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1458864

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards: Recruitment
	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 extent of recruitment challenges to Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB); what steps he plans to take to tackle those challenges; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the shortfall in IMB members on the treatment of prisoners they are tasked with monitoring.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	156602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) play an important role in supporting the Ministry of Justice to improve the safety and security of our prisons. Although the IMB is responsible for the recruitment of its volunteers, the Department recognises the challenges that exist in recruiting members to some individual Monitoring Boards. MoJ has, therefore, increased the funding available to the organisation in 2022-23. This increase in funding will help support improvements to member recruitment and retention policies to ensure Boards continue to deliver statutory responsibilities to monitor and report on the treatment of those detained in custody.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/04/2022 17:08:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1467195

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has made available to the independent monitoring board in 2022-23; and how does that figure compare to the funding for 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	11879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Justice resource funding for the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) for 2022/23 is £2.67m - an increase from £2.23m in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also provided the IMBs with £0.5m of capital funding, which will fund the development of a new organisational database to support improvements to member recruitment and retention.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:14:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1367468

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Pay
	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 effect on (a) recruitment, (b) morale and (c) retention of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service staff of the Government’s pay policy for public-sector workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	72391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Pay awards for this financial year across HMPPS are subject to the public sector pay pause, introduced by the Chancellor in 2020. This has assisted Government in protecting public sector jobs and investment in public services as Covid-19 continues to have an impact.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State announced the prison pay award on 19 October, which delivered a pay increase of £250 to those earning less than £24,000, and progression pay of up to 5% for those who are eligible. Even with the restrictions of public sector pay policy for this year, this year’s award sees over half of prison service staff receive an increase to their pay. My Department is also currently engaging with our recognised trade unions on the 2021/22 pay award for the Probation Service, which – like the prison pay award – will be backdated to April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the Chancellor’s recent budget announcement regarding public sector pay, which will see public sector pay from 2022 return to a normal pay setting process. Following this announcement, we are developing proposals for a pay and reward package for all our staff over the coming years.</p><p><br> Recruitment and retention and morale are driven by a range of factors, including pay, staff health and wellbeing, leadership and line management, and how safe, secure and supported officers feel at work. When making decisions over pay, it is important that the department balances investment proportionally across these issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/11/2021 13:04:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1459842

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for indecent exposure, broken down by gender, in the years (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	157606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157604 157605 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459843

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	157605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157604 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459844

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for other miscellaneous sexual offences in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	157604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459845

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	157595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157604 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459846

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted, and (c) convicted for trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	157594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157595 157604 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1463658

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape Crisis Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape crisis centres there are in England and Wales; and whether the Government plans to increase that number to 150, as recommended in the Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	3703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating crimes that can have life-long impacts on victims and survivors. This Government is committed to ensuring that every victim of rape and sexual assault will have access to quality support, appropriate to their needs, when they need it. This includes a commitment to increase funding for victim support services to £185 million by 2024/25 - more than quadruple the level in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>Rape crisis and sexual abuse support centres are independent from the government. Their details are registered with the Charity Commission and Companies House. This government provides core funding across England and Wales via the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund to over 75 rape and sexual abuse support services which are run by these independent organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (England and Wales) has been extended for a further year until March 2023 to ensure support services have the funding stability they need. This allows for recommissioning for the next two years (2023/24 and 2024/25). The recommissioning process will take into consideration a wide range of factors to inform future funding decisions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/05/2022 15:14:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1437738

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape victims who have not had their (a) right to anonymity and (b) rights under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, including enhanced rights for intimidated witnesses, upheld; for what reason those rights have not been upheld; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those rights are upheld and reinstated after they have been breached.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	134064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Victims of rape do not have to apply for anonymity as it is an automatic lifetime protection from the point of report. Therefore, there is no requirement for the court to uphold their anonymity, and breach of this right is a criminal offence.</p><p>Victims of rape are eligible for enhanced support under the Victims’ Code. Such support includes being offered a referral to a specialist support service by the police, being contacted sooner after key decisions have been made and having access to special measures, such as being screened from the defendant or giving evidence during the trial from outside the courtroom. The Crown Prosecution Service will seek the victims’ views on special measures and make the application to the court, but ultimately it is at the court’s discretion. We have expanded the current pilot of Section 28, which provides the option to pre-record cross-examination in advance of a trial, for complainants of sexual and modern slavery offences from three to seven Crown Court centres and will extend for this cohort nationwide as soon as practicable.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the special measures directions made by the courts. However, the second phase of the Common Platform, a digital case management system that helps users, such as HMCTS staff and the CPS, manage and share criminal case information more effectively, will allow us to collate this data when it is fully rolled out.</p><p>We recently consulted on a Victims’ Bill – which will build on the foundations provided by the Code to substantially improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system. We have already committed to placing the Code in statute to raise its profile and send a clear signal that the justice system must deliver for victims. The Bill will also make clearer and sharper lines of accountability if victims do not receive their rights from criminal justice agencies.</p><p>This Government is also publishing the first ever adult rape scorecard, which will bring together performance data from across the system in one place, allowing us to increase public transparency and hold agencies to account for delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2022 12:00:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq