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786801

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date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, what information his Department holds on contractual performance relating to (a) education provision, (b) levels of activity, (c) time out of cell and (d) any other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In the youth custodial estate three establishments are currently operated by providers under contract: Parc Youth Offending Institution (YOI), Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) and Rainsbrook (STC). HMPPS took over the running of Medway STC in May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Education provision</p><p> </p><p>In both STCs and the private sector YOI, the contractual expectation is that young people spend 25 hours in education. Performance against this measure is set out below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of hours expressed as an average per young person per week of taught education and vocational training delivered in contracted STC and private YOI, in each calendar year for 2010 to 2017.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Year ending December</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.54</p></td><td><p>24.82</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.93</p></td><td><p>N/A<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill</p></td><td><p>24.91</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.96</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.86</p></td><td><p>24.75</p></td><td><p>24.63</p></td><td><p>24.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>24.67</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.85</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.87</p></td><td><p>26.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.80</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>22.97</p></td><td><p>25.27</p></td><td><p>25.45</p></td><td><p>23.23</p></td><td><p>25.79</p></td><td><p>23.52</p></td><td><p>23.36</p></td><td><p>24.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.47</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for Medway STC is up to May 2016. This is when the centre transferred from being a contracted service to HMPPS.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill and Rainsbrook STCs is up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 cover the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This information is drawn from operational management information.</p><p> </p><p>Time out of cell</p><p> </p><p>The expectation in STCs is that young people will be unlocked for 14 hours per day. At Parc YOI the expectation depends on the young person’s Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) level. IEP is set against behaviour and can range from 9 to 12 hours during the week and between 7.75 and 10.75 hours at the weekend.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of hours a young person spent unlocked from their room.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: The number of hour’s young people spent unlocked from their room expressed as an average per day in contracted STC and private YOI in each calendar year from 2010 to 2017.</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>14.03</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.01</p></td><td><p>13.96</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>12.84</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.93</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.86</p></td><td><p>13.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>13.75</p></td><td><p>13.88</p></td><td><p>14.23</p></td><td><p>12.79</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td><td><p>13.55</p></td><td><p>12.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.38</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>10.14</p></td><td><p>11.03</p></td><td><p>10.78</p></td><td><p>10.93</p></td><td><p>10.65</p></td><td><p>10.01</p></td><td><p>9.16</p></td><td><p>10.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.78</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.93</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.07</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for contracted STCs is available up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill 2014 is an 11 month average due to a data reporting issue.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 covers the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This data has been taken from data submitted each month by secure establishments via the YJB’s Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF) database.</p><p> </p></li></ol><p><strong>General notes:</strong></p><p>Administrative databases; All data above has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p>Other Activity</p><p> </p><p>As well as education (which can take the form of classroom based education, vocational training and Physical Education) young people may also receive a range of other interventions based on their specific needs, for example, a young person may require specialist mental health or speech and language support to enable learning and improve behaviour. Young people may also participate in enrichment activities at evenings and weekends.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate</p><p>A broad range of data is collected from establishments to inform commercial, commissioning and performance management processes. These measures do not necessary relate to commissioned targets, but offer an indication on how a particular service is operating.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Annual Statistics document provides further data and information relating to the youth custodial estate. This document is a snapshot of the cohort and describes its characteristics. For example, it provides data on the average population of young people in custody in the youth secure estate, both remanded and sentenced as well as the average time spent in custody.</p><p> </p><p>The document can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 15:55:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786814

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice
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 tender contracts to private companies for the provision of youth justice services.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of young people held in custody is our highest priority.</p><p> </p><p>Across the youth estate, we have been clear that a safe, decent, environment needs to be created to ensure effective rehabilitation. That is why we have a specific programme dedicated to youth justice reform and the Department is investing £64 million to reform youth custody, to enhance safety and improve outcomes for young people in our establishments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to procuring youth justice services through open and fair competition to obtain quality outcomes and value for money for all young people whether in custody or being supervised in the community. Future contracts will continue to be commissioned from Public, Private and Third Sector organisations to secure the best services available within agreed financial limits.</p><p> </p><p>All sectors have a key role to play in delivering services across the Youth Justice Systems and it is essential we seek the highest levels of expertise when new contracted services are commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 15:54:24 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

784990

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison have received an adjudication for refusing to (a) transfer to a different prison and (b) move to a different wing within a prison.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	111505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst published adjudication statistics do contain data on the detailed offences resulting in an adjudication, this cannot be broken down to show only those that have received an adjudication for refusing to transfer prison or refusing to move wing. This information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 17/11/2017 10:54:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

784991

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to respond to the recommendations made in the Lammy Review, published on 8 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	111499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully all the recommendations made by David Lammy in his report and will respond in full, in due course. As part of my Department’s work stemming from the Race Disparity Audit published on 10 October we have confirmed that, in advance of our full response, we are able to accept four recommendations from the Review. These relate to the principle of “explain or change”, publishing more and better data on ethnicity, recruiting a more representative prison service workforce and developing indicators within prisons’ performance framework that allow us to assess the equality of outcomes for prisoners of all ethnicities.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/11/2017 16:14:51 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759413

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of the insurance industry to discuss changing the formula for calculating deductions from personal injury awards.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In separate meetings on 2 March 2017 Ministry of Justice officials met with the Association of British Insurers and then with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss issues arising from the Written Ministerial Statement about the personal injury discount rate made by the then Lord Chancellor on 27 February (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-27/HCWS503).</p><p> </p><p>The department has not had any other meetings with representatives of the insurance industry or the victims of accidents to discuss changing how the personal injury discount rate is to be set since 7 December 2016 when the then Lord Chancellor announced her intention to complete the then current review of the rate by 31 January 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Justice have, however, been present at meetings since that date with insurer and claimant interests on other subjects at which the subject of the discount rate has been raised, including a meeting with insurers and representatives of the insurance industry chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-meets-insurance-sector-leaders-to-discuss-personal-injury-discount-rate).</p><p> </p><p>The proposed changes to the way in which the discount rate is set could potentially affect the size of all lump sum awards of personal injury damages for future pecuniary loss. The size of the change would depend on the rate set and the composition of the award in question. The potential effect of the changes is analysed in the impact assessment published alongside the Command Paper <em>The Personal Injury Discount Rate How it should be set in future Draft Legislation </em>(Cm 9500). Copies of both documents were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 7 September. Copies are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future</a> and</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9850 9851 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759415

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department has had with the victims of accidents to discuss changing the formula for calculating deductions from personal injury awards.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In separate meetings on 2 March 2017 Ministry of Justice officials met with the Association of British Insurers and then with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss issues arising from the Written Ministerial Statement about the personal injury discount rate made by the then Lord Chancellor on 27 February (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-27/HCWS503).</p><p> </p><p>The department has not had any other meetings with representatives of the insurance industry or the victims of accidents to discuss changing how the personal injury discount rate is to be set since 7 December 2016 when the then Lord Chancellor announced her intention to complete the then current review of the rate by 31 January 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Justice have, however, been present at meetings since that date with insurer and claimant interests on other subjects at which the subject of the discount rate has been raised, including a meeting with insurers and representatives of the insurance industry chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-meets-insurance-sector-leaders-to-discuss-personal-injury-discount-rate).</p><p> </p><p>The proposed changes to the way in which the discount rate is set could potentially affect the size of all lump sum awards of personal injury damages for future pecuniary loss. The size of the change would depend on the rate set and the composition of the award in question. The potential effect of the changes is analysed in the impact assessment published alongside the Command Paper <em>The Personal Injury Discount Rate How it should be set in future Draft Legislation </em>(Cm 9500). Copies of both documents were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 7 September. Copies are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future</a> and</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9849 9851 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759418

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
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 how many victims of serious accidents would have their income affected by proposed changes to the formula for calculating deductions from personal injury awards.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In separate meetings on 2 March 2017 Ministry of Justice officials met with the Association of British Insurers and then with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss issues arising from the Written Ministerial Statement about the personal injury discount rate made by the then Lord Chancellor on 27 February (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-27/HCWS503).</p><p> </p><p>The department has not had any other meetings with representatives of the insurance industry or the victims of accidents to discuss changing how the personal injury discount rate is to be set since 7 December 2016 when the then Lord Chancellor announced her intention to complete the then current review of the rate by 31 January 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Justice have, however, been present at meetings since that date with insurer and claimant interests on other subjects at which the subject of the discount rate has been raised, including a meeting with insurers and representatives of the insurance industry chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-meets-insurance-sector-leaders-to-discuss-personal-injury-discount-rate).</p><p> </p><p>The proposed changes to the way in which the discount rate is set could potentially affect the size of all lump sum awards of personal injury damages for future pecuniary loss. The size of the change would depend on the rate set and the composition of the award in question. The potential effect of the changes is analysed in the impact assessment published alongside the Command Paper <em>The Personal Injury Discount Rate How it should be set in future Draft Legislation </em>(Cm 9500). Copies of both documents were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 7 September. Copies are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-injury-discount-rate-how-it-should-be-set-in-future</a> and</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/personal-injury-discount-rate/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9849 9850 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:29:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

754186

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to commission an independent review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	6047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The reforms to the scope of civil legal aid were designed to refocus funding on those who need it most and on the most serious cases in which legal advice and representation are justified.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to commission an independent review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/09/2017 12:10:51 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

753552

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review urgently the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority guidelines to ensure that compensation reflects the law around child sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse is abhorrent, and victims can apply for taxpayer-funded compensation awards through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme).</p><p>The Scheme is made by the Secretary of State under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 having been approved by each House of Parliament. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of ministers and Parliament. The CICA sets guidelines to assist them in administering the Scheme.</p><p>The CICA guidelines are intended to make sure that controlling and abusive behaviour is taken into account when handling compensation applications for child sexual abuse. The CICA are urgently reviewing their guidelines to ensure they are robust enough to deal with cases where grooming may be a factor.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/09/2017 15:25:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

601144

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Codes of Practice: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to include the key entitlements for victims and witnesses set out in her Department's Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, published in October 2015, in primary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	48620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Victims deserve the best possible support to help them cope with what they have been through and recover as much as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims’ Code is a statutory code of practice, and the legislation governing the Code makes clear that the Code sets out the services that are to be provided to victims of crime. Under the Code if victims do not receive those services they are entitled to complain and, if dissatisfied with the outcome of the complaint, refer it to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless we know there is more to do to further increase the rights of victims. We will announce our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/10/2016 16:12:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon