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registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase security for judges, in the light of reduced staffing in courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department takes the security of judges extremely seriously. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service and the police work closely together to ensure that effective risk assessments are undertaken if a judge is at significant risk of harm and proportionate steps are taken to mitigate any risk.</p><p> </p><p>Security within courts, including that of the judges, staff and customers is provided in a number of ways. Court Security Officers, who have specific powers under the provisions of the Courts Act 2003 (including a duty to search on entry and the power to exclude, remove and restrain persons in the court) are in place in all courts. These officers are predominantly provided as part of a wider total facilities management contract with Mitie and G4S.</p><p> </p><p>Physical security standards are also in place to protect the judges. These include barriers, panic alarms to summon immediate assistance, and judicial escape routes.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 13:39:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

693687

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to consult on the creation of a fully independent body able to investigate and to rule on the ethics, conduct and behaviour of lawyers, with the ability to bring criminal prosecutions against solicitors and barristers for breaches of the law.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s world leading legal services industry is based on the talent and professionalism of those who work within it.</p><p> </p><p>The legal profession in England and Wales is independent from government, as are the bodies that regulate it. The Law Society is the body with statutory authority to regulate solicitors. It is required to ensure the independence of its regulatory function, which is delivered through the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>It would be for the police to investigate any allegations of criminal conduct. If the police consider, after investigation, that there is a case to answer they will place the matter before the Crown Prosecution Service for action.</p><p> </p><p>Where an issue of public concern needs investigating, the Minister may cause an inquiry to be held under the Inquiries Act 2005. There are no current plans to set up an inquiry into the ethics of lawyers.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5591 question first answered 02/03/2017 13:30:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

693689

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to set up a public inquiry to investigate the ethics of lawyers.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s world leading legal services industry is based on the talent and professionalism of those who work within it.</p><p> </p><p>The legal profession in England and Wales is independent from government, as are the bodies that regulate it. The Law Society is the body with statutory authority to regulate solicitors. It is required to ensure the independence of its regulatory function, which is delivered through the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>It would be for the police to investigate any allegations of criminal conduct. If the police consider, after investigation, that there is a case to answer they will place the matter before the Crown Prosecution Service for action.</p><p> </p><p>Where an issue of public concern needs investigating, the Minister may cause an inquiry to be held under the Inquiries Act 2005. There are no current plans to set up an inquiry into the ethics of lawyers.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5590 question first answered 02/03/2017 13:30:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

692712

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charles Taylor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Charles Taylor, the ex-President of Liberia, was permitted to make a phone call from Frankland Prison to supporters in Liberia and deliver a speech to them via speakerphone.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL5525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>All prisoners are eligible to make phone calls to approved numbers for both social and legal purposes and are subject to security and monitoring arrangements. Legally privileged calls remain unmonitored in line with policy requirements</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 13:30:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

692124

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Genocide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General has advised on whether any UK court of law can make a judgment on whether the crime of genocide has taken place as defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have or have not advised, and the content of their advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 12:09:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

692127

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 9 February (HL5074), whether the guidance on good practice includes information on Gypsy, Traveller and Roma groups; and whether any secure training centres have active Gypsy, Traveller and Roma groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Good practice guidance is available to staff on the NOMS intranet and comprises several sections which include ‘GTR Myths and Facts’ and ‘A Brief History of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK’.</p><p> </p><p>A youth council is in place at each Secure Training Centre (STC), underpinned by a clear terms of reference that young people have been consulted on. Youth councils provide a voice for all young people in STCs, including those identifying as Gypsy, Traveller or Romany.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our youth justice reforms, we will also ensure governors have increased flexibility to decide how best to meet the different needs of all young people in their establishments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 15:38:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

692128

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they have conducted in the preparation of their strategy for improving the safety and reform of female offenders in custody and in the community; and when that strategy will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We are engaging with a wide range of interested parties as we develop our strategy to improve outcomes for female offenders in the community and custody, including through the Department’s Advisory Board for Female Offenders, which brings together key stakeholders, criminal justice partners and senior officials from other Government Departments to provide expert advice and challenge on policy and practice that has an impact on female offenders. We will set out our strategy in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/03/2017 13:31:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

692129

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to extend the terms of reference of Lord Farmer’s review into supporting male prisoners to engage with their families, to female prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Families can play a significant role in supporting an offender; research has found that prisoners who reported improved family relationships over the course of their sentence were less likely to reoffend after release. Positive family relationships have been identified as a protective factor in the desistance from crime.</p><p>Lord Farmer was commissioned to undertake a review of family engagement, concentrating upon male prisoners, who make up the majority of the overall prison population and to also consider lessons that might be learnt from other aspects of the estate, such as the female and youth estates.</p><p>As such the Government is confident that although his report will not explicitly focus upon the female estate, any recommendations or observations that do arise will be taken into account by the female estate.</p><p><strong>We are developing a strategy to improve outcomes for female offenders in custody and in the community, including consideration of family ties, which we will be setting out in due course.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 13:29:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

692130

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 February (HL5075), when they expect the feasibility assessment to be completed, and whether cost will be the sole consideration for implementing the change.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is planning to stipulate the future collection of ethnicity data based on the ‘18+1’ ethnicity categories used in the 2011 Census (which includes ‘Gypsy or Irish Traveller’ as a separate category) as part of its Annual Data Recording Guidance. This guidance will be issued to Local Authority Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) by the start of the new reporting year in April 2017. Once this guidance is issued, YOTs, the YJB and the secure estate will need to make changes to their various IT systems. This requires updating over 150 systems and the technical standards between them.</p><p> </p><p>The YJB estimate that the changes will be implemented by spring 2018. These changes will enable YOTs to report using 18+1 data on all young people receiving a new order, whether or not they were previously known to the YOT.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider dependencies with existing IT systems, both within the youth justice system and with other local IT systems, and identify the feasibility and indicative costs as part of this process.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 15:37:43 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

692131

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 February (HL5073), whether governors will be encouraged to work with specialist Gypsy, Traveller and Roma education providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>As part of our youth justice reforms, we will ensure governors have increased flexibility to work with providers to decide how education is best delivered. It will be for them to decide how best to meet the different needs of all young people in their establishments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/03/2017 13:32:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham