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1241330

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	100283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. This is an important and complex social policy reform and requires careful thought and consideration.</p><p>The Law Commission published its consultation paper on 3 September 2020 and the Government, following the final report, will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.</p><p>In parallel, the Government made clear when it announced the Law Commission project that it would also, as an interim measure, undertake work to allow more civil weddings and civil partnerships to take place outdoors through secondary legislation. This work is ongoing.</p><p>The Government has published guidance on planning COVID-19 secure marriages and civil partnerships at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 11:23:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1548442

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Employment Schemes
	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 support prison leavers find employment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	102761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.</p><p>We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.</p><p>Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.</p><p>We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 102762 question first answered 09/12/2022 09:53:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1548443

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of unemployment on re-offending rates.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	102762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.</p><p>We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.</p><p>Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.</p><p>We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 102761 question first answered 09/12/2022 09:53:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781432

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	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, whether he has made an assessment of the need for changes in the family courts system to address the issue of parental alienation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>“Parental alienation” describes a situation where a parent knowingly (or unknowingly) manipulates a child’s wishes and feelings towards the other parent in an effort to undermine and interfere with their relationship. The Government is confident that the family justice system can robustly address such behaviour when it is alleged in child arrangements cases.</p><p>As the child’s welfare must be the court’s paramount concern, there is a statutory presumption that the involvement of a parent in the child’s life will further the child’s welfare, unless the contrary can be shown. The court must consider the child’s ascertainable wishes and feelings and how capable each of the parents are of meeting the child’s needs. These principles of the Children Act 1989 safeguard against orders being made because of implacable hostility by one parent.</p><p>Where Cafcass practitioners prepare a report into the child’s welfare, they are aware of the potential for children to be influenced or alienated by parental views. Any concerns of ‘parental alienation’ will be reported to the court.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/11/2017 17:39:51 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1248455

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victims: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of assault are entitled to compensation in circumstances where the perpetrator did not complete their court-mandated rehabilitation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Where a person is convicted of an offence, criminal courts in England and Wales may make – and in some circumstances are required to consider making – a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage.</p><p> </p><p>Community orders consist of one or more requirements decided by the court. These can include rehabilitation activity requirements, treatment requirements or programme requirements, which specifically address offender needs.</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender fails to comply with any requirement of a community order, the court has wide powers: it can amend the order to make the requirements more onerous, impose a fine, or revoke the order and resentence the offender to any sentence that would have been available for that offence.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts taking into account the circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/11/2020 13:55:28 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

782844

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials: Translation Services
	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 level of take-up by defendants of their right to be tried in a language they understand.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry has several statutory obligations to provide interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings for defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry is committed to ensuring the justice system is supported by a range of high quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them. My officials monitor demand for these services and work with our suppliers to ensure the requests of these services are met. The latest official statistics published in September 2017, shows 98% of language service assessments are fulfilled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/11/2017 14:49:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

420780

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make identity theft a criminal offence.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	11440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Where a person steals somebody’s identity documents and/or uses somebody else’s identity to access a bank account or to make some other kind of financial gain, he or she can already be prosecuted under existing theft and fraud offences. We have no plans to create additional offences.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/10/2015 14:09:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1564613

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	County Courts: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards his Department has in place within the County Court system to help ensure that the names of parties to court cases are accurately recorded and are updated if a person's name is changed, including following a divorce, during the course of court proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	117433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the parties involved in court proceedings to ensure that the court is informed of the correct names of the parties, as well as any change of name during proceedings.</p><p>Most applications issued using the digital services of HMCTS automatically update the courts’ case management system with the names provided by the applicant. Whilst paper applications will usually require manual data entry by HMCTS, management checks are undertaken on sample of cases to ensure that case records accurately reflect the information provided on the application form.</p><p>In a divorce case further checks are also carried out at the decree nisi/conditional order and decree absolute/final order stage as a final check before the divorce is legally granted.</p><p>Throughout court proceedings any party can inform the court of a change of name or request a correction if an error has been made.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/01/2023 14:30:59 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

824508

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	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 grant legal recognition to humanist marriages under the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	123309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies would involve a range of issues for the Government to consider carefully. We have no current plans to amend this legislation but will keep the position under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/01/2018 17:52:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

824511

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is yet to respond to the Law Commission’s report on marriage law of December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	123312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Law Commission published its report in December 2015. The Government responded in September 2017 and the letter is available at the Law Commission website.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/01/2018 17:52:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe