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1242343

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many external consultants have been employed to help implement temporary courts during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>No external consultants have been employed and no contracts have been awarded for the specific purpose of implementing temporary Nightingale courts.</p><p> </p><p>The project to implement temporary Nightingale courts has been administered by an in-house team of HMCTS project and programme staff. While the project is in-house, HMCTS has engaged the services of Cushman and Wakefield - Commercial Real Estate Services to a value of approximately £43k to provide specialist support in negotiating licences for hire venues.</p><p> </p><p>These additional hearing venues are being rapidly set up by HMCTS to alleviate the pressure on courts and tribunals resulting from the pandemic</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has published an update on their response to covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus). This provides a comprehensive update on our recovery plans and includes details about Nightingale courts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 101944 101945 question first answered 20/10/2020 14:36:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242344

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on external consultants employed to implement temporary courts during the covid-19 outbreak to date.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>No external consultants have been employed and no contracts have been awarded for the specific purpose of implementing temporary Nightingale courts.</p><p> </p><p>The project to implement temporary Nightingale courts has been administered by an in-house team of HMCTS project and programme staff. While the project is in-house, HMCTS has engaged the services of Cushman and Wakefield - Commercial Real Estate Services to a value of approximately £43k to provide specialist support in negotiating licences for hire venues.</p><p> </p><p>These additional hearing venues are being rapidly set up by HMCTS to alleviate the pressure on courts and tribunals resulting from the pandemic</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has published an update on their response to covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus). This provides a comprehensive update on our recovery plans and includes details about Nightingale courts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 101943 101945 question first answered 20/10/2020 14:36:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242345

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies have been awarded contracts to provide consultancy services to help implement temporary courts during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>No external consultants have been employed and no contracts have been awarded for the specific purpose of implementing temporary Nightingale courts.</p><p> </p><p>The project to implement temporary Nightingale courts has been administered by an in-house team of HMCTS project and programme staff. While the project is in-house, HMCTS has engaged the services of Cushman and Wakefield - Commercial Real Estate Services to a value of approximately £43k to provide specialist support in negotiating licences for hire venues.</p><p> </p><p>These additional hearing venues are being rapidly set up by HMCTS to alleviate the pressure on courts and tribunals resulting from the pandemic</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has published an update on their response to covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus). This provides a comprehensive update on our recovery plans and includes details about Nightingale courts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 101943 101944 question first answered 20/10/2020 14:36:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242346

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Babies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the planned timescale is for publishing the report by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman on the death of two babies in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The PPO’s final investigation reports into deaths are only published after an inquest has taken place. Reports are not published in advance of the inquest to avoid any possibility of influencing the verdict.</p><p>The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has advised me that she has concluded the independent investigation into the death of a baby at HMP Bronzefield and will shortly issue a draft report to the mother, the prison and the healthcare providers for fact checking, as well as to the coroner for information. A final report will then be produced and sent to the same stakeholders.</p><p>She has also advised that the independent investigation into the death of a baby at HMP Styal is ongoing, and that a timescale for publication of the report will not be available until its conclusion.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/10/2020 14:47:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242347

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Remand in Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place a copy in the Library of the equalities impact assessment of the changes to custody time limits in the crown court.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Equalities Impact Statement is publicly available on gov.UK: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/953/pdfs/uksipes_20200953_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/953/pdfs/uksipes_20200953_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/10/2020 16:08:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242348

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) composition and (b) remit is of the Scrutiny Panel set up to deal with racial disparity in the youth justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Race and Ethnicity Board, chaired by Ministry of Justice, oversees all work on reducing race and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system for both children and adults. This board is designed to hold to account policy makers and agencies responsible for tackling disproportionality.</p><p> </p><p>A range of other groups exist at local and national level to provide scrutiny and oversight of racial disparity in the youth justice system, sometimes as part of a broader focus on a particular area of practice or broader focus on equalities across the system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/10/2020 16:11:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1242349

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what targets his Department has set for recruiting Black and ethnic minority staff to the prison service; and what progress his Department has made on achieving those targets.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	101949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>In response to recommendation 28 of the Lammy Review 2017, HMPPS committed to a target of 14% of all staff recruited being from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background by December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published workforce statistics evidences information on recruitment diversity statistics. The following outcomes have been identified:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>All Prison Officer Entry Levels:</strong> BAME candidates made up 18.2% of applicants and 11.0% of formal offers accepted between July 2018 and June 2020. These proportions varied over the quarters ranging from 14.5% to 29.9% for applicants, and 7.1% to 17.6% for offers formally accepted.</li></ul><p>­- <strong>Public Sector Prison Officers:</strong> BAME candidates made up 17.4% of applicants and 10.7% of formal offers accepted between July 2018 and June 2020. These proportions varied over the quarters ranging from 12.0% to 25.2% for applicants and 7.1% to 17.2% for offers accepted.</p><p>­- <strong>Youth Custody Services Prison Officers:</strong> BAME candidates made up 31.9% of applicants and 22.7% of formal offers accepted over the whole period.</p><ul><li><strong>Officer Support Grades:</strong> BAME candidates made up 18.8% of applicants and 12.6% of formal offers accepted, with large variations between the quarters.</li></ul><p> </p><p>While the proportion of prison staff from diverse backgrounds is gradually rising, we recognise we must continue to do more. We continue to work hard to increase diversity in our prison workforce by ensuring we are listening and acting on the views of staff, making adjustments to selection processes to address any areas of disparity and targeting our efforts on areas which may not have a representative workforce.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/10/2020 16:09:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1549126

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ministerial red boxes his Department has bought in the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	104110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/12/2022 15:38:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1549308

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s total spend on hospitality in the UK was in each of the last five years; and, with reference to page 212 of his Department’s Annual Reports and Accounts 2021-2022, what definition is given to business hospitality in those accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	105220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO publish this data in the Annual Report and Accounts in Note 3 Operating Expenditure under &quot;Business Hospitality&quot;. Prior to the merger, the FCO published this in Note 3 Operating Costs under &quot;Business Hospitality&quot; within the Annual Report and Accounts. DFID did not separately disclose the &quot;Hospitality and Entertainment&quot; costs in their Annual Report and Accounts as these are too small. However DFID spend on &quot;hospitality and entertainment&quot; prior to the merger was £40,639 in 2017-18; £39,560 in 2018-19; and £45,236 in 2019-20.</p><p>Business Hospitality in the FCDO's 2021-22 Annual Report and Accounts can be defined as direct reasonable expenses incurred when entertaining i.e. food and drink, for non-FCDO visitors or contacts (where appropriate) in the case of supporting the FCDO's Policy Priorities; and the indirect costs incurred due to representational requirements (e.g. cleaning fees, staff costs, childcare for late evening reception where it is mandatory for an officer to represent the UK).</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/12/2022 12:31:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1549520

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Government Hospitality: Wines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value was of wine from the Government's wine cellar consumed in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2021-22 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	105221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly hosts events to bring together stakeholders from across the country and around the world. The wine cellar is used by all government departments and is maintained to deliver events at a lower cost. For the Financial Years 2018-19 and 2019-20 the overall value of wines used was as outlined in the Bi-Annual Report on the GH Wine Cellar, placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-hospitality-wine-cellar-bi-annual-statement-2018-to-2020/government-hospitality-wine-cellar-bi-annual-report-2018-to-2020.</p><p>Historic expenditure on wine can be found here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100906.</p><p>The value of wines used in FYs 2020-21 and 2021-22 has not yet been calculated and will be published in the next Bi-Annual Report on the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar 2020-2022, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/12/2022 12:12:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy