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registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of regulating privately owned natural burial grounds.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	105599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the operation of natural burial grounds and cemeteries is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-burial-ground-guidance-for-operators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-burial-ground-guidance-for-operators</a>. The Government anticipates that those operating private burial grounds will adhere to the standards and principles underpinning the framework of regulation and guidance which applies to local authority burial grounds.</p><p>The Law Commission’s current Programme of Law Reform includes a project to consider modernising and streamlining the law governing the disposal of human remains, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2020 16:27:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1222610

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department's estate delivers (a) effective public services and (b) value for money.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	71929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>We continue to keep our estate under review to ensure it delivers effective public services and value for money. We have already launched the most ambitious prison building programme for generations, delivering over 13,000 places by the mid-2020s, and have dramatically increased the use of technology in the courts system. An extra £285m of improvements to courts and prisons will be made this year as part of the plan for economic recovery announced by the Prime Minister. This extra spending will keep thousands of people in work and generate jobs for thousands more, helping the UK recover from the economic freeze brought on by coronavirus. These improvements will also help to speed up justice through the courts and improve education in prisons and youth custody so that offenders leave less likely to reoffend.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/07/2020 12:04:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1220904

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Matrimonial Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Family Justice Council and (b) other stakeholders on the use of Mesher Orders in divorce cases.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	69747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>There is guidance on Mesher Orders within the Family Justice Council’s <em>Guidance on “Financial Needs” on Divorce</em> (April 2018 – 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.). This was produced following the Law Commission’s recommendation in 2014 that the Family Justice Council prepare guidance on “financial needs” on divorce. The Department has not had recent discussions with the Family Justice Council or other stakeholders about Mesher Orders.</p><p>During the passage of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill through Parliament, the Government committed to set up a Lord Chancellor’s working group to conduct a review of the law of financial provision on divorce. This review will be led by the evidence, which is yet to be gathered, on whether there are problems with the current law and, if so, how these might be addressed. The Ministry of Justice is now considering terms of reference and membership of the working group. The Government will seek to ensure that the working group has a balance of members from across different professions.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/07/2020 16:34:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1185173

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the regulation of enforcement agents by an independent body.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	30186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the implementation of reforms, contained in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and introduced in 2014, which govern how enforcement agents (bailiffs) enforce debt. We held a call for evidence to inform our review, which ran from November 2018 to February 2019.</p><p>In a Written Ministerial Statement made on 22 July 2019, the Department set out its initial response to the call for evidence. We said that we would consider further how regulation of the sector might be strengthened, but we are clear that any further regulation must be effective, proportionate and sustainable.</p><p>We will respond in full to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/03/2020 15:32:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1178314

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to help reduce rates of prisoner re-offending.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime. The current proven reoffending rate is 28.7%.</p><p> </p><p>We know that offenders typically have needs in a range of areas, such as education, employment, accommodation and family relationships. Many of these needs drive offending and the prison and probation system provides an opportunity to address them.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently overhauled the prison education system, giving governors more control over the education budget for their establishments, and have implemented two new prison education frameworks. Additionally, the new Prison Education Service will build on this by improving the range of training available to prisoners which is directly linked to real jobs on release. We are also engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and in May 2019 we introduced reforms to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL).</p><p> </p><p>We are investing up to £6.4m in an accommodation pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons: Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. Services have now commenced in all three areas, with the first individuals now being supported into accommodation following release.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making positive progress in implementing the recommendations as set out by Lord Farmer’s review on the importance of family engagement to reduce reoffending and we have delivered 13 out of the 19 recommendations to date.</p><p> </p><p>Although much is being done to reduce reoffending, this remains a complex issue that requires a combined effort across government and local partners in order to support ex-offenders when they are released.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:10:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

821498

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group and (b) other stakeholders on the reuse of graves; and whether his Department plans to continue to review the matter of such reuse.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	122416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We continue to keep the issue of burial space under review and to maintain a dialogue about it with the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group - an expert group which meets twice yearly and is chaired by the Ministry of Justice - and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of its 13<sup>th</sup> Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission will be undertaking a project to consider the modernisation and streamlining of burial and cremation law, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 22/01/2018 16:58:32 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes