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1180218

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Women's Centres: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Women's Centres.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	900827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the challenges that women’s community services, including women’s centres, face in securing stable funding. Sustainable community provision that provides specialist support for vulnerable women is essential to delivering the Female Offender Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in June 2018, we have invested £5.1 million funding in women’s services across England and Wales. With my officials, I am reviewing progress on delivering the Strategy 20 months on from its publication. This will include looking at the question of funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:48:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183689

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to covid-19, what steps he is taking to provide spaces for self-isolation throughout the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	27031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27028 27029 27032 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1186854

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners released from prison during the covid-19 outbreak are being tested for that disease before release.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	32720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Public health authorities decide whether to carry out tests on individual prisoners and there are no plans to test prisoners for COVID-19 before they are released from prison. This is in line with PHE guidance which states that requests for laboratory testing of individuals must meet the criteria for a possible case of COVID-19. We are working closely with PHE and will continue to follow their guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/03/2020 15:13:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1628881

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Ceremonies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will make it his policy to recognise Handfastings as a legal ceremony of marriage.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	185820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>In July 2019, the Government invited the Law Commission to undertake a wholesale review on weddings law in England and Wales. The Law Commission report was published on 19 July 2022 and contains 57 recommendations for extensive legislative reform.</p><p> </p><p>We must now take the time to consider the report recommendations fully. As has been set out in Parliament, marriage will always be one of our most important institutions, and we have a duty to consider the implications of any changes to the law in this area very carefully. We will publish a response to the report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/05/2023 09:51:32 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490273

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time has been between arrest and appearing in front of magistrates for people charged with knife possession in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last 12 years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	38791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes timeliness estimates of the key stages of the criminal justice system as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly National Statistics release.</p><p>The published estimates cover the periods from offence to charge, charge to first listing and through from first listing to completion (at either magistrates’ and Crown Court).</p><p>The latest published information is available to March 2022 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 26/07/2022 13:04:29 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183685

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	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 prevent the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	27028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27029 27031 27032 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542288

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has he made of the number of rental repossessions in Birmingham since 1 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	87936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87935 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1170370

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders who received (a) a fixed penalty notice and (b) another type of out of court disposal for a crime committed on retail premises were repeat offenders in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	2640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>he Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. However (PQ 2640, 2641, 2642), this data does not identify the context or specific location of offences, i.e. whether that offence has been carried out on a shop worker or on retail premises.</p><p>The Home Office collates and publishes information on fixed penalty notices.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802305/out-of-court-disposal-tool-2018.xlsx<br> <br>PQ 2637<br>• In the PND pivot replace ‘Outcome’ with ‘Offence’ in the ‘Row’ field. The total number of PNDs issued for ‘DA12 Theft (retail under £100)’ will then be displayed in row 28.</p><p>PQ 2638<br>• In the Cautions filter by ‘offence’ to include only ’46 Theft from Shops’. The total number of cautions issued for these offences in each year will then be displayed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2637 2638 2641 2642 question first answered 17/01/2020 12:01:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542287

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of home repossessions in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK since 1 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	87935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87936 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

900555

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number criminal law barristers who will be be affected by the proposed change to legal aid funding in (a) Birmingham and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	142498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We greatly value the work of criminal advocates which is why we worked closely with the Criminal Bar Association and others when designing the new Advocates Graduated Fees Scheme that was introduced in April.</p><p>In 2016-17, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) made payments to 3,715 self-employed advocates with LAA account numbers registered in England and Wales, 242 of which were based in Birmingham. This is based on 2016-17 closed case bills from the LAA’s January-March 2016-17 statistics publication:- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/05/2018 16:50:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill