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1109805

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 16:39:36
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/04/2019 13:47:56 11/04/2019 16:13:10
	hansard heading	Victims
	house id	1
	identifier	241068
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 15:34:44
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that victims of serious crime receive regular updates on police and CPS progress on those crimes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 241068
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	241068
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In England and Wales, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (Victims’ Code) outlines the services victims are entitled to receive, including updates on the progress of their case during an investigation or prosecution. Bereaved families in homicide cases and victims of the most serious offences will receive information within 1 working day of key developments, such as when a suspect is arrested or released without charge. Victims will also be informed how often they will receive updates on the status of the case following discussion with the police.</p><p> </p><p>In the first cross-government Victims Strategy, published in September 2018, the Government committed to amend the Victims’ Code and we intend to consult on the changes shortly. We also committed in the strategy to hold agencies to account for compliance with the Victims’ Code through improved reporting, monitoring and transparency on whether victims are receiving entitlements.</p> question first answered 11/04/2019 15:34:44
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1107807

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2019
	date	29/03/2019
	date tabled	29/03/2019
	ddp created	29/03/2019 15:41:26
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 15:39:52 04/04/2019 14:20:52
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Veterans
	house id	1
	identifier	238668
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 13:44:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many former Armed Service personnel in England are currently (a) rough sleeping and (b) in temporary accommodation.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238668
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238668
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect information for rough sleepers or those in temporary accommodation on whether they previously served in the Armed Forces.</p> question first answered 04/04/2019 13:44:57
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1110391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/04/2019
	date	08/04/2019
	date tabled	08/04/2019
	ddp created	09/04/2019 00:28:01
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	10/04/2019 14:36:13 16/04/2019 12:20:02
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Parents
	house id	1
	identifier	242216
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/04/2019 11:47:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support services are available in (a) Wales and (b) England for children aged under 16 who have had a parent sentenced to a period in custody.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 242216
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	242216
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that all children get the help and support they need to live happy and fulfilled lives. The individual circumstances and needs of every child with a parent in custody can be very different, as will the necessary support.</p><p>Where a parent is in prison, we are committed to strengthening family ties, which can have benefits both for reducing re-offending and, where contact is appropriate, for the welfare of children. To ensure that children can visit parents in prison, the Assisted Prison Visits Unit can provide financial assistance to families in Wales and England in receipt of certain benefits or on a low income. Additionally, the Ministry of Justice has a range of measures to help strengthen and maintain communication and engagement between prisoners and their families. These include facilitating family days alongside programmes to promote family engagement and parenting to aid an individual’s rehabilitation.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice, in partnership with Barnado’s, operates the National Information Centre on Children of Offenders website, which provides information for all professionals who come into contact with the children and families of offenders.</p><p>The needs of children with parents in prison are likely to be seen in the school environment. In England, the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ is clear that school staff should consider the additional needs of children with parents in prison. The guidance highlights the fact that these children are at risk of poor outcomes including poverty, stigma, isolation and poor health. Education in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p>Many children of offenders will be disadvantaged and need support. Children’s services in Wales are a matter for the Welsh Government. In England, local authorities are best placed to identify, assess and respond to these needs: a child who has a parent in prison could receive early help from a range of agencies, or support from children’s social care if there are safeguarding or welfare concerns such that the local authority assesses that this is needed. The duties and procedures that individuals and agencies should follow are set out in the statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’.</p> question first answered 16/04/2019 11:47:40
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1056008

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/02/2019
	date	06/02/2019
	date tabled	06/02/2019
	ddp created	06/02/2019 18:04:17
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 15:37:25 14/02/2019 18:01:09
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	identifier	217682
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 17:28:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for the introduction of the right of a victim to make representations in relation to a Parole Board decision.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 217682
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217682
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 4 February 2019 the Government published its review of the Parole Board Rules and the response to the public consultation on the reconsideration of parole decisions. These publications confirmed our intention to introduce a new reconsideration mechanism that will enable parole decisions to be challenged without the need to resort to costly and time-consuming judicial review proceedings. Victims will be able to ask officials in Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service to consider challenging a decision on their behalf. Before it can be implemented, provision must be made in the Parole Board Rules by secondary legislation to establish the legal power needed for decisions to be reconsidered. It will also be necessary to put in place the resources needed to operate the new mechanism and the associated guidance, training, documentation and electronic systems. We expect to be able to lay the new Rules before parliament and implement the new scheme by the summer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 14/02/2019 17:28:53
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1060637

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	13/02/2019
	date tabled	13/02/2019
	ddp created	13/02/2019 20:30:21
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/02/2019 16:15:06 19/02/2019 14:26:02
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	identifier	220997
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 13:53:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the announcements on the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officers of the Community Rehabilitation Companies in England and Wales will be published.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220997
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220997
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The appointment of CRC CEOs is a matter for the individual parent companies and not the Ministry of Justice. All companies are required to register the names of their directors with Companies House.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 13:53:53
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1088776

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2019
	date	14/03/2019
	date tabled	14/03/2019
	ddp created	14/03/2019 19:13:32
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/03/2019 12:25:11 20/03/2019 17:40:04
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drug Seizures
	house id	1
	identifier	232615
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 17:07:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug seizures were made in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what drugs were seized.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 232615
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	232615
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The misuse of drugs in prison drives violence, vulnerability and crime and so tackling this is one of our top priorities. Consequently, we are improving our security to restrict the availability of drugs. We use body, property, cell and area searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug and phone detection dogs across the estate. We are investing £6 million to tackle drug supply and reduce demand in 10 of the most challenging prisons, with body scanners and more staff focused on effective searching.</p><p> </p><p>Data and information on drug finds is routinely published as part of the normal publication schedule</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on drug finds in 2018-19 will be published in due course in line with the normal publication schedule.</p> question first answered 20/03/2019 17:07:12
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1105870

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	28/03/2019
	date tabled	28/03/2019
	ddp created	28/03/2019 19:46:48
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/04/2019 10:16:11 05/04/2019 13:54:48
	hansard heading	Paedophilia: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	identifier	238389
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/04/2019 13:14:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the UK were charged with offences in relation to paedophilia in the last year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238389
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238389
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on charges is not held by the Ministry of Justice, responsibility for charges brought by the police lies with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>There were 8,901 defendants proceeded against for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>There were 7,099 people convicted and 6,861 sentenced for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on court outcomes relating to child sexual abuse in England and Wales up to December 2017, data up to December 2018 will be published on 16 May 2019.</p> question first answered 05/04/2019 13:14:44
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1105871

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	28/03/2019
	date tabled	28/03/2019
	ddp created	28/03/2019 19:46:59
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/04/2019 10:25:08 05/04/2019 13:51:46
	hansard heading	Paedophilia: Convictions
	house id	1
	identifier	238390
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/04/2019 13:14:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with paedophilia-related offences were (a) convicted and (b) sentenced last year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238390
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238390
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on charges is not held by the Ministry of Justice, responsibility for charges brought by the police lies with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>There were 8,901 defendants proceeded against for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>There were 7,099 people convicted and 6,861 sentenced for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on court outcomes relating to child sexual abuse in England and Wales up to December 2017, data up to December 2018 will be published on 16 May 2019.</p> question first answered 05/04/2019 13:14:44
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1105872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	28/03/2019
	date tabled	28/03/2019
	ddp created	28/03/2019 19:47:03
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/04/2019 10:27:54 05/04/2019 14:27:02
	hansard heading	Paedophilia: Sentencing
	house id	1
	identifier	238391
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/04/2019 13:54:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice , what steps he will take to strengthen sentences given to convicted paedophiles.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238391
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238391
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Sexual offences perpetrated against children are horrific crimes and the impact of these can have a lasting impact on victims and their families.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing decisions are taken by our independent courts. They will take such decisions based on the full circumstances of the offence and offender, and consider the relevant sentencing guidelines. The independent Sentencing Council has produced definitive guidelines on sexual offences.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of offences someone can be convicted of if they abuse a child. Life imprisonment is available for the most serious offences, such as the rape of a child under the age of 13. For certain child sexual abuse offences, extended determinate sentences can be imposed for the purposes of public protection. There are no plans to increase maximum penalties available for child sexual abuse offences.</p><p> </p><p>Average custodial sentences for sexual offences overall are increasing, and have gone up from 43 months in 2007 to just under 60 months in 2017. The number of prisoners serving a custodial sentence for a sexual offence has nearly trebled, from 4,795 (in June 1998) to 13,580 (in 2018).</p> question first answered 05/04/2019 13:54:01
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1107739

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2019
	date	29/03/2019
	date tabled	29/03/2019
	ddp created	29/03/2019 15:26:40
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/04/2019 10:16:18 05/04/2019 13:51:44
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
	house id	1
	identifier	238667
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/04/2019 13:14:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence was for an individual charged with (a) child sexual offences and (b) each category of child sexual offence in 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238667
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238667
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on charges is not held by the Ministry of Justice, responsibility for charges brought by the police lies with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>There were 8,901 defendants proceeded against for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>There were 7,099 people convicted and 6,861 sentenced for child sexual abuse offences in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on court outcomes relating to child sexual abuse in England and Wales up to December 2017, data up to December 2018 will be published on 16 May 2019.</p> question first answered 05/04/2019 13:14:44
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts