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1581521

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wales
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 total cost of litigation damages paid to prisoners in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	134021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The requested information prior to 2016-2017 cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost. The total cost of litigation damages paid to prisoners in England and Wales in each completed financial year from 2016-17 is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Litigation Damages Paid on Prisoner Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£2,640,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£4,519,519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£4,586,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£7,621,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£6,074,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£5,258,338</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We successfully defend two-thirds of compensation cases brought by prisoners and always make sure debts to victims and the courts are paid before any payment is made to the offender.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2023 16:21:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1581224

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Contracts
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 cost to the public purse of terminated commercial contracts within the HMP Prison and Probation Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	133623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 31/01/2023 17:29:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580600

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
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 estimate of the number of (a) rape and (b) other sexual assault cases disposed of through voluntary dismissal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/01/2023 15:21:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580752

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders
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 Serious Further Offences committed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member for Croydon North to the answer I gave on 20 January 2023, to Question UIN 125451: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125451" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125451</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 132489 question first answered 30/01/2023 16:01:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580754

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of type of offence of Serious Further Offence committed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member for Croydon North to the answer I gave on 20 January 2023, to Question UIN 125451: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125451" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125451</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 132488 question first answered 30/01/2023 16:01:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580759

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail: Sexual Offences
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 estimate of number of defendants accused of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault who have been given conditional release on bail in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of defendants given conditional bail by the courts is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by the Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/01/2023 15:23:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580761

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
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 estimate of the average length of time a (a) witness and (b) defendant is in a court witness box during a rape court case.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the average length of time a witness and defendant is in a court witness box is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2021, we published the End-to-End Rape Review Report and Action Plan. We committed to delivering real improvements to transform support for victims, including improving the court experience.</p><p> </p><p>We have already rolled out pre-recorded cross examination for victims of sexual and modern slavery offences in all Crown Court locations across England and Wales. This special measure allows victims to pre-record evidence, spares them the glare of a live courtroom trial and allows them to give evidence in advance of the trial and then move on with their lives more quickly. We have also introduced the Specialist Sexual Violence Support project in three Crown Court locations.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/01/2023 15:26:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580232

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to help reduce the case workloads of probation officers.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	131196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We are working to reduce workload pressures through recruitment and retention of staff and published the first Probation Service Recruitment and Retention Strategy in April 2021.</p><p>To reduce workloads, the Probation Service is committed to increasing recruitment of Probation Officers, particularly in areas with significant local employment market challenges. We exceeded our recruitment targets for 2020/21 and 2021/22, recruiting 1,007 and 1,518 trainees respectively, and aim to recruit a further 1,500 trainees this financial year.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment of key operational roles to expedite recruitment in 6 priority regions, including London, and mobilised schemes to financially incentivise new and existing staff to move permanently to areas with the most significant staffing challenges.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>A prioritisation framework has been introduced to provide clarity for Probation staff on prioritisation of tasks and what can be reduced/paused when capacity issues begin to impact on operational delivery.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2023 10:03:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580296

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service
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 cost to the public purse of privatising and then nationalising the Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	131204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to disaggregate the full cost of implementing the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms in 2015 and then the unification of the Probation Service in 2021 from the wider costs of delivering probation services.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2023 10:04:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1580411

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
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 24 January 2023 to Question 125370 on Community Orders, how many hours of community service were given as part of community sentences in each (a) local justice area and (b) region in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	131221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>As detailed in previous submissions, including PQ125370, it is not possible to segment by Local Justice Area as this is not recorded.</p><p>For the period April 2014 to December 2022, 56,770,559 hours of Community Service have been imposed as a part of community sentences and suspended sentence orders. Please find data in the attached table.</p><p>These have been segmented by Probation Region. Where prior to unification (July 2021), locations have been mapped to current region. Where mapping has not been possible, due to ambiguous locations, these have been grouped as ‘Unknown Region’.</p><p>Please note the final year of data is not a full year, covering the period 01/04/22 -31/12/22.</p><p>It has not been possible to provide data prior to April 2014. This date marked the completion of Transforming Rehabilitation’s migration of data to the National Delius system. Prior to this, the use of multiple differing local recording systems has resulted in less robust data which cannot be used with confidence, in response to this PQ.</p><p>A significant dip in performance can be seen in the years 2019/20 and 2020/21, which is attributed to the pandemic. Community Payback was severely affected by projects, and organisations that provided them, being closed, along with the social distancing rules making it difficult for delivery to continue as normal</p><p>This Government has committed to invest an additional £93million in Community Payback over the next three years. This is to increase delivery up to 8 million hours per year, focussing on robust community projects that help to improve public spaces, ensuring that people can see justice being done.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/01/2023 17:24:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 2023-01-30 131221 Table.xlsx title Table_131221
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed