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758814

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what factors led him to conclude in July 2017 that the problems experienced as a result of the reform of the probation service were unforeseen.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	9533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2014/15 the government reformed the probation system to strengthen its focus on reducing reoffending and protecting communities. These reforms included dividing the probation caseload between Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) who supervise low and medium-risk offenders and the National Probation Service (NPS) who supervise higher-risk offenders.</p><p><br>Since these reforms there have been unforeseen falls in the number of offenders sentenced to community orders, and an increase in the proportion of offenders assessed as posing a higher risk of harm. The result has been fewer offenders being referred to CRCs, leading to falls in CRC income to levels below those expected at the time of competition. It is for this reason that we took action to adjust the payment mechanism in CRC contracts so that providers’ income better reflects the fixed costs of delivering services to offenders and is less sensitive to changes in demand. As previously confirmed, this additional investment will see projected payments to CRCs still being no higher than originally budgeted for at the time of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 15/09/2017 13:10:36 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758813

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	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 effectiveness and performance of community rehabilitation companies since their inception.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	9532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) play a crucial role in delivering probation services. We have amended CRC contracts to reflect more accurately the fixed costs of delivering services to offenders.</p><p>I laid a Written Ministerial Statement and published an open letter on 19 July 2017 which outlined these activities and reaffirmed our commitment to delivering high quality probation services.</p><p>We closely monitor and robustly manage CRCs to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments. Data on CRC performance against service levels is published quarterly, with the latest data published in July: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-and-annual-2016-to-2017. The first set of final reoffending data for offenders supervised by CRCs will be published in October 2017; thereafter data will be published quarterly.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 15/09/2017 13:05:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

756810

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the period of tie during which valid claims can be made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority following the reporting of an incident to the police.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	7527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) is a government funded scheme which is designed to compensate victims of violent crime in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The rules of the Scheme and the tariff for awards paid under it are approved by Parliament. The current Scheme was introduced in 2012 following consultation and saw reforms to the tariff of injuries and some eligibility criteria but not to the time limits for claims.</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) administers the Scheme and decides all claims independently of Ministers and Parliament. The Scheme requires that applicants submit a claim so that that it is received as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident, and in any event no later than two years after the date of that incident. There is additional provision in the Scheme for applicants who were aged under 18 at the time of the incident. Further, the CICA can extend the time limits, but only where due to exceptional circumstances an application could not have been made earlier; and the evidence provided in support of the application means that it can be determined without further extensive enquiries by a claims officer.</p><p> </p><p>CICA issued new guidance in October to its staff on compensating young victims of sexual abuse to improve the way that applications involving claims of child sexual abuse are handled and to ensure every victim gets the compensation to which they are entitled. Wider issues about rules of the compensation scheme will be looked at as part of my Department’s work to develop a strategy for victims, and will take into account the findings and recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 10:06:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

715726

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports her Department has received from the Victims Commissioner which dealt with all or in part with the operation of the Victims Code of Practice in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	70008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, Baroness Newlove, publishes details of reports on her website. These to varying degrees have touched on the operation of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime and date back to 2015. They are available here: <a href="http://victimscommissioner.org.uk/review/past-reviews/" target="_blank">http://victimscommissioner.org.uk/review/past-reviews/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Details of reviews carried out by the Commissioner in 2013-14 are available here: <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/about/victims-commissioner/victims-commissioner-annual-report-2013-14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/about/victims-commissioner/victims-commissioner-annual-report-2013-14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/04/2017 14:17:50 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

715727

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments were made to victims of crime by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority during 2015; and what the average payment made was by each type of crime.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	69997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>From 1 February 2015 it became mandatory to indicate the nature of the assault when applying for compensation. Previously, applicants did not have to declare this information. The data we hold includes a significant number of applications paid out in 2015 but registered before then, and where no incident type was recorded. For this reason, we are unable to supply meaningful data about crime types recorded in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>CICA made 30,634 awards from 1 January to 31 December 2015, paying £166,126,356 in compensation. The average award was £5,423.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure the application of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is as robust as possible there are safeguards built in. If any applicant disagrees with a decision they can apply for a review. If they remain unhappy they can appeal to an independent tribunal. The figures include cases in which the award was paid after review and appeal.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/04/2017 11:07:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

714192

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Swansea Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the future operations of HM Prison Swansea of the development of a new prison in Port Talbot.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	69250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new prison places which will replace places in ageing and ineffective prisons, providing buildings fit for today’s demands and able to support effective rehabilitation.</p><p>On 22 March we announced plans to build four new prisons in Yorkshire, Wigan, South Wales and Rochester. No decisions have been made about HMPYOI Cardiff and Swansea.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 69249 question first answered 30/03/2017 16:28:11 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

714191

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cardiff Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the future operations of HM Prison Cardiff of the development of a new prison in Port Talbot.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	69249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new prison places which will replace places in ageing and ineffective prisons, providing buildings fit for today’s demands and able to support effective rehabilitation.</p><p>On 22 March we announced plans to build four new prisons in Yorkshire, Wigan, South Wales and Rochester. No decisions have been made about HMPYOI Cardiff and Swansea.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 69250 question first answered 30/03/2017 16:28:11 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755977

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Domestic Abuse
	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 that victims of domestic violence or abuse and their alleged perpetrators shall both have legal representation to avoid direct contact in court proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are already measures in place to prevent the direct cross-examination of victims by the accused in criminal courts. We intend to legislate to give the family courts similar powers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/10/2017 14:03:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755976

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Domestic Abuse
	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 that changed names or the addresses of victims of domestic violence or abuse are not provided in court-related documents provided to the perpetrator of that violence or abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Courts regularly handle extremely sensitive cases and have a range of measures in place to ensure the safety and security of victims including victims of domestic abuse. For some civil proceedings, individuals may request that their address details are not disclosed and this is something that the judge will consider on a case by case basis.</p><p>In family proceedings the courts have clear guidance on the processes operational staff should follow to make sure that confidentiality is maintained when parties addresses are required; for example, when the court needs to carry out safeguarding checks.</p><p>In criminal cases there is no requirement either for a witness’ address to be provided in their written statement, or for the witness to give their current name if that is different to the name by which they were known by at the time of the offence. There are additional measures that prosecutors can apply for such as witness anonymity orders under section 86 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that allows the content of a witness’ statement to be redacted in such a way as to prevent disclosure of the witness’ identity, as permitted by section 87(4) of that Act.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/09/2017 15:22:18 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755896

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) claims were made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and (b) such claims were successful in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In respect of PQ 6900, I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 6393 on 28 July 2017.</p><p>The table below provides the information requested in PQ 6908, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority</a>:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of claims received by CICA</p></td><td><p>Successful claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>32,415</p></td><td><p>13,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>31,563</p></td><td><p>13,866</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Claims that were successful in each of the two years were not necessarily received within those financial years. Therefore the number in the third column does not necessarily relate to the same group of cases as is listed in the second column.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of PQ 6901, a victim who is aged 16 or under at the time of the offence can make a claim to the CICA. Usually if they are still under 16 at the time they apply to CICA the parent or other person with parental responsibility for the child should complete an application on their behalf.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 6900 6901 question first answered 12/09/2017 15:34:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts