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1657634

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date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average time those currently serving mandatory life sentences will spend in prison.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent judiciary. Release from mandatory life sentences is determined by the Parole Board, when the Board is satisfied that detaining the offender is no longer necessary for the protection of the public.</p><p> </p><p>While we do not have an estimate of the average time those <em>currently </em>in prison on mandatory life sentences will serve, we do publish average time served, based on release data, on an annual basis. Table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mandatory life</p></td><td><p>Mean time served (years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Due to improvements in IT systems, the 2015 prison admissions data is now taken from a different source and, for statistical reporting purposes only, are produced using a different method. The 2015 figures from both the old and new systems have been presented to aid comparison.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/09/2023 15:13:04 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1657635

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Advice and Care Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work conducted by the Prison Advice and Care Trust in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>H.M. Prison &amp; Probation Service holds both contracts and grants with the Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) for work they undertake in prisons in England and Wales. Whilst no formal assessment of the work completed by Pact has been undertaken, all contracts and grants are awarded following open and fair competition. Those tendering for contracts or applying for grants (including Pact) are thoroughly assessed against the published criteria including the completion of due diligence checks prior to the awarding of any contract or grant.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/09/2023 16:34:36 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1657637

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time those who enter prison on remand to await trial and sentencing will spend in custody.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>The methodology for calculating the amount of time spent on custodial remand is currently being reviewed and further clarification will be issued in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 26/09/2023 11:05:33 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1657669

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete within prison buildings in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL9761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out. The Government published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September and committed to providing further updates.</p><p>The potential mitigating actions for prison buildings will be to monitor them, prop them up or replace them, in line with Institute of Structural Engineers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL9762 HL9763 question first answered 18/09/2023 14:51:40 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1657670

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to audit all prison buildings constructed between 1950 to 1990 for the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete; and, if so, what is their timescale.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL9762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out. The Government published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September and committed to providing further updates.</p><p>The potential mitigating actions for prison buildings will be to monitor them, prop them up or replace them, in line with Institute of Structural Engineers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL9761 HL9763 question first answered 18/09/2023 14:51:40 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1657671

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what mitigating actions are in place for prison buildings when the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is detected.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL9763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out. The Government published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September and committed to providing further updates.</p><p>The potential mitigating actions for prison buildings will be to monitor them, prop them up or replace them, in line with Institute of Structural Engineers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL9761 HL9762 question first answered 18/09/2023 14:51:40 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1657719

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Subject Access Requests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and if they will make an assessment of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	197467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice handles subject access requests in accordance with data protection legislation and the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) guidance.</p><p>The timescales for responding to a subject access request is within one calendar month, although timescales for certain, complex cases can be extended under the legislation for a further two months.</p><p>The latest period for which performance data is available is April-June 2023. During this period, the Ministry received 2,046 subject access requests. We responded to 1851 within the legal deadline of 30 days set by the ICO and the average response time was 24 days.</p><p>This is in line with legislation and is a metric which the department consistently seeks to achieve and improve.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/09/2023 15:42:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657733

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	197585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford fall into the Staffordshire Local Criminal Justice Board. Whilst the outstanding caseload in both the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court is currently higher than in 2019, due to additional pressures faced by the courts during the pandemic and as a result of the Criminal Bar Association Strike, there have been improvements in the last quarter. In the magistrates’ court, the outstanding case load stood at 8,964 in Q1 2023 compared to 9,401 in Q4 2022. In the Crown Court, the outstanding caseload stood at 1,033 in Q1 2023 compared to 1084 in Q4 2022. We continue to work with colleagues and the judiciary locally to improve our service to local communities.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to reducing the caseload and are working closely with the judiciary and other partners to improve the experience of court users. We have introduced a raft of measures to achieve that aim, including allowing the courts to sit at maximum capacity for the third year in a row. We have also extended the use of 24 Nightingale courtrooms this financial year, and are recruiting up to 1,000 judges across all jurisdictions to allow courts to work at full capacity.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/09/2023 16:57:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1657734

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking through the criminal justice system to tackle alcohol and drug-related crime in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	197586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>We know that drug and alcohol related crime blights communities and drives reoffending, so it is essential the Criminal Justice System tackles substance misuse and supports offenders into treatment.</p><p>This is why MoJ have introduced the Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement (AAMR) to tackle alcohol related offending. The AAMR imposes an alcohol ban for up to 120 days, with compliance electronically monitored using an alcohol tag. Published statistics show a compliance rate with the ban of 97.2% for days monitored, since introduction, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electronic-monitoring-statistics-publication-june-2023" target="_blank">Electronic Monitoring Statistics Published June 2023 - Gov.uk.</a> We have also introduced alcohol monitoring for offenders leaving custody and during the license period where alcohol misuse is a factor for reoffending; license conditions may be imposed which ban or limit alcohol consumption.</p><p>Drug Treatment Requirements can also be imposed as part of a community sentence, which aims to address the underlying causes of drug-driven offending behaviours and improve health outcomes.</p><p>All prisoners will also have access to high-quality treatment so they can turn their back on addiction. We are increasing the number of Incentivised Substance Free Living units to up to 100 by March 2025, where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs with regular drug testing and incentives - there are currently 60 open across the estate, including several in the West Midlands region.</p><p>The ongoing recruitment of Drug Strategy Leads based in category C and women's prisons, also allows for the coordination of the strategy’s whole system approach to tackling drugs.</p><p>We are recruiting Health and Justice Partnership Coordinators across England and Wales, to improve offender access to substance misuse and health services. These roles work regionally across the West Midlands, covering both Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.</p><p>We know that for prison leavers, continuity of care after release is important. We are rolling out a project that will make probation aware of all person leavers who were in treatment in prison and have been referred to community treatment- enabling them to support appointment attendance. Mobilisation in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire is underway and due to complete by March 2024.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/09/2023 16:51:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1657735

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Acquittals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the magistrate's reasons for the acquittal of Iola Davies and Jasmine Murphy for obstructing the entrance to UAV Engines Ltd in Shenstone on 9 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	197337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to comment on individual cases and decisions made by the independent judiciary, which are fact specific and made on a case-by-case basis. This particular judgement does not relate to an area of Ministry of Justice policy but as is normal practice, the Crown Prosecution Service can appeal rulings in the magistrates’ court.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/09/2023 15:40:08 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant