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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

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

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

1200600

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	Road Traffic Offences: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for non-compliance with Regulation 97 of the Road Vehicles Regulations 1986 in (a) Sussex and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	55081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2019. The number of convictions under section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for non-compliance with Regulation 97 of the Road Vehicles Regulations 1986 in (a) Sussex and (b) England since 2015 are provided in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/06/2020 11:56:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 55081_table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1200608

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: Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have married since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	54875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:34:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1200706

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	Legal Profession: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will move to a grants-based system for funding legal services as recommended by the Low Commission report following the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL5289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The government continues to recognise the importance of the legal support services and the essential role that they play in helping people resolve their legal problems.</p><p>Following our 2019 review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reforms, the Ministry of Justice published the Legal Support Action Plan, which set out our vision for resolving legal problems earlier by ensuring that people can access the right legal support services at the right time, and in the right way for them. Whilst we do not intend to move to a fully grants based system for funding legal services, there are elements of the Legal Support Action Plan that drew on the recommendations of the Low Commission report.</p><p>COVID-19 interrupted significant elements of some of this work, as we reprioritised our focus on considering the impact of the pandemic on the legal support sector who support individuals in need of help.</p><p>As a result of this, the Ministry of Justice has secured emergency funding for the not-for-profit legal advice sector, including £5.4 million for providers of special legal advice. £3 million of this funding will go to Law Centres and this will be distributed through the Law Centres Network. The remainder of the funding, £2.4 million, will be contributed to the Community Justice Fund, administrated by the Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF), in order to provide funding for other non-specialist advice and support providers.</p><p>This funding will be additional to the £370 million of funding administrated by the National Lottery Communities Fund which qualifying third sector organisations, including those in the advice sector, will be able to bid for directly.</p><p>We have also continued existing work with the specialist advice sector and launched a new £3.1 million grant in partnership with the ATJF to enhance legal support for litigants in person over the next two years. This new grant is in addition to nearly £8m invested by the Ministry of Justice in support of litigants in person in the civil and family courts since 2015 through the Litigants in Person Support Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/06/2020 16:37:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1200709

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	Courts and Tribunals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many cases have been adjourned in (1) family courts, (2) civil courts, (3) magistrates courts, (4) crown courts, and (5) tribunals, in each of the last three months.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL5292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Comprehensive figures for adjournments are not held for (1) family courts (2) civil courts (3) magistrates’ courts (4) crown courts and (5) most tribunals.</p><p>MoJ publishes figures on adjournments in the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Social Security and Child Support, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Mental Health, and Special Educational Needs and Disability as part of National Statistics, and the figures relating to the period in the request are due for publication later in 2020.</p><p>On 11 June 2020, HMCTS published new management information on the gov.uk website to provide stakeholders and the public with information to understand the very latest high-level position on the impact on workload volumes and activity across HMCTS. <strong>Annex A</strong> shows the volumes of hearings listed and hearings adjourned due to COVID-19 in the civil jurisdiction only.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5293 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Annex A - HMCTS Civil adj data Mar - May 2020.xlsx title Annex A
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

1200710

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	Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many of the 4,066 hearings in England and Wales as of 27 April were adjourned to be determined at a future date.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL5293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Comprehensive figures for adjournments are not held for (1) family courts (2) civil courts (3) magistrates’ courts (4) crown courts and (5) most tribunals.</p><p>MoJ publishes figures on adjournments in the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Social Security and Child Support, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Mental Health, and Special Educational Needs and Disability as part of National Statistics, and the figures relating to the period in the request are due for publication later in 2020.</p><p>On 11 June 2020, HMCTS published new management information on the gov.uk website to provide stakeholders and the public with information to understand the very latest high-level position on the impact on workload volumes and activity across HMCTS. <strong>Annex A</strong> shows the volumes of hearings listed and hearings adjourned due to COVID-19 in the civil jurisdiction only.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5292 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Annex A - HMCTS Civil adj data Mar - May 2020.xlsx title Annex A
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton