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1010611

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date	20/11/2018
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 prisoners gave birth in prison without a midwife present in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	193395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 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. 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> </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><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2018 13:51:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1010654

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
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 trends in staffing levels in community rehabilitation centres from their introduction until the end of the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	193550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Public protection is our top priority and the contracts contain robust provisions requiring each Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff to deliver their contractual obligations. We are taking decisive action to improve CRCs by ending current contracts early, investing £22m in through the gate services, and we have consulted on how best to deliver probation services in the future. We have also recently changed CRC contracts to improve reporting on workforce trends and will use this information to inform contract management activity.</p><p> </p><p>Our Contract Management Teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers on a local basis, taking into account the regional context, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1010658

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Life sentences for killer drivers published on 15 October 2017, what the timetable is for the introduction of changes in sentences for causing death by dangerous or careless driving.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	193551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>In the response to the consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury, published in 2017, the government proposed to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years’ imprisonment to life.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to making sure that the courts have sufficient powers to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as parliamentary time allows. These proposals will take account of, and incorporate, all of government’s proposals for safer roads, including any arising from the Department of Transport’s review of cycle safety.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2018 13:50:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1010731

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to issue the call for evidence as part of the review into rogue bailiffs announced on 2 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	193452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government intends to launch a call for evidence of the enforcement agent reforms before the end of year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1010750

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	193457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of defendants prosecuted under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence data tool’, available at:</p><p><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 ‘8.21 - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate/family relationship.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2018 13:50:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1010751

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defences made using section 76(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 within criminal trials have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	193458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 193459 question first answered 23/11/2018 13:53:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1010752

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions made under Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act (2015) which involved a disabled survivor of abuse giving evidence.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	193459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 193458 question first answered 23/11/2018 13:53:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1010324

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
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 9 November 2018 to Question 186964 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm, if he will place a copy of those tables in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	192743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Answer given to Question 186964, which now includes the tables requested.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/11/2018 14:44:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1010359

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hunting: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have (a) gone to trial and (b) been successfully prosecuted for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in County Durham in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	192917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants<sup>(1)</sup> prosecuted and the outcomes of those prosecutions for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in County Durham over the last five years 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>Select ‘Durham’ from ‘Police Force Area’.</li><li>Select ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’ in Offence.</li><li>For the number of prosecutions, filter ‘Court Type’ by ’02: Magistrates Court’.</li><li>Filter by ‘outcomes’, or for the number of convictions remove filtering from ‘Court Type’, and select ’01: Convicted’ from ‘Convicted/Not Convicted’.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These figures are provided on a principal 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><p> </p><p>In addition, Police Force Area refers to the location where the defendant was dealt with, not where the offence was committed.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1)</sup>Figures are published by defendants prosecuted, rather than trials.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/11/2018 14:51:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010376

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of waiting times for personal independence payment appeals to be heard in (a) St. Helens, (b) Liverpool and (c) Wigan county courts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	192746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 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.</p><p> </p><p>The volume of appeals against Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit, incrementally over time, from 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are monitored continually, and in response to recent increases, we have conducted a national recruitment exercise of judicial office-holders as a result of which, 225 new medical members and 119 disability-qualified members have been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). Additionally, 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely.</p><p> </p><p>Five of the newly-appointed fee paid judges, 29 medically qualified panel member and 14 disability qualified panel members have been deployed to sit at SSCS tribunal venues serving the St Helens, Wigan and Liverpool areas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with the aim of enabling speedier processing of appeals and to provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. This will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals</p><p>We are also taking forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal: for instance, introducing case management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/11/2018 16:20:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones