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1123768

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judge Advocate General
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Judge Advocates sit in civilian courts; and how many are licensed to try (1) murder, and (2) rape cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL15406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>All six currently serving Judge Advocates are eligible to sit in the Crown Court and do so regularly. The Judge Advocate General is a Senior Circuit Judge and the Vice-Judge Advocate General and one Assistant-Judge Advocate General also hold appointments as Recorders. The other three Assistant-Judge Advocate Generals are entitled to sit under the Armed Forces Act 2011 s26.</p><p> </p><p>The Judge Advocate General is ticketed to try murder cases in the Crown Court. The Judge Advocate General, the Vice-Judge Advocate General and one Assistant-Judge Advocate General are ticketed to try rape cases.</p><p> </p><p>Judge Advocates attend the same training as a Circuit Judge sitting in the Crown Court.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/05/2019 16:35:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1123764

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court of Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been made to the Court of Protection in each of the last three years; and what was the average time between the application being stamped and an order made in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL15402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Information about the number of applications made to the Court of Protection is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In respect of the number of applications received in the three years specified in the question, the data are set out below:</p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Applications to the Court of Protection</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January – 31 December 2018</p></td><td><p>32,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January – 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>31,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January – 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>29,711</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>Data showing the average time between the application being stamped and an order made could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 15/05/2019 16:23:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1123736

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of legal aid fees for housing cases not being increased for 20 years on the number of solicitors' firms providing advice and representation; for what reason they has been no increase in such fees; whether they intend to increase those fees; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL15374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>In February 2019 the Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was published. This included an evidence based assessment of the impact of changes to civil fees made as part of The Legal Aid Reform Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The PIR found that for the vast majority of England and Wales there is sufficient coverage of legal provision. This is regularly monitored by the LAA and action is taken where gaps in services are identified or where demand is greater than the available supply.</p><p> </p><p>It is also worth noting that wherever you are in England and Wales, legal advice for housing remains available through the telephone gateway.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/05/2019 15:41:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1123693

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Taxis: Assistance Animals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted under section (a) 168 and (b) 170 of the Equality Act 2010 for refusing to take an assistance dog in a taxi or private hire vehicle in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	248758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>15 offenders were found guilty at all courts of refusing to take an assistance dog in a taxi in England and Wales in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>22 offenders were found guilty at all courts of refusing to take an assistance dog in a private hire vehicle in England and Wales in 2017</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2018 are planned for publication on 16 May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>Every effort is made to ensure that these figures are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 15:51:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1123714

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement
	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 198912 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Enforcement, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Approved Enforcement Agency procurement exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	248737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The total cost for the Approved Enforcement Agencies AEA procurement exercise from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2017 up to the end of April 2019 is £593,142</p><p>In July 2018 HMCTS announced its intention to award new contracts for Approved Enforcement Agency contracts. These contracts will save the tax payer £46 million over five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/05/2019 15:48:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1123620

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Governors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five governors or acting governors in post since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	248732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides the information requested in relation to substantive Governing governors. Deputy governors providing temporary cover are not included. Figures for acting governors could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of prisons by number of governors in post, over the period January 2010 to December 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Governing Governors<sup>1</sup> in post since 2010</p></td><td><p>Number of prisons<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Four</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Five</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than five</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1. Prison governors are H M Prison &amp; Probation Service employees, at band 10 and 11.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. The data include all prisons operational within HMPPS since 2010. This includes prisons that have since closed and those that have transferred to or from the private sector within this period.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 16:16:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123619

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of reoffending.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	248731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>A reduction in reoffending rates can only be achieved by a concerted effort across government on the drivers of reoffending such as homelessness, unemployment, addiction, health, care and social exclusion. This is why the MoJ is working with other departments to tackle the main causes of reoffending. We are committed to tackling reoffending by investing in community provision, strengthening alternatives to short custodial sentences and boosting rehabilitation, so that it keeps the public safe and ultimately reforms and rehabilitates offenders.</p><p>The current estimate of the economic and social cost of reoffending is approximately £15bn per annum, including the cost to victims, and the cost to the Government of detecting, prosecuting, and punishing the crime. This was based on a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO), which estimated in 2007/08 that reoffending by recent ex-prisoners cost between £9.5billion and £13billion; this report can be found here:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0910431.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0910431.pdf</a></p><p>This estimate was calculated by taking the figure of £13bn and increasing it by inflation, to bring it into present-day costs at the time of calculation (2016/17). This was done by applying GDP deflators in line with standard Green Book guidance. <br></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 16:12:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123617

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Segregation of Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are currently held in segregation units.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	248730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The welfare of those in our care is our priority: prison governors have authority to arrange that a prisoner is to be segregated where it appears desirable for the maintenance of good order or discipline or it is in his or her own interest. Segregation is used only as a last resort, however.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service and the Parole Board have a joint action plan to provide opportunities for prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection to progress to safe release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/05/2019 16:32:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123616

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 availability of courses for prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences to prepare to demonstrate their suitability for release to the Parole Board.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	248729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board work closely to improve the progression of prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). Consequently, there is a joint action plan in place, co-owned by HMPPS and the Parole Board, with the specific aim of providing opportunities for prisoners serving IPP sentences to progress to safe release. We are prioritising post-tariff prisoners in accessing rehabilitative interventions, including psychology service-led reviews in cases where there has not been satisfactory progression, and enhanced case management for those prisoners sentenced with a complex set of risks and needs. We have also developed progression regimes at four prisons across the country, which are dedicated to progressing indeterminate prisoners struggling to achieve release via the usual routes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that accredited programmes are offered to prisoners based on risk, need and responsivity for a particular programme. For IPP prisoners, suitability for any accredited programmes will be considered as part of their wider sentence plan. A wide range of accredited programmes are available and IPP prisoners are one of the groups prioritised for participation on accredited programmes where they are identified as suitable. However, the completion of accredited programmes is not a mandatory requirement for IPP prisoners to secure release.</p><p> </p><p>While HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/05/2019 15:43:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123548

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days prisoners were locked in cells for 22 hours or more in each prison in each month of (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, and (d) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	248701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p> </p><p>Prison officer numbers are at their highest since March 2012, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 4,700 new prison officers across the country since October 2016 to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose - protecting the public, reducing reoffending and crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Offender Management in Custody model (OMiC), Key Worker roles are being introduced to support the rehabilitative culture and relationship between Prison Officers and prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/05/2019 16:37:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain