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1645999

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been relocated to Birmingham to serve their probation in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In order to obtain data on the relocation of people on probation, individual case files would need to be reviewed. The information could therefore not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service provides accommodation directly to some offenders through its Community Accommodation Service: for example, approved premises for high-risk offenders and temporary accommodation for homeless prison leavers. We endeavour to accommodate offenders in an area that would be best for their rehabilitation, usually this is in their local area. However, a range of factors needs to be considered, including but not limited to the protection of victims. It may sometimes be more beneficial for an individual to be placed outside of an area where they have existing links due to their personal circumstances. This can include on occasion both individuals originally from elsewhere being housed in Birmingham, and individuals originally from Birmingham being housed elsewhere.</p><p>Offenders supervised by probation will normally be allocated to the Probation Delivery Unit local to them. Changes of location during a sentence can be disruptive and potentially impact on risk management and sentence planning and delivery. Changes can also, however, provide an opportunity for refreshing engagement, and the strengths and benefits of any move must also be identified and encouraged. In order to mitigate any risks, case transfers from one probation area to another are planned and managed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 190441 190442 question first answered 28/06/2023 16:19:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1646000

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Location
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 offenders are placed on probation in communities where they have no preexisting links.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In order to obtain data on the relocation of people on probation, individual case files would need to be reviewed. The information could therefore not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service provides accommodation directly to some offenders through its Community Accommodation Service: for example, approved premises for high-risk offenders and temporary accommodation for homeless prison leavers. We endeavour to accommodate offenders in an area that would be best for their rehabilitation, usually this is in their local area. However, a range of factors needs to be considered, including but not limited to the protection of victims. It may sometimes be more beneficial for an individual to be placed outside of an area where they have existing links due to their personal circumstances. This can include on occasion both individuals originally from elsewhere being housed in Birmingham, and individuals originally from Birmingham being housed elsewhere.</p><p>Offenders supervised by probation will normally be allocated to the Probation Delivery Unit local to them. Changes of location during a sentence can be disruptive and potentially impact on risk management and sentence planning and delivery. Changes can also, however, provide an opportunity for refreshing engagement, and the strengths and benefits of any move must also be identified and encouraged. In order to mitigate any risks, case transfers from one probation area to another are planned and managed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 190440 190442 question first answered 28/06/2023 16:19:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1646002

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Location
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 potential effectiveness of offenders being placed on probation in a city that is different from their supervising probation service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In order to obtain data on the relocation of people on probation, individual case files would need to be reviewed. The information could therefore not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service provides accommodation directly to some offenders through its Community Accommodation Service: for example, approved premises for high-risk offenders and temporary accommodation for homeless prison leavers. We endeavour to accommodate offenders in an area that would be best for their rehabilitation, usually this is in their local area. However, a range of factors needs to be considered, including but not limited to the protection of victims. It may sometimes be more beneficial for an individual to be placed outside of an area where they have existing links due to their personal circumstances. This can include on occasion both individuals originally from elsewhere being housed in Birmingham, and individuals originally from Birmingham being housed elsewhere.</p><p>Offenders supervised by probation will normally be allocated to the Probation Delivery Unit local to them. Changes of location during a sentence can be disruptive and potentially impact on risk management and sentence planning and delivery. Changes can also, however, provide an opportunity for refreshing engagement, and the strengths and benefits of any move must also be identified and encouraged. In order to mitigate any risks, case transfers from one probation area to another are planned and managed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 190440 190441 question first answered 28/06/2023 16:19:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1628881

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Ceremonies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will make it his policy to recognise Handfastings as a legal ceremony of marriage.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>In July 2019, the Government invited the Law Commission to undertake a wholesale review on weddings law in England and Wales. The Law Commission report was published on 19 July 2022 and contains 57 recommendations for extensive legislative reform.</p><p> </p><p>We must now take the time to consider the report recommendations fully. As has been set out in Parliament, marriage will always be one of our most important institutions, and we have a duty to consider the implications of any changes to the law in this area very carefully. We will publish a response to the report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/05/2023 09:51:32 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542288

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has he made of the number of rental repossessions in Birmingham since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	87936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87935 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542287

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders
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 home repossessions in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	87935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87936 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490273

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time has been between arrest and appearing in front of magistrates for people charged with knife possession in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last 12 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	38791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes timeliness estimates of the key stages of the criminal justice system as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly National Statistics release.</p><p>The published estimates cover the periods from offence to charge, charge to first listing and through from first listing to completion (at either magistrates’ and Crown Court).</p><p>The latest published information is available to March 2022 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 26/07/2022 13:04:29 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1202423

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men received a prison sentence of under six months in (i) March, (ii) April and (iii) May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	58047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. National Statistics on sentencing for the first and second quarter of 2020 are due for publication in August and November 2020, with detailed data, including offender characteristic, for the whole of 2020 planned for publication in May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 15:53:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1202425

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remote Hearings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many video hearings were conducted by magistrates courts in each of the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	58048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The estimated number of video hearings conducted in the Magistrates’ Courts in the last three months is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>5,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>20,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020 (to 11<sup>th</sup> June 2020)</p></td><td><p>9,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This data is manually collated each day and reported by individual courts and must be considered in that light with all the inherent risks in relation to possible input errors and missed submissions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 16:07:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1186854

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners released from prison during the covid-19 outbreak are being tested for that disease before release.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	32720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Public health authorities decide whether to carry out tests on individual prisoners and there are no plans to test prisoners for COVID-19 before they are released from prison. This is in line with PHE guidance which states that requests for laboratory testing of individuals must meet the criteria for a possible case of COVID-19. We are working closely with PHE and will continue to follow their guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/03/2020 15:13:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill