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1401520

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
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 average number of cases (a) crown courts and (b) magistrates courts have heard in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	100558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the latest published data on the number of disposals in the Crown Courts in the last three years. This data can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">criminal court statistics information page</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of disposals in the Crown Courts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 (up to June)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99,654</p></td><td><p>78,195</p></td><td><p>48,018</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The table below shows the latest published data on the number of disposals of criminal cases in the Magistrates’ Courts in the last three years. This data can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">criminal court statistics information page</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of disposals in the Magistrates’ Courts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 (up to June)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,441,778</p></td><td><p>1,040,308</p></td><td><p>590,065</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/01/2022 18:16:55 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1400473

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
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 court sitting days lost as a result of broken heating systems, lifts and disrepair in courts in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	98968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold court sittings data that provides this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>Since 4 October 2021 HMCTS has been explicitly capturing the effect of planned and unplanned maintenance on our estate, and this has resulted in the lost availability of 754 courtroom days up to 1 January 2022. This represents less than 1% of sitting days during this period. Not all lost courtroom days result in a lost sitting day as these can be transferred to other rooms, if available.</p><p> </p><p>The HMCTS estate is kept under regular review and priority is given to ensuring that buildings are safe, secure, meet statutory requirements and protect continuity of service.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 11/01/2022 17:02:00 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1399937

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's timescale is for the decision on whether to extend the maximum sentence for necrophilia.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	98336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is reviewing the statutory maximum penalty available for the offence of sexual penetration of a corpse under section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This review is taking place alongside the independent inquiry into the events surrounding David Fuller’s horrific offending in hospitals in Kent. That inquiry is due to publish interim findings shortly, with a final report published at a later date. Our review of available maximum penalties is likely to follow similar timescales, to ensure findings from the wider inquiry can be taken into account.</p><p>The current statutory maximum penalty is for one offence; where more than one offence is sentenced at the same time, each offence will be sentenced individually and the overall sentence passed will reflect the totality of offending behaviour, which may mean sentences being served consecutively. Our review of the statutory maximum penalty is considering instances of the commission of multiple, as well as single, offences.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 98337 question first answered 10/01/2022 17:41:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1399939

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
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 extend the maximum sentence for necrophilia from two years for cases that are consecutive.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	98337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is reviewing the statutory maximum penalty available for the offence of sexual penetration of a corpse under section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This review is taking place alongside the independent inquiry into the events surrounding David Fuller’s horrific offending in hospitals in Kent. That inquiry is due to publish interim findings shortly, with a final report published at a later date. Our review of available maximum penalties is likely to follow similar timescales, to ensure findings from the wider inquiry can be taken into account.</p><p>The current statutory maximum penalty is for one offence; where more than one offence is sentenced at the same time, each offence will be sentenced individually and the overall sentence passed will reflect the totality of offending behaviour, which may mean sentences being served consecutively. Our review of the statutory maximum penalty is considering instances of the commission of multiple, as well as single, offences.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 98336 question first answered 10/01/2022 17:41:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1400053

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pets: Theft
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 convictions for pet theft in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	98318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Information on theft offences held by the Ministry of Justice does not identify if a pet, specifically, was stolen. The information may be held on court record but to be able to identify cases in which pets were stolen would require access to individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on sentences for offenders convicted for more general theft offences, up to December 2020, available in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/01/2022 17:36:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1399194

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 to date; and what sentences were imposed.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	97173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of prosecutions and the sentences imposed under the ‘The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021’ for the calendar year of 2021 are due for publication in May 2022.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:38:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1399282

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 25 October and 23 November 2021 on behalf of his constituent, Holly Saunders.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	96835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence.</p><p> </p><p>The delay in responding to your letters of the 25 October and 23 November 2021 was the result of an administrative error. We have now responded to both letters.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:41:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1399339

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 67051, what progress he has made in reducing the delays at Westferry Family Court; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	96753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Work continues to be undertaken on the redistribution of work to help support East London Family Court. Capacity across the estate is being fully utilised and Financial Remedy and Public Law cases continue to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Nightingale Court at Petty France. Pilot Practice Directorate 36Q has also been implemented at East London Family Court (New <strong>Pilot Practice Direction</strong> 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders).</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the continuing exceptionally high receipts of Private Law work at East London Family Court, along with the continuing pressures on judicial recruitment and Cafcass resource, it has been agreed with the Senior Judiciary that some of this work will initially be heard at Central and West London Family Courts with a longer plan of transferring some of the East London postcodes to these courts to balance the waiting times across the region.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the rebalancing exercise is unlikely to show for several months due to the nature of how cases are listed. However, despite continuing pressures, outstanding cases remain fairly static with 2299 at the end of October and 2251 at the end of December.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hmcts-opt/ords/f?p=100:500::::::" target="_blank">OPT Report - FamilyMan Private Law Workload and Performance (BY CASE)</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/01/2022 17:35:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1399472

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average waiting times are for the (a) first hearing date in an employment tribunal claim and (b) publication of the judgment.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	96930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>(a) The most current information on waiting times to first hearing is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We aim to work within the general correspondence targets and upload judgments to the public register within 10 working days of promulgation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (in days) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Notes relating to the above data</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights</p><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing.</p><p>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</p><p>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ from any previously published information.</p><p>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020</strong> and information on Employment Tribunal outcomes can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions</strong>.</p><p>Published Management Information (used by HMCTS for understanding workload volumes and timeliness at a national level during COVID-19): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-2020-to-may-2021" target="_blank"><strong>HMCTS weekly management information during coronavirus - March 2020 to May 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</strong></a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent Employment Tribunal data covers the period up to March 2021. This is because the Employment Tribunal has moved to a new case management system and HMCTS is currently working to incorporate the new IT system alongside longer-established data sources to provide a more complete and consistent data set for this jurisdiction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:35:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1388566

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custody: Fathers
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 mental health needs of fathers who are going through custody proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	94305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We know the difficulties parents can face in continuing a relationship with their child following parental separation, which is why this Government is committed to ensuring that all parents can get the support they need to access the justice system across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, the Ministry of Justice’s Litigants In Person Support Strategy has provided close to £9m to fund a range of services to support individuals. This includes funding for: LawWorks - a charity committed to enabling access to justice to individuals in need of advice, who are not eligible for legal aid and are without the means to pay for a lawyer; Advocate - providers of pro bono legal work for litigants in person, including written advice and representation up to Court of Appeal; Royal Courts of Justice Advice - which provides free legal advice for those with civil or family cases in court; and Advicenow - a not for profit website for litigants in person offering guides and resources.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service also works closely with the charity ‘Support Through Court’, who offer practical, procedural and emotional support to all parents facing court without legal representation. Support Through Court is based at 16 courts locations in England and Wales, and also offers a national helpline.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are currently in the second year of the two-year, £3.1m Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant (LSLIP). Launched in April 2020, the grant has enabled local and regional partnerships to be formed which have been fundamental in increasing collaboration between neighbouring services to enhance the advice and support available for litigants in person, including parents.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 94306 question first answered 05/01/2022 17:44:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson