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1702157

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy to invest all additional revenue from court and tribunal fees into the Courts and Tribunals Service to help tackle the civil case backlog.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	22557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Additional income raised from court and tribunal fees will make a significant contribution to vital work taking place across the Department to facilitate an effective and efficient justice system. This includes our continuous efforts to improve HMCTS service performance and reduce court backlogs.</p><p>Fees generated £727 million in income for the Ministry of Justice in 2022/23 out of the total c.£2.3 billion that it cost to run HMCTS. The recent round of fee uplifts is expected to raise another £30 million – £37 million a year in additional income.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/04/2024 14:08:21 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1701729

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by Lay Observers entitled 2022-23 Annual Report, published on 10 April 2024, and the response from the Minister of State published on the same date, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on ensuring that children and young people are (a) always transported in vehicles without adult detained persons and (b) looked after and managed by suitably trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are very grateful to the Lay Observers for their invaluable work. We have thoroughly considered their annual report and its recommendations.</p><p>Timeliness is a key consideration when conveying children and young people to and from court and, in certain circumstances, transport in vehicles with adults may be the appropriate solution. In these cases, the children and young people would be collected and supervised by staff who normally work with adults. This is provided for in the contracts, and our focus is on ensuring that the service provided for in the contracts is delivered.</p><p>On all occasions when children and young people are transported with adults, the cellular accommodation in the vehicle must be separated by a screen to ensure that the children and young people are kept apart.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701862

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-rated legacy IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service to be red-rated.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	22312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We completed an assessment of our critical systems against the CDDO’s legacy technology measures in July 2023, identifying the red rated system during that process.</p><p>HMCTS first assessed the red-rated legacy IT systems in October 2022 as part of their Decommissioning and Legacy Risk Mitigation (DLRM) programme.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 22/04/2024 16:25:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1701865

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escorts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates court hearings have been delayed or could not go ahead due to a (a) failure to deliver a prisoner and (b) delay in bringing a prisoner to court by (i) SERCO and (ii) other providers of escort services since 2017, by court.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	22304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the information requested without detailed examination of individual records for more than 220 courts, across two Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contract generations (Generation 3, 2011 – 2020, and Generation 4, 2020 – 2030), and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 22305 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:59:44 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1701866

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escorts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners were delivered late to (a) a magistrates’ court hearing and (b) a Crown Court hearing, by each court, since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	22305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the information requested without detailed examination of individual records for more than 220 courts, across two Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contract generations (Generation 3, 2011 – 2020, and Generation 4, 2020 – 2030), and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 22304 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:59:44 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1701872

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22387 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701873

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22386 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701309

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a complete list of prisons in England and Wales in which the 18-day prisoner early release scheme has (a) applied and (b) continues to apply.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21909 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701310

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons will be included in the extension of the end of custody supervised licence measure from 35 to 60-days.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21908 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701311

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has published on when a person with an end of custody supervised licence should be recalled to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders released early on ECSL are subject to a standard supervision licence which is designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. The recall process is the same for those released on ECSL and other standard releases.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to recall an offender on licensed supervision is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff following consideration of safe alternatives to recall. Where offenders are recalled, it is because they present a risk of serious harm to the public and the controls available are no longer sufficient to keep the public safe. These individuals will remain in prison for only as long as necessary to protect the public. Guidance on the recall of offenders to prison is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners.</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:20:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan