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1134843

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Justice, what support he plans to provide to the courts service to deal with the potential increase in non-payment prosecution for TV licences by vulnerable defendants over the age of 75 who do not pay for a TV licence from June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	269760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>TV Licensing prosecutions are dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure, which was introduced in 2015 to allow for more efficient resolution of low-level, summary only-non imprisonable offences in which the offender pleads guilty or does not respond. HMCTS has not made any specific arrangements for any potential increase in non-payment prosecutions for TV licences from June 2020. If required, to meet any emerging demand HMCTS will deploy its planning and allocation processes which allow for resource adjustment or reallocation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:48:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1134846

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the potential increase in the number of prosecutions there will be of people over 75 who have not paid for a TV licence from June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	269763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The lead department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DDCMS).</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for TV licence fee concessions will pass from government to the BBC in June 2020, at which time the BBC has taken the decision to end free TV licences for all over 75s.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has reviewed prosecution data between 1992 and 1999 for TV licence fee evasion, prior to the introduction of the concession, and established that there were no prosecutions of defendants over the age of 75 during this period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:48:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1134989

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of the Government's response to each recommendation in the Lammy Review.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward every recommendation of the Lammy Review in some way – where a recommendation could not be implemented in full or exactly as set out, alternative approaches have been sought to achieve the same aim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its response to the Lammy Review in December 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>We provided a public update on progress against each of the 35 recommendations of the Lammy Review in November 2018 in the “Tackling racial disparity in the Criminal Justice System” update: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing a further full public update against each recommendation of the Lammy Review, along with work above and beyond this to tackle racial disparity in the criminal justice system, before the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:57:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134992

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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: Staff
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 20 June 2019 to Question 265568 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff, if he will publish the information by staff band.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of agency staff in HMCTS was 2,737 as of March 2018, which was 14.6%. The earliest held comparable data is from 2016 and shows 1,569, which was 8.5% of the staffing numbers. This shows an increase of 1,168, 6.1 percentage points, over this period. The following table shows a breakdown by grade as requested.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,569</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>2380</p></td><td><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,737</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.6%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We were unable to provide data from 2010 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until 2011. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. We are unable to obtain agency data from HR systems prior to 2016. As with any large data system, there are also likely to be some inaccuracies.</p><p> </p><p>Over the period of Reform, we expect the shape and size of the organisation to change. As part of this we are reducing our staffing levels and expect the future skills of our people to change. The HMCTS workforce strategy during this period is to increase the capability of our staff, whilst simultaneously increasing our workforce flexibility through the increased usage of contingent labour. This is in order to reduce redundancy costs and protect the jobs of longer serving, permanent staff. The required staffing level needed across each of our HMCTS sites is monitored closely, and proactive recruitment undertaken to ensure these levels are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:08:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134994

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Staff
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 19 June 2019 to Question 264468 on courts: staff, whether his Department holds data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011. We are unable to provide data on courts staff prior to 2011 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until after this date. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. Our figures only show the length of service of staff since HMCTS was formed as our HR data does not include the service of staff from before that time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:03:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134999

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds children in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>While this information is collected at a young person’s point of entry into the youth custody system, the figures are not collated centrally. We could therefore only provide this figure at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 makes it the general duty of every local authority</p><p>to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need</p><p>by providing a range and level of services appropriate to those children’s needs. This includes the provision of accommodation where it is necessary to protect a child. Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 imposes a specific duty on local authorities to provide accommodation for any child in need in their area who appears to require it because there is no one with parental responsibility for them, they have been lost or abandoned, or the person caring for them is prevented (temporarily or otherwise) from providing suitable accommodation or care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:59:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135000

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds women in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of women who were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody for each year which data is available is shown below. Data prior to 2015 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ESTABLISHMENT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield (HMP)</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>736</p></td><td><p>1006</p></td><td><p>1021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park (HMP)</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holloway (HMP)</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton (HMP)</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough Female (HMP)</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal (HMP)</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Everyone should have a safe and suitable home to live; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending. In keeping with this the Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to probation are designed to encourage long-term rehabilitation and ultimately reduce reoffending – and the first step in this is ensuring that everyone leaving prison has access to secure and stable accommodation. We are improving support for offenders leaving prison with a £22 million investment in through-the-gate services which will help to strengthen ties with key partners, including the third sector, local authorities and the police.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Female Offender Strategy sets out our vision and plan to improve outcomes for women in the community and custody. We want to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, a greater proportion managed successfully in the community, and better conditions for those in custody.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li><em>These figures show the number of </em><em>Basic Custody Screening Tool</em><em> (BCS) Part 1 that were fully completed in each year 2015 – 2018 which indicated that the prisoner had entered custody from no fixed abode to prisons which hold women prisoners. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><em>The </em><em>Basic Custody Screening Tool</em> <em>(BCS) Part 1 is completed within 72 hours of a prisoner entering custody and the answers to the accommodation questions are entered as provided by the prisoner to the BCS screener. The BCS answers are not assessed. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><em>Female establishments not shown in the above list did not complete BCS Part 1s in this time period. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li><em>HMP Holloway closed in 2016. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li><em>It is possible for prisons to manually create a BCS Part 1 where one hasn’t been previously fully completed and this may explain why HMP Drake Hall completed 3 in 2015.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="6"><li><em>The BCS Part 1 went live on 01/01/2015 which is why we cannot produce this data for 2010 – 2014 inclusive.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="7"><li><em>Data count includes with each of repeat admissions by an individual during the course of a year. </em></li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:53:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135029

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) community rehabilitation companies and (b) the Probation Service on the use of algorithms in the probation system.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	269689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Algorithmic tools are used both by the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies to support decision making and aid professional judgement in assessing the level of risk posed by offenders. We have internal processes in place to ensure we develop and roll-out algorithmic models appropriately and responsibly and are working with The Alan Turing Institute to make sure the use of these models is ethical, safe and fair. These tools are one element of a number of measures for assessing the risk of re-offending: In all cases, the professional judgement of the offender manager is a key factor in deciding what measures are needed to manage an offender and prevent re-offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:46:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1135041

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information he holds on when probate will be granted in the case of Carol Rosalind Green who died on 24 September 2018; and if he will make an assessment of the effect the time taken to grant probate on the ability of the executors to complete the sale of the deceased person's property.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	269608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to locate the case without further details. If my Hon. Friend writes to me with details of the case, I will ask my officials to look into the matter.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:50:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope