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	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	100283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. This is an important and complex social policy reform and requires careful thought and consideration.</p><p>The Law Commission published its consultation paper on 3 September 2020 and the Government, following the final report, will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.</p><p>In parallel, the Government made clear when it announced the Law Commission project that it would also, as an interim measure, undertake work to allow more civil weddings and civil partnerships to take place outdoors through secondary legislation. This work is ongoing.</p><p>The Government has published guidance on planning COVID-19 secure marriages and civil partnerships at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 11:23:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1548442

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support prison leavers find employment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	102761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.</p><p>We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.</p><p>Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.</p><p>We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 102762 question first answered 09/12/2022 09:53:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1548443

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of unemployment on re-offending rates.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	102762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.</p><p>We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.</p><p>Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.</p><p>We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 102761 question first answered 09/12/2022 09:53:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1248455

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victims: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of assault are entitled to compensation in circumstances where the perpetrator did not complete their court-mandated rehabilitation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Where a person is convicted of an offence, criminal courts in England and Wales may make – and in some circumstances are required to consider making – a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage.</p><p> </p><p>Community orders consist of one or more requirements decided by the court. These can include rehabilitation activity requirements, treatment requirements or programme requirements, which specifically address offender needs.</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender fails to comply with any requirement of a community order, the court has wide powers: it can amend the order to make the requirements more onerous, impose a fine, or revoke the order and resentence the offender to any sentence that would have been available for that offence.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts taking into account the circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/11/2020 13:55:28 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1564613

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	County Courts: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards his Department has in place within the County Court system to help ensure that the names of parties to court cases are accurately recorded and are updated if a person's name is changed, including following a divorce, during the course of court proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	117433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the parties involved in court proceedings to ensure that the court is informed of the correct names of the parties, as well as any change of name during proceedings.</p><p>Most applications issued using the digital services of HMCTS automatically update the courts’ case management system with the names provided by the applicant. Whilst paper applications will usually require manual data entry by HMCTS, management checks are undertaken on sample of cases to ensure that case records accurately reflect the information provided on the application form.</p><p>In a divorce case further checks are also carried out at the decree nisi/conditional order and decree absolute/final order stage as a final check before the divorce is legally granted.</p><p>Throughout court proceedings any party can inform the court of a change of name or request a correction if an error has been made.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/01/2023 14:30:59 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1422872

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parental Responsibility: Grandparents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) legal and (b) financial challenges faced by grandparents in gaining care rights of their grandchildren in the event of one or both child's parents dying.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	124964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>In the unfortunate circumstance of the death of a parent, a child is cared for by a remaining parent or any other person with parental responsibility, such as a guardian, or any other person with a child arrangements order as to living or contact arrangements. Grandparents can apply to be a guardian, or seek permission to be a special guardian, or for a child arrangements order as to contact or with whom the child is to live (where permission is required, it can be applied for at the same time as the main application). The child’s welfare always remains paramount in deciding care for a child in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In the even more distressing circumstance of the death of both parents, a child first becomes the responsibility of the courts who look to whether there are any others with parental responsibility, and to whether either or both parents left a will expressing wishes as to care of the child, and would look to appoint a guardian for the child. Again, grandparents can apply for guardianship or permission for a child arrangements order. The child’s welfare remains the court’s paramount consideration.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at the scope for extending legal aid for applications for special guardianship in private law proceedings as part of wider consideration of the civil legal aid scheme more generally.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/03/2022 15:36:57 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1433845

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to plans to reform the Human Rights Act announced on 14 December 2021, what steps he is taking to progress those plans.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	126538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>On 14 December 2021 the Government published a consultation on proposals to update the Human Rights Act 1998. This was published alongside the Independent Human Rights Act Review (IHRAR) report. The consultation closes on 8 March 2022. During the consultation period, meetings are taking place with key stakeholders as part of a wider engagement plan. Any legislative proposals will be further developed and finalised following the consultation and once all responses have been reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s consultation can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/human-rights-act-reform-a-modern-bill-of-rights" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/human-rights-act-reform-a-modern-bill-of-rights</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The IHRAR report can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/independent-human-rights-act-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/independent-human-rights-act-review</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/03/2022 13:21:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1439836

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government provides support financial support to victims of domestic abuse who (a) cannot access shared equity assets and (b) are not eligible for legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	137971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>On 15 March the MoJ published a consultation on proposed changes to the means test for civil legal aid, to ensure access to justice. Under the plans, domestic abuse victims would benefit from a more generous means test, including significant increases to income and capital thresholds. In addition, when applying for legal aid for a dispute about an asset, that asset will not be included in the means assessment, making it fairer for domestic abuse victims contesting a property who cannot use their equity to fund the legal proceedings. These changes will significantly widen access to legal aid for victims and will make any contributions more affordable.</p><p>More broadly, in 2020 we launched a new £3m grant to enhance support for litigants in person with civil, family and tribunals problems, which is working with more than 50 not-for-profit organisations across England and Wales. This is in addition to the close to £9m the MoJ has invested in supporting litigants in person since 2015. Across 2020/21 and 2021/22 the MoJ also provided £1.6m funding to the Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors (FLOWS) project, run by RCJ Advice, which provides free legal support to victims of domestic abuse who wish to apply for an emergency protective order from the courts.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 137972 question first answered 17/03/2022 16:42:00 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1439838

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether financial support is available for victims of domestic abuse who do not qualify for legal aid to obtain court representation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	137972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>On 15 March the MoJ published a consultation on proposed changes to the means test for civil legal aid, to ensure access to justice. Under the plans, domestic abuse victims would benefit from a more generous means test, including significant increases to income and capital thresholds. In addition, when applying for legal aid for a dispute about an asset, that asset will not be included in the means assessment, making it fairer for domestic abuse victims contesting a property who cannot use their equity to fund the legal proceedings. These changes will significantly widen access to legal aid for victims and will make any contributions more affordable.</p><p>More broadly, in 2020 we launched a new £3m grant to enhance support for litigants in person with civil, family and tribunals problems, which is working with more than 50 not-for-profit organisations across England and Wales. This is in addition to the close to £9m the MoJ has invested in supporting litigants in person since 2015. Across 2020/21 and 2021/22 the MoJ also provided £1.6m funding to the Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors (FLOWS) project, run by RCJ Advice, which provides free legal support to victims of domestic abuse who wish to apply for an emergency protective order from the courts.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 137971 question first answered 17/03/2022 16:42:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1439841

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: McKenzie Friends
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that domestic abuse victims have access to a McKenzie friend in courts.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	137974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help that they need, which is why legal aid is available for domestic abuse victims in private family law proceedings. This is subject to the statutory means and merits test and evidence requirements. Where domestic abuse victims are litigants in person in private family law proceedings, they have the right to have reasonable assistance from a layperson called a McKenzie Friend. This is subject to the litigant having received permission from the court for the McKenzie Friend to do so at the start of a hearing. The judge should give this permission unless the judge is satisfied that fairness and the interests of justice do not so require.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/03/2022 11:06:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe