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1729715

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made for future graduate recruitment into the prison workforce (including for the cohort graduating in 2025).
	tabling member printed	Baroness Porter of Fulwood
	uin	HL1132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>HMPPS recognises the value that graduate prison officers bring to prisons and is committed to continuing to invest in its pipeline of future leaders. Several options for talent schemes, including graduate programmes, are being explored.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with the current graduate scheme provider will run until October 2026. All participants will continue to receive full support from our staff to thrive in their career with HMPPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:42:11 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	5009 label Biography information for Baroness Porter of Fulwood

1729650

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sexuality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL426), whether the Ministry of Justice has received such representations from the Public and Commercial Services Union; and what was their response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Public and Commercial Services Union has not made any representations to the Ministry of Justice regarding this motion and therefore no response was given.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 18/09/2024 10:51:29 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1729058

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Press Recognition Panel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 1 August (HL330), on what basis the Ministry of Justice made a payment to the Press Recognition Panel of £430,000 in April; and whether they intend to place in the House of Lords Library a copy of all correspondence between the Ministry of Justice and Press Regulation Panel relating to the payment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the press sets out that The Exchequer (acting through the Lord Chancellor) will fund the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) until it becomes effective. It also sets out that in the event that the PRP considers its income is likely to be insufficient it will have a right to request further reasonable sums so it is not frustrated by a lack of funding. Whilst the Lord Chancellor is the conduit for the PRP with HM Treasury, they have no policy responsibility under the Royal Charter that created the PRP. The PRP publish their accounts on an annual basis, confirming their annual income of £430,000.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 18/09/2024 10:46:01 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1729071

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable prisoners with work outside the confines of prison to be paid a wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work.</p><p> </p><p>Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) allows prisoners to be released temporarily into the community for specific purposes, including to engage in employment. Prisoners working on ROTL are paid the same as their counterparts in the community and are subject to the same income tax, National Insurance and child support requirements, as well as other court ordered deductions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 (PEA) gives governors the power to deduct up to and including 40% from prisoners’ earnings on ROTL. Currently, the money deducted is given to the charity Victim Support. An average of £296 per prisoner per month was raised through the levy; totalling £4.2 million raised for the year ending March 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:41:17 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1727954

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of women remanded in custody in each of the last three years were subsequently (1) sentenced, and (2) not sentenced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the remand status of defendants and subsequent outcomes in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66461215993111924d9d3696/remands-tool-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Remands data tool</a>.</p><p>The attached tables provide the proportion of outcomes for female defendants after being remanded in custody, split by magistrates’ court and Crown Court.</p><p>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and subsequently committed to the Crown Court will have separate remand decisions made in both courts and will be included in both totals.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 13/09/2024 13:53:10 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson attachment 1 file name 2024-09-23 PQ HL869 tables.xlsx title HL869 Tables
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1727973

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wills
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the consultation on the storage and retention of wills and other documents submitted in applications for probate which closed on 23 February; and what steps they have taken to ensure that no such documents have been destroyed in the meantime.
	tabling member printed	Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	uin	HL894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The response to the consultation will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>No wills or other defined documents have been destroyed. The consultation sought views on changes to modernise the storage of documents submitted in applications for probate. If the Government did decide to proceed with the proposal in the consultation no documents would be destroyed without Parliament agreeing to legislative changes.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 17/09/2024 15:33:49 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

1727778

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Ceremonies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Bellamy on 16 June and 2 August 2023 (HL8197 and HL9550), whether they will publish a response to the Law Commission Report Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published in July 2022, particularly Recommendation 42.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the Law Commission made recommendations for wholesale change to weddings law in July 2022. These recommendations include recommendation 42, in relation to the creation of offences relating to an officiant dishonestly misleading a couple about the legal effect of a wedding ceremony or failing to disclose that the ceremony they are officiating will not create a valid marriage. We will take the time as a new Government properly to consider the Law Commission’s recommendations and will outline our position in due course.</p><p>The Marriage Act 1949 enables religious bodies, alongside the Church of England and the Church in Wales, to conduct legally binding weddings. However, the difficulties which those who have undergone ceremonies which do not qualify as legally binding face when their relationships come to an end is a matter of concern. That is why the Government committed in its 2024 manifesto to ‘strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples’. We will set out the next steps on this manifesto commitment in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL794 HL795 HL796 question first answered 13/09/2024 12:17:36 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1727779

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Opportunity and Integration Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the recommendation for reform of the Marriage Act 1949 in paragraph 8.50, page 135, of The Casey Review into Opportunity and Integration, published in December 2016.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the Law Commission made recommendations for wholesale change to weddings law in July 2022. These recommendations include recommendation 42, in relation to the creation of offences relating to an officiant dishonestly misleading a couple about the legal effect of a wedding ceremony or failing to disclose that the ceremony they are officiating will not create a valid marriage. We will take the time as a new Government properly to consider the Law Commission’s recommendations and will outline our position in due course.</p><p>The Marriage Act 1949 enables religious bodies, alongside the Church of England and the Church in Wales, to conduct legally binding weddings. However, the difficulties which those who have undergone ceremonies which do not qualify as legally binding face when their relationships come to an end is a matter of concern. That is why the Government committed in its 2024 manifesto to ‘strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples’. We will set out the next steps on this manifesto commitment in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL793 HL795 HL796 question first answered 13/09/2024 12:17:36 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1727780

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect the spousal rights of women who have been married outside of the legal framework for weddings in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the Law Commission made recommendations for wholesale change to weddings law in July 2022. These recommendations include recommendation 42, in relation to the creation of offences relating to an officiant dishonestly misleading a couple about the legal effect of a wedding ceremony or failing to disclose that the ceremony they are officiating will not create a valid marriage. We will take the time as a new Government properly to consider the Law Commission’s recommendations and will outline our position in due course.</p><p>The Marriage Act 1949 enables religious bodies, alongside the Church of England and the Church in Wales, to conduct legally binding weddings. However, the difficulties which those who have undergone ceremonies which do not qualify as legally binding face when their relationships come to an end is a matter of concern. That is why the Government committed in its 2024 manifesto to ‘strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples’. We will set out the next steps on this manifesto commitment in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL793 HL794 HL796 question first answered 13/09/2024 12:17:36 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1727781

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Ceremonies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compliance of the Marriage Act 1949 and other marriage law with the right to freedom of religion or belief, as Church of England and Church in Wales marriage ceremonies fulfil legal requirements and are legally recognised, while other religious ceremonies may not be.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the Law Commission made recommendations for wholesale change to weddings law in July 2022. These recommendations include recommendation 42, in relation to the creation of offences relating to an officiant dishonestly misleading a couple about the legal effect of a wedding ceremony or failing to disclose that the ceremony they are officiating will not create a valid marriage. We will take the time as a new Government properly to consider the Law Commission’s recommendations and will outline our position in due course.</p><p>The Marriage Act 1949 enables religious bodies, alongside the Church of England and the Church in Wales, to conduct legally binding weddings. However, the difficulties which those who have undergone ceremonies which do not qualify as legally binding face when their relationships come to an end is a matter of concern. That is why the Government committed in its 2024 manifesto to ‘strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples’. We will set out the next steps on this manifesto commitment in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede grouped question UIN HL793 HL794 HL795 question first answered 13/09/2024 12:17:36 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox