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942030

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with prison sentences in connection with gambling-related harm.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL9544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>Although associated with offending in some individuals, gambling is not a risk factor that has been frequently identified in the prison or probation population in England and Wales. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) does not hold official estimates of numbers of prisoners serving sentences in connection with gambling-related harm.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS commissions providers to deliver a broad range of high quality, accredited, interventions to address the particular risks and needs of offenders. All prisoners irrespective of their sentence length are screened on entering prison for issues including debt and offered a package of support in prisons and on release to address their offending based on individual circumstances. Support available to problem gamblers includes debt advice but could also include referral to specialist organisations such as Gamblers Anonymous or Gamcare, as well as services provided through the chaplaincy and the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) such as money management courses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all prisoners are seen by healthcare services on reception and can be referred to mental health and addiction services to help address problem gambling.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL9545 question first answered 30/07/2018 12:27:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

940634

registered interest
date	13/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were served by each women's centre in each year between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	163802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally and is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Women’s centres offer support to women with a wide range of issues and needs, not all of whom have been referred by or have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2018 14:01:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

940635

registered interest
date	13/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department will use to assess the success of the review of current rules regarding release on temporary licence in the Female Offenders Strategy, published in June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	163803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The latest evidence indicates that increased use of ROTL for suitable offenders is linked to a small but statistically significant reduction in rates of proven reoffending and frequency of reoffences. The evidence also shows that compliance rates with ROTL are very high. The criteria for success in improving the use of ROTL will be developed alongside the policy but the objective is to help to reduce reoffending whilst maintaining high compliance.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2018 14:00:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

940636

registered interest
date	13/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the £5 million of funding announced in the Female Offender Strategy for community provision for women will come from (a) additional resources or (b) the existing Departmental budget.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	163804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm the £5m figure announced in the Female Offender Strategy will be funded through the Ministry of Justice’s existing departmental budget and additional funding allocated to the Home Office in the Spring Budget 2017 to support victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2018 14:00:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

940692

registered interest
date	13/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Female Offender Strategy for England will incur Barnett consequentials for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	163810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The female offender strategy applies across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We do not believe that there will be any Barnett consequentials, however we will keep funding under review as this work progresses.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the Welsh Government and other partners to ensure justice services are delivered in a way that reflects the Welsh landscape to improve outcomes for female offenders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/07/2018 13:27:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

939881

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Capita: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) objectives and (b) milestones his Department set relating to the decision to tender all justice related interpretation services to Capita Translation and Interpreting between 2012 and 2016; and what assessment he has made of the (a) value for money for the public purse, (b) effect on the conduct of criminal trials and (c) extent to which those (i) objectives and (ii) milestones were met.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	163549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The sourcing strategy for language services, which resulted in the award of a contract to Applied Language Solutions in August 2011 (subsequently acquired by Capita Translation and Interpreting (CTI)) contained several high-level objectives, namely to:</p><ul><li>Improve the quality and consistency of service standards;</li><li>Improve value for money; and</li><li>Improve contract monitoring arrangements.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Milestones were set by the Ministry of Justice relating to relevant stages of the sourcing and procurement process, namely:</p><ul><li>Issue of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire;</li><li>Supplier Conference;</li><li>Invitation to Participate in Dialogue;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Outline Solution;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Detailed Solution;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Final Tender;</li><li>Selection of Preferred Bidders; and</li><li>Contract Award.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These objectives and milestones were met, leading to contract award in August 2011.</p><p> </p><p>It has previously been estimated that the contract enabled the Ministry to spend £48m less than it would otherwise have spent under legacy arrangements which were regarded as costly and inefficient.</p><p> </p><p>CTI performance initially fell short of contractual requirements and measures were implemented to address root causes which delivered improvements and increased fulfilment rates. These are set out within the published Criminal Court Statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a> ).</p><p> </p><p>Ineffective trial rates attributed to interpreter availability have been consistently low over the contracted period. Published statistics for ineffective trial rates show that a lack of interpreter was the reason for 0.4% of trials being relisted in the magistrates' court in 2012 reducing to 0.3% in 2014, and 0.1% in the Crown Court throughout the course of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Robust contract monitoring and management arrangements were in place throughout the life of the CTI contract, including performance reporting and provision of comprehensive management information, monthly contract management meetings, and application of an improved performance management (key performance indicators and service credits) regime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2018 09:41:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

939941

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Question 150069, on CCTV recordings, tabled by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe on 4 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	163551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer of PQ 150069. This is a matter for the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/07/2018 16:54:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

939988

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target time is for cases to be brought to resolution at magistrates' courts; and how many times that target has not been met in West Yorkshire in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	163533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS has not set specific target times for cases to be brought to resolution at magistrates’ courts – the process for which is under the control of the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/07/2018 16:56:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

939989

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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 people have been issued a postal requisition in (a) total and (b) each Crown Prosecution Service region; and of those people how many (i) failed to (A) attend court and (B) report to a police station and (ii) attended a magistrates court in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	163521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The information sought could only be provided at disproportionate cost or is not held.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/07/2018 13:04:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

939990

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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, if he will set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a personal independence payments appeal to be heard.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	163628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not planning to set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a Personal Independence Payment appeal to be heard. This is because waiting times fluctuate geographically owing to a number of factors including venue capacity, the volumes of benefit decisions made locally, the complexity of the case and the availability of panel members. Furthermore, the listing of appeals, including consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited, is a function of the Tribunal’s judiciary. We are however working on measures to improve the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including the appointment of additional judges and panel members.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2018 14:06:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 70869 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams