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1019283

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that, when convicting women, sentencers consider using community sentences and residential requirements rather than custodial sentences.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL11972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody by developing more options for supporting women in the community. Across government, we are investing £5 million of funding over two years in community provision for women. The first tranche of this funding was announced last month, and saw £3.3 million invested in women’s provision, including enhancing existing services, creating new services for women with specific needs, such as domestic abuse, and supporting the development of new women’s centres.</p><p>As part of the Female Offender strategy, we also committed to working with local and national partners to develop a ‘residential women’s centre’ pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales. The aim of the pilot will be to develop a robust evidence base about what could be effective, sustainable and scalable models for improving outcomes for female offenders and reducing the numbers and frequency of women entering and re-entering custody on short custodial sentences.</p><p>We are making sure the National Probation Service’s pre-sentence reports – which assist the court in making sentencing decisions - offer the courts robust community sentencing options which balance punitive and rehabilitative requirements and set out how women will be supported to comply. This may mean that, in some cases, the courts will sentence a woman to a community order rather than a short custodial sentence.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/12/2018 16:59:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1017476

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released in December 2017; and how many of those prisoners were released without having a confirmed fixed address.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	197636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Of the 5,860 prisoner releases in December 2017, 3,143 were discharged to settled accommodation. The remaining 2,717 were not known to be released to settled accommodation. A further breakdown is shown in the table below*.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Settled accommodation</p></td><td><p>Bail/probation accommodation</p></td><td><p>Rough sleeping</p></td><td><p>Other homeless</p></td><td><p>Other unsettled accommodation</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3143</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>5860</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that this cohort consists of offenders released from custody in December 2017, including releases following recall, committal to custody for breach of post sentence supervision, and at sentence or post sentence supervision expiry. Data for offenders released under the supervision of London Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) are excluded due to limited accommodation data information. However, we are taking action to improve recording rates for all CRCs and have seen improvements over the past 12 months. Release on temporary licence (RoTL) and releases where the offender is subject to same-day recall to custody, are not included. Where one offender has had multiple releases over this period, each release and associated accommodation status is counted. All accommodation circumstances are recorded on a ‘first night’ basis; i.e the status that is current to the first night following release from custody.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched a £100million initiative to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, rough sleeping across England. Through this work we will invest approximately £6 million over two years in a pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons, namely Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville.</p><p> </p><p><em>*Notes:</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Data relating to releases for offenders supervised by London CRC are excluded due to limited accommodation data coverage (London CRC supervised approx. 11% of releases in December 2017).</em></p></li><li><p><em>“Settled accommodation” means:</em></p></li></ul><ul><li><em>any accommodation that provides a permanent independent housing solution including as owner occupier; tenant in a tenancy available for a minimum 3 month period; living as part of a family where the Applicable Person is able to reside in that home permanently and is able to return to that home; living with a friend with a bedroom available for the Applicable Person’s use and access to domestic facilities; a caravan or boat that is viewed by the Applicable Person as his permanent home;</em></li><li><em>supported housing provided by an accredited housing agency that is provided for a minimum 3-month period and includes support for the Applicable Person in relation to moving to a permanent independent housing solution.</em></li></ul><ul><li><p><em>The definition of “settled accommodation” used in this dataset is different from the definition used for CRC Assurance Metric C (Accommodation on Release), which includes some forms of Bail and Probation Accommodation. “Bail/probation accommodation” includes probation Approved Premises, Bail Accommodation Support Services (BASS) accommodation and accommodation provided by the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Service.</em></p></li><li><p><em>“Other homeless” refers to individuals who identify as homeless but have not been identified as sleeping rough. In some cases, it is not recorded whether an individual that is identified as homeless is rough sleeping. These cases have been included in the “other homeless” category.</em></p></li><li><p><em>&quot;Other unsettled accommodation” refers to individuals living in transient/short term accommodation that does not provide a long-term solution to housing need.</em></p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2018 17:43:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1017479

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
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 victims of domestic violence that were cross-examined by their abuser in the family courts in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	197639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested regarding victims of domestic abuse. We are committed to legislating to give family courts the power to prohibit the direct cross-examination of victims by their abusers as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/12/2018 14:20:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1017480

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
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 5 December 2017 to Question 117497 on Prisons: Locks and Keys, if he will publish the latest available figures.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	197640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Since we provided the response to 5 December 2017 to Question 117497 on Prisons: Locks and Keys there has been one further prison relock, which took place at HMP Wandsworth March 2018 at a cost of £441,649 (excluding VAT).</p><p>Notes:</p><p>The figure quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2018 17:44:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1017505

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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, how many people have represented themselves in cases related to (a) divorce, (b) child custody, (c) clinical negligence, (d) welfare, (e) employment, (f) immigration, (g) housing,(h) debt, (i) benefits and (j) education in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in these PQs has been requested by Legal Aid Agency case category, however published statistics are available by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service jurisdictions.</p><p>The Department publishes County Court, Family Court and Crown Court figures on defendants or parties with no (or unknown) representation. This data does not represent the number of litigants in person, however, because a party may be without representation for only part of a case. Information on unrepresented defendants in Magistrates’ Courts is not held centrally.</p><p>Data on the number of parties with and without representation in cases with at least one hearing is published in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly, and trend analysis since 2011 is also given. The latest edition is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p>Figures on the number of no (or unknown) representation in the Crown Court, including trends since 2010, are published in the quarterly publication at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p>Figures on the number of civil defended claims with and without representation are published in the quarterly publication at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 16:44:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1017506

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been brought to court related to (a) divorce, (b) child custody, (c) clinical negligence, (d) welfare, (e) employment, (f) immigration, (g) housing, (h) debt, (i) benefits and (j) education in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in these PQs has been requested by Legal Aid Agency case category, however published statistics are available by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>Data on case volumes in the different jurisdictions are included in the publications at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Criminal courts: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647588/ccsq-tables-q2-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647588/ccsq-tables-q2-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Table M1 provides data on receipts, disposals and outstanding criminal cases in the magistrates' courts. Table C1 includes data on receipts, disposals and outstanding criminal cases in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Civil courts:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738421/civil-justice-stats-main-tables-Apr-Jun-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738421/civil-justice-stats-main-tables-Apr-Jun-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1.1 in the above provides data on county court case volumes in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Family Courts:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/745346/Family_Court_Tables__Apr_to_Jun_2018_.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/745346/Family_Court_Tables__Apr_to_Jun_2018_.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1 in the above provides data on cases starting and concluding in Family courts in England and Wales</p><p> </p><p><strong>Tribunals:</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740031/Tribunals_Main_Tables_Q1_201819.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740031/Tribunals_Main_Tables_Q1_201819.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>Table S_1 in the above provides the annual total number of receipts, disposals and caseload outstanding by tribunal jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 16:28:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1017507

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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, how many people with mental health issues have represented themselves in court since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold the data requested as we do not record ‘mental health issues’ either in the administrative data or on files held locally at courts.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the latest published statistics regarding defendants or parties with no (or unknown) representation, I refer the honourable member to the answer that I have given in PQ197612.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 16:30:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1017508

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the number of people turned away from legal aid providers since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>No particular information is captured by the Legal Aid Agency to record those instances where individuals seeking legally aided advice and assistance did not receive it as a result of no application being made by a legal aid provider. Decisions as to whether or not an individual is eligible for legal help are delegated to the individual provider.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 17:38:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1017509

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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 received legal aid for (a) divorce, (b) child custody, (c) clinical negligence, (d) welfare, (e) employment, (f) immigration, (h) housing, (i) debt, (j) benefit and (k) education cases in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on behalf of the Legal Aid Agency at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/748562/legal-aid-statistics-tables-apr-jun-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/748562/legal-aid-statistics-tables-apr-jun-2018.ods</a>, which show the number of matters completed each financial year, broken down by category of law. Please note that this data is not necessarily reflective of how many people have received legal aid in this time, as one person may be granted legal aid on more than one occasion.</p><p>‘Divorce’ is not a separately-recorded type of case and therefore this information has been prepared as below. Please note that for Civil Representation these figures to legal aid awarded in that financial year, whereas for Legal Help this relates to when that matter was billed:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation grants</p></td><td><p>Legal Help claims</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>8,053</p></td><td><p>90,436</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,502</p></td><td><p>83,350</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,131</p></td><td><p>72,037</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>3,212</p></td><td><p>56,791</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>8,871</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>5,573</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4,307</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>197619: Procurement area boundaries are defined by the Legal Aid Agency according to their respective categories of law, and the relevant factors which are taken into account in respect of these. The different types of procurement area relate to the following categories: Family, Clinical Negligence, Welfare Benefits, Housing and Debt, and Immigration. Discrimination, education and employment advice is provided via the telephone service through the Civil Legal Advice scheme.</p><p> </p><p>All types of procurement area have at least two providers undertaking work in their respective categories, save for Housing and Debt, where nine procurement areas do not have a provider contracted for Housing and Debt services, and thirty four procurement areas have one provider offering such services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 197619 question first answered 19/12/2018 14:17:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 91118 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

1017510

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women, (b) men and (c) people of BAME background represented themselves in court in each (i) year and (ii) quarter since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS holds some information for individuals who come before the courts with no (or unknown) representation but it is not possible to determine self-representation from the administrative data available. Recording of sex and BAME characteristics for the purposes of administering activity in the courts differs across jurisdictions. A full response would only be available through local court records at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Where available, data on the number of cases with and without representation is published in the department’s quarterly court statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Links to the latest statistics are included in the answer to PQ197612.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/12/2018 16:41:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero