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1422723

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2022
	date	18/02/2022
	date tabled	18/02/2022
	ddp created	18/02/2022 15:14:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	18/02/2022 15:49:42 04/03/2022 16:36:10
	hansard heading	Juries: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	identifier	125134
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/03/2022 16:04:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to remove the requirement for face coverings to be worn in courts by people completing jury service.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 125134
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125134
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The announcement of the ‘Living With Covid’ strategy means all Covid-related restrictions across the courts in England and Wales have been reviewed, and will be removed as quickly as possible. There is no longer a requirement to wear a face covering in our buildings in England and Wales. This applies both to staff offices, and to the public parts of our courts and tribunals. While the requirement has now been removed, government guidance still recommends wearing a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces, especially where you are likely to come into contact with people you don’t normally meet.</p><p>We expect to be able to confirm what (if any) other measures will remain beyond April, which is when existing Government guidance on workplace/venue safety will be replaced. For the interim period, however, jurors who are using certain deliberation rooms assessed as too small to use without protection of fluid resistant face masks will continue to be asked to wear those masks in those areas of our buildings. This reflects ongoing Public Health advice, which we continue to observe so as to ensure both safety of all using our buildings, and public confidence in those safety standards.</p> question first answered 04/03/2022 16:04:48
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1345328

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/07/2021
	date	08/07/2021
	date tabled	08/07/2021
	ddp created	08/07/2021 18:31:31
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/07/2021 18:39:26 16/07/2021 14:17:12
	hansard heading	Divorce
	house id	1
	identifier	29911
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	16/07/2021 13:45:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the number of separation and divorce proceedings that end up in the family court system; and what steps he is taking to increase the use of mediation services.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 29911
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29911
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Divorce and dissolution are a fundamental change of legal status that may have implications for people’s rights and responsibilities, for matters such as property and inheritance, and for the families involved. Since the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, divorce has always been a court process and only the court can legally end a marriage.</p><p> </p><p>However, divorcing couples can use family mediation to reach agreement about the arrangements for any children and for dividing their financial assets, rather than asking the court to decide these matters.</p><p> </p><p>This government is committed to supporting more families to resolve issues such as these through mediation, where appropriate. On 26 March 2021, a £1m Family Mediation Voucher Scheme was launched by the MoJ, to encourage and better support families to use mediation and resolve disputes outside of court.</p><p> </p><p>The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme is currently available in private law children cases where there are no safeguarding concerns and the case is deemed suitable for mediation. The scheme will offer over 2,000 families a financial contribution of up to £500 towards their mediation costs, giving these families the opportunity to resolve their disputes with the assistance of a trained mediator. Mediation Vouchers are offered, at the Mediation Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM) to ensure families are provided with information regarding the support they can get, before they decide to pursue their matters in the family court.</p><p> </p><p>We are closely monitoring the uptake and impact of the scheme and are actively considering what more could be done to encourage parties to consider mediation as an alternative to court, including better signposting of mediation as part of the implementation of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.</p><p> </p><p>This government will continue to look at how the benefits of mediation can be better communicated, in order to encourage wider use of mediation where cases are suitable to do so.</p> question first answered 16/07/2021 13:45:22
	creator	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1203355

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2020
	date	12/06/2020
	date tabled	12/06/2020
	ddp created	12/06/2020 14:34:57
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	12/06/2020 14:40:20 18/06/2020 16:22:06
	hansard heading	Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
	house id	1
	identifier	59243
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/06/2020 15:50:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witney
	tabling member printed	Robert Courts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59243
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59243
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.</p><p>As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.</p><p>As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.</p> question first answered 18/06/2020 15:50:50
	creator	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1143549

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2019
	date	02/09/2019
	date tabled	02/09/2019
	ddp created	02/09/2019 18:47:03
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/09/2019 18:57:10 05/09/2019 16:24:05
	hansard heading	Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	284958
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/09/2019 15:52:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's publication, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics in England and Wales, April to June 2019 (provisional), published on 8 August 2019, which large mortgage provider has driven up the number of home repossessions to their highest level since 2014.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 284958
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	284958
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The organisation was required to provide its details to enable the court to process its possession claims. It would be inappropriate to release such information where it would be likely to prejudice an organisation’s commercial interests.</p> question first answered 05/09/2019 15:52:10
	creator	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake written parliamentary question 1143549
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4474

1142202

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/09/2019
	date	25/07/2019
	date tabled	25/07/2019
	ddp created	25/07/2019 17:22:28
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	25/07/2019 17:31:54 05/09/2019 16:53:03
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	identifier	282337
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/09/2019 16:21:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children that are EEA nationals receive services from youth offending teams.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 282337
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	282337
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This information is not held by MoJ or the Youth Justice Board. Although local level Youth Offending Services have the ability to collect data on children’s nationality using their case management systems, it is unknown how many actually do record this information because the Youth Justice Board do not collate data on nationality centrally. This is done to reduce the data reporting burden on frontline services.</p> question first answered 05/09/2019 16:21:53
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1142203

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/09/2019
	date	25/07/2019
	date tabled	25/07/2019
	ddp created	25/07/2019 17:22:32
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	31/07/2019 15:25:15 05/09/2019 16:57:03
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	identifier	282338
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/09/2019 16:25:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Justice, what processes his Department has put in place to ensure that children that are EEA nationals who come into contact with the criminal justice system can be identified for the purposes of providing advice and support.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 282338
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	282338
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Youth Offending Services (YOS) were established in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which introduced a statutory duty for all local authorities to establish a multi-agency team, with members from police, social services, probation and education, to deliver youth justice services. YOS have a statutory duty to:</p><ul><ul><li>provide appropriate adults for children detained or being interviewed at the police station and provide support for children on bail;</li><li>help young people and their families through court proceedings;</li><li>write pre-sentence reports for the courts advising on appropriate interventions;</li><li>supervise young people serving a community sentence;</li><li>stay in touch with a young person if they’re sentenced to custody; and</li><li>assist in the child’s resettlement post-custody.</li></ul></ul><p>All children who come into contact with the YOS (including EEA nationals) will have their individual circumstances and needs assessed and will receive interventions and support accordingly.</p> question first answered 05/09/2019 16:25:18
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1232976

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/09/2020
	date	09/09/2020
	date tabled	09/09/2020
	ddp created	09/09/2020 19:13:05
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	11/09/2020 10:55:14 14/09/2020 16:52:10
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking and Slavery
	house id	1
	identifier	87539
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	14/09/2020 16:20:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of human trafficking and modern slavery offences as the principal offence; of those people how many were EEA or Swiss nationals excluding UK nationals; how many additional people flagged by the CPS as being investigated for human trafficking and modern slavery offences were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of other offences; and of those people how many were EEA or Swiss nationals excluding UK nationals in each calendar year from 2016 to 2019.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
	tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 87539
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	87539
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of people prosecuted and convicted in England and Wales up to the year ending December 2019 for the following human trafficking-related offences and offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, available at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘Offence’ by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>72 Human trafficking for sexual exploitation</li><li>78.1 Human trafficking for non-sexual exploitation</li><li>106 Modern Slavery</li></ul><p> </p><p>The resulting table will then display the those prosecuted and convicted for the above offences over the 2013-2019 period.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is not possible to identify the nationality of the defendants as this information is not held in the courts proceedings database.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, CPS flagged data relating to individuals prosecuted for human trafficking or modern slavery does not identify the specific offences prosecuted or convicted.</p> question first answered 14/09/2020 16:20:36
	creator	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1232981

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/09/2020
	date	09/09/2020
	date tabled	09/09/2020
	ddp created	09/09/2020 19:13:15
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	10/09/2020 15:45:24 14/09/2020 14:39:09
	hansard heading	Slavery: Court Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	87541
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	14/09/2020 14:07:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Justice, how many (i) Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders and (ii) Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders were made by courts in each calendar year from 2016 to 2019 inclusive; and how many of those were made in respect of (a) EEA or Swiss nationals, excluding UK nationals and (b) UK nationals.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
	tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 87541
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	87541
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of i) Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders and ii) Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders in each calendar year from 2016- 2019 can be found in the accompanying tables. Robust data in relation to nationality is not held in the HMCTS courts Management Information Database.</p> question first answered 14/09/2020 14:07:20
	creator	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1232991

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/09/2020
	date	09/09/2020
	date tabled	09/09/2020
	ddp created	09/09/2020 19:13:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/09/2020 19:21:49 14/09/2020 15:24:10
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	identifier	87543
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	14/09/2020 14:53:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences were returned to their country of origin under (a) the Early Removal Scheme, (b) an EU Prisoner Transfer Framework Decision, (c) the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and (d) bilateral prisoner transfer agreements in each year from 2016 to 2019; and under each scheme how many returned offenders were EEA or Swiss nationals in each of those years.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
	tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 87543
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	87543
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We continue to remove foreign national offenders where routes are available.</p><p>Since 2010, we have removed over 55,000 foreign national offenders from our prisons, immigration removal centres and the community, with 4,743 removed in 2019/20.</p><p>We are absolutely committed to removing foreign national offenders from the UK and continue to work closely with international governments to maximise the removal of serious and persistent offenders.</p><p>We are constantly reviewing progress to ensure that all options are being pursued and that our early removal mechanisms are working as effectively as possible.</p><p>The latest published information on foreign national offenders returned under the Early Removal and Facilitated Returns Schemes is available here:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-enforcement-data-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb230545ba8474fe3e40308d855a9e8b2%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637353535517088383&amp;sdata=IQ%2BJXkZDT0ITqUiIrosR6SrSEhlH1Rw6UU2qkN0T1Os%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-august-2020</a> (Table FNO_09 in <em>Transparency data Immigration Enforcement data: August 2020</em>, provides the numbers of foreign nationals removed under the Early Removal Scheme every year since 2010 but that there is no published data that breaks down these numbers by nationality or offence type).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under EUPTFD convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under CoE Convention convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td><td><p>FNOs repatriated under bilateral PTAs convicted of human trafficking or modern slavery offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All five prisoners repatriated under the EUPTFD were EEA nationals.</p> question first answered 14/09/2020 14:53:12
	creator	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1341700

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/07/2021
	date	29/06/2021
	date tabled	29/06/2021
	ddp created	29/06/2021 19:11:59
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	30/06/2021 17:05:29 05/07/2021 15:38:11
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	identifier	24079
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	05/07/2021 15:06:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) recent progress the Prisons Minister has made on reporting on the implementation of recommendations in the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on Custody-Community Transitions, published on 12 June 2019, (b) the expected timescale is for receipt of that report and (c) Departmental bodies will receive that report once completed.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 24079
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24079
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The government responded to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ (ACMD) report on Custody to Community Transitions in October 2019. The MoJ is working closely with key departments across government to tackle the misuse of drugs. We are keen to align this work with any recommendations stemming from Part two of Dame Carol Black’s review, which is due for publication shortly. This forms part of cross departmental work on combatting drug misuse, including support for those moving from custody to the community. This includes many areas highlighted in the ACMD Custody to Community transitions report.</p><p>In January, the Department of Health and Social Care received £80m additional funding for drug treatment in 2021/22. The bulk of the funding (£55m circa) has been given to local authorities via a specific grant allocation to support delivery of services to reduce drug related deaths and target the offender cohort. This funding will be used to enhance drug treatment and the numbers of treatment places available, including for those leaving prison, to reduce drug-related crime. It will also tackle the rise in drug-related deaths via the provision of naloxone to prevent drug overdoses. The remainder will fund the treatment element of the ADDER Accelerator programme and an increase the number of inpatient detoxification placements available, for people with the most complex needs.</p> question first answered 05/07/2021 15:06:33
	creator	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt