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1039610

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the re-offending rate in relation to prison sentences of (a) less than six months and (b) more than six months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Adult proven reoffending data, broken down by a custodial sentence length of six months or less and a custodial sentence length of more than six months (including indeterminate sentenced prisoners), can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2019 15:58:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 207566 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1039612

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of prisoners serving sentences of less than six months who are homeless upon release in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br> It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere stable and secure to live. Having somewhere stable to live acts as a platform for ex-offenders to be able to access the services and support needed to turn their back on crime for good. Published statistics for 2017/18 showing the accommodation status for all offenders released from custody and offenders on community sentences can be viewed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729062/accommodation-cirumstances-tables-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729062/accommodation-cirumstances-tables-2018.xlsx</a></p><p><br> As part of the Government initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England, we will invest £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders into accommodation from three prisons, namely Bristol, Pentonville and Leeds. The pilots will focus on male prisoners who have served shorter sentences, who have been identified as having a risk of homelessness.</p><p><br> Furthermore, as of the 1 October 2018, Prisons and Probation providers have a “Duty to Refer” anyone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to the Local Authority. Following a referral, Local Authorities are then required to make an assessment, meaning offenders can receive meaningful housing assistance at an earlier stage irrespective of their priority need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2019 16:00:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038938

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1) and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits cases are outlined in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Legal Help Matter Starts</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation Granted Certificates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>135,751</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>141,625</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>116,081</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102,920</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,554</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.</p><p> </p><p>Having finalised this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 17:54:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1039096

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of Section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to include Council funded sports coaches within the occupations classified as a position of trust.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	207266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Any sexual activity with a child under 16 is a criminal offence, regardless of whether consent is given. Any non-consensual sexual activity is also a crime, whatever the age of the victim and whatever the relationship between the victim and perpetrator.</p><p> </p><p>Where a manipulative offender grooms a child prior to them reaching the age of consent and then engages in a sexual relationship with them when they are over 16, this could be prosecuted under offences such as Section 15a of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>We remain absolutely committed to protecting children and young people from sexual abuse and we already have a wide range of criminal offences under which to prosecute and sentence those who carry out such acts. We continue to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/01/2019 15:48:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 95560 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1038439

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of sexual abuse have had their applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme rejected because they had an unspent criminal conviction in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	206870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), which was approved by Parliament, sets out that awards will be withheld where the applicant has an unspent conviction of a kind specifically identified by the Scheme. This includes custodial sentences and community orders.</p><p> </p><p>In the calendar year 2018, the number of finalised applications refused because of unspent convictions where the application was made as a result of sexual assault or abuse was 179.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently announced a review of the Scheme which will include the consideration of the rule relating to unspent criminal convictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/01/2019 17:32:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1038522

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to receive the high conflict practice pathway from Cafcass designed to provide guidance to practitioners on cases of parental alienation.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	206755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Cafcass launched its Child Impact Assessment Framework in October 2018. It is available at <a href="https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/grown-ups/professionals/ciaf/" target="_blank">https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/grown-ups/professionals/ciaf/</a>. The framework, which incorporates the award-winning Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway, brings together guides and tools which Cafcass officers can use to help them assess the impact on the child of different case factors in private law cases, including: domestic abuse; harmful conflict; child refusal or resistance to spend time with one of their parents, which includes parental alienation; and other forms of harmful parenting.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 18:12:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038532

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of data available to his Department on the prevalence of parental alienation.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	206756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>In October last year the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) launched its Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) which sets out how children may experience parental separation and how this can be understood and acted on by Cafcass.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass is planning to undertake a review of its case records featuring actual or alleged alienating behaviours so that it has a clearer evidence base on the prevalence of parental alienation and its relationships with other case factors. This study will commence once the CIAF has been fully embedded into practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 18:11:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038556

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 were made by each police force in each year since 30 September 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Data held by the Ministry of Justice relates to the number of prosecutions broken down by the police force area where the defendant was dealt with.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 broken down by the police force area where the defendants were dealt with in court over the last decade is in the public domain. This information is in the Motoring data tool found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>For prosecutions, ensure ‘2: Magistrates’ Court’ is selected in the ‘Court Type’ filter.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Quarterly figures within individual calendar years can be examined by opening the field list and placing the ‘Quarter’ variable under columns.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Move the ‘Motoring offence group’ variable to Filters, and filter it to ‘24. Careless driving offences (excl. mobile phone offences)’. This offence group includes 'Driving without due care and attention', 'Failure to comply with an order to stop a moving vehicle' and 'Other careless driving offences and racing'.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Drag ‘Police Force Area’ in to the rows section.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 16:29:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1037806

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the UK under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	206463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against in Greater Manchester and in England and Wales under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, from 2008 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2018 is planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:39:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Number of prosecutions under the Emergency Workers.docx title Table
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1037854

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
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 10 December 2018 to Question 197618 on Legal Aid Scheme, when the Government plans to publish its review of the legal aid reforms brought in by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	206296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that we shall conduct an evidence-based review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, assessing the changes to legal aid provision against their original objectives. As stated in the House on 18 December, this review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>This process of consideration and engagement with interested parties also represents an opportunity for the Government to consider what the future of legal support should look like.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 14:24:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero