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1470443

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date	14/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Mileage Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the price per litre of petrol when the Ministry of Justice set the car travel allowance for jurors at 45 pence per mile; and what plans they have to increase that allowance.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The car travel allowance for jurors is 31.4 pence per mile, with additional allowances available if the car contains other jurors as passengers. It was set at 31.4 pence per mile by the Ministry of Justice when the price of fuel was 121 pence per litre.</p><p>There is an additional rate for jurors of 4.2 pence per mile if one other juror is a passenger, with further juror passengers having a rate of 3.2 pence. With 4 juror passengers (additional to the driver), 45.2 pence per mile could be claimed.</p><p>The government values jury service as an important civic duty, that should be representative of society. In addition to the car travel allowance, there are other expenses that can be claimed. Information on what can be claimed is available on the gov.uk website and this information is also provided to jurors when they are summoned.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 28/06/2022 16:54:28 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1469976

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their response on 29 November 2021 to the Liaison Committee report The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people Follow-up report, published on 9 September 2021 (2nd report, HL Paper 60), what further consideration they have given to amending the Civil Procedure Rules to apply Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting to discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, in order to ensure access to justice for disabled people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that access to justice is a reality for disabled people in exercising their rights, and is continuing to carefully consider the issue, including examining the possibility of a consultation and the feasibility of a potential pilot scheme testing the advantages and disadvantages of extending costs protection to such claims. We aim to set out the way forward in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 27/06/2022 10:54:20 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1470028

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office immigration decisions have been overturned on appeal in the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>For the period April to March in each of the years set out below the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal allowed the following number of appeals against Home Office decisions:</p><p>a) 25,692 appeals in 2017 to 2018</p><p>b) 23,573 appeals in 2018 to 2019</p><p>c) 19,797 appeals in 2019 to 2020</p><p>d) 5,778 appeals in 2020 to 2021</p><p>e) 13,408 appeals in 2021 to 2022</p><p> </p><p>The latest release of Official Statistics for Tribunals (Tribunal Statistics Quarterly – January to March 2022) published on 9 June 2022 can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2022" target="_blank"><strong>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2022</strong></a>.</p><p>The percentage Allowed/Granted in the Official Statistics for Immigration and Asylum (FIA3) are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 27/06/2022 16:24:46 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1468705

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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: ICT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the effect of the HM Courts and Tribunal Service Common Platform roll-out on (1) the delivery of justice, and (2) staff morale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Blower
uin	HL754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given to PQ HL203 on 26 May 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/06/2022 15:35:01 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4724 label Biography information for Baroness Blower

1468706

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the levels of (1) retention, and (2) cumulative experience, of prison officers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Blower
uin	HL755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) does not have a standard definition of ‘retention rates’, however we do publish information on leaving rates which can be used as a proxy. The leaving rate is the number of staff who have left the department in the previous 12 months divided by the average number of staff in post over the same period.</p><p>In the 12 months to 31 March 2022, the leaving rate for Band 3 Prison Officers, Band 4 Supervising Officers/Prison Officer specialists and Band 5 Custodial Managers was 14.5%.</p><p>Band 3 to 5 covers all operational grades including all Prison Officers.</p><p>As at 31 March 2022, there were 22,002 FTE band 3-5 prison officers in post who together held a cumulative length of service of 238,195 years. In terms of headcount, there are 22,972 prison officers and so this gives an average of 10.4 years per prison officer.</p><p>A full breakdown of prison officer numbers by length of service is published in Table 4 of HMPPS workforce Statistics bulletin, the March 2022 publication is available at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022</a>. Figures have been reproduced below.</p><p>Table 1: HMPPS staff by length of service, for Band 3-5 Prison Officers as at 31 March 2022</p><p>(Full Time Equivalent)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Completed years of service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3-5 Officers</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>2,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>1,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>1,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30+</p></td><td><p>1,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>22,002</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/06/2022 15:37:35 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4724 label Biography information for Baroness Blower

1468707

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Education: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what comparative assessment they have made of the levels of pay of education staff (1) working in prisons, and (2) not working in prisons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Blower
uin	HL756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given to the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Cheltenham, on 26 May 2022 (UIN: HL205).</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/06/2022 11:50:38 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4724 label Biography information for Baroness Blower

1468298

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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 how many women aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 and above, went to prison in each of the last 10 years; what was the average length of sentence for each of those categories; and what were the 10 most common offences that led to the imprisonment of women during this period.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>The Female Offender Strategy, published in June 2018, made it clear we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more managed in the community. Custody is intended as a last resort, for the protection of the public and the punishment and rehabilitation of the offender.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 30/06/2022 10:57:20 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2022-06-21 HL717 table.xlsx title HL717_table
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1468299

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Division and Judicial College
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times ministers have met (1) the President of the Family Division, and (2) the chair of the Judicial College, since 21 April 2021; and on how many of these occasions judicial training on domestic abuse has been discussed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ), the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College. The judiciary and professional staff in the Judicial College are responsible for the design, content, and delivery of judicial training.</p><p>Since April 2021, ministers have met with the senior judiciary regularly to discuss a range of issues related to the administration of the justice system and the courts and tribunals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 21/06/2022 15:55:59 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1468300

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the specialist digital training on domestic abuse launched by the Judicial College in October 2021 for all family judges, including Recorders and Deputy District Judges, is compulsory; and if so, how often family judges must take that training.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p>I understand that the digital training on domestic abuse launched in October 2021 is compulsory training for family judges, magistrates and legal advisers for the 2022-23 training year.</p><p>New training that addresses the attitudinal and behavioural issues raised in recent caselaw, the Ministry of Justice’s Harm Report and the Domestic Abuse Act, was launched in April 2022 and forms a substantial part of compulsory continuation training for family and civil judges.</p><p>The judiciary, supported by professional staff in the Judicial College, are responsible for the design, content, and delivery of judicial training. In developing domestic abuse training, the College drew on external expertise and resources as appropriate. The training programme and training requirements are reviewed regularly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL720 HL721 HL722 question first answered 20/06/2022 11:50:16 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1468301

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rollout of new digital domestic abuse training for magistrates and legal advisers that began in October 2021 by the Judicial College is complete; whether it is compulsory; and if so, how often (1) magistrates, and (2) legal advisers, must take that training.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p>I understand that the digital training on domestic abuse launched in October 2021 is compulsory training for family judges, magistrates and legal advisers for the 2022-23 training year.</p><p>New training that addresses the attitudinal and behavioural issues raised in recent caselaw, the Ministry of Justice’s Harm Report and the Domestic Abuse Act, was launched in April 2022 and forms a substantial part of compulsory continuation training for family and civil judges.</p><p>The judiciary, supported by professional staff in the Judicial College, are responsible for the design, content, and delivery of judicial training. In developing domestic abuse training, the College drew on external expertise and resources as appropriate. The training programme and training requirements are reviewed regularly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL719 HL721 HL722 question first answered 20/06/2022 11:50:16 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic