02/2024 17:35:28
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 15116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	15116
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The MoJ customises its working conditions and processes to meet the needs and capabilities of all its staff. These include, but are not limited to, the physical layout and structure of the workplace, adjustable desks and chairs, providing equipment that is ergonomically designed, easy to use, and suitable for the tasks that workers need to perform, allowing flexibility in work schedules and reducing monotonous tasks, and ensuring that workers are not required to work at an excessively fast pace.</p> question first answered 29/02/2024 17:35:28
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1688574

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/02/2024
	date	08/02/2024
	date tabled	08/02/2024
	ddp created	08/02/2024 15:53:31
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/02/2024 16:08:17 19/02/2024 16:35:17
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	13758
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	19/02/2024 16:03:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 13758
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	13758
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has a Health and Safety policy and Occupational Health and Safety Management System in place, which requires suitable and sufficient risk assessments to ensure all occupational health and safety hazards and risks are adequately identified, assessed, controlled and monitored.</p> question first answered 19/02/2024 16:03:56
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1684182

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2024
	date	22/01/2024
	date tabled	22/01/2024
	ddp created	22/01/2024 22:10:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/01/2024 22:23:44 31/01/2024 12:27:15
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	10914
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	31/01/2024 11:55:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to extend the time limit for Criminal injuries Compensation Claims for victims of sexual abuse.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 10914
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10914
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government-funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) exists to compensate for serious physical or psychological injury attributable to being a direct victim of a crime of violence. As the Scheme is publicly funded, strict eligibility criteria apply.</p><p>There are already special arrangements in place for people applying for compensation for an injury sustained in childhood, and in all cases where a claim is made outside of the applicable time limit they can be considered in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>We recently held a public consultation on potential reforms to change the length of time people have to submit a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. We asked for views on increasing the time limits for child victims of sexual abuse, as well as other violent crimes, and on increasing them for all applicants. We will make decisions about whether to amend the time limits as soon as possible in 2024 as part of our comprehensive review of the Scheme.</p> question first answered 31/01/2024 11:55:25
	creator	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1682950

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/01/2024
	date	17/01/2024
	date tabled	17/01/2024
	ddp created	17/01/2024 22:07:56
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	17/01/2024 22:30:58 25/01/2024 15:24:17
	hansard heading	First-tier Tribunal: Property
	house id	1
	identifier	10064
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/01/2024 14:53:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were (a) submitted to and (b) completed by the residential property division of the First-Tier Tribunal in each of the last five years.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Philip Dunne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 10064
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10064
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HMCTS information about the annual number of appeals received and disposed in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Residential Property Division, is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> question first answered 25/01/2024 14:53:00
	creator	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1656564

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2023
	date	01/09/2023
	date tabled	01/09/2023
	ddp created	01/09/2023 14:58:21
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/09/2023 17:04:00 11/09/2023 17:35:28
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	identifier	196381
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	11/09/2023 17:03:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug recovery wings have been opened in prisons since 22 July 2022.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 196381
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196381
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As part of the ambitious cross-Government Drug Strategy, we are rolling out a wide range of interventions to support prisoners off drugs and into recovery. This includes testing a new approach to help prisoners with an opiate dependency achieve abstinence, through abstinence-focused Drug Recovery Wings. Seven of these are now open across the estate. Alongside this, we are increasing the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living units, where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs with regular drug testing and incentives. We have more than doubled the number of these from 25 last summer to 60 now, aiming to reach up to 100 by March 2025.</p> question first answered 11/09/2023 17:03:36
	creator	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1626659

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2023
	date	10/05/2023
	date tabled	10/05/2023
	ddp created	10/05/2023 17:29:11
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	10/05/2023 17:46:51 18/05/2023 15:14:27
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	184429
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/05/2023 14:43:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors for the calculation of holiday pay entitlement for staff in her Department; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 184429
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	184429
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Ministry and its associated arm's length bodies have considered the impact of the judgement referred to. The calculation of holiday pay was subsequently applied to all forms of voluntary overtime and is still in payment across the department and its arm's length bodies.</p> question first answered 18/05/2023 14:43:20
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1611396

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/04/2023
	date	17/04/2023
	date tabled	17/04/2023
	ddp created	17/04/2023 21:39:35
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	17/04/2023 22:10:33 25/04/2023 11:02:20
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	identifier	181024
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/04/2023 10:31:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is expected to meet its target of having the proportion of ethnic minority staff in senior leadership roles reflecting the working population as a whole by 2030.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 181024
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	181024
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The proportion of HMPPS Senior leaders (from Band 10 upwards) from an ethnic minority background has increased from 4.8% in December 2019 to 9.5% in 2022. HMPPS will continue to work towards the representation of ethnic minority senior staff to match the working age population by 2030.</p> question first answered 25/04/2023 10:31:57
	creator	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1609896

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2023
	date	14/04/2023
	date tabled	14/04/2023
	ddp created	14/04/2023 14:46:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/04/2023 15:45:32 24/04/2023 15:23:20
	hansard heading	Remote Hearings
	house id	1
	identifier	180029
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/04/2023 14:51:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of remote hearings on sentencing in (a) adult and (b) youth courts.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 180029
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	180029
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a statutory duty to follow any relevant sentencing guidelines, issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales. The Council has issued a range of offence-specific and overarching guidelines to help judges and magistrates decide appropriate sentences for criminal offences. The guidelines set out factors which courts should consider when deciding on a sentence and are designed to help increase consistency and transparency in sentencing.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) recently published an evaluation of the impact of remote hearings on the Crown Court, though this did not consider sentencing [<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1144601/the-impact-of-remote-hearings-on-the-crown-court.pdf" target="_blank">The impact of remote hearings on the Crown Court (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>]. Remote hearings were found to be slightly shorter than matched in-person hearings. However, using remote plea hearings did not impact the total case duration or the number of total hearings in a case. The report found no meaningful differences in plea rates or trial outcomes when remote plea hearings are used.</p> question first answered 24/04/2023 14:51:48
	creator	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1610056

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2023
	date	14/04/2023
	date tabled	14/04/2023
	ddp created	14/04/2023 14:57:48
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/04/2023 15:53:30 24/04/2023 11:44:22
	hansard heading	Prisons: Pepper Spray
	house id	1
	identifier	180189
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/04/2023 11:12:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of equipping prison staff with PAVA incapacitant spray on the (a) principle of explain or reform and (b) public sector equality duty.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 180189
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	180189
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>PAVA is intended to protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults. Safe implementation of PAVA use is accompanied by clear and explicit guidance ensuring staff are confident as to when PAVA spray should be used. Staff can use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it, and there is an immediate need to create a safe and protective environment.</p><p>During the pilot in 4 prisons in 2018 an Equality Impact Assessment was produced in line with HMPPS’s public sector equality duty. The national rollout of PAVA will be evaluated, the scope of which has been expanded to look at Use of Force as a whole to provide insight and learning and inform our practice. We are taking steps to better understand potential causes of disproportionality and identify appropriate actions to address them, applying the explain or reform principle where appropriate.</p> question first answered 24/04/2023 11:12:46
	creator	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby