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1149864

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291004 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; and for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	1004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Government departments are mandated to use Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Energy frameworks for the supply of electricity. EDF is the current supplier and the current arrangement lasts until March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring with CCS how to increase the percentage of energy sourced from renewables. This includes the feasibility of changing the current percentage mix, the costs of securing matched renewable energy through obtaining Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origination (REGOs), and the timescales for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>To date the Department has prioritised energy efficiency and spend to save investment on its estate. But as part of the MoJ’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 or sooner, the Department is exploring options for increased on-site renewable energy generation, and low and no carbon energy supply.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/10/2019 14:46:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1150076

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mother and Baby Units
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to delay the start of a custodial sentence for pregnant women and new mothers until a place in a mother and baby unit has been made available to them.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing decisions are for the independent judiciary following relevant sentencing guidelines produced by the Sentencing Council.</p><p>In line with the sentencing guideline on the Imposition of Community and Custodial Sentences, the courts may choose to suspend a custodial sentence where there is strong personal mitigation or where immediate custody would result in significant harmful impact upon others. The expanded explanations produced by the Sentencing Council, which came into force on 1 October, provide further guidance on mitigation where an offender is pregnant.</p><p>Emergency Admissions Boards can be held to expedite a woman’s placement on a mother and baby unit, and there are a range of circumstances when these can be appropriate. Pregnant women receiving custodial sentences are also provided access to a number of supportive provisions reflective of that which is available in the community, including: being provided with the local NHS Pregnancy free advice line number; fortnightly multi-disciplinary Maternity Boards for all pregnant women; local mid-midwifery services; and appropriate Social Services support, including for pregnant women who refuse to engage with ante-natal services.</p><p>In recent weeks, an additional safeguard of hourly welfare observations during the night has been put in place by the Director of the Women’s Estate, for women who are post 28 weeks pregnant.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 15:52:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1150027

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Firearms: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of illegally importing firearms into the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for importing firearms and other weapons</p><p>in England &amp; Wales over the last 5 years, up to the year ending December 2018. This data is available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>To find the numbers of individuals convicted of crimes related to the importation of weapons in each year use the ‘Offence code’ filter to select offences ‘08173’, ‘08179’ and ‘08181’. The number of individuals convicted of these crimes in each year will then be shown in row 32.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1150209

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to make whole-life orders mandatory when sentencing people found guilty of the murder of a child; and how many child murderers were released into Hampshire in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	1072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Whole-life orders are the most severe form of punishment that the courts can impose, as such they are reserved for the most heinous cases of murder.</p><p>Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out that a whole life order is currently the appropriate starting point for the murder of a child involving the abduction of a child or sexual or sadistic motivation. As part of a forthcoming Sentencing Bill, we will look at extending the range of circumstances where the starting point, in cases of murder, is a whole life order. We do not publish information on the areas that offenders are released to for operational security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 17:02:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1150034

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Computer Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 2 September 2019 to Question 284794 on Probate: Computer Software, what steps he is taking to ensure applicants can give feedback on their satisfaction with the probate application process after a grant has been issued.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	1080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Probate Services provided by Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) have been designed and developed incorporating user feedback. The user satisfaction rate measured at the time the customer submits their application (the point at which they finish their interaction with our online process) remains consistent at 92%.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS welcomes customer views throughout their interaction with its services, including after the application has been made. The agency’s formal complaints and praise procedure is available for this purpose and customers can engage with it at the court, on the phone, or online at GOV.UK. Feedback is used to inform ongoing service improvement. In respect of probate HMCTS received feedback from applicants on their concerns in a number of ways. The agency has recruited more staff to address a peak of workload and is now issuing in excess of 1,000 grants a day, which has led to reductions in waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/10/2019 15:14:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1149895

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of voter ID fraud in the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	1086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>There is no specific offence of voter ID fraud. Cases are usually prosecuted as offences involving fraud by false representation as well as offences involving impersonation.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to ascertain if an offender was convicted specifically for voter ID fraud as this information is not centrally held in the court proceedings database. As a result, identifying the number of offenders convicted for voter ID fraud from court data would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission hold more detailed information which can be found at this link: <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/electoral-fraud-data/2018-electoral-fraud-data" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/our-research/electoral-fraud-data/2018-electoral-fraud-data</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/10/2019 16:44:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1150399

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the time taken for welfare benefits appeals to be heard by the tribunal service and (b) tackle the backlog of those appeals in (i) Wansbeck constituency and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	1671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice expects appeal hearings to take place as quickly as possible and is carrying out a series of initiatives to increase capacity which will help reduce waiting times for appellants. For appellants in Wansbeck, whose closest tribunal venue is in Bedlington, if the venue receives a request for an urgent hearing, the appellant may be offered an alternative venue or a telephone hearing, where appropriate. Furthermore, triage sessions have been held on Saturdays at the Newcastle venue. This is where the tribunal panel looks at a series of cases to assess whether a decision can be made prior to the appellant’s oral hearing date or if further evidence is required before a decision can be made. This reduces the risk of a case having to be adjourned on the day of the oral hearing.</p><p> </p><p>Across the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction more widely, the Department is currently in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders. In 2018, 232 medical members and 118 disability-qualified members were additionally appointed to the SSCS jurisdiction and an extra 129 fee-paid judges have recently been appointed. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from 112 salaried judges and 170 fee-paid judges being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, HMCTS are also developing a new digital system with the view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and a better service for all parties to the proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/10/2019 16:58:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1150575

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equal pay reviews there have been in his Department since 2010; what the dates were of those reviews; and whether his Department plans to undertake an equal pay review in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	1726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice conducts regular equality impact assessments on all proposed pay and policy changes and implementation. The MoJ operates a pay and grading structure where pay is defined by job weight and content.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS is responsible for preparing and submitting the Government’s annual evidence on Prison Officer’s pay to the independent Prison Service Pay Review Body. As part of this process, HMPPS looks at all equality issues based on the proposals and monitor the diversity of the remit group from available data. A full review was conducted in 2012 which resulted in the introduction of a new pay and grading structure and new ways of working (Fair and Sustainable) for Prison Officer grades. Fair and Sustainable was introduced to support pay equality, with salary determined by the requirements of the role based on the Job description.</p><p> </p><p>An Equality Impact Assessment on pay in the National Probation Service was carried out in September 2018 as part of a project to reform its pay structure.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/10/2019 15:51:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1150584

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the pay system in his Department has been changed to take account of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mr G Willetts and Others on holiday pay and voluntary overtime; and whether affected workers in his Department have been given back pay as a result of that ruling.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	1733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (HMPPS, HMCTS, CICA, LAA, and OPG) pay system has been updated in response to the tribunal case to meet the requirement for holiday pay and overtime. Affected staff have received arrears backdated to 1 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 14:52:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1150354

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to produce a Green Paper on a presumption against shorter sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Protecting the public will always be our priority. Community sentences will continue to be an important part of punishing and rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Following the urgent internal review of sentencing, the Government has recently announced a Sentencing Bill. This Bill will contain a range of measures targeted at serious violent and sexual offenders, but will also contain proposals for community penalties that offer an appropriate level of punishment, while tackling the underlying drivers of re-offending. Before the Sentencing Bill is introduced the Government intends to publish a White Paper setting out proposals for reform.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 13:49:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150362

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral contribution at the Justice Select Committee on 16 October 2019, what the total funding applied for by the Department was in the Spending Round 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In our Spending Round 2019 request, the Ministry of Justice sought funding for the department’s key priorities. This included funding to prepare for Brexit, to ensure the effective operation of the courts and tribunals system, to deliver a strong probation service, and to support a prisons system which provides decent and safe accommodation, and reduces reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry was successful in securing a 4.9% real term increase in our fiscal resource funding for the next financial year, having agreed a settlement of £8.142bn. In addition to our resource budget we also agreed a capital settlement for 2020-21 of £620m.</p><p> </p><p>We have subsequently agreed additional funding for 2020-21 of £156m to further invest in custodial maintenance. Our revised settlement for 2020-21 is £8.198bn fiscal resource and £720m capital. We are now in the process of setting internal budget allocations to ensure this budget delivers our priorities as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 15:07:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150477

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a rape charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a rape charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:21:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1748 Annex A.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150478

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a burglary charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials were a defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a burglary charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:15:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1749 Annex A.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150479

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes against the Person: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for an assault charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for a trial where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for an assault charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:05:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1750 Annex A.XLSX title Table 1
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150480

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Stalking: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a stalking charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a stalking charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:18:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 1751 Annex A.XLSX title Annex A
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150481

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a racially or religiously aggravated harassment charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a racially or religiously aggravated harassment charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:24:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1752 Annex A.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150482

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Firearms: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a possession of weapons charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	1753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a possession of weapons charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:23:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1753 Annex A.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1149022

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of offences where disability hate crime was a factor in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions by detailed offence. There is no specific offence under legislation for crimes involving disability hate crime, rather it is an aggravating factor in offences. This information may be held on court record, however, identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/10/2019 14:28:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1150887

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the letter from hon. Member for Enfield North of 27 August 2019 on the Government's urgent sentencing review.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	2637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland has responded to the letter from hon. Member for Enfield North, on behalf of the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 15:32:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1150880

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public appointments he is responsible for.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	2671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>As set out in Article 2(2) Bodies and Offices Regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments of the Order in Council 2019, the Secretary of State for Justice is responsible for the following appointments:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace</strong></p><p><strong>Advisory Council on Conscientious Objectors (This is an MoD Public Body - It was established in 1970 but its history can be traced back to the tribunals set up by the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. The 1970 arrangements included an agreement that, to make sure of the independence of the committee, these appointments should be made by the Lord Chancellor). </strong></p><p><strong>Chair of the National Council of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services Lay Observers</strong></p><p><strong>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass)</strong></p><p><strong>Civil Justice Council (CJC)</strong></p><p><strong>Civil Procedure Rule Committee</strong></p><p><strong>Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses</strong></p><p><strong>Court Examiners</strong></p><p><strong>Court of Protection Visitors</strong></p><p><strong>Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)</strong></p><p><strong>Criminal Procedure Rule Committee</strong></p><p><strong>Family Procedure Rule Committee</strong></p><p><strong>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales</strong></p><p><strong>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation</strong></p><p><strong>Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody</strong></p><p><strong>Independent Monitoring Board of any prison or young offender institution (IMBs)</strong></p><p><strong>Insolvency Rules Committee (This is a BEIS Public Body. However, legislation explains that the Lord Chancellor is responsible for making the public appointments).</strong></p><p><strong>Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman (JACO)</strong></p><p><strong>Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC)</strong></p><p><strong>Judicial Pension Board, independent Chair and independent members only</strong></p><p><strong>Law Commission, except for the Chair</strong></p><p><strong>Legal Services Board (LSB)</strong></p><p><strong>Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Lay Advisers (MAPPA)</strong></p><p><strong>National Chair of the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB)</strong></p><p><strong>National Mental Capacity Forum, Chair Only</strong></p><p><strong>Non-Judicial Members of Disciplinary Panels of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO)</strong></p><p><strong>Parole Board for England and Wales, except for judicial members</strong></p><p><strong>Persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid Agency: Funding and Costs Appeals Review Panel Members and Very High Cost Cases Appeals Panel Members)</strong></p><p><strong>Prisoner Escort and Custody Services Lay Observers (PECS)</strong></p><p><strong>Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)</strong></p><p><strong>Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB)</strong></p><p><strong>Sentencing Council for England and Wales</strong></p><p><strong>Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC)</strong></p><p><strong>Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB)</strong></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 13:46:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1151063

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for the non-payment of TV licence fees (i) in total and (ii) of women in each year from 1999 to 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	2678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for Television licence evasion for each year from 2008 to 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and convicted for TV licence evasion in the years between 1999 and 2007 by sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/10/2019 16:26:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 2678 table2.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151064

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people and (b) women have been imprisoned by Magistrates’ Courts in England and Wales for the non-payment of TV licence evasion fines in each month in (i) each year since 1995 and (ii) 2019 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	2679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table attached. Furthermore, Sentencing is a matter for independent judges who take the full facts of each case into account.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 3552 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:35:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 2679_reply.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151065

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television: Licensing