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1713166

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) producing and (b) publishing disaggregated justice data for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	23257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice produces the data required to deliver justice effectively in Wales. A significant amount of data is already published that is disaggregated for Wales.</p><p>Officials in the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service continue to work with Welsh Government officials to consider areas in which Wales-specific data is not available and examine whether any such data might further aid the delivery of justice in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/04/2024 11:38:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1714598

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of sobriety tagging schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
	uin	HL4148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>In advance of legislating for the introduction of the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) for community based sentences to tackle alcohol related offending, the Government contributed to funding for two pilots to ensure robust evaluation of the effectiveness of the measure. The pilots were carried out in London and in the North East of England and findings informed the introduction of AAMR in 2020. AAMR enables courts to impose an alcohol ban of up to 120 days on adult offenders who are not alcohol dependent, compliance is monitored using an alcohol tag.</p><p>Alcohol monitoring on licence was introduced in 2021 and enables probation to include an additional licence condition banning or restricting the consumption of alcohol, where a criminogenic need related to alcohol misuse is identified as an increase to risk. Funding has been allocated for evaluation of the processes, impact and value for money. A process and interim impact evaluation are expected to be published by the end of 2025. A full reoffending analysis and value-for-money assessment are expected by the end of 2026.</p><p>Evaluations published to date can be accessed via the links below:</p><p>MOPAC’s AAMR Final Impact Evaluation Report, <em>December 2020</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/aamr_final_impact_report_100521.pdf" target="_blank">aamr_final_impact_report_100521.pdf (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement: A review of process and performance from Year 2, <em>July 2018</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/aamr_final_process_performance_y2_report_final.pdf" target="_blank">aamr_final_process_performance_y2_report_final.pdf (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement The pan London roll out: A review of process and performance from year 1, <em>July 2017</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/annex_2_-_aamr_process_and_performance_report_2017.pdf" target="_blank">AAMR Interim Report (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement: South London Pilot Indicative Impact Report, <em>April 2017 </em>- <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/annex_1_-_aamr_early_impact_report_210417.pdf" target="_blank">Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>HNLY Pilot Process Evaluation Report, <em>October 2019</em> - <a href="https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Evaluation-of-the-AAMR-tagging-pilot.pdf" target="_blank">Evaluation-of-the-AAMR-tagging-pilot.pdf (northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p><p>The AAMR pilot in the North-East focused on domestic abuse perpetrators, the process evaluation shows that 31% of wearers were convicted of a domestic violence offence. Compliance with the alcohol ban shows that the devices did not register a tamper or alcohol alert on 97.4% of the days worn. The impact evaluation (including for reoffending) is underway for this pilot and is also intended to be published.</p><p>The evaluations to date and published statistics have shown a strong uptake of alcohol monitoring by courts and probation. The number of individuals fitted with an alcohol monitoring (AM) device as at 31 March 2024 was 2,862, a 27% increase over the previous 12 months. There were 12,506 new alcohol monitoring orders imposed across England and Wales in the year ending 31 March 2024. Overall, 24,305 new alcohol monitoring orders have been imposed since their introduction against an ambition of 12,000 by 2025 and compliance with the alcohol ban has remained consistent at over 97% for the total of days monitored. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electronic-monitoring-statistics-publication-march-2024" target="_blank">Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4149 question first answered 13/05/2024 11:21:10 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1714600

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success of sobriety tagging schemes, particularly for those convicted of serious assaults or domestic violence where alcohol was a factor.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
	uin	HL4149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>In advance of legislating for the introduction of the Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) for community based sentences to tackle alcohol related offending, the Government contributed to funding for two pilots to ensure robust evaluation of the effectiveness of the measure. The pilots were carried out in London and in the North East of England and findings informed the introduction of AAMR in 2020. AAMR enables courts to impose an alcohol ban of up to 120 days on adult offenders who are not alcohol dependent, compliance is monitored using an alcohol tag.</p><p>Alcohol monitoring on licence was introduced in 2021 and enables probation to include an additional licence condition banning or restricting the consumption of alcohol, where a criminogenic need related to alcohol misuse is identified as an increase to risk. Funding has been allocated for evaluation of the processes, impact and value for money. A process and interim impact evaluation are expected to be published by the end of 2025. A full reoffending analysis and value-for-money assessment are expected by the end of 2026.</p><p>Evaluations published to date can be accessed via the links below:</p><p>MOPAC’s AAMR Final Impact Evaluation Report, <em>December 2020</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/aamr_final_impact_report_100521.pdf" target="_blank">aamr_final_impact_report_100521.pdf (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement: A review of process and performance from Year 2, <em>July 2018</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/aamr_final_process_performance_y2_report_final.pdf" target="_blank">aamr_final_process_performance_y2_report_final.pdf (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement The pan London roll out: A review of process and performance from year 1, <em>July 2017</em> - <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/annex_2_-_aamr_process_and_performance_report_2017.pdf" target="_blank">AAMR Interim Report (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement: South London Pilot Indicative Impact Report, <em>April 2017 </em>- <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/annex_1_-_aamr_early_impact_report_210417.pdf" target="_blank">Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (london.gov.uk).</a></p><p>HNLY Pilot Process Evaluation Report, <em>October 2019</em> - <a href="https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Evaluation-of-the-AAMR-tagging-pilot.pdf" target="_blank">Evaluation-of-the-AAMR-tagging-pilot.pdf (northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p><p>The AAMR pilot in the North-East focused on domestic abuse perpetrators, the process evaluation shows that 31% of wearers were convicted of a domestic violence offence. Compliance with the alcohol ban shows that the devices did not register a tamper or alcohol alert on 97.4% of the days worn. The impact evaluation (including for reoffending) is underway for this pilot and is also intended to be published.</p><p>The evaluations to date and published statistics have shown a strong uptake of alcohol monitoring by courts and probation. The number of individuals fitted with an alcohol monitoring (AM) device as at 31 March 2024 was 2,862, a 27% increase over the previous 12 months. There were 12,506 new alcohol monitoring orders imposed across England and Wales in the year ending 31 March 2024. Overall, 24,305 new alcohol monitoring orders have been imposed since their introduction against an ambition of 12,000 by 2025 and compliance with the alcohol ban has remained consistent at over 97% for the total of days monitored. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electronic-monitoring-statistics-publication-march-2024" target="_blank">Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4148 question first answered 13/05/2024 11:21:10 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1715003

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) unaccompanied children and (b) other asylum seekers can access legal aid services in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	24330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) monitors supply across its legal aid contracts on an ongoing basis and, where demand is greater than the available supply, takes action within its operational powers to secure additional provision to ensure the continuity of legal aid-funded services. The LAA is satisfied that there is adequate provision of services in Wales across all categories of legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>Once implemented, individuals who receive a removal notice under the Illegal Migration Act (IMA) will have access to free legal advice in relation to the removal notice.</p><p> </p><p>We are setting fees for IMA work at 15% above the usual hourly rate to help augment capacity so we can meet the anticipated increase in demand for legal aid advice.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a number of steps to help increase access to legal aid for immigration and asylum cases across England and Wales. For example, we are providing up to £1.4m of funding in 2024 for accreditation and reaccreditation of senior caseworkers to conduct immigration and asylum legal aid work.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, we brought non-asylum immigration and citizenship matters into scope for under 18s who are not in the care of a parent, guardian, or legal authority. This means, for example, that a separated migrant child making an application for entry clearance, leave to enter, or to remain in the United Kingdom, or an application for registration as a British citizen or as a British subject, or for registration as a British overseas territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen is now entitled to legal aid, subject to the means and merits tests.</p><p> </p><p>The ongoing Review of Civil Legal Aid is considering the broader economic context of the civil legal aid market as a whole, including for immigration cases, so that it can operate sustainably in the long-term. we are due to publish a Green Paper in July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 24328 24329 24331 question first answered 09/05/2024 14:08:56 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1715010

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech entitled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement on the plan to stop the boats, published by the Prime Minister’s office on 22 April 2024, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the judiciary have identified 150 judges who could provide over 5,000 sitting days to deal with challenges to the removal of asylum seekers from the UK under the provisions of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	24250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) provides for First-tier Tribunal judges to be deployed to sit in the Upper Tribunal to hear IMA appeals. As the Lord Chancellor set out in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024: “The judiciary have identified relevant judges, which could provide over 5,000 additional sitting days. The decision on whether to deploy additional judges temporarily to the Upper Tribunal, including when they sit and the courtrooms they use, is for the independent judiciary and will be taken by the relevant leadership judges at the time and in the interests of justice”.</p><p>It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary. However, the Ministry of Justice is working closely with the judiciary in preparation for implementation of the Illegal Migration Act and I refer you to the Lord Chancellor’s Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024, which addressed the topic (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-01-16/hcws188" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-01-16/hcws188</a>).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 24251 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:20:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1715011

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Lady Chief Justice and (b) Senior President of Tribunals on the deployment of judges to deal with cases specifically related to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	24251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) provides for First-tier Tribunal judges to be deployed to sit in the Upper Tribunal to hear IMA appeals. As the Lord Chancellor set out in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024: “The judiciary have identified relevant judges, which could provide over 5,000 additional sitting days. The decision on whether to deploy additional judges temporarily to the Upper Tribunal, including when they sit and the courtrooms they use, is for the independent judiciary and will be taken by the relevant leadership judges at the time and in the interests of justice”.</p><p>It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary. However, the Ministry of Justice is working closely with the judiciary in preparation for implementation of the Illegal Migration Act and I refer you to the Lord Chancellor’s Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024, which addressed the topic (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-01-16/hcws188" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-01-16/hcws188</a>).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 24250 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:20:54 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1715998

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bail: Remote Hearings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on its decision to make second and subsequent bail applications remote by default.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	24910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary.</p><p>The Lord Chancellor is supportive of any efforts to help ensure sufficient capacity in the courts to hear bail applications and to remove principal structural barriers to applications being submitted, and he welcomes the revised guidance launched by Judicial Office which sets out that all second and subsequent bail applications to the Crown Court should be heard remotely unless ordered otherwise by a judge.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/05/2024 08:49:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1700933

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) other staff have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to (A) drug smuggling and (B) corruption at HMP Berwyn in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no place for any form of corruption or unacceptable behaviour in the Prison Service. Such behaviour is contrary to our core values and will not be tolerated. The Ministry of Justice’s Counter Corruption Unit and Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit are working to ensure that professional standards of behaviour are maintained.</p><p>In relation to the various items of information requested, it is necessary to consider whether providing information in relation to a small number of cases could lead to the identification of individuals, in a way that would constitute a breach of our statutory obligations under data protection legislation. As we believe that the release of this information would risk such identification, it is not possible to provide the figures requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/04/2024 11:31:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1713538

	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	Child Rearing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle parental alienation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	23537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” and does not accept that it is a syndrome capable of diagnosis.</p><p>In his judgment in the case of <em>Re C</em> the President of the Family Division detailed that the courts focus should be on the “identification of ‘alienating behaviour’” rather than seeking “to determine whether the label ‘parental alienation’ can be applied”. In providing advice to the court, Cafcass does not recognise “parental alienation” and instead looks at the individual behaviours of a parent. In cases where a child is resistant, or refuses, to see a parent Cafcass Family Court Advisers must first consider whether domestic abuse or other forms of harmful parenting are a contributing factor.</p><p>The Government is aware of concerns of about unregulated “parental alienation” experts being instructed in the family courts. To address this issue, we are working with the Family Procedure Rule Committee to make changes to the Family Procedure Rules and their associated Practice Directions to prevent the instruction of these unregulated experts.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 01/05/2024 16:39:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1713957

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is for a child maintenance case to come before a tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	23712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 07/05/2024 14:18:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski