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1689434

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Speech and Language Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of speech and language therapy training places in the context of demand for those services within the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	14333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>This department recognises that speech and language therapy is essential to enable the rehabilitation of many in the criminal justice system. It helps to improve communication skills, provide tools for conflict resolution and enable patients to eat and drink safely.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for commissioning these services in Welsh prisons sits with the Local Health Boards, as healthcare is devolved to the Welsh Government. Our officials meet regularly with the Local Health Boards and Welsh Government to support and enable the delivery of health and social care in Welsh prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/02/2024 16:16:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1675264

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hunting: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	5122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, covering the period requested up to December 2022, and this can be viewed in the following data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p>Navigate to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions</em>’ tab and use the <em>Offence</em> filter to select the offence: ‘<em>121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004</em>’.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 07/12/2023 15:03:37 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1660501

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prosecutions for sexual offence cases are awaiting a (a) trial and (b) other court hearing, as of 13 September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	199447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The volume of outstanding sexual offence cases at the Crown Court in England and Wales is routinely published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal court statistics quarterly’. The latest published data is available to the end of March 2023 and can be found as part of the ‘Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool’ which is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1166126/cc_rdos_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1166126/cc_rdos_tool.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>‘For trial' cases relates to the case type at the point of receipt into the Crown Court - these are the cases that could go to trial, but they may not necessarily result in a trial (i.e. if a guilty plea is entered). It is not currently possible to separately identify cases which are awaiting a trial start from those which are ongoing in the published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/09/2023 11:35:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1656463

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visits he has made to Wales since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	196314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, has not made any visits to Wales in a departmental capacity since his appointment on 21 April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/09/2023 14:22:44 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1549437

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	105521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, year ending June 2018 to year ending June 2022, available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. For figures between January 2010 and December 2017, please see the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2020.</a></p><p>In the 2022 data tool, navigate to the ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab and use the <em>Offence</em> filter to select the offence: ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’. The number of prosecutions on a principal offence basis will populate row 24.</p><p>In the 2020 data tool, use the <em>Offence </em>filter to select the offence: ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’. The number of prosecutions on a principal offence basis will populate row 23.</p><p>Note that the two data tools will overlap by the six-month period July to December 2017, which is counted in each.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/12/2022 16:06:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504325

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic abuse in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of domestic abuse when applying for legal aid unless they are applying for legal aid in connection with a protective order or private family law cases under the domestic violence gateway. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how much legal aid has been spent across the whole of the legal aid scheme on domestic abuse victims in each of the last three years.</p><p>The Legal Aid Agency’s published statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2022</a> contains information regarding volumes of applications granted in connection with applying for protective orders and those applying for legal aid under the domestic violence gateway (see tables 6.1 and 6.8-10).</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/09/2022 10:14:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504207

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Energy
	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 potential impact on the Courts in England and Wales of the rising cost of energy.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The potential impact of rising energy costs is mitigated by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) procuring energy (gas and electricity) via the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Supply of Energy framework. Through this framework the vast majority of MOJ’s future requirements are traded by the CCS Energy Trading team over a 30-month rolling basis, and to a lesser proportion a 6-month period. This provides flexibility for the CCS team to trade the basket according to an agreed hedging strategy that enables them to wait-out periods of high prices until market conditions become more favourable. More information can be found in this <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-05/31122" target="_blank">PQ, answered in July 2022</a>.</p><p>In addition, HMCTS is working closely with MOJ and energy providers to produce a site-by-site energy forecast for energy usage and costs, we are also working with our facilities management partners to ensure energy consumption in HMCTS sites is as efficient as possible. Our latest financial forecast indicates that HMCTS can absorb the additional costs in fuel and utilities within our delegated budget (year ending 31 March 2023) without negatively impacting frontline delivery in our courts.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2022 13:55:04 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504300

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of local authority areas in (a) Wales and (b) England that do not have a housing legal aid provider.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) keeps market capacity under constant review and takes immediate action where gaps appear by tendering for additional services. In England and Wales, legal advice on housing matters is available, wherever people are, through the Civil Legal Advice telephone service.</p><p>The LAA procures legal aid services at Procurement Area level, rather than at local authority level. The LAA aims to ensure there is a minimum of one legal aid provider for housing in each Procurement Area. The Government is injecting more than £10m into housing legal aid through our reforms to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme.</p><p>There are six Procurement Areas in which this standard is not met: City of Kingston upon Hull, Cheshire, Shropshire, South Tyneside, Staffordshire, Wigan. Individuals in these areas may access housing advice via the Civil Legal Advice telephone services or via providers in neighbouring Procurement Areas.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2022 13:55:56 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504301

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Newport West
	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 adequacy of the access to legal aid for families in Newport West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision of legal aid, in all categories of law, throughout England and Wales. The LAA moves quickly, where issues arise, to secure additional provision and to ensure continuity of legal aid services.</p><p>The Legal Aid Agency commissions and monitors legal aid services by ‘Procurement Area’ as opposed to by constituency. The LAA seeks to award a minimum of 1 contract for each civil category of law for each Procurement Area, save in family law where the LAA seeks to award 5 contracts per procurement area. The Procurement Area which includes Newport West currently exceeds both standards.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2022 13:56:56 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504302

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	County Courts: Judgements
	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 trends in the number of county court judgements in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The government publishes quarterly statistics including data on the volumes of judgments: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022</a></p><p>Judgment data is categorised by the HMCTS site that the work is processed at and not by the addresses of the Defendant. The vast majority (over 80%) of judgments are processed at National Business Centres and are therefore not included in the Newport or Wales statistics which instead details the significantly smaller volume of judgments arising from a hearing.</p><p>Across England and Wales, the number of judgments made in the last six months has remained stable when compared to the previous six months. In Wales, the volumes of judgments made in the last six months is 25% higher than the previous six months with judgments in Newport County Court also showing an increase. This is comparable with the number of hearings increasing during the same time period which has the effect of improving the time taken for an outcome to be reached at Newport for those cases that require a hearing.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/09/2022 13:57:51 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones