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855960

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for the public purse of the judgment in the case of R (Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prisoners’ Advice Service) v the Lord Chancellor.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	131126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Court of Appeal judgment, the Government decided to reinstate criminal legal aid funding to three discrete areas of prison law, namely: pre-tariff reviews where the Secretary of State seeks the advice of the Parole Board on whether life and Imprisoned for Public Protection prisoners may be transferred to open conditions; Category A Reviews; and referrals to close supervision centres. At the same time, the Government also decided to bring referrals to separation centres within scope of criminal legal aid. The regulations giving effect to these changes came into force on 21 February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the regulations confirmed that this policy change would result in increased expenditure from the Criminal Legal Aid Fund estimated to be in the region of £1.1 million per year (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1319/impacts).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47365 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

855961

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of prosecutions of rape which collapse due to a failure to disclose evidence; and what support his Department provides to the alleged victims in such cases.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	131127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>This is an issue that the Government takes extremely seriously. The Attorney General is leading a wide-ranging review of disclosure procedures that aims to report in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 January the Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council published their joint National Disclosure Improvement Plan. The police and Crown Prosecution Service have reviewed all live rape and serious sexual offence cases, to provide assurance that disclosure is being handled appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is providing £12.5m in funding for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence. This includes £7.2m of funding for rape support services. Where proceedings are discontinued or no evidence offered, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime requires the CPS to explain to complainants why this has happened. The CPS must also inform complainants of how they can seek a review under the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2018 10:00:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 47363 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

855415

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reparation by Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to promote the practice of restorative justice for all levels of crime, with a view to reducing custodial sentences and re-offending.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ HL5791 on 8 March 2018.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Ministry of Justice supports the provision of good quality, victim-focused restorative justice as one of a range of measures to help victims cope and recover from crime. The Ministry of Justice also supports the availability of restorative justice to offenders because of its potential to reduce the frequency of reoffending and so contribute to their rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with prison and probation services and Police and Crime Commissioners to provide a supportive environment to deliver restorative justice to achieve these ends.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/03/2018 16:22:02 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

855483

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The MOJ has interpreted the definition of Hyperscale Cloud providers to mean larger suppliers of Cloud Hosting.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has awarded 32 Cloud Hosting contracts covering the period from June 2015. Of these 10 were awarded to larger Cloud Hosting providers and the remaining 22 to UK based SME’s.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 10 contracts awarded to larger Cloud Hosting providers the value since June 2015 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6,422,253.99</p></td><td><p>£6,010,672.41</p></td><td><p>£7,754,348.05</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the spend to UK Based SME’s is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2,426,214.50</p></td><td><p>£8,601,130.55</p></td><td><p>£11,778,514.34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:34:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855486

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Internet
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 volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collect the specific data requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Where personal data is held or processed in cloud services, the risks associated with this are assessed (including the potential for foreign state information requests to the provider) and managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 17:25:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855506

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding from the public purse for legal representation in the Court of Appeal to families who have been refused legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	130813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Legal aid continues to be available for the highest priority cases—for example, when an individual’s life or liberty is at stake, when someone faces the loss of their home, in domestic violence cases, or when children may be taken into care – subject to an applicant passing the test of means and merits. This includes all eligible cases that are taken to the Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p><p>All individual case funding decisions are taken by the Legal Aid Agency. Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in this process. It is important that these decisions are, and are seen to be, free from political and Government influence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/03/2018 15:46:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

855518

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
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 costs to the public purse arising from changes in the number of litigants in person in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	130825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>As the Government announced in October 2017, we are undertaking a review of the legal aid changes made as a result of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The review is expected to conclude by summer recess 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Unrepresented parties have always been a feature of the civil and family justice system. Since 2015, the Government has invested £5 million of funding to support litigants in person through a range of measures designed to provide additional information, support and guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 130766 question first answered 12/03/2018 17:40:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

855591

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff there were without security clearance in bail and probation hostels by site in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	130898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate cost. Where staff are working in approved premises if they hold no vetting they will be supervised at all times by permanent, vetted NPS staff. A new way of working in approved premises is being implemented, which will lead to there always being two personnel on duty during the night rather than one. During the transition to a new way of working, NPS have agreed an additional precautionary measure which will, in some instances, provide triple cover during the two month transition period.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

855592

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorded crimes were committed by people residing in bail and probation hostels by site in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	130899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>At the time of conviction, offenders who commit a further offence while resident at Approved Premises (AP) may have left the AP, which will therefore have no record of the conviction. To obtain the requested information, it would therefore be necessary to cross-check thousands of AP and court records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2018 17:42:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

855631

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans for the review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to include an examination of the effect of that Act on non-asylum immigration cases involving unaccompanied and separated children.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	130938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of vulnerable children, especially in cases where children lack adequate parental support.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Chancellor has confirmed the start of the review into Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The review will include an assessment of the changes to the scope of legal aid for immigration cases.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/03/2018 15:34:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith