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1301418

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Pre-sentence Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young adults aged 18 to 25 years received (a) a pre-sentence report, (b) a maturity assessment alongside a pre-sentence report and (c) an assessment for neuro-disabilities alongside a pre-sentence report in the most recent period for which that information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	166405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Young adults aged 18-25 year olds are recognised as a group that has distinct needs, which may include factors such as psychosocial maturation, neurological development or history of acquired brain injury, among other issues.</p><p>A detailed assessment is contained within the Offender Assessment System (OASys) and specific screening processes are also used. The Maturity Screening Tool allows practitioners to identify young adult men with lower levels of maturity who are most in need of support.</p><p>The Choices and Change Resource Pack can be used with young adult men to support the development of psychosocial maturity. It is important to note that there are a range of accredited programmes available, which young adult men can access if they meet the suitability criteria in terms of risk, need and responsivity factors. The screening tool can be completed at a number of stages, including as a pre-sentence report or as part of sentence planning. An individual’s history, including adverse childhood experiences, can also be noted. This information is recorded on an individual’s case file and shared as necessary.</p><p>The number of young adults who received a pre-sentence report between July and September 2020 is outlined in table 1 below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Court reports prepared, July to September 2020, England and Wales (1) (2) (3) (4)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of court reports prepared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>4,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>16,993</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Excludes breach, deferred sentence and court review reports (for further details please see the guide to offender management statistics at the link below).</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2020</p><p>(2) During April to June 2020, the number of cases processed at the criminal courts was substantially reduced as a result of the operational restrictions that were put in place on 23 March 2020 following the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the impact of these operational restrictions will continue to affect subsequent periods as numbers recover to the levels seen before the pandemic.</p><p>(3) Data refers to court reports prepared rather than individuals, therefore, the same individual may be counted more than once.</p><p>(4) Age on sentence date.</p><p> </p><p>For <strong>part (a)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405,</strong> the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) can only provide figures on the number of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report. The second element of part (a), which requests figures on the proportion of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it involves linking court data with probation data.</p><p>The information requested for parts<strong> (b) and (c)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405</strong> is not collated centrally by the MoJ.</p><p>The MoJ does not collect data on the effect of adverse childhood experiences on levels on criminality in young adults who are either charged or sentenced.</p><p>The MoJ does not hold any data that would allow us to say what proportion of young adults convicted for serious offences were themselves past victims of the specified offence types</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 166406 166407 question first answered 15/03/2021 17:59:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301417

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials for young adult defendants aged 18 to 25 years have taken place in (a) Magistrates courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	166404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The number of effective<sup>1</sup> trials in the Crown Court for young adult defendants aged 18-25 in the last five years is set out below. The information requested in relation to magistrates’ courts trials for young adult defendants could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This is because whilst the data held on the HMCTS management information systems contains manually collated data on trial volumes for adult and youth cases, it does not collect data for the specific banding of those aged between 18-25.</p><p>For trials in the Crown Court, where the main defendant is in the age group 18-25, the number of effective trials has consistently fallen over the time period from 4,804 trials between October 2015 and September 2016 down 71% to 1,380 trials in the year ending September 2020. This is in line with national figures for all age groups in the same time period where the number of effective trials fell 70% from 18,967 to 5,726.</p><p>As it is not possible to provide numbers of young adult trials for the magistrates’ courts, it is therefore not possible to provide the proportion of Crown Court trials as a proportion of all effective trials for 18-25 year olds.</p><p>For the 18-25 age range, we would need to extract data on every hearing or disposal and calculate the age by using the date of birth and compare against the date of offence. This would allow us to manually calculate the number of 18-25 year olds as there is not a specific band for this<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Effective Crown Court Trials<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 - 25 years old<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015 - Sep 2016</p></td><td><p>4,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016 - Sep 2017</p></td><td><p>4,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017 - Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>3,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2018 - Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>3,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2019 - Sep 2020</p></td><td><p>1,380<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>A breakdown of the total number of trials listed during the reporting period indicated. Not all cases will go to trial, for the purposes of trial effectiveness we consider a ‘trial’ at the point of initial listing. A trial which goes ahead on the planned date and occurs is then considered as ‘effective’. A trial that is listed but does not go ahead is considered either cracked, ineffective or vacated as detailed in the supporting guidance document which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.</li><li>Estimates for Oct 2019 - Sep 2020 exclude a small number of cases which have transitioned to the Common Platform system in the early adopter site (Derby Crown Court).</li><li>Age is calculated as the age of the main defendant at trial when the case was initially received.</li></ol> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/03/2021 19:54:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301420

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young adults aged 18-25 who are sentenced for serious and violent offences have been a victim of (a) crime (b) violent crime and (c) sexual offending as a child.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	166407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Young adults aged 18-25 year olds are recognised as a group that has distinct needs, which may include factors such as psychosocial maturation, neurological development or history of acquired brain injury, among other issues.</p><p>A detailed assessment is contained within the Offender Assessment System (OASys) and specific screening processes are also used. The Maturity Screening Tool allows practitioners to identify young adult men with lower levels of maturity who are most in need of support.</p><p>The Choices and Change Resource Pack can be used with young adult men to support the development of psychosocial maturity. It is important to note that there are a range of accredited programmes available, which young adult men can access if they meet the suitability criteria in terms of risk, need and responsivity factors. The screening tool can be completed at a number of stages, including as a pre-sentence report or as part of sentence planning. An individual’s history, including adverse childhood experiences, can also be noted. This information is recorded on an individual’s case file and shared as necessary.</p><p>The number of young adults who received a pre-sentence report between July and September 2020 is outlined in table 1 below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Court reports prepared, July to September 2020, England and Wales (1) (2) (3) (4)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of court reports prepared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>4,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>16,993</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Excludes breach, deferred sentence and court review reports (for further details please see the guide to offender management statistics at the link below).</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2020</p><p>(2) During April to June 2020, the number of cases processed at the criminal courts was substantially reduced as a result of the operational restrictions that were put in place on 23 March 2020 following the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the impact of these operational restrictions will continue to affect subsequent periods as numbers recover to the levels seen before the pandemic.</p><p>(3) Data refers to court reports prepared rather than individuals, therefore, the same individual may be counted more than once.</p><p>(4) Age on sentence date.</p><p> </p><p>For <strong>part (a)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405,</strong> the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) can only provide figures on the number of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report. The second element of part (a), which requests figures on the proportion of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it involves linking court data with probation data.</p><p>The information requested for parts<strong> (b) and (c)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405</strong> is not collated centrally by the MoJ.</p><p>The MoJ does not collect data on the effect of adverse childhood experiences on levels on criminality in young adults who are either charged or sentenced.</p><p>The MoJ does not hold any data that would allow us to say what proportion of young adults convicted for serious offences were themselves past victims of the specified offence types</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 166405 166406 question first answered 15/03/2021 17:59:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301419

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of adverse childhood experiences on levels of criminality among young adults aged 18-25 who are (a) charged and (b) sentenced.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	166406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Young adults aged 18-25 year olds are recognised as a group that has distinct needs, which may include factors such as psychosocial maturation, neurological development or history of acquired brain injury, among other issues.</p><p>A detailed assessment is contained within the Offender Assessment System (OASys) and specific screening processes are also used. The Maturity Screening Tool allows practitioners to identify young adult men with lower levels of maturity who are most in need of support.</p><p>The Choices and Change Resource Pack can be used with young adult men to support the development of psychosocial maturity. It is important to note that there are a range of accredited programmes available, which young adult men can access if they meet the suitability criteria in terms of risk, need and responsivity factors. The screening tool can be completed at a number of stages, including as a pre-sentence report or as part of sentence planning. An individual’s history, including adverse childhood experiences, can also be noted. This information is recorded on an individual’s case file and shared as necessary.</p><p>The number of young adults who received a pre-sentence report between July and September 2020 is outlined in table 1 below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Court reports prepared, July to September 2020, England and Wales (1) (2) (3) (4)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age group</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of court reports prepared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-25</p></td><td><p>4,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>16,993</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Excludes breach, deferred sentence and court review reports (for further details please see the guide to offender management statistics at the link below).</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2020</p><p>(2) During April to June 2020, the number of cases processed at the criminal courts was substantially reduced as a result of the operational restrictions that were put in place on 23 March 2020 following the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the impact of these operational restrictions will continue to affect subsequent periods as numbers recover to the levels seen before the pandemic.</p><p>(3) Data refers to court reports prepared rather than individuals, therefore, the same individual may be counted more than once.</p><p>(4) Age on sentence date.</p><p> </p><p>For <strong>part (a)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405,</strong> the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) can only provide figures on the number of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report. The second element of part (a), which requests figures on the proportion of young adults receiving a pre-sentence report, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it involves linking court data with probation data.</p><p>The information requested for parts<strong> (b) and (c)</strong> of <strong>PQ 166405</strong> is not collated centrally by the MoJ.</p><p>The MoJ does not collect data on the effect of adverse childhood experiences on levels on criminality in young adults who are either charged or sentenced.</p><p>The MoJ does not hold any data that would allow us to say what proportion of young adults convicted for serious offences were themselves past victims of the specified offence types</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 166405 166407 question first answered 15/03/2021 17:59:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301065

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Arts: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effect on creative workers in Scotland of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	913097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government understands that the cultural and creative sectors rely on the ability to move people across borders quickly, simply, and with minimal cost and administration.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working urgently across Government and in collaboration with the music and wider creative industries, including through a new working group which includes the devolved administrations, to help address these issues.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:17:45 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham