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1716846

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date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The below table provides a summary of the number of prison places that have opened in each year since 2019. This includes places delivered as part of the 20,000 places portfolio, including two new c.1,700 place prisons and new prison places delivered through houseblocks and Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Places opened</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,413</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For simplicity, all places relating to a prison opening are included in the year that the prison opened. In practice, a new prison may take more than a year before reaching its final operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to push ahead with the largest prison expansion programme since the Victorian era – with 10,000 of the pledged 20,000 additional places on track to be delivered by the end of 2025. This will include our third new prison, HMP Millsike, delivering c.1,500 places, new houseblocks at HMP Stocken and Rye Hill, as well as hundreds more RDCs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2024 10:42:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1716911

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled First Rapid Deployment Cells unveiled to boost prison places, published on 3 March 2023, how many such cells have been built as of 9 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to build 20,000 prison places, the largest prison build programme since the Victorian era, we have so far delivered c.730 Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs) across 13 sites, and we are pushing ahead with hundreds more.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2024 16:39:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1716953

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Internet: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prosecutions for illegal downloading in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders found guilty of criminal offences in England and Wales, up to June 2023, available here: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on whether offenders were prosecuted for offences relating to illegal downloading is not held by the Ministry of Justice, as this information is not recorded centrally in the Court Proceedings Database.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 20/05/2024 08:43:10 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716971

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure serious sex offenders serve their entire sentence in custody.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Unlike Labour, who in Government reduced the prison time served by all Standard Determinate Sentence prisoners (including rapists and serious violent offenders) from two thirds of their sentence to half, we have taken a robust approach to increasing both the sentence length of rapists and the proportion of that sentence served in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Average sentence length for adult rapists has increased by over 40% since 2010, from around 6.5 years to over 9.5 years. We have also reversed Labour’s changes, so that rapists and other serious sexual offenders currently serve two thirds of that time behind bars.</p><p>But we are now going further. The Sentencing Bill, introduced on 14 November, will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders serve their full custodial term in prison, before being released on a fixed licence period, which is critical for public protection and in reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders convicted of certain serious sex offences, including rape, which carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment will no longer receive a standard determinate sentence with automatic or discretionary early release by the Parole Board. Instead, these offenders will now get an Extended Determinate Sentence (EDS) or a Sentence for Offenders of Particular Concern (SOPC).</p><p> </p><p>The Bill also alters the release arrangements for these offences so that they will now serve the entirety of the appropriate custodial term in custody, with no referral to the Parole Board at the two-thirds point.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 20/05/2024 08:45:09 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716973

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) GPS and (b) alcohol monitoring tags in operation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has an ambitious programme in place to expand the use of electronic monitoring, as well as building the evidence base for the effective future use of the technologies in helping to protect the public and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest published data shows at 31 March 2024 the total number of individuals fitted with an electronic monitoring device was 20,084, a 16% increase over the previous 12 months and exceeding 20,000 for the first time. Of this total, 10,031 individuals were wearing a GPS tag, a 36% increase over the previous 12 months, and 2,862 were wearing an alcohol monitoring tag, a 27% increase over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>While defendants on court bail make up the largest proportion of electronically monitored individuals, the fastest growing cohort over the 12 months to 31 March 2024 was offenders serving post-custody licences. The Ministry of Justice has focused expansion activity on this cohort, providing probation officers with an additional tool to help support robust offender management by providing certainty of detection of non-compliance with licence conditions. The four expansion projects in the post-custody cohort target prison leavers with risk linked to alcohol, domestic abuse and acquisitive offending, as well as those whose risk increases while they are in the community. Each expansion project is subject to a robust evaluation which will help to inform whether, where and how we continue to expand the use of electronic monitoring.</p><p>In addition to our expansion projects, the department has a programme of stakeholder engagement with decision makers to raise awareness of the availability and functionality of electronically monitored conditions and requirements as an alternative to custody where appropriate. In October 2023, the Lord Chancellor announced the doubling of GPS tags available to the courts for community orders and suspended sentence orders to support tough community-based sentences. In August 2023 we published the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electronic-monitoring-court-bail-protocol/electronic-monitoring-court-bail-protocol" target="_blank">‘Electronic Monitoring Court Bail Protocol'</a> for England and Wales which sets out key information for those involved in imposing and managing electronically monitored conditions of court bail to help build stakeholder confidence in the delivery of electronic monitoring, including GPS tags.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 20/05/2024 08:46:48 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1717014

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Closed Material Procedures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their response to the Independent report on the operation of closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013, which was laid before Parliament in November 2022; and when they intend to publish their annual report on the use of closed material procedure for the reporting year 2022–2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 24/05/2024 12:30:01 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1717022

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in each of the last five years (1) how many applications have been made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (2) in how many cases a review has been completed and a decision been made and, (3) what is the average length of time that the Commission has taken to examine and complete a review.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4529 HL4530 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

1717023

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many case review managers have been employed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission during each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4528 HL4530 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

1717024

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what procedure, if any, exists within the Criminal Cases Review Commission for ensuring priority is given to those cases where an applicant has a limited life expectancy, due to age or infirmity.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4528 HL4529 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook