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1504423

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to (a) review inheritance policy and (b) increase the annual allowance for gifts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	45818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2022 12:52:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300884

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of young adults aged 18-25 who are charged by the CPS have received a maturity assessment prior to charge in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	165534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) does not hold data on the number of young adults aged 18-25 that have received a maturity assessment prior to charge.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS recognises the importance of considering a suspect’s age and maturity when making a decision. This is included in the Code for Crown Prosecutors and relevant legal guidance, and is included in training for specialist youth prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/03/2021 10:19:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1283111

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escorts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether PECS prison custody officers contract payments have been amended in response to the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on their work.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	147844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>PECS contractors and PECS custodial staff have continued to be paid in accordance with the contractual payment mechanism. The intention of the payment mechanism is to ensure that the PECS contractors fixed, and semi-fixed costs are met, and they have the capacity available to meet changes in demand.</p><p>A reduction in the number of prisoners handled has not resulted in a similar reduction in costs.</p><p>The contract allows for rate cards for over hours worked. Due to COVID related absences and an increase in custodial recovery work Custodial Staff have been able to obtain overtime hours on top of their contractual pay, if required to work over their contracted hours.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2021 15:28:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1280634

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of remand custody on (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and (b) white people.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	143753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the courts acting in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012, which provides a framework of remand in custody and creates a presumption in favour of bail for all defendants involved in criminal proceedings.</p><p>A comparative assessment of the effect of remand on different ethnic groups has not been conducted. The Ministry of Justice holds information for remand outcomes broken down by ethnicity in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court at the following links: · Crown Court <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a> · Magistrates Court <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p>Research by the Youth Justice Board on Ethnic disproportionality in remand and sentencing in the youth justice system was published on 21 January 2021 and can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/952483/Ethnic_disproportionality_in_remand_and_sentencing_in_the_youth_justice_system.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/952483/Ethnic_disproportionality_in_remand_and_sentencing_in_the_youth_justice_system.pdf</a> Routine Youth Justice Statistics 2019/2020 were released on 28<sup>th</sup> January also show remand broken down by ethnicity: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2021 16:48:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1276885

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there have been any identified cases of covid-19 transmission as a result of remanded defendants being taken to court and supervised in court custody.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	137923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The safety of our staff and those under our supervision remains our top priority, and we have taken quick and decisive action – backed by Public Health England and Wales – to limit the spread of the virus. Regular testing of prisoners and staff continues to be conducted, along with the use of Reverse Cohorting Units to limit possible spread from new arrivals.</p><p>It is not standard practice for Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS) to transfer prisoners from prison to court who are either symptomatic or confirmed positive with COVID-19, or are required to isolate as an identified contact of a person with COVID-19. This is in line with HMCTS guidance that anyone who is either suspected of having Covid-19, or a confirmed case, should not attend court. A robust process has been adopted with guidance circulated within both HMPPS and HMCTS.</p><p>All defendants who are produced from custody are assessed by a healthcare professional as fit for travel. However asymptomatic prisoners participate in various testing programmes for</p><p>COVID-19, including upon initial reception, and therefore there will be limited occasions where prisoners having arrived at court receive a positive test result.</p><p>Any member of staff, visitor or defendant with a positive COVID-19 test will declare close contacts and, in such circumstances, should begin contact tracing so relevant parties can be informed.</p><p>There are no known occasions in which COVID-19 has been transmitted by this route.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/01/2021 17:35:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1256860

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on remand in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	122688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the total numbers of prisoners held on remand at the end of each month from June 2010 to September 2020.</p><p>Data showing the total numbers of prisoners held on remand in each month from 30 September 2018 to 30 June 2020 can be found in Table A1.1 at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/904869/Population_30June2020_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/904869/Population_30June2020_Annual.ods</a>, and the total numbers of prisoners held on remand on 31 July 2020, 31 August 2020 and 30 September 2020 can be found in Table 1.1 at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930646/Population_30Sep2020.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930646/Population_30Sep2020.ods</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/12/2020 17:56:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1256863

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have died by suicide while on remand in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	122690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>We publish this information as part of the Safety in Custody statistics available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2019</a></p><p>Please see the number of self-inflicted deaths of those on remand in each of the last five years below:</p><p>2019 – 23</p><p>2018 – 27</p><p>2017 – 21</p><p>2016 – 33</p><p>2015 – 36</p><p>These figures are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new information emerges numbers may change from time to time.</p><p>Every death in custody is a tragedy. We do all we can to prevent prisoners taking their own lives.</p><p>We have rolled out revised and improved “Introduction to Suicide and Self-harm Prevention” training for new and existing staff. Over 24,000 staff have received part training and over 12,000 have received training in all six modules.</p><p>We have increased the level of support for prisons to help staff implement and monitor any necessary changes and we continue to support prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm through the multi-disciplinary Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/12/2020 18:52:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1252675

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people remanded in custody in each of the last 24 months were (a) found not guilty and (b) did not receive a custodial sentence on conviction.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on custodial remands and sentencing outcomes found in the ‘Remands: Magistrates’ Court’ and ‘Remands: Crown Court’ data up to December 2019. The data is in tools available at:</p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>These tools identify the number of individuals remanded in custody (annually) that were found:</p><ul><li>not guilty (select: Convicted/Not convicted); or</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>did not receive an immediate custodial sentence (Select: all options in ‘outcome’ except Immediate custodial sentence’).</li></ul><p> </p><p>*To avoid double counting individuals dealt with at Crown Court, deselect those sent for trial or sentencing in the magistrates’ court in the ‘Outcome’ drop down list.</p><p> </p><p>The figures can be shown quarterly by selecting individual quarters in the pull-down menus. To provide figures for each individual month for the last 24 months that have been published (which would be January 2018 – December 2019) would require bespoke analysis which we would not be able to deliver within the allocated time. Please note that data beyond December 2019 is due for publication in the National Statistics release in May 2021.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/11/2020 16:00:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1244219

registered interest
date	16/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
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 prisons in England and Wales do not have a prison video link system.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	104726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Currently, 108 custodial establishments in England and Wales (89% of the total) have access to a fixed prison video link system. Work is in hand to increase videoconferencing capacity in prisons including to equip the remaining 14 establishments with video links by the end of this financial year, subject to any unforeseen impacts of Covid-19. The scoping visits as part of this work have confirmed the figures here, which differ from the response given to PQ 101003.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2020 16:40:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1241778

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons in England and Wales have a prison video link.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	101003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>101 sites across the men’s, women’s and youth custody estate have at least one prison video link. Work is in hand with the aim of equipping all prisons with video links by the end of this financial year, subject to any unforeseen impacts of Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/10/2020 11:27:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham