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1019283

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that, when convicting women, sentencers consider using community sentences and residential requirements rather than custodial sentences.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL11972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody by developing more options for supporting women in the community. Across government, we are investing £5 million of funding over two years in community provision for women. The first tranche of this funding was announced last month, and saw £3.3 million invested in women’s provision, including enhancing existing services, creating new services for women with specific needs, such as domestic abuse, and supporting the development of new women’s centres.</p><p>As part of the Female Offender strategy, we also committed to working with local and national partners to develop a ‘residential women’s centre’ pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales. The aim of the pilot will be to develop a robust evidence base about what could be effective, sustainable and scalable models for improving outcomes for female offenders and reducing the numbers and frequency of women entering and re-entering custody on short custodial sentences.</p><p>We are making sure the National Probation Service’s pre-sentence reports – which assist the court in making sentencing decisions - offer the courts robust community sentencing options which balance punitive and rehabilitative requirements and set out how women will be supported to comply. This may mean that, in some cases, the courts will sentence a woman to a community order rather than a short custodial sentence.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/12/2018 16:59:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1019331

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Her Majesty's Prisons Inspectorates of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland met in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The three Inspectorates are members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and as such participated in two NPM business meetings in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Chief Inspector for England &amp; Wales and the Chief Inspector for Scotland were part of a NPM Steering Group which met on three occasions in 2017. On a fourth occasion, membership included the Chief Inspector for England &amp; Wales and a member of the Criminal Justice Inspectorate for Northern Ireland (CJINI).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/12/2018 16:46:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1019355

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the tribunals service in (a) Salford and Eccles constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West relating to (i) personal independence payment, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseeker's allowance, (v) tax credits and (vi) universal credit were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	198294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals - including (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment Support Allowance (ESA) - to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record data based on constituencies. SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of PIP and ESA appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Salford and Eccles, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West for the period April to June 2018, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains the requested information for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), (v) Tax Credits and (vi) Universal Credit (UC):</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant for the period April to June 2018 (the latest period for which data are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UC</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Manchester<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greater Manchester<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Proportion based on the number of cases found in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing, as a percentage of the cases heard at a tribunal hearing.</li><li>Includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</li><li>Appeals for those living in the Salford and Eccles constituency are heard in Manchester venues.</li><li>Greater Manchester includes the venues: Manchester, Stockport, Rochdale and Wigan.</li></ol><p>~ Equates to a value fewer than five.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-</p><p>scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p>These data may differ slightly from those in the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/12/2018 12:10:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1019367

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) confiscated drones and (b) persons prosecuted for the illegal use of a drone in the vicinity of a prison in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for organised criminals to bring illicit items such as drugs and mobile phones into prisons. These drone operators can be prosecuted for offences related to conveyance of items into prison under the Prison Act 1952. Last year we launched Operation Trenton, a specialist team of police and Prison Service investigators, to work together to intercept drones and track down the criminals behind them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, 92 drones were recovered. In 2017, 73 were recovered.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of persons prosecuted for the illegal use of a drone in the vicinity of a prison in the last two years, we do not hold this data centrally. However, we believe that at least 45 people have been convicted of illicit drone activity, with those sentenced serving a total of more than 140 years in prison. On 26 October 2018, following the largest investigation of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for using drones to drop drugs into a number of prisons. The ringleader received a sentence of 10 years, the highest single sentence for drone-related activity to date.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/12/2018 16:04:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 90506 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1019368

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 number of custodial sentences given for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The maximum penalty for television license fee evasion is a Level 3 fine, so a custodial sentence may not be imposed for this offence. In 2017 fines accounted for 99.5% of sentencing outcomes for television license fee evasion.</p><p> </p><p>Where offenders fail to pay fines, the courts have a range of enforcement powers, including, in the last resort, imprisonment of the offender.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/12/2018 11:46:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1019396

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
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 14 February 2018 on Question 126904 on Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance, how many outstanding (a) preventative and (b) reactive maintenance actions on the prisons estates (i) at each location and (ii) under each facilities management contract there were on 1 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	198211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Data for 1 December 2018 is not yet available. I will write to the Rt Hon Member with the information requested once the figures can be provided and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:55:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1019464

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the tribunals service for claimants living in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England which related to (i) personal independence payment, (ii) employment and support allowance and (iii) universal credit were successful (A) in 2017-18 and (B) since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	198243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals - including (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of PIP and ESA appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England for (A) 2017-18 and (B) for the period April to June 2018, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains the requested information for (iii) Universal Credit (UC):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of UC appeals decided in favour of the appellant </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Chesterfield <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018_2019 Q1 <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017_2018</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Proportion based on the number of cases found in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing as a percentage of the cases heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p>2. and 3. SSCS appeals are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our regional centres or heard at a specific venue. For those living in Ashfield that would be our Chesterfield venue and for those living in Nottinghamshire either our Chesterfield, Lincoln or Nottingham venues.</p><p>4. Provisional, in line with published data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of fewer than five.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p>These data may differ slightly from those in the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 16:23:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1019486

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions parole was (a) granted and (b) refused after the submission of a defence psychology report in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	198348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board Rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019487

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling victims to challenge Parole Board decisions to recommend a prisoner's (a) release and (b) transfer to an open prison.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	198349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In April this year, the Secretary of State announced a public consultation on the possible reconsideration of parole decisions. The consultation closed on 28 July and we have considered the responses, including the issue of which types of parole decisions should be in scope for any reconsideration mechanism. We will publish the Government’s response in due course alongside the review of the Parole Board Rules which the Secretary of State committed to undertake this year.</p><p> </p><p>I have enormous sympathy for victims of crime, especially where they have been subject to the types of serious offending that often feature in parole cases. I agree that victims need a way to challenge parole decisions which they believe may be flawed without having to take the onerous step of seeking a judicial review. That is why the Government has proposed the creation of a reconsideration mechanism. We must ensure that any approach is fair and proportionate, and avoids creating unnecessary delays and uncertainty for both prisoners and victims.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:56:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019488

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, what the criteria is for families of victims to request that an adjourned inquest be resumed.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	198350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Under Schedule 1 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 a coroner may only resume a suspended investigation if they consider that there is sufficient reason to do so. They are unlikely to do so following a criminal trial if the circumstances of the death were established at the trial.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is no formal procedure for making such a request, there is no reason why a bereaved family may not ask the coroner to resume a suspended inquest. The decision whether to do so is entirely a matter for the coroner as an independent judicial office holder.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/12/2018 15:52:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts