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1005696

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis: Rehabilitation
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 effectiveness of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements with cannabis testing conditions on reducing rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	190515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) include a condition for regular drug testing. However, these are not specific to a drug.</p><p> </p><p>There is good evidence from a Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-Public Health England (PHE) data share that community based drug and alcohol treatment can be effective in reducing reoffending. Recently published experimental statistics show that among those who committed an offence in the two years before undergoing drug or alcohol treatment, there was a 33% reduction in the number of offences they committed in the subsequent two years. Forty-four percent of offenders did not go on to reoffend in the subsequent two years following treatment.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and PHE to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs.</p><p> </p><p>The CSTR protocol focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour. This is operating across five courts within England (as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham, Sefton and Plymouth.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC has led an evaluation of the implementation of the protocol across the five sites, looking at aspects of CSTRs that are working well and changes in the use of CSTRs over the evaluation period. The evaluation report will be published early next year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:32:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1006936

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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, how many people have used legal aid to fund their legal case in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not track expenditure by the person/s involved. Our data is indexed by individual grants of funding. One individual may receive multiple grants of funding over the course of their life, and one legal aid certificate may cover more than one legal case.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ regularly publishes statistical data which includes volumes of successful applications for legal aid funding. The most recent published information is recorded here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-april-to-june-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Mapping this information to specific individuals or legal cases would only be possible at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:40:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006952

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Slavery
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 13 November 2018 to Question 188815 on Legal Aid Scheme: Slavery, whether the specific legal aid provision for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking for immigration advice and representation, including assistance with applications for leave to enter or remain, subject to means and merits testing, applies to applications for (a) permanent residence and (b) pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	191399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>An application for a residence is not an application for leave to enter or remain and legal aid to assist with such an application is outside the scope of the legal aid scheme.</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme will be a streamlined, user-friendly process, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union published on 19 March 2018, for resident EU citizens and their family members to obtain the UK immigration status which they will require in order to remain in the UK beyond the end of the planned implementation period on 31 December 2020. For those EU citizens who might need additional help when applying under the scheme, the Home Office has announced a grant scheme for the voluntary and community sector which will help to ensure support is available.</p><p>An individual will not need to apply to the scheme if they hold either indefinite leave to remain in the UK or indefinite leave to enter. There is specific legal aid provision for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking for immigration advice and representation, including assistance with an application for these forms of leave.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/11/2018 17:48:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 85832 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1006979

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions people convicted of animal cruelty under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 were given a custodial sentence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of people sentenced to custody for offences of animal cruelty under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 from 2015 to 2017 can be found in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Search ‘Offence’ for ‘108a Animal Cruelty under sections 4-8 under Animal Welfare Act 2006’.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to remember that these figures are on a principle offence basis. When a defendant has been prosecuted for two or more offences, the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty would be imposed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/11/2018 15:34:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007133

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of rape were (a) recorded and (b) prosecuted in each of the last three years in (i) the North East and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	191415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures for the number of offences of rape recorded by the police are published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants prosecuted in the North East and England for rape offences are published by the Ministry of Justice and can be found in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>To calculate the total for <strong>England</strong>, deselect ‘Dyfed-Powys’, ‘Gwent’, ‘North Wales’ and ‘South Wales’ in the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.</li><li>To identify the <strong>North East</strong>, select ‘Cleveland’, ‘Durham’, ‘Humberside’, ‘North Yorkshire’, ‘Northumbria’, ‘South Yorkshire’ and ‘West Yorkshire’ in the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.</li><li>For the number of prosecutions, filter ‘Court Type’ by ’02: Magistrates Court’.</li><li>For rape offences, filter ‘Offence’ to:</li></ul><p>o 19C Rape of a female aged 16 or over</p><p>o 19D Rape of a female aged under 16</p><p>o 19E Rape of a female child under 13 by a male</p><p>o 19F Rape of a male aged under 16</p><p>o 19G Rape of a male aged 16 or over</p><p>o 19H Rape of a male child under 13 by a male</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/11/2018 17:56:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1007151

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have given birth in prison in each year since 2015; and what proportion of those women had an appropriately trained medical professional present at the birth.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	191472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required.</p><p>Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/11/2018 16:18:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 85803 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1007167

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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, how many legal aid providers there were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	191365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>LAA Regional Office</p></td><td><p>31st March 2010</p></td><td><p>31st March 2011</p></td><td><p>31st March 2012</p></td><td><p>31st March 2013</p></td><td><p>31st March 2014</p></td><td><p>31st March 2015</p></td><td><p>31st March 2016</p></td><td><p>31st March 2017</p></td><td><p>31st March 2018</p></td><td><p>31st October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>939</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p>937</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>864</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p>841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,485</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,787</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,469</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,391</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,143</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,941</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,708</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,736</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,740</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2018 11:45:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 85844 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1007173

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many procurement areas have (a) no and (b) one legal aid advice provider.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	191366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no procurement areas where there are fewer than two legal aid providers holding a contract in at least one category of law.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:34:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1007484

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many female prisoners gave birth in custody in each of the last five years; and, of those, how many did so in cells.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL11487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required.</p><p>Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/11/2018 13:55:32 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1007488

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average annual cost of incarcerating a prisoner in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL11490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>An average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prison expenditure can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document titled Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment under the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2017-18 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average annual overall cost per prisoner for financial years 2015-16 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Annual Overall Cost per prisoner</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£37,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£35,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£33,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>To note within the table:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1. Figures are expressed in nominal terms as per published for respective years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2. Figures are not always comparable across a period due to changes in accounting treatments and scope of business which do not provide a consistent basis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3. Overall costs include the direct establishment costs plus expenditure met at regional or national level by HMPPS/MOJ.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/11/2018 13:56:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont