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1134843

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date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Justice, what support he plans to provide to the courts service to deal with the potential increase in non-payment prosecution for TV licences by vulnerable defendants over the age of 75 who do not pay for a TV licence from June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	269760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>TV Licensing prosecutions are dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure, which was introduced in 2015 to allow for more efficient resolution of low-level, summary only-non imprisonable offences in which the offender pleads guilty or does not respond. HMCTS has not made any specific arrangements for any potential increase in non-payment prosecutions for TV licences from June 2020. If required, to meet any emerging demand HMCTS will deploy its planning and allocation processes which allow for resource adjustment or reallocation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:48:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1134846

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the potential increase in the number of prosecutions there will be of people over 75 who have not paid for a TV licence from June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	269763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The lead department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DDCMS).</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for TV licence fee concessions will pass from government to the BBC in June 2020, at which time the BBC has taken the decision to end free TV licences for all over 75s.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has reviewed prosecution data between 1992 and 1999 for TV licence fee evasion, prior to the introduction of the concession, and established that there were no prosecutions of defendants over the age of 75 during this period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:48:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1134937

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pepper Spray
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protection available to prison officers who are not trained in the use of PAVA spray.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	269686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that prison officers should have the best possible protection when facing physical violence that is sometimes directed against them. We plan to roll out PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, to all adult male closed establishments which have fully implemented the key worker scheme – which is vital in building relationships between offenders and staff. PAVA will be rolled out alongside training in a newly developed personal protection system. Additionally we will be making rigid bar handcuffs available to prison officers for use during prisoner control and restraint in the male estate, and body worn video cameras are already available to staff across the estate.</p><p>The Assault on Emergency Workers Act 2018 has doubled the maximum sentence from 6 to 12 months in prison for assaulting prison staff. This new law means that judges must consider tougher sentences for a range of other offences - including GBH and sexual assault - if the victim is a prison officer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 15:54:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1134982

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for hate crimes against people with learning disabilities in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	269643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information regarding prosecutions and convictions but the only hate crime offences specifically defined in legislation are ‘racially or religiously aggravated’ offences. The court outcomes for these offences can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p>Filter by ‘Offence’ for offences starting with ‘racially or religiously aggravated…’ and select all that appear.</p><p> </p><p>As hate crime against individuals with learning disabilities is not specifically defined in legislation, we would not be able to distinguish whether or not a particular offence was related to a learning disability. For example, a relevant case could have the offence recorded simply as ‘common assault’. The level of detail required to answer this question may be held in court records, but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access and analyse individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/07/2019 16:45:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

1134989

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of the Government's response to each recommendation in the Lammy Review.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward every recommendation of the Lammy Review in some way – where a recommendation could not be implemented in full or exactly as set out, alternative approaches have been sought to achieve the same aim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its response to the Lammy Review in December 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>We provided a public update on progress against each of the 35 recommendations of the Lammy Review in November 2018 in the “Tackling racial disparity in the Criminal Justice System” update: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing a further full public update against each recommendation of the Lammy Review, along with work above and beyond this to tackle racial disparity in the criminal justice system, before the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:57:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134990

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 262421 on prisoners: education, how his Department assesses the range of courses that should be delivered without collecting information on the courses the Parole Board recommends prisoners complete.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) plans the provision of accredited programmes by obtaining a national overview of demand, and more local analyses to understand demand at sites in order to plan provision. This enables us to identify a demand above supply, for example where the Parole Board is limiting progression due to a lack of provision, we are able to identify this and make changes to the provision.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of HMPPS, not the Parole Board, to assess the suitability and eligibility of offenders for accredited programmes as part of their wider sentence plan. We have a wide range of accredited programmes for prisoners to attend where they are identified as suitable. We always try to ensure that courses are available to prisoners at a suitable time in their sentence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 15:57:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134991

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on prisons: private sector, how he defines funded posts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The term funded posts refers to the cost of employing suitably skilled staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 16:09:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134992

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2019 to Question 265568 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff, if he will publish the information by staff band.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of agency staff in HMCTS was 2,737 as of March 2018, which was 14.6%. The earliest held comparable data is from 2016 and shows 1,569, which was 8.5% of the staffing numbers. This shows an increase of 1,168, 6.1 percentage points, over this period. The following table shows a breakdown by grade as requested.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,569</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>2380</p></td><td><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,737</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.6%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We were unable to provide data from 2010 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until 2011. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. We are unable to obtain agency data from HR systems prior to 2016. As with any large data system, there are also likely to be some inaccuracies.</p><p> </p><p>Over the period of Reform, we expect the shape and size of the organisation to change. As part of this we are reducing our staffing levels and expect the future skills of our people to change. The HMCTS workforce strategy during this period is to increase the capability of our staff, whilst simultaneously increasing our workforce flexibility through the increased usage of contingent labour. This is in order to reduce redundancy costs and protect the jobs of longer serving, permanent staff. The required staffing level needed across each of our HMCTS sites is monitored closely, and proactive recruitment undertaken to ensure these levels are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:08:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134993

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Probation: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 263817 on Courts and Probation: ICT, if he will publish the cost to the public purse of the IT systems failures in probation services and the courts in January 2019 once those discussions with suppliers have concluded.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The MoJ is unable to confirm the position on the release of information related to the cost to the public purse, as it pertains to the IT outage experienced in January 2019, until negotiations have concluded. Therefore it is not possible to provide any information pertaining to the quantification of costs, at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 13:55:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134994

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2019 to Question 264468 on courts: staff, whether his Department holds data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011. We are unable to provide data on courts staff prior to 2011 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until after this date. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. Our figures only show the length of service of staff since HMCTS was formed as our HR data does not include the service of staff from before that time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:03:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon