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1565221

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	903026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, HMG published the VAWG Strategy and the End-to-End Rape Review, in which the Government committed to more than doubling the number of adult rape cases reaching court. The number of people convicted of an adult rape offence went up by 65 percent over the past year (from 323 in the year to June 2021 to 532 in the year to June 2022).</p><p>As part of this we are rolling out Operation Soteria, a joint police and CPS programme to make investigations suspect-focussed rather than focussed on victim credibility. This has begun operating across nineteen police forces, with a national rollout ready from June 2023.</p><p>We are also increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to over 1,000 by 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2023 17:46:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1565223

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	903036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, HMG published the VAWG Strategy and the End-to-End Rape Review, in which the Government committed to more than doubling the number of adult rape cases reaching court. The number of people convicted of an adult rape offence went up by 65 percent over the past year (from 323 in the year to June 2021 to 532 in the year to June 2022).</p><p>As part of this we are rolling out Operation Soteria, a joint police and CPS programme to make investigations suspect-focussed rather than focussed on victim credibility. This has begun operating across nineteen police forces, with a national rollout ready from June 2023.</p><p>We are also increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to over 1,000 by 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2023 17:47:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1565621

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the appointment of the new Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	120163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>A campaign to recruit a new Victims’ Commissioner is underway, and we expect to identify a new Victims’ Commissioner by the spring.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/01/2023 11:12:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1564958

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 years court hearings could not go ahead because of (a) the failure of a prisoner to be produced in court and (b) the failure of the use of virtual technology in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	119182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on ineffective trials by reason is published as part of Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly – ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts’ tool. The latest tool is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for earlier years (2010 to 2014) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data shows that the proportion of ineffective trials where the defendant was not produced by prisoner escort custody services has remained relatively stable in Crown Court and was 2% from 2018-2021. It fell slightly in magistrates’ courts from 4% in 2016-2020 to 3% in 2021.</p><p>The proportion of ineffective trials due to equipment or accommodation failure has also remained stable since 2011 at between 1% and 2% in magistrates’ courts and 0% and 1% in Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/01/2023 08:46:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1564604

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Sentencing
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 murderers failed to attend court for their sentencing in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	117604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of defendants who failed to attend court for their sentencing for PQ 117604 and 117605 is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>Prisoners who are ordered to attend their sentencing hearing and refuse to do so could be charged with a disciplinary offence resulting, for example, in forfeiture of privileges or additional days added to their sentence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 117605 question first answered 11/01/2023 19:51:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1564605

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Sentencing
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 rapists failed to attend court for their sentencing in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	117605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of defendants who failed to attend court for their sentencing for PQ 117604 and 117605 is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>Prisoners who are ordered to attend their sentencing hearing and refuse to do so could be charged with a disciplinary offence resulting, for example, in forfeiture of privileges or additional days added to their sentence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 117604 question first answered 11/01/2023 19:51:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1564606

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions in absence have there been in each of the last 12 years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	117606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of convictions in absence is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by the Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of court records. Extracting this information would, therefore, result in a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/01/2023 08:31:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1564649

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent on bail has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	117607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>This information is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by the Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/01/2023 08:32:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1563505

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last undertook a review of the sentencing guidelines for murder.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	114548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Murder convictions must attract a mandatory life sentence. Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (now Schedule 21 of the Sentencing Act 2020) introduced statutory guidance to be applied by the independent courts when setting the minimum term of imprisonment, which is followed by release on licence.</p><p>The Government regularly reviews Schedule 21, most recently as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 which expanded the list of whole life order (WLO) starting points to include the premediated murder of a child and enabled judges to impose a WLO on those aged 18-20 in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>Furthermore, in 2021 the Government commissioned an independent expert, Clare Wade KC, to undertake a review of domestic homicide sentencing. The review was delivered to the department in June 2022 and the Government is carefully considering its recommendations and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2023 09:26:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1563507

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on what the average custodial sentence for a person convicted of murder was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	114549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on the average length of the minimum term (sometimes known as a ‘tariff’) for life sentences for murder convictions, as is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of Sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Tariff (years)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Tariff (months)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p>Note that the minimum term is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date. The figures do not include whole-life orders. The numbers are subject to revision as more data become available; any changes in the numbers since the last publication of this information is as a result of more sentencing data becoming available.</p><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p><strong>Source: Public Protection Unit Database. </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell