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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tougher sanctions for people attacking shop workers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	242733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Everyone has the right to feel safe at work and assaults on shop workers are unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of offences someone can be convicted of if they assault a shop worker. Maximum penalties for offences are set by Parliament and include five years’ custody for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and life imprisonment for the most serious cases of causing grievous bodily harm. There are no plans to increase sentences for assault offences.</p><p> </p><p>When making sentencing decisions the courts must follow any relevant sentencing guidelines, produced by the independent Sentencing Council. The Overarching Principles: Seriousness Guideline and Assault Guideline require the court to treat the fact that an offence was committed against those working in the public sector or providing a service to the public as an aggravating factor, making the offence more serious. The Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated later this year.</p><p> </p><p>On the 5th April the Home Office launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop staff. The aim of this work is to strengthen our understanding of the issue, including how existing legislation is being applied. The National Retail Crime Steering Group will continue to provide input on tackling this issue.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/04/2019 14:10:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1109807

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests were resumed after an adjournment where the cause of death was murder in each of the last three years; and how many of those inquests were heard by a jury.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	241070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s annual collection of data from coroners does not include the number of adjourned investigations which are resumed after a murder trial. The number of such cases will be low, however, because the coroner has to have sufficient reason for resuming the investigation and a criminal trial will often cover the statutory questions which the coroner is required to address.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry’s data collection does include the number of cases <em>not</em> resumed after an adjournment, broken down by sub-groups including murder. The table below shows the number of adjourned murder inquests which coroners decided not to resume from 2013 to 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Murder Inquests Adjourned and Not Resumed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Coroners Statistics 2017, MoJ publication</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/04/2019 16:26:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1110207

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to deprioritise those Instruments.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	242122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Our objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day and to ensure that the most critical secondary legislation was made by this point.</p><p>All of the Ministry of Justice’s essential ‘no deal’ Exit Statutory Instruments were made prior to 29 March 2019.</p><p>In addition, the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are expected to be made shortly; and a further no deal Exit SI, to enable payments to be made to UK recipients of The Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme in the event of a no deal exit, is due to be laid shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/04/2019 16:19:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1110218

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional case funding for legal aid for cases of refugee family reunion were made in 2018; how many of those applications were successful; and what the average time was for processing those applications.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	242082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/04/2019 16:18:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1110285

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action he has taken against the Community Rehabilitation Companies that have failed to deliver a quality service; and whether such companies will still be able to bid for future contracts despite this failure.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	242167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>I have been clear that probation services need to improve. We have taken decisive action by ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early, investing in improvements to Through the Gate services and conducting a consultation on future arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to hold Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to their contractual obligations using a variety of levers. These include putting in place action plans for all CRCs where concerns relating to quality have been identified by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service or Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, and applying service credits where appropriate for underperformance on any one of 12 Service Levels focusing on particular aspects of delivery.</p><p> </p><p>We will award contracts to those best placed to deliver them. Any bidder in a future competition will need to provide evidence of their ability to deliver probation services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/04/2019 16:35:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1110286

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Public Sector
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 costs associated with reunification of the probation service into the public sector in comparison to re-letting contracts to private providers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	242168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We are currently considering the options for the future of probation services to ensure we achieve the right balance between public, private and voluntary providers. This includes assessing the costs of service delivery, in addition to other factors which play a part in the decision. We will set out more detailed plans shortly, but it is important that we take the time to get this decision right.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/04/2019 16:37:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1110364

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Inspectorate of Probation report of 29 March 2019 on the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company, what steps his Department is taking to work alongside HM Inspectorate of Probation, the Chief Inspector of Probation and Sodexo Justice Services to address the matters raised in that report.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	242137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242138 242139 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110383

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to deal with the consequences of the shortage of qualified probation officers identified in the report of HM Inspectorate of Probation of 29 March 2019 with respect to the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	242138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242137 242139 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110386

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Sodexo Justice Services as a result of the findings of the HM Inspectorate of Probation report of 29 March 2019 on ways to provide more extensive training for Probation Officers in assessing and managing risk of harm to others.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	242139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) report into South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) awarded the service a rating of ‘requires improvement’. The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of the findings of HMIP in relation to CRCs and will work with the provider to ensure that an appropriate plan is in place to address the identified areas for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels. All CRC contracts require the maintenance of a sufficient level of competent and adequately trained staff. We will work with South Yorkshire CRC to ensure that the issues of shortages of qualified probation officers and the assessment and management of risk of harm to others are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that probation services need to improve and are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services, We are investing an additional £22m a year to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through the Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This will include sustained support to find accommodation and employment on discharge.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken decisive action by ending current CRC contracts early and last year, conducted a consultation on future arrangements. The proposals include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work. We are considering the feedback received and will set out detailed plans later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 242137 242138 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:22:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1110396

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
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 percentage of people convicted of burglary offences for the first time that were handed down custodial sentences in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	242008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>4,239 people - both adults and youths - who had no previous convictions for burglary offences were convicted of a burglary offence in year ending September 2018, of which 2,306 (54%) received a custodial sentence. A custodial sentence includes both immediate custody and suspended sentence orders.</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts, taking into account the particular circumstances of the offence and offender, and following any relevant sentencing guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/04/2019 16:19:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson