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1061104

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the criminal justice system of reductions to his Departmental's budget.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>We are focused on ensuring that we continue to deliver justice in a modernised criminal justice system, and are delivering this through investment and effective management of the system.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £1billion to provide a court system that is accessible to all, works better for everyone, and will ensure our courts are fit for the future. We also spent £1.6bn on legal aid last year alone, more than half of which was on criminal legal aid, and are now making changes to ensure it is available into the future and continues to play an important role in supporting access to justice. We are also working closely with the Attorney General’s Office and Home Office to ensure that all the agencies involved in the criminal justice system have a shared overview of the challenges, opportunities and reforms facing it and an effective forum for tackling these through the Criminal Justice Board.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:25:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061105

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding of the criminal justice system in the forthcoming Government spending review.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As we move towards the forthcoming Spending Review, the Secretary of State is considering closely the most important areas to focus on over the next 5 years to provide an effective and fair justice system, safe and decent prisons, and stable, effective probation services that protect the public and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>My officials and the Ministerial team are continuing to work closely with HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office and partners in other government departments to ensure we have an appropriate and sustainable funding strategy for the MoJ that enables us to deliver our desired outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering an efficient and effective criminal justice system while playing our part in contributing to the government’s wider fiscal objectives. We will continue to work with my colleagues, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 103971 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061175

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pepper Spray
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at how many prisons officers have been issued with PAVA spray since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	221703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Since January 2019 planning has taken place to ensure a thorough and safe implementation of PAVA. Prior to issuing the product every site is required to undertake a readiness assessment, in addition we are undertaking a thorough Equalities Analysis to inform policy and training. These necessary steps are progress towards the national rollout of PAVA, therefore to date since January 2019 no prisons have been issued with PAVA whilst these tasks are underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:22:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1061176

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pepper Spray
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when it is planned to issue officers at all adult male public sector prisons with PAVA spray; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	221704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The planning for the national rollout has been underway since October 2018 when the decision was announced. With such a significant introduction to our service it is necessary to thoroughly prepare our prisons and ensure that all policy and training is reviewed. We are currently undertaking a thorough Equalities Analysis which is a vital step towards implementation, subsequently we will commence readiness assessments at each prison before training and issuing of PAVA will commence. The implementation is planned to take 18-24 months, establishments will receive PAVA once all of the above actions are complete and within the timeframe set out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:23:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1061316

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases were disrupted as a result of the recent IT failures in the courts system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales and the Scottish Tribunals. On 25 January 2019 connectivity had been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate. Due to the hard work and efforts of HMCTS staff the impact on cases and court and tribunals users was limited and only a very small proportion of cases suffered disruption. Hearings continued to progress in our courts, though we appreciate the extra burden placed on court users, and the issues did not lead to detaining defendants or freeing criminals unlawfully.</p><p> </p><p>We know how frustrating this was for our staff and users and again we apologise. All compensation claims are considered on their own merits, therefore it is not possible to confirm what compensation will be available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 221850 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:15:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061317

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what compensation will be made available to (a) court users and (b) legal professionals as a result of the disruption caused by the recent IT failures in the courts system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales and the Scottish Tribunals. On 25 January 2019 connectivity had been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate. Due to the hard work and efforts of HMCTS staff the impact on cases and court and tribunals users was limited and only a very small proportion of cases suffered disruption. Hearings continued to progress in our courts, though we appreciate the extra burden placed on court users, and the issues did not lead to detaining defendants or freeing criminals unlawfully.</p><p> </p><p>We know how frustrating this was for our staff and users and again we apologise. All compensation claims are considered on their own merits, therefore it is not possible to confirm what compensation will be available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 221849 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:15:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061319

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
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 on floating and warned listing arrangements in criminal courts.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Listing is a judicial function administered by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) on judicial direction. Views on listing practices including the use of floating and warned lists are raised with Ministers and officials in the course of regular engagement with legal practitioners, their representative bodies, and representatives of public users of courts and tribunals. Most recently, floating and warned lists were raised in a meeting with legal practitioners, attended by the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, which discussed court users’ experiences and the future administration of judicial listing decisions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:16:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061321

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings that have closed since 2010 have (a) been sold and (b) remain unsold; how much money has been raised by those sales; and what the cost to the public purse has been of maintaining unsold court premises.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Of the court buildings that have closed since 2010, 158 have been sold and 15 remain unsold. HMCTS courts buildings are sold as quickly as possible while ensuring fair value for the taxpayer. A total of £231.7m has been raised from sales (<em>as at 31 December 2018)</em> Information regarding the cost to the public purse of maintaining unsold court premises could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation. We have been clear that courts are only being closed where they are underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p> </p><p>This government is investing over £1 billion to reform and modernise the justice system, providing easier and more efficient justice for all.</p><p> </p><p>As we increase the use of digital services, it makes sense to consider the wider role and need for court buildings and assess whether some are still necessary to provide effective access to justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:19:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1060635

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Serious Further Offence investigations in which the supervising body was (a) the National Probation Service and (b) a Community Rehabilitation Company there have been in each year since 2014; and in how many of those investigations was the new offence (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) rape, (iv) violence against the person and (v) sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	220995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Further Offence (SFO) review is undertaken where an offender under statutory supervision in the community is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”. Not every notification results in a conviction for an SFO, as charges are changed or dropped prior to the completion of the review.</p><p> </p><p>Serious further offences are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are convicted of serious further offences. Nonetheless, every single serious further offence is taken extremely seriously, and in all cases a review is carried out to identify any lessons for the better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of serious further offences (SFOs) investigations (reviews) in which the supervising body was (a) the National Probation Service (NPS) and (b) a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) completed between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018, by (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) rape, (iv) violence against the person and (v) sexual assault. .</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.<strong>Probation Provider </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>a) National Probation Service</p></td><td><p>(i) Murder</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iii) Rape</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iv) Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(v) Sexual assault</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>292</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>281</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>362</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>b) Community Rehabilitation Companies</p></td><td><p>(i) Murder</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iii) Rape</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iv) Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(v) Sexual assault</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>273</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total Reviews received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>516</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>635</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>493</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>Rape includes; rape, rape of a child under 13, attempted rape, assault by penetration and intercourse with a child under 13</p></li><li><p>Violence against the person includes; attempt or conspiracy to commit murder, other offences resulting in death, and all other SFO qualifying offences that are classified as violent</p></li><li><p>Sexual assault includes; all other SFO qualifying sexual offences</p></li><li><p>Under the Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) 2014 offenders serving short prison sentences are now released on licence. As a direct and predicted result, there has been an increase in the number of SFO notifications as a result of ORA. This does not mean that a greater proportion of offenders under statutory probation supervision are being charged with SFOs. The increase plateaued in 2017.</p></li><li><p>The number of ORA cases only includes those cases that would not have previously fallen in scope of the SFO procedures as mentioned above. Cases that were sentenced to an ORA sentence of less than 12 months, but who were previously and concurrently subject to probation intervention, have not been captured within this figure. For example, the offender was subject to a community order, when he was further sentenced to under 12 month sentence under ORA. If the CO was active at the time of the SFO, it would have qualified regardless of the ORA sentence, so has not been counted in the ORA numbers.</p></li><li><p>Data Sources and Quality .We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:21:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1060755

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts his Department has closed since 1 January 2010; on what dates those court buildings were sold; and what the value of each of those sales was.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	220973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The sale of surplus buildings provides important funding for the programme of reform which is transforming our courts and tribunals. We make sure that the sale of former court buildings maximises the amount we can reinvest in modernisation.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/03/2019 18:44:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon