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1200446

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date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from Stockport have been released under the Early Prison Release scheme during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many prisoners released during that period are resident in Stockport.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	55058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>On 4 April, this Government announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme (ECTR). This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. No high-risk offenders, including those convicted of violent or sexual offences, anyone of national security concern or a danger to children, will be considered for release, nor any prisoners who have not served at least half their custodial term.</p><p>To date, no offenders released under this scheme have been released to addresses in Stockport.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:52:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1200447

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to enable marriages to take place as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Broxtowe
tabling member printed	Darren Henry
uin	55054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>We understand the frustration couples planning a wedding must be feeling, and as with all coronavirus restrictions we will look to ease them as soon as it is safe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/06/2020 17:56:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4794 label Biography information for Darren Henry

1200448

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a criminal offence of deliberately infecting a person with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Broxtowe
tabling member printed	Darren Henry
uin	55055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a specific criminal offence as offences already exist which cover such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Threatening to infect someone with covid-19 can be charged as an assault and where a direct causal link can be established between one person’s unlawful act and another person contracting the virus then other more serious offences can be charged.</p><p> </p><p>Each case needs to be considered on its own specific facts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 15:26:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4794 label Biography information for Darren Henry

1200460

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the level of investment by community rehabilitation companies in (a) remote videoconferencing, (b) equipment and training for staff home working and (c) other forms of infrastructure on (i) staff health, safety and welfare, (ii) probation client safety and welfare, (iii) public health and (iv) the efficient performance of the services those organisations are contracted to provide during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	54879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>As of week commencing 23rd March, all Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) have been operating under the obligations within their Exceptional Delivery Models (EDM). As a result CRCs have adapted to an alternative way of working, albeit on a temporary basis, in order to adhere to the social distancing measures announced by the Prime Minister. All CRCs have a responsibility to ensure the health and wellbeing of their staff and service users during the pandemic.</p><p>CRCs have invested in greater use of mobile technology to maintain levels of contact with offenders in the community in a safe and efficient manner, including the use of videoconferencing facilities such as Skype and WhatsApp. Staff are working from home and limiting unnecessary travel unless in exceptional circumstances. CRCs have been instructed to prioritise their caseload and continue to carry out face to face interventions for those in their cohort deemed at highest risk where it is safe and practicable to do so. Group sentence delivery including Unpaid Work and Accredited Programmes has been temporarily suspended. This is to safeguard both staff and service users, and the wider general public, from the risk of COVID infection.</p><p>The EDMs are subject to robust assurance and compliance activities, which are carried out by the Authority on a regular basis to ensure that CRCs continue to operate to their contracted obligations and continue to deliver front line probation services to protect the public.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:42:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1200506

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) remand and (b) convicted prisoners have died on the prison estate in each of the last five years, by ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Please see the attached table showing the number of prisoners who have died on the prison estate, by sentence type and ethnicity, from 2015 to 2019. Our condolences are with the family and friends of the prisoners who have died.</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>We have accepted and acted upon the vast majority of recommendations from Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigations into deaths in custody, and regularly disseminate the PPO’s thematic reports and lessons learned bulletins.</p><p>The Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody is taking forward a programme of work aimed at minimising deaths in custody, and better supporting families if a death does occur.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:45:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 54894.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1200508

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were appointed as Queen’s Counsel in each of the last five years, by ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>As detailed in QCA’s annual reports into the QC competitions, and published on the QCA website, the breakdown of BAME and non-BAME application is below.</p><p> </p><p>2015-6 competition:</p><p>9 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 107 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2016-7 competition:</p><p>16 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 113 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2017-8 competition:</p><p>18 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 119 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2018-9 competition:</p><p>13 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 108 appointments.</p><p> </p><p>2019-20 competition:</p><p>22 BAME applicants were appointed, out of a total of 114 appointments</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/06/2020 20:47:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1200509

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner officers are employed on the prison estate, by ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce and our target is to hire 14% of recruits from a BAME background by December 2020.</p><p>We have also conducted an independent review of the prison officer recruitment process and are implementing improvements to reduce the time and cost to hire, increase the diversity of new recruits and ensure we attract the right people with the right skills.</p><p>The number of band 3 to 5 prison officers in public sector prisons, by ethnicity as of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020 is given in the following table.</p><p>Table 1- Number of Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers<sup>1 </sup>in post in public sector prisons, by Ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31st March 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Ethnic Group</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>16,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>4,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>22,360</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1.Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2.Race is a self-declared, optional field.</p><p>3.Includes Chinese</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:48:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1200522

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department will take to protect prison staff from covid-19 when prison visits are resumed.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	55036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Our National Framework, which sets out how we will take decisions about easing coronavirus-related restrictions in prisons, has been published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-national-framework-for-prison-regimes-and-services" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p>Social distancing and hygiene are the most effective means to reduce transmission and we are providing access to the right cleaning and hygiene products in prisons. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is critical to protect staff and those in our care where close contact is necessary and unavoidable. Our current PPE supplies are good, and we are making preparations and keeping demand for PPE under regular review as we progress our plans. We are consulting with unions and stakeholders on our strategy to ensure staff are confident in our gradual easing of restrictions and to keep prisoners informed.</p><p>For visits specifically, we are developing safe working practices that adhere to public health guidance. This is challenging but as with the adaptations being made in society we will need to consider safe distancing, separation between those that should not have contact, temperature testing of visitors prior to entry and effective hygiene arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:50:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1200535

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sexual abuse criminal cases have had their court dates postponed since the beginning of the covid-19 lockdown period.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	54847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Magistrates’ and Crown Court figures relating to child sexual abuse adjournments are not collated, however cases with serious safeguarding implications are being prioritised for listing by the independent judiciary. Figures on vacated trials in the first and second quarters of 2020 are due for publication as part of the National Statistics on criminal courts in June and September 2020 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 16:47:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1200556

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current backlog is of cases awaiting a first tier immigration tribunal hearing.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that have either not had a final hearing or been resolved prior to hearing, as at 31 March 2020, is 17,661, a reduction of 4,475 appeals from the same period in 2019.</p><p>Published statistics can be found at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019 and</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 14:29:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz