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1713642

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for murder in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	23614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on convictions for murder offences.</p><p> </p><p>The published data, from 2010 to 2022, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcce7b63a23d0013c820f5/outcomes-by-offence-2022-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published data available, from year ending June 2011 until the year ending June 2023, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The full calendar year for 2023 will be available in the next update of the Outcomes by Offence tool, expected in May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The data can be accessed by navigating to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions’ </em>tab and using the offence code filer to select the following offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><ul><li>00101 Murder – victim aged 1 year or over</li><li>00102 Murder – victim under one year old</li></ul><p> </p><p>To cover the full period requested, convictions for murder offences from 2005 to 2009 have been provided in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>It is not advised to use this data to calculate conviction rate due to the Court Proceedings Database counting two separate records at two separate stages. We cannot track the defendant throughout their court journey and an individual may appear at each court in separate years, or for a different principal offence at different stages. As a result, this rate is not an accurate measure of the proportion of prosecutions that result in a conviction.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 29/04/2024 15:37:24 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris attachment 1 file name 2024-04-29 PQ 23614 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713643

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for rape in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	23615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving the criminal justice system’s response to rape. In 2019, we commissioned our end-to-end Rape Review, publishing this in 2021 alongside a clear Action Plan that committed to delivering sustained improvements for victims. In this Action Plan, we set ourselves stretching ambitions to return the volumes of adult rape cases being referred by the police, charged by the CPS, and going to court back to 2016 levels by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have exceeded each of these ambitions ahead of schedule. In practice, this means we have more than doubled the volumes of police referrals, charges, and cases reaching court compared to when the Review was commissioned in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Increases to conviction volumes or conviction rates were not included as ambitions for the Rape Review. The right to a fair trial means that juries should rightly make decisions independently and based on the facts of the case.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst not being a Rape Review ambition, the Ministry of Justice does hold data on convictions for rape offences.</p><p> </p><p>Published data for calendar years (from 2010 to 2022) can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bcce7b63a23d0013c820f5/outcomes-by-offence-2022-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published data available, providing data for the years ending in June from 2011 until 2023, can be found in the following tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The full calendar year for 2023 will be available in the next update of the Outcomes by Offence tool, expected in May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>This can be accessed by navigating to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions</em>’ tab and using the <em>Offence</em> filter to select the following offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><ul><li>19C Rape of a female aged 16 or over</li><li>19D Rape of a female aged under 16</li><li>19E Rape of a female child under 13 by a male</li><li>19F Rape of a male aged 16 or over</li><li>19G Rape of a male aged under 16</li><li>19H Rape of a male child under 13 by a male</li></ul><p> </p><p>To cover the full period requested, previously unpublished convictions for rape offences from 2005 to 2009 have now been provided in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>It is not advised to use this data to calculate conviction rate (the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of prosecutions). This is due to the Court Proceedings Database counting two separate records at two separate stages (one for prosecution, one for conviction). We cannot track the defendant throughout their court journey and an individual may appear at each court in separate years, or for a different principal offence at different stages. As a result, this rate is not an accurate measure of the proportion of prosecutions that result in a conviction.</p><p> </p><p>However, the most accessible published data for conviction rates is in the quarterly data summaries for the period 2019/20 onwards published by the CPS in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cps.gov.uk%2Fpublication%2Fcps-quarterly-data-summaries&amp;data=05%7C02%7CBarbora.Vyklicka%40justice.gov.uk%7C2b58ae9c79f542df230f08dc650f1631%7Cc687472871e641fea9e12e8c36776ad8%7C0%7C0%7C638496362671314955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PSYBLdccc%2FHcQ0l8alRAllmvPTjQpHR%2FBF8DjQfcguU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">CPS quarterly data summaries | The Crown Prosecution Service</a>. Furthermore, convictions rates 2007/8 to 2013/14 are available in the <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-violence-against-women-and-girls-crime-report-2013-2014" target="_blank">CPS Violence against Women and Girls crime report 2013-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 29/04/2024 15:37:41 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris attachment 1 file name 2024-04-29 PQ 23615 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713644

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of murder in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	23616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%. As shown in the attached table, the most recent data shows that reoffending rates for both murderers and rapists are at their lowest levels since 2005. In particular, the proportion of rapists who reoffend has fallen from 10.2% in 2005/06 to 5.3% in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to drive down the reoffending rate for all offenders by investing in a wide range of rehabilitative interventions to get them into skills training, work, and stable accommodation. Since 2021, we’ve rolled out Employment Hubs and Prison Employment Leads in all resettlement prisons and are delivering our temporary accommodation service for all prisoners at risk of homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>The full information requested can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23617 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:55:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-29 PQ 23616 23617 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1713645

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of rape in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	23617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%. As shown in the attached table, the most recent data shows that reoffending rates for both murderers and rapists are at their lowest levels since 2005. In particular, the proportion of rapists who reoffend has fallen from 10.2% in 2005/06 to 5.3% in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to drive down the reoffending rate for all offenders by investing in a wide range of rehabilitative interventions to get them into skills training, work, and stable accommodation. Since 2021, we’ve rolled out Employment Hubs and Prison Employment Leads in all resettlement prisons and are delivering our temporary accommodation service for all prisoners at risk of homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>The full information requested can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23616 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:55:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-29 PQ 23616 23617 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1601509

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the provision of non-legal members to Employment Tribunals was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	159079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Expenditure by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service attributed to non-legal members in the Employment Tribunal in 5 financial years from 2017-18 to 2021-22:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>3.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>4.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Expenditure includes member fees, associated pension, travel, and subsistence costs. It does not include costs of training non-legal members incurred by Judicial Office, nor the cost of employer’s national insurance contribution incurred in respect of non-legal members as these cannot be disaggregated from costs for all fee-paid members.</p><p>The increase in expenditure in 2021-22 followed the implementation of a pension scheme for non-legal members. A change to eligibility meant non-legal members were offered access to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) pension scheme, with costs reflected from April 2021.</p><p>The expenditure excludes backdated pension contributions paid to Employment Tribunal non-legal members covering their eligibility for the period November 2012 - March 2020; which cannot be disaggregated from costs for all jurisdictions (£7.09m for all jurisdictions).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/03/2023 08:46:24 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1543291

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October to Question 68037 on Veterans: Repossession Orders, how many veterans moved from their settled home due to being evicted on a (a) fault and (b) no fault basis in each month since 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	89936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect or hold any data on the occupation or previous occupations of defendants at any stage of possession proceedings up to and including eviction, nor whether parties to possession proceedings have served in the armed forces.</p><p> </p><p>Official published statistics on possession volumes can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities holds CORE Social Housing Lettings data on households in new social housing lettings in England. This includes how many veterans moved from their previous settled home into a new social housing letting due to being evicted on a (a) fault and (b) no fault basis. This data was provided in our previous response to PQs 68036 &amp; PQ68037. The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities does not hold data on the reasons for leaving last settled home for veterans entering any other type of accommodation, outside of social housing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2022 15:15:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1524629

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Evictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of veterans who have been evicted in each month of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	68036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect or hold any data on the occupation or previous occupations of defendants at any stage of possession proceedings up to and including eviction, nor whether parties to possession proceedings have served in the armed forces.</p><p>Official published statistics on possession volumes can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a>.</p><p>CORE Social Housing Lettings data collected by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities provides information on new social housing lettings in England, including the percentage of veterans granted a new tenancy after being evicted from their previous home. This data is provided below.</p><p>Reason for leaving last settled home (where known) given by households in new social housing lettings, 2020/21</p><p>Source: CORE Social Housing Lettings</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for leaving last settled home</p></td><td><p>Formerly served in armed forces as a regular or reservist (% of all new social housing lettings to this group)</p></td><td><p>Never served in armed forces (% of all new social housing lettings to this group)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Assured shorthold tenancy- on a ‘no fault’ basis</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Assured shorthold tenancy -eviction, tenant at fault</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Fixed Term tenancy - eviction, tenant at fault</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Fixed Term tenancy - on a ‘no fault’ basis</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 68037 question first answered 26/10/2022 16:14:37 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1524630

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans:: Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of veterans who have had their homes repossessed in each month of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	68037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect or hold any data on the occupation or previous occupations of defendants at any stage of possession proceedings up to and including eviction, nor whether parties to possession proceedings have served in the armed forces.</p><p>Official published statistics on possession volumes can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a>.</p><p>CORE Social Housing Lettings data collected by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities provides information on new social housing lettings in England, including the percentage of veterans granted a new tenancy after being evicted from their previous home. This data is provided below.</p><p>Reason for leaving last settled home (where known) given by households in new social housing lettings, 2020/21</p><p>Source: CORE Social Housing Lettings</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for leaving last settled home</p></td><td><p>Formerly served in armed forces as a regular or reservist (% of all new social housing lettings to this group)</p></td><td><p>Never served in armed forces (% of all new social housing lettings to this group)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Assured shorthold tenancy- on a ‘no fault’ basis</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Assured shorthold tenancy -eviction, tenant at fault</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Fixed Term tenancy - eviction, tenant at fault</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Fixed Term tenancy - on a ‘no fault’ basis</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 68036 question first answered 26/10/2022 16:14:37 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1452494

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals recognising humanist marriages in advance of wider marriage law reform following a positive report from the Law Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	142529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>In 2014, the Government published a consultation paper and response assessing the potential merits of provision for non-religious belief marriages. This concluded that the matter was complex, and that by allowing Humanists to solemnise marriages in unrestricted locations, the Government would create a provision for Humanists that would not be available to all groups.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure we are considering the implications of changing the law on marriage on all groups, we invited the Law Commission to undertake a review which is currently underway and is expected to report in July of this year. By looking at the law comprehensively, the Law Commission will seek to put forward proposals that would ensure that, insofar as possible, groups and couples are all subject to the same rules and the same level of regulation. That reform is not possible by only authorising Humanist weddings, even on a temporary basis pending the Law Commission report.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will carefully consider the Law Commission’s recommendations when the final report is published in July, and it is right for us to wait for the outcome of the report before amending marriage law any further.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/03/2022 15:35:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1441342

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Remote Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	140610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department monitors and reports on its greenhouse gas emissions - information on this is published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/03/2022 16:47:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins