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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

1608531

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/04/2023
	date	29/03/2023
	date tabled	29/03/2023
	ddp created	29/03/2023 18:29:21
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	29/03/2023 18:47:18 17/04/2023 08:50:21
	hansard heading	Reparation by Offenders
	house id	1
	identifier	176713
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/04/2023 08:18:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report of the APPG on Restorative Justice entitled Restorative Justice Inquiry Report, published in 2022, whether his Department plans to publish an updated Restorative Justice Action Plan for the Criminal Justice System.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 176713
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	176713
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are committed to supporting restorative justice as a way to help victims cope and, as far as possible, recover from the impact of crime. That is why, under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (‘the Victims’ Code’), all adult victims must be told about the option of restorative justice and how to access it. We also provide Police and Crime Commissioners with grant funding for victim support services, including restorative justice services. They are best placed to assess local need and commission services based on the needs of the population in the local area. Restorative justice services should be targeted to the most appropriate cases, where we have clear evidence for the benefits of that approach and should only take place when both the victim and the offender agree, and it is considered safe.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS has work underway to look at how to better support MoJ funded restorative justice. This work is aimed at identifying the factors supporting quality practice and to test effective, evidence-based access to, and delivery of RJ services.  HMPPS will also work with PCC areas to improve referrals to RJ services. Once complete HMPPS will share the lessons learned more widely.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently plan to publish a restorative justice action plan because it is not clear that this is necessary or an appropriate fit with the existing activity to improve the consistent and targeted provision of restorative justice services at a local level.</p> question first answered 17/04/2023 08:18:31
	creator	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1216249

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2020
	date	22/06/2020
	date tabled	22/06/2020
	ddp created	22/06/2020 19:48:37
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/06/2020 20:13:33 30/06/2020 16:28:08
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	62406
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/06/2020 15:56:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State's evidence to the Justice Select Committee on 4 May 2020, Q131 HC299, what the unbilled amount of legal aid of over £100m is by legal area.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 62406
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	62406
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The most recent statistics published for the Legal Aid Agency cover up to and including March 2020. Figures for quarters of the 2020/21 financial year are scheduled for future release, and as such payment data for part (a) of question 62405 cannot yet be provided. The figures for part (b) of the question are displayed below, matching the equivalent period of April, May and June inclusive for each financial year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Claims for Civil Representation – First Quarter Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Completed case expenditure (where costs met by LAA)</p></td><td><p>Payments on account (live cases)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 2017/18</p></td><td><p>£153,943,450.58</p></td><td><p>£53,508,814.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 2018/19</p></td><td><p>£149,331,830.09</p></td><td><p>£61,087,711.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 2019/20</p></td><td><p>£168,696,887.77</p></td><td><p>£68,007,236.47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figure of £100m referred to by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State was based upon estimates produced by the Ministry of Justice relating to unbilled work for completed cases. The breakdown of the estimates is as follows:</p><ul><li>Criminal Legal Aid in relation to representation in the Crown Court and Higher Courts</li></ul><p>- <strong>£130m</strong></p><ul><li>Civil Legal Aid in relation to representation in the civil and family courts</li></ul><p>- <strong>£80m</strong></p><p> </p><p>All of the above estimates of unbilled work pertain to the position as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020.</p><p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020, the estimate produced by the Ministry of Justice of the amounts available for legal aid providers to claim in relation to unbilled work on completed matters were –</p><ul><li>Criminal Legal Aid in relation to representation in the Crown Court and Higher Courts</li></ul><p>- <strong>£130m</strong></p><ul><li>Civil Legal Aid in relation to representation in the civil and family courts</li></ul><p>- <strong>£80m</strong></p><p> </p><p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020, the estimate produced by the Ministry of Justice of the amount available for legal aid providers to claim in relation to payment on account for civil matters pertaining to representation in the civil and family courts was <strong>£165m</strong>.</p> question first answered 30/06/2020 15:56:54
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1607120

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/03/2023
	date	24/03/2023
	date tabled	24/03/2023
	ddp created	24/03/2023 15:32:44
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/03/2023 15:50:56 29/03/2023 17:17:14
	hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
	house id	1
	identifier	173091
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	29/03/2023 16:45:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his Department's policy to encourage the use of Standard Delivery formats in Pre-Sentence Reports.
	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 173091
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	173091
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Probation Service is responsible for producing Pre-Sentence Reports (PSRs) when they are requested by the Court. A PSR includes a sentencing recommendation based on an offender's individual circumstances and consideration of public protection concerns, alongside suitable rehabilitative and punitive requirements.</p><p>A PSR can be delivered to Courts in a range of formats including the longer written Standard Delivery Report (SDR), and the Short Format Report (SFR) which can be delivered in written or oral format.</p><p>The key principles for decisions on the format of report delivery to Court are:</p><ol><li>What information is available to the PSR author and the Court on the day of sentence. Access to information regarding risk from other agencies does inform the risk assessment and so can affect proposals to the court. Where this information is not available on the day, the impact of this needs to be assessed to determine whether a longer adjournment is needed.</li><li>Complexity of the risk assessment. The presence of factors that require additional assessment, professional discussion, and / or multiple enquiries to aid risk assessment has an important bearing on whether reports should be delivered on the day of request or adjourned for further assessment.</li></ol><p>As a general rule all report types are suitable for use across the sentencing thresholds. Guidance is available for probation staff to assist them in determining when to request for a longer adjournment to facilitate an SDR report.</p><p>The Probation Service is working on a range of initiatives to increase the number of cases in which the Courts receive written reports. These are:</p><ul><li>A pilot scheme across fifteen courts, aimed at targeting written reports at specific cohorts where a more detailed exploration of complex issues relating to trauma, maturity and the loss of liberty may be needed.</li><li>Rolling out across England and Wales a scheme to provide PSRs on committal from magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court, following a successful pilot in Bristol. The Probation Service continues to utilise a PSR before plea process, which enables PSRs to be prepared on cases ahead of the first hearing if an indication of an intended guilty plea is given.</li><li>Supporting case progression in appropriate cases with PSRs prepared in advance of first hearing at both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts.</li></ul> question first answered 29/03/2023 16:45:40
	creator	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1580719

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2023
	date	25/01/2023
	date tabled	25/01/2023
	ddp created	25/01/2023 19:34:47
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	25/01/2023 19:47:54 02/02/2023 09:54:12
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	132473
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/02/2023 09:23:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
	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 132473
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132473
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I can confirm that the Ministry of Justice’s buying/selling annual leave policy is available to all employees on the Intranet.</p> question first answered 02/02/2023 09:23:52
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1360352

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/10/2021
	date	15/10/2021
	date tabled	15/10/2021
	ddp created	15/10/2021 15:20:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/10/2021 16:32:53 25/10/2021 17:30:12
	hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Human Rights
	house id	1
	identifier	56865
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/10/2021 16:59:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make any amendment to the Human Rights Act which will require changes to the Good Friday Agreement.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 56865
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	56865
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, the UK committed to completing incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into Northern Ireland law. We remain a signatory of the ECHR, and in carrying out our programme of reforms we will continue to ensure that our obligations under the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement are being met.</p> question first answered 25/10/2021 16:59:06
	creator	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1225764

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/07/2020
	date	16/07/2020
	date tabled	16/07/2020
	ddp created	16/07/2020 18:06:26
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	16/07/2020 18:29:55 21/07/2020 16:55:08
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	75256
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/07/2020 16:23:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to include a sunset clause in legislative reform to jury trials during the covid-19 outbreak.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 75256
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	75256
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There are currently no plans to legislate to reduce the statutory minimum number of jurors. Were the Ministry to propose any legislation we would provide full details of any sunset clause.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has published a Court Recovery Plan which summarises the measures that are being taken. The Court Recovery Plan can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus</a> Jury trials have safely resumed in most Crown Courts and we have announced a number of Nightingale Courts which will further support recovery.</p> question first answered 21/07/2020 16:23:38
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

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