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1643604

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Justice Grant.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	188958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Grant is distributed to Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, for the operation and provision of youth justice services. Though varying by YOT, on average the grant makes up around a third of the funding YOTs receive. Local authorities and partner agencies provide the rest of their funding.</p><p>The youth justice system works to prevent offending and reoffending by children (those aged 10-17) and this Government has driven and overseen a number of achievements. In the year ending March 2022, the number of first time entrants was 8,000, which is a 78% fall from the year ending March 2012. Over the same period, the average youth custody population fell by 77% to an average of 450, and the proven reoffending rate fell to 31.2%.</p><p>We want to go further still to drive and oversee the youth justice system. The MoJ introduced a new set of Key Performance Indicators in April 2023 so as to provide greater insight of how the youth justice system is operating.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2023 11:20:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1582923

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice: Standards
	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 impact of the number of cases currently awaiting a hearing in the Youth Court on the effectiveness of the youth justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	138016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Cases involving young defendants are given priority, irrespective of the court in which they appear, and youth cases are continually reviewed to ensure that they are progressed as quickly as possible.</p><p>There were 8,099 youth outstanding cases in magistrates' courts in England and Wales as at the end of September 2022, the most recent time period available. This includes any case involving a defendant under the age of 18 heard in the magistrates’ courts, not just those heard in the Youth Court. It is not possible to separate out statistics for the latter.</p><p>At any one time there will always be outstanding cases – those for which evidence is being prepared for example. Other than the increase in cases due to Covid in 2020, the number of current cases is broadly in line with those over recent years and we do not anticipate any adverse impact on the youth justice system.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/02/2023 17:54:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606839

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Staff
	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 adequacy of staffing levels across the youth estate.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	172488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service’s first priority is the safety and well-being of the young people in its care. In the current challenging circumstances, that requirement continues to be paramount. Staff retention and recruitment is a challenge in all parts of HMPPS, not only within the youth secure estate. We are actively working to reduce high turnover of staff in the Young Offender Institutions. In addition to changes to national pay progression arrangements, we are focusing on action to improve retention. Exit interviews are made available to every leaver, to help us understand and address the reasons why staff may decide to leave.</p><p> </p><p>Since December 2022, there has been a reduction in resignations by frontline staff across the Young Offender Institution sector. Whilst staffing is challenging in the Secure Training Centre too, this has not affected the levels of regime for education or enrichment available to children.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/03/2023 16:37:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1537755

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Self Harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual self-harm incidents 1,2,3,4 by method, England and Wales, 2004-2021, how many self-harm incidents by (a) cutting and scratching, (b) hanging, (c) overdose, self-poisoning or swallowing, (d) Self-strangulation and (e) burning occurred in youth estates in (a) 2022 and (b) since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	74699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing everything possible to ensure the safety of children and young people in custody.</p><p>Between the quarters ending June 2021 and June 2022, the number of self-harm incidents across the whole of the Children and Young People Secure Estate decreased from 473 to 455, and the number of children and young people self-harming also decreased, from 104 to 79. As the average population during this time fell by 11 per cent – from 550 children and young people to 492 – the annualised rate of self-harm incidents per 100 children and young people per year rose by 8 per cent. As the figures have only recently been compiled and published, it has not yet been possible to make an assessment of the reasons for the increase.</p><p>The requested statistics can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Method(1)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2010 to March 2019(2)(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2019 to December 2021(3)(b)</strong></p></td><td><p>J<strong>anuary 2022 to June 2022(b)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cutting and scratching</p></td><td><p>6,655</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hanging(4)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overdose, self-poisoning or swallowing</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Self-strangulation(5)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burning(6)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asphyxiation(7)</p></td><td><p>2,547</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1)A Self-Harm incident may have included more than one method, so the overall number of incidents will be less than the sum of the methods used.</p><p>(2)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(3)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(4)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(5)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(6)Until March 2019, Burning was not reported separately.</p><p>(7)From April 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were reported separately.</p><p>We are rolling out psychological interventions for every child that needs it with counselling psychologists, forensic psychologist and family therapists.</p><p>We are also working with the NHS to deliver a framework which will ensure every child gets a full needs assessment and support plan encompassing education, health and behavioural problems.  Both of these measures will help protect young people and reduce violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74697 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:14:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1538544

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will implement the order of a judge at Winchester Crown Court that Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai be removed from a young offenders' institution as he is an adult; and what processes his Department has in place to assess whether those awaiting trial on remand are adults accommodated in the Youth estate and under-18 young offender institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	77271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Following the determination by Mrs Justice Cutts on 25 October 2022 that he is 21 years old, Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai was placed in Feltham B Young Offender Institution, which accommodates 18- 21-year-olds. He has now transferred to another site within the adult prison estate.</p><p>If there is reason to suspect that someone presenting at court as a child is 18 years old or over, an age assessment will be carried out by the local authority. If it confirms that the person is aged 18 or over, the court warrant will be amended accordingly. If an appeal is lodged, the young person will remain in the current placement with measures in place to safeguard the young person and others. While checks are being carried out, a contingency plan will be made to transfer them to the adult estate, should that prove necessary.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/11/2022 15:29:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1582022

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were awaiting hearing in the Youth Court as of 30 January (a) in each of the last five years and (b) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	135474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>There were 8,099 youth outstanding cases in magistrates' courts in England and Wales as at the end of September 2022, the most recent time period available. This includes any case involving a defendant under the age of 18 heard in the magistrates’ courts, not just those heard in the Youth Court. It is not possible to separate out statistics for the latter.</p><p>Cases involving young defendants are given priority, irrespective of the Court in which they appear, and youth cases are continually reviewed to ensure that they are progressed as quickly as possible.</p><p>At any one time, there will always be outstanding cases - these are not backlogs, they are cases where evidence is being prepared for trial. The table below shows the number of the outstanding youth cases for the period end of September 2017 to end of September 2022. Outstanding youth cases at the magistrates’ court in 2020 were impacted by the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic but have since returned to levels seen prior to the pandemic.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time period</p></td><td><p>Outstanding youth cases at Magistrates Courts, England &amp; Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>9,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>8,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>8,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2020</p></td><td><p>10,759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021</p></td><td><p>7,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>8,099</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/02/2023 14:40:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1683426

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing young adults who are not engaging with school to attend placements with employers.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	10486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Regular attendance at school is vital for children’s education, wellbeing and long-term development. School attendance is mandatory and parents have a duty, under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that their child of compulsory age, from 5 to 16 years old, receives an efficient full-time education.</p><p> </p><p>During their time in school, pupils should be able to benefit from a range of work experience placements as part of the wider curriculum. The careers statutory guidance makes it clear that schools and colleges should offer every pupil at least one experience of a workplace by age 16 and a further experience by age 18 through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience, in line with Gatsby Benchmark 6. This provides pupils with multiple opportunities to learn from different employers about work and the skills that are valued in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Where a pupil is not attending school regularly, the department expects schools and local authorities to consider the individual circumstances of each pupil and family, and take the best course of action to support the child’s return to school. The department would encourage parents to work with their child’s school and the local authority to discuss the reasons behind their absence and together agree a plan so that the right support can be put in place to help the child return to regular and consistent education.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the local authority has the duty, under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996, to provide education for compulsory aged children. Vocational placements, as part of an alternative provision offer, can provide a valuable ‘hook’ back into learning, as well as providing essential life skills for some of our most disengaged learners.</p><p> </p><p>At post-16, pupils have access to a range of work placement opportunities. Thousands of young people have benefited from world-class T Levels, all of which include a meaningful industry placement with an employer of at least 45 days.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2024 12:20:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1702286

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help broaden access to work experience for disadvantaged young people.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	22554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Work experience is an important aspect of the support pupils receive to follow rewarding learning and training pathways which lead to fulfilling careers.</p><p>The department works with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) to support secondary schools to provide pupils with multiple interactions with employers from year 7 to year 13 in line with Gatsby Benchmark 6, Experiences of the Workplace. The department has asked CEC to drive this agenda forward at pace to increase workplace opportunities, targeting pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, in response to evidence that these pupils are less likely to access work experience opportunities than their peers. In the latest annual data, 64% of institutions fully achieved the experiences of the workplace benchmark, which is a 12% increase from the year before.</p><p>The CEC Careers Hub network has been asked to use a proportion of their Hub Delivery Fund to stimulate meaningful employer-led activities to increase the quantity and quality of opportunities for young people to engage in encounters of the workplace with a focus on alternative provision, special educational needs and disabilities and Pupil Referral Units across all year groups.</p><p>In addition, £1.9 million has been invested to support Careers Hubs to offer workplace experiences for up to 15,000 economically disadvantaged young people, including virtual workplace experience pilots for more than 1,000 schools in coastal and rural communities, providing access to wider national networks of employers outside their local community.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/04/2024 11:26:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1702245

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide support to schools and colleges to help prepare minority ethnic young people to transition into work.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	22602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>High-quality careers information, advice and guidance is key to helping all young people make informed decisions about their future, including being able to find out about and consider the different options available to them.</p><p> </p><p>The department funds the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) to support schools and colleges to deliver high-quality careers programmes, to increase young people’s exposure to the world of work and to smooth the transition into their next step.</p><p> </p><p>The support provided by CEC is universal and provides young people in every part of the country, no matter what their background, with high-quality, tailored advice and guidance. Secondary schools are expected to develop and improve their careers provision for young people in line with the world-class Gatsby Benchmarks, including benchmark 3 which focuses on addressing the individual needs of each pupil.</p><p> </p><p>To support schools to address the individual needs of each pupil, in September 2021 CEC launched the Future Skills Questionnaire (FSQ), which is a student self-completion questionnaire that measures career readiness at points of transition across secondary education. Careers Leaders in secondary schools use FSQ insights to identify those students that require additional support in making their next career learning choice.</p><p> </p><p>Careers Hubs in the 2023/24 academic year are providing additional funding to deliver three distinct strands of activity focused on supporting more disadvantaged pupils:</p><ul><li>High-quality work experience for up to 15,000 young people with the greatest economic disadvantage.</li><li>Experiences with 20 employers from key growth sectors for up to 5,000 young people with a guarantee of a high-quality mock interview.</li><li>Virtual experiences for year 7 to 9 pupils in up to 600 institutions in coastal and rural areas.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/04/2024 11:31:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

756682

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Young People: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that European Social Fund projects for training young people from disadvantaged groups and communities continue after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	7720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s statement of October 2016 provided considerable clarity and certainty for the European Social Fund programme and confirmed that the Government will guarantee EU funding for projects signed before the UK’s departure from the EU, even when these projects continue after we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The full detail of the announcement can be found at the following website link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-philip-hammond-guarantees-eu-funding-beyond-date-uk-leaves-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-philip-hammond-guarantees-eu-funding-beyond-date-uk-leaves-the-eu</a></p><p> </p><p>In the longer term the Government is currently considering the future of all programmes that are currently EU funded. Leaving the EU means we will make our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. During these considerations the Government will explore options for training young people from disadvantaged groups and communities after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2017 16:43:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith