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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

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

1150099

	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	Road Traffic Offences: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many overseas drivers have been prosecuted for committing the offence of speeding on UK roads between August 2018 and August 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	818
	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 for speed limit offences in England &amp; Wales over the last decade, up to the year ending December 2018, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here:</p><p> </p><p><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><p> </p><p>However, the nationality of defendants is not centrally held in the court proceedings database. As a result, identifying the number of overseas drivers prosecuted for this offence would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/10/2019 16:54:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1150116

	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	Solicitors Regulation Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority has a code of conduct for its staff working in the (a) the Investigation and Supervision Unit, (b) Forensic Investigation Unit and (c) Legal and Enforcement Unit.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 958 959 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150117

	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	Solicitors Regulation Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ask the Legal Services Board to initiate a review of the consistency of Solicitors Regulation Authority decision-making in relation to (a) supervision, (b) investigations and (c) enforcement in connection with (i) sole practitioners and (ii) firms with no more than four partners, members or directors and which have an annual turnover of no more than £400,000.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 959 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150118

	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	Solicitors Regulation Authority
	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 effectiveness of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 958 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown