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1008453

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date	16/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register: Cross Border Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what liaison arrangements exist between the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) framework in England and Wales and the MAPPA frameworks in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are separate, distinct frameworks in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, practitioners from Scotland and Northern Ireland are invited to attend MAPPA Improvement Group meetings in England and Wales and may join the MAPPA website (a secure online tool to facilitate policy announcements, consultation and communication between MAPPA practitioners). The Police National Lead for MAPPA in England and Wales visited colleagues in Scotland in May 2017 and Northern Ireland in October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2018 14:56:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1008473

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 77 on page 27 of the report of the Health and Social Care Committee Prison Health, published on 1 November 2018, HC 963, what steps he plans to take to prevent prisoners from developing a problem with illicit drugs while in prison.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	192123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>I am grateful for the time that the Committee has spent looking at prison healthcare. We are considering carefully the Committee’s recommendations and will respond in due course. Tackling drugs is vital to ensure safe and productive prison environments and this includes preventing prisoners developing substance misuse issues.</p><p>To do this, we have formed a Drugs Taskforce, working with law enforcement and health partners across government. The Taskforce is developing a national drugs strategy, underpinned by advice and guidance that will support the whole of the estate to restrict supply, reduce demand and build recovery. Restricting access to illicit drugs in prison is crucial to preventing substance misuse. We are working with the police to catch and convict criminals who smuggle contraband into prisons, and exploring additional security measures and new technology to stop these incursions. Reducing demand for drugs in prison also requires us to get the incentives right. We have developed the concept of ‘Incentivised Substance Free Living’, where prisoners who can demonstrate – through regular compact-based and random mandatory testing – that they are not misusing drugs can experience better living conditions. This will support prisoners to make good decisions and prevent them developing issues with substance misuse. We are also testing innovative approaches through our £9 million joint Ministry of Justice and Department of Health and Social Care Drug Recovery Prison pilot at HMP Holme House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2018 17:25:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1007761

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the sentencing guidelines for offences of assault against people delivering front line public services.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are developed and reviewed by the independent Sentencing Council.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the Sentencing Council is currently revising the definitive sentencing guideline on assault and will be considering recent changes to legislation as part of this.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/11/2018 17:19:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007830

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017 on Toxicology, HCWS265, whether any civil cases have been subsequently identified by his Department as having been affected by manipulation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>191955</strong><strong>: </strong>Greater Manchester Police are undertaking an ongoing, expansive criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of toxicology results now by three individuals who were employed at Trimega, and later Randox Testing Services (RTS) after Trimega’s liquidation in 2014, and this matter is being treated with the utmost seriousness. <strong> </strong> As the police are now treating all results obtained by Trimega between 2010 and 2014 as unreliable, and because Trimega provided toxicology testing for civil and family court cases, it is possible that some civil cases may have been affected by manipulation, though this remains undetermined as the investigation is ongoing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>191958: </strong>As of 16 November 2018, four C650 applications to vary or set aside a court order in relation to children (drug and/or alcohol toxicology test after 2010) have been filed with HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. Of these, one was dismissed on application because it did not relate to testing undertaken by Trimega. Of the other three, one was withdrawn and another dismissed by the judge hearing the case. In one instance, a previous order was discharged.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 191958 question first answered 20/11/2018 17:47:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1007838

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the projects announced in the Victims Strategy in September 2018 which are for (a) England only and (b) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191973 191974 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007842

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the projects in the Victims Strategy which incur Barnett consequentials for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191972 191974 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007843

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
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 Barnett consequentials incurred for Wales from the Victims Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191972 191973 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

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