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1178314

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to help reduce rates of prisoner re-offending.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	2007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime. The current proven reoffending rate is 28.7%.</p><p> </p><p>We know that offenders typically have needs in a range of areas, such as education, employment, accommodation and family relationships. Many of these needs drive offending and the prison and probation system provides an opportunity to address them.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently overhauled the prison education system, giving governors more control over the education budget for their establishments, and have implemented two new prison education frameworks. Additionally, the new Prison Education Service will build on this by improving the range of training available to prisoners which is directly linked to real jobs on release. We are also engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and in May 2019 we introduced reforms to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL).</p><p> </p><p>We are investing up to £6.4m in an accommodation pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons: Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. Services have now commenced in all three areas, with the first individuals now being supported into accommodation following release.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making positive progress in implementing the recommendations as set out by Lord Farmer’s review on the importance of family engagement to reduce reoffending and we have delivered 13 out of the 19 recommendations to date.</p><p> </p><p>Although much is being done to reduce reoffending, this remains a complex issue that requires a combined effort across government and local partners in order to support ex-offenders when they are released.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:10:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1185173

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the regulation of enforcement agents by an independent body.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	30186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the implementation of reforms, contained in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and introduced in 2014, which govern how enforcement agents (bailiffs) enforce debt. We held a call for evidence to inform our review, which ran from November 2018 to February 2019.</p><p>In a Written Ministerial Statement made on 22 July 2019, the Department set out its initial response to the call for evidence. We said that we would consider further how regulation of the sector might be strengthened, but we are clear that any further regulation must be effective, proportionate and sustainable.</p><p>We will respond in full to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/03/2020 15:32:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1220904

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Matrimonial Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Family Justice Council and (b) other stakeholders on the use of Mesher Orders in divorce cases.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	69747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>There is guidance on Mesher Orders within the Family Justice Council’s <em>Guidance on “Financial Needs” on Divorce</em> (April 2018 – 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.). This was produced following the Law Commission’s recommendation in 2014 that the Family Justice Council prepare guidance on “financial needs” on divorce. The Department has not had recent discussions with the Family Justice Council or other stakeholders about Mesher Orders.</p><p>During the passage of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill through Parliament, the Government committed to set up a Lord Chancellor’s working group to conduct a review of the law of financial provision on divorce. This review will be led by the evidence, which is yet to be gathered, on whether there are problems with the current law and, if so, how these might be addressed. The Ministry of Justice is now considering terms of reference and membership of the working group. The Government will seek to ensure that the working group has a balance of members from across different professions.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/07/2020 16:34:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1222610

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Standards
	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 his Department's estate delivers (a) effective public services and (b) value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	71929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>We continue to keep our estate under review to ensure it delivers effective public services and value for money. We have already launched the most ambitious prison building programme for generations, delivering over 13,000 places by the mid-2020s, and have dramatically increased the use of technology in the courts system. An extra £285m of improvements to courts and prisons will be made this year as part of the plan for economic recovery announced by the Prime Minister. This extra spending will keep thousands of people in work and generate jobs for thousands more, helping the UK recover from the economic freeze brought on by coronavirus. These improvements will also help to speed up justice through the courts and improve education in prisons and youth custody so that offenders leave less likely to reoffend.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/07/2020 12:04:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1244330

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cemeteries
	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 merits of regulating privately owned natural burial grounds.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	105599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the operation of natural burial grounds and cemeteries is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-burial-ground-guidance-for-operators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-burial-ground-guidance-for-operators</a>. The Government anticipates that those operating private burial grounds will adhere to the standards and principles underpinning the framework of regulation and guidance which applies to local authority burial grounds.</p><p>The Law Commission’s current Programme of Law Reform includes a project to consider modernising and streamlining the law governing the disposal of human remains, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2020 16:27:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1420675

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on supporting offenders into employment following their release from prison.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	905519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are delivering on our commitments in the recent Prisons Strategy White Paper to improve employment outcomes for prison leavers:</p><ol><li>Creating a presumption in favour of enabling vetted and appropriate inmates, and offenders released on licence, to take up work opportunities;</li><li>Introducing new Resettlement Passports, bringing together all of the essentials that prison leavers need to lead crime-free lives on release into one place, such as ID that demonstrates a prisoner’s right to work and a bank account;</li><li>Putting a dedicated Employment Advisor in every resettlement prison;</li><li>Developing a digital candidate matching system to match prisoners to roles on release;</li><li>Establishing Employment Hubs, a ‘job-centre in a prison’ where prisoners can get support and find opportunities;</li><li>Establishing Employment Boards, which link prisons with local business networks to provide advice and challenge so that prisons deliver the skills that employers need.</li></ol> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/02/2022 16:23:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1438324

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of what the £200 million allocated by his Department to be spent on prisoner rehabilitation each year by 2024-25 will be spent on; and how that spending will be measured.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	135697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>As set out in our Prisons Strategy White Paper, we are building on the £50 million investment made in 2021 by spending £200 million a year by 2024-25 on reducing reoffending. We will spend this on improving prison leavers’ access to accommodation, by transforming education in prisons and how we get offenders into work, substance misuse treatment and further measures for early intervention to tackle youth offending.</p><p> </p><p>We will set plans out in further detail when our Outcome Delivery Plan 2022-25 is published, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2022 11:38:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1623628

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on expanding the availability of 12-week transitional accommodation for prison leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	uin	182737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The transitional Community Accommodation Service-Tier 3 (CAS3) was launched in 2021, initially in five probation regions, providing up to 12 weeks' accommodation on release, with support to move on to settled accommodation. Between 1 July 2021 and 17 June 2022, over 2,300 individuals, who would have otherwise been homeless, were accepted on to CAS3.</p><p>We expanded the service to cover Wales in June 2022, and are now in the process of extending it to the remaining six probation regions in England, to support the thousands of offenders who leave prison homeless.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/05/2023 12:08:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

821498

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cemeteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group and (b) other stakeholders on the reuse of graves; and whether his Department plans to continue to review the matter of such reuse.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
	uin	122416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We continue to keep the issue of burial space under review and to maintain a dialogue about it with the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group - an expert group which meets twice yearly and is chaired by the Ministry of Justice - and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of its 13<sup>th</sup> Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission will be undertaking a project to consider the modernisation and streamlining of burial and cremation law, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 22/01/2018 16:58:32 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes