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1379020

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 9 November 2021, Official Report , column 160, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Cart-type judicial review cases on the Crown Court backlog.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	75806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>In the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice to which he refers, the PUS refers to the ‘precious resource’ of High Court Judges. As it states on judiciary.uk: ‘High Court judges can hear the most serious and sensitive cases in the Crown Court (for example murder)’. Our impact assessment sets out the Cart judicial review measure will save 172-180 judge days per year in the High Court and Upper Tribunal. A High Court Judge, who would otherwise be devoting time to considering Cart judicial review, may therefore instead devote that time to considering other serious cases in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our criminal justice system, including Crown Court backlog.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial Review and Courts Bill provides the Crown Court with increased flexibility to return certain cases to the magistrates’ court, helping support court recovery by saving an estimated 400 Crown Court sitting days per year.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated over a quarter of a billion pounds on recovery in the last financial year, making court buildings safe, rolling out new technology for remote hearings, recruiting additional staff and opening Nightingale courtrooms, including retaining 32 Nightingale Court rooms until the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s Spending Review settlement provides £477 million to improve waiting times for victims and to reduce Crown Court backlogs caused by the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/11/2021 16:48:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1379145

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Extended Determinate Sentences, (2) Extended Sentences of Detention, and (3) sentences for offenders of particular concern, were imposed in each of the last five years for which data are available; and of these, how many had a minimum term in custody of 10 years or more.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL4066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on sentences covering the period requested and this can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL4067 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:39:22 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-29 PQ HL4066 and HL4067 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1379146

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) mandatory life sentences, (2) automatic life sentences, and (3) discretionary life sentences, were imposed in each of the last five years for which data are available; and of these, how many had a minimum term in custody of 10 years or more.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL4067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on sentences covering the period requested and this can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL4066 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:39:22 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-29 PQ HL4066 and HL4067 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1379148

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been prosecuted for supplying illegal, unregulated, or black market gambling services in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL4076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions for offences relating to the supply of illegal, unregulated or black market gambling services are provided in the attached table and published in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p>The specific offences selected are listed below:</p><ul><li>10646 - Provision of facilities for gambling unless authorised by an operating licence or covered by a specific exception</li><li>10647 - Use of premises for gambling without a licence</li><li>10660 - Offences connected to gaming machines: making machine available for use; manufacture, supply etc. linked to machines.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 30/11/2021 16:24:18 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-30 PQ HL4076 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1378698

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what age-specific training prison staff receive for working with female prisoners aged 18 to 24.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have developed the ‘women’s estate specialist training’ (WEST) course. Its modular content is threaded throughout the apprenticeship foundation programme to offer a distinct and dedicated course, underpinned by a trauma informed approach. This forms part of the nine-week foundation period for new prison officers destined to work within the women’s estate. The first dedicated WEST course has been scheduled to take place in January 2022. This course also contains a module which focuses on young women in custody. Existing staff in the women’s estate are able to access information through ‘myLearning’ which includes the Young Adults page which is designed to be an accessible resource for all staff to understand better the needs of this age group in custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:50:05 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1378699

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women aged 18 to 24 have been received into prison in each year of the past 10 years, by establishment.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The attached tables show the number of first receptions of women aged 18-24 from 2011 to 2020, by establishment.</p><p> </p><p>The Female Offender Strategy set out the Government’s vision of fewer women offending and reoffending; fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, with a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully; and where prison is necessary, better conditions for those in custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:39:29 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-29 PQ HL3997.xlsx title Table for HL3997
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1378700

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women in prison aged 18 to 20 share a cell with a woman aged over 20 years old.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>As of 12th November, there were 65 prisoners in the HM Prison and Probation Service Women’s estate who were aged between 18 and 20. Of these, fewer than five were sharing a cell with another prisoner who was aged 21 or over.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:51:03 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1378701

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women in prison aged (1) 18 to 24, and (2) 25 years or older, were pregnant while in custody in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women. The policy requires increased local and central data collection on self-declared pregnant women in our care, to ensure individuals are receiving the relevant support and to ensure policy is more informed.</p><p>We publish some of this data in the HMPPS Annual Digest of statistical information. We published the first of these on 29 July 2021, which showed that during the period July 2020-April 2021 an average of 26 women self-declared as pregnant each week.</p><p>This is a dynamic area of policy and we will continue to consider our central data collection as it develops.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:35:53 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1378722

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Capacity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Deprivation of Liberty orders were issued each month since July to individuals in care who were under 16 years old.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of deprivation of liberty orders in relation to individuals in care who were under 16 years old.</p><p>Applications for deprivation of liberty orders can be made by local authorities when they need to accommodate a child in a non-secure placement. Cafcass – the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – collect the data on these applications from local authorities and 164 deprivation of liberty applications were made in the period 1 July – 31 October 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 29/11/2021 17:39:50 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1367750

registered interest
date	10/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional months beyond tariff people serving an indeterminate sentence are held on average.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The number of months which prisoners who are serving an indeterminate sentence were held on average beyond tariff, as at 30 September 2021, in England and Wales, is shown as follows:</p><p>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners who are post-tariff:</p><ul><li>98 months post-tariff (mean)</li><li>101 months post-tariff (median)</li></ul><p>Life sentenced prisoners who are post-tariff:</p><ul><li>110 months post-tariff (mean)</li><li>96 months post-tariff (median)</li></ul><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date and takes into account any time served on remand.</li><li>This data does not include those who have been recalled.</li><li>The IPP sentence was abolished in late 2012 by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act. This means that the average number of months will continue to increase as offenders can no longer receive this sentence. The figures for life sentenced prisoners will be lower as offenders continue to receive this type of sentence which will reduce the average figure.</li></ol><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>Source: Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</p><p>Statistics on the tariff length of the indeterminate prison population are routinely published as part of the quarterly Offender Management Statistics on Gov.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 24/11/2021 17:21:02 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley