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1178314

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date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Reoffenders
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 help reduce rates of prisoner re-offending.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime. The current proven reoffending rate is 28.7%.</p><p> </p><p>We know that offenders typically have needs in a range of areas, such as education, employment, accommodation and family relationships. Many of these needs drive offending and the prison and probation system provides an opportunity to address them.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently overhauled the prison education system, giving governors more control over the education budget for their establishments, and have implemented two new prison education frameworks. Additionally, the new Prison Education Service will build on this by improving the range of training available to prisoners which is directly linked to real jobs on release. We are also engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and in May 2019 we introduced reforms to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL).</p><p> </p><p>We are investing up to £6.4m in an accommodation pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons: Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. Services have now commenced in all three areas, with the first individuals now being supported into accommodation following release.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making positive progress in implementing the recommendations as set out by Lord Farmer’s review on the importance of family engagement to reduce reoffending and we have delivered 13 out of the 19 recommendations to date.</p><p> </p><p>Although much is being done to reduce reoffending, this remains a complex issue that requires a combined effort across government and local partners in order to support ex-offenders when they are released.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:10:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1178328

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the corporate liability for economic crime: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	1875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is considering the case for reforming the law on corporate criminal liability for economic crime and will publish a response to the Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/02/2020 13:50:57 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1178334

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11632, Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a single reporting system in each prison for assaults against staff that is accessible (a) internally and (b) externally in order for staff to report incidents away from the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	1936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>All assaults are reported via the Incident Reporting System for reasons of operational control and recording. Assaults leading to injuries or ill health to staff are also recorded on the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Health and Safety Information system. This is currently being configured to allow online recording from remote locations where an intranet connection is available. Established procedures are in place to ensure staff can report and record all incidents occurring outside prison premises.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/02/2020 17:46:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1178455

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made the development a national concordat on female offenders.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	2053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In the Female Offender Strategy, published in June 2018, we committed to publish a National Concordat on Female Offenders. We are making good progress and aim to publish the Concordat in the next few months. On 6 February, we held a workshop with members of the Advisory Board on Female Offenders where we shared our current working draft. We received many helpful comments and constructive feedback and are revising the document to take those suggestions into account.</p><p>The Concordat will set out how national organisations as well as local partners and services should be working together in partnership to identify and respond to the often multiple and complex needs of women who are in contact with, or at risk of coming into contact with, the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2020 13:57:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178456

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the development of a pilot of residential women’s centres in at least five sites across England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	2054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy committed to develop a ‘residential women’s centre’ pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that these models could improve outcomes for female offenders and reduce the number of women entering and re-entering custody on short custodial sentences. We have concluded our first phase of consultation with stakeholders, partners and providers to inform our scoping.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering how best to take this project forward.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:30:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178457

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on reducing the number of women serving short custodial sentences.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	2055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>In June 2018, the Government published the Female Offender Strategy which set out an aim to see fewer women in custody, especially on short term sentences. There is persuasive evidence that many women, particularly on short custodial sentences, can be better supported in the community on robust and effective community sentences.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a £5.1m investment in community provision for women in 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The best available evidence suggests that in order to reduce reoffending and keep women safe, we should invest in gender-specific, trauma-informed interventions that take into account all areas related to a women’s offending. HM Prison and Probation Service has developed a Pre-Sentence Report interview checklist which focuses on the specific needs of female offenders. Following a series of briefing events, this was rolled out nationally in August 2019 and is available to all practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that the public and judiciary have confidence in effective community orders, including those which address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, or provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community. Through the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) Programme, health and justice partners are working together to improve access to timely and appropriate mental health and substance misuse services for the offenders who need them. The Programme is currently operating in courts across nine areas in England. A number of further sites are expecting to go live in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the police and other partners to support the use of Out of Court Disposals - involving community resolution and conditional cautions - in appropriate cases of low level offending. This includes work to improve the use of police guidance we have published on working with vulnerable women, helping police forces to divert women where appropriate to support and away from crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/female-offender-strategy.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:20:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178458

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 June 2019, Female Offender Strategy - First Anniversary, HCWS1662, whether the new checklist for Pre-Sentence Reports on women referred to in that statement has been rolled out nationally.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	2056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service has developed a Pre-Sentence Report interview checklist which focuses on the specific needs of female offenders. Following a series of briefing events, this was rolled out nationally in August 2019 and is available to all practitioners.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:27:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178499

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sobriety Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the voluntary sector about how they might assist with the roll-out of the alcohol, abstinence and monitoring requirement across England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL1635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The legislation required to introduce alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirements in England and Wales is still subject to approval by Parliament. As yet, we have not had any discussions with the voluntary sector about how it could assist. More widely, we are engaged in ongoing dialogue with the voluntary sector around support for offenders with addiction issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/02/2020 14:05:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1178534

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Proceedings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the results of their consultation Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases, which closed on 27 August 2019; whether they intend to publish any provisional findings of the panel appointed to conduct the consultation; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Penn
uin	HL1670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The panel assessing the risk of harm to children and parents in private law cases has been meeting regularly to discuss the wealth of evidence collected from 1,200 individuals and organisations, and is in the process of finalising its report. It is right that it takes the time to analyse this data and to consider the recommendations for how the family courts can be reformed to improve the experiences of victims of harm. A full report outlining the findings and recommended next steps will be published this spring. The Government will publish a response at the same time setting out the steps we will take to reform the family courts.</p><p> </p><p>After the panel completed the call for evidence in Autumn 2019, the Ministry of Justice published a Progress Update on 23 October. The Progress Update included provisional findings from the panel. This has been attached and can also be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/assessing-risk-of-harm-to-children-and-parents-in-private-law-children-cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/02/2020 14:30:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn

1178535

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further consideration they have given to the recommendation of the report by the Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill, Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (HL Paper 378, session 2017–19), published on 14 June 2019, to extend the range of evidence accepted for the automatic prohibition of cross-examination by perpetrators of domestic abuse; and whether that recommendation will be reflected in the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Penn
uin	HL1671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We indicated in our initial response to the Joint Committee’s report, published in July 2019, that we would publish a further response in due course addressing around ten recommendations where we needed more time to fully consider the Committee’s proposals. This included their recommendation in respect of the scope of the automatic prohibition on cross-examination in person in family proceedings. We aim to publish that further response alongside the Domestic Abuse Bill. As the Leader of the House of Commons has indicated (Official Report, House of Commons, 23 January 2020, column 423), we expect to re-introduce the Bill ahead of the Easter recess.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/02/2020 14:11:49 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn