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801226

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce their plans for the future setting of the Ogden Rate.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL3883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>On 30 November the Justice Select Committee published the report of its pre-legislative scrutiny inquiry into the draft legislation on the personal injury discount rate published by the Ministry of Justice on 7 September (Cm 9500).</p><p> </p><p>The Government will respond to the Committee’s conclusions and other comments received on the draft legislation and set out its views on the way forward within two months of the publication of the Committee’s report.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/12/2017 17:23:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

800420

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Shailesh Vara MP on 25 February 2015 (HC 224618), what proportion of the total work undertaken in magistrates' courts was presided over by (1) lay magistrates, and (2) district judges, on 1 April in each year from 2015 to 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>For 1st April 2015 and 2017 the data are set out in the following table[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Judiciary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases by number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases in %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2015</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>10,150</p></td><td><p>89.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges</p></td><td><p>1143</p></td><td><p>10.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2016</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>6,832</p></td><td><p>89.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>10.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2017[2]</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>92.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>7.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>5,687</p></td><td><p>91.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>8.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03 April 2017</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>7,130</p></td><td><p>88.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges</p></td><td><p>911</p></td><td><p>11.30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Magistrates and District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) bring different but equally valuable skills to our justice system and the magistrates’ courts. We continue to work with magistrates to ensure they have as full a role as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] ‘Cases’ provide a count of cases that have a hearing listed on the specified hearing date. It is possible for a single defendant to have more than one case listed at the same time. The data include Criminal, Civil, and Enforcement cases, but will exclude any work in the single family court. It is possible to have Magistrates sitting with District Judges in the same session; where this occurs the case will be counted under both.</p><p>[2] 1st April 2017 was a Saturday so the data has also been provided for 31st March 2017 (the working day before) and 3rd April 2017 (the working day afterwards).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] ‘Cases’ provide a count of cases that have a hearing listed on the specified hearing date. It is possible for a single defendant to have more than one case listed at the same time. The data include Criminal, Civil, and Enforcement cases, but will exclude any work in the single family court. It is possible to have Magistrates sitting with District Judges in the same session; where this occurs the case will be counted under both.</p><p>[1] 1st April 2017 was a Saturday so the data has also been provided for 31st March 2017 (the working day before) and 3rd April 2017 (the working day afterwards).</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 16:58:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

797309

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland having legal humanist marriages on the case for such recognition in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the use of humanist marriages in Scotland and has not carried out a specific assessment. The existing law on how and where people may marry in England and Wales presents different issues from other jurisdictions for the Government to consider.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 16:56:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

797310

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the fact that there are now more humanist marriages in Scotland than Church of Scotland marriages, what assessment they have made of the impact of extending legal recognition to humanist marriage on the number of people getting married overall.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the use of humanist marriages in Scotland and has not carried out a specific assessment. The existing law on how and where people may marry in England and Wales presents different issues from other jurisdictions for the Government to consider.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 16:56:44 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

796011

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their strategy for female offenders in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL3661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>Considering how we can best address the needs of female offenders, to improve outcomes for them, their families and their communities, is a complex issue that we want to get right.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a strategy for female offenders to improve outcomes for women in the community and custody. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 17:43:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

796012

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cross-government suicide prevention strategy, including action on self-harm, will form part of their strategy on female offenders in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL3662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the safety of female offenders to reduce rates of self-harm and prevent deaths.</p><p> </p><p>The cross-government suicide prevention strategy recognises the importance of working across criminal justice settings to reduce suicide and self-harm. This approach will be reflected in our female offender strategy, alongside our work with the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody on the results of their rapid information gathering exercise on <em>Preventing the Deaths of Women in Prison.</em></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 17:44:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

796014

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Parents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in England and Wales have had a parent in prison in the last seven years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL3663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners to establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others where appropriate. My Noble Friend, Lord Farmer, published his report in August, produced on behalf of the Government, which we have warmly welcomed. Work has already commenced on taking forward some of the important recommendations from this review.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of children who have a parent in prison. An MoJ longitudinal study of adult prisoners estimated that there were around 200,000 children who had a parent in prison at some point during 2009.</p><p>In 2015, MoJ published estimates of the proportions of adult female offenders in 2012 who had one or more dependent children in their care at the time of their disposal. This analysis estimated that between 13-19% of women serving an immediate custodial sentence had at least one dependent child in their care. On average, this group of women had 1.8 children each.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465916/female-offenders-child-dependents-statistics.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465916/female-offenders-child-dependents-statistics.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 12/12/2017 17:11:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Female Offenders and child dependent statistics.pdf title Female Offenders and child dependent statistics
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

795215

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Jurisdiction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the call in the report by the House of Lords Justice Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on the EU Brexit: justice for families, individuals and businesses? (7th Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 134) for them to publish a coherent plan for addressing the post-Brexit application of the so-called Brussels regime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL3617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its future partnership paper on cross-border civil judicial cooperation on 22 August 2017. This set out that an effective framework of civil judicial cooperation is an important part of the deep and special partnership we want to establish with the EU. The Government will therefore seek an agreement with the EU that allows for close and comprehensive cross-border civil judicial cooperation on a reciprocal basis, which reflects closely the substantive principles of cooperation under the current EU framework.</p><p> </p><p>The paper also set out our intention to continue participation in those Hague Conventions we currently participate in by virtue of our membership of the EU, and to continue to participate in the Lugano Convention that, by virtue of our membership of the EU, forms the basis for the UK’s civil judicial cooperation with Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/12/2017 15:48:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

795037

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practicality of jamming illegal mobile phones in HM Prisons.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The illicit use of mobile phones undermines the safety and security of our prisons. We are taking urgent and decisive action to tackle this threat including detection dogs, body scanners and intelligence-led searches.</p><p> </p><p>Fixed mobile phone blocking technology is already used across the prison estate, and is effective at prejudicing mobile phone signals transmitted on 2G, 3G and 4G frequency bands. We are also working with mobile network operators to deliver ground-breaking technology to further improve our ability to stop mobiles smuggled into prisons from working.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting Maria Caulfield MP’s Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill, which would give the Secretary of State the power to authorise mobile network operators to interfere with wireless telegraphy for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or investigating the use of mobile phones in prisons. This will enable them to become more directly involved in combatting the problems caused by illicit phone use in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside blocking technology, we have invested £2 million into detection equipment, including hand-held detectors and portable detection devices.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/12/2017 15:51:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

795038

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any evidence that drones have been used to smuggle items into HM Prisons; and what counter measures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL3588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We know that drones are used to smuggle prohibited articles and illicit substances into prison, including mobile phones, Class A drugs and psychoactive substances. They present a significant threat to the safety and security of our prisons as they can carry up to 2kg worth of contraband.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for organised criminals to bring drugs and mobile phones into prisons. In April 2017, we announced the launch of Operation Trenton, a specialist team of police and Prison Service investigators, to work together to intercept drones and track down the criminals behind them. Additionally, we are carrying out a series of intelligence-led operations to disrupt drones as they enter prison airspace. This tactic has already been used successfully in several establishments. These targeted counter measures are used alongside a range of security measures in place across the estate to stop items coming into prison, including surveillance, detection dogs, body scanners and intelligence-led searches.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have been at least 17 convictions related to drone activity, with those convicted sentenced to a total of more than 50 years in prison.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with government partners on the UK’s response to the drone threat and the development of counter drone technology, including the piloting of technical counter measures to block signals. This is keeping the Prison Service at the forefront of the work being progressed nationally and internationally to stop the criminal use of drones.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 07/12/2017 16:07:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie