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1660754

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a) undertake horizon scanning work and (b) focus on delivering long-term priorities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Liaison Committee recently launched an inquiry into select committee scrutiny of strategic thinking across Whitehall. The Government will be providing written evidence to this in due course.</p><p>The Lord Chancellor is responsible for oversight of all ministerial portfolios and Ministry of Justice strategy. An overview of ministerial portfolios for the Ministry of Justice is here: Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Addressing long-term issues is part of the work of the Department across all our policy areas.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/09/2023 16:07:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660789

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were convicted of aggravated assault under section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 between 28 June 2022 and 14 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	199558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 created a statutory aggravating factor for certain assault offences where they are committed against a person providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing services to the public. It did not create an aggravated assault offence.</p><p>Aggravating factors are taken into account by the courts during sentencing. Once the court has reached a provisional sentence based on the harm caused and the culpability of the offender, the court should then take into account aggravating factors which make the offence more serious, and mitigating factors which may reduce the seriousness. The sentence will then be adjusted upwards or downwards accordingly, within the maximum prescribed by Parliament.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect or publish data on the use of aggravating factors.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/09/2023 10:38:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1660368

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
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 trends in the level of re-offending amongst former prisoners in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The average overall proven reoffending rate for adults released from custody in England and Wales was 38.0% in 2020/21 (the latest year for which reoffending data is available), down from 48.4% in 2016/17.</p><p>Information on reoffending rates up to 2021 can be found online in our Proven Reoffending Collection: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics" target="_blank">Proven reoffending statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/09/2023 17:11:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660395

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) education and (b) literacy of adults in prison; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	199290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>We are delivering a new Prisoner Education Service to improve the literacy, numeracy and vocational skills of prisoners. This will support positive employment outcomes and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>This year we have appointed new Heads of Education Skills and Work and Neurodiversity Support Managers to more than 100 prisons, introducing senior educational expertise and knowledge to improve support for prisoners with additional learning needs; developed a new reading assessment tool and rolled out whole prison reading strategies in all prisons; and committed £1.8m to charities to pilot new reading initiatives. We have also enabled prisoners released on temporary licence to undertake apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>This week, we have opened a major competition for new Core Education contracts. These will go live from 2025 and be focussed on improving outcomes and delivering value for money.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/09/2023 14:40:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1660406

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all court buildings constructed during the 1990s.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	199292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the answer of 4 September 2023, Official Report, PQ 197380, Departments have been surveying properties and depending on the assessment of the presence of RAAC have decided to either continue to monitor the structure, reinforce it, or replace it. This is in line with the approach recommended by the Institution of Structural Engineers.</p><p>At this stage, the Government does not believe it would be in the public interest to pre-empt that process by releasing piecemeal information which may lead to false assumptions about individual court buildings.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/09/2023 07:55:36 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1660451

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the length of prison sentences for people convicted of a crime who decline to attend their sentencing hearing on prison capacity.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Offenders should be brought before the court to face the consequences of their crimes.  That is why on 30 August 2023, the Government announced its intention to introduce a new court order requiring an offender to attend their sentencing hearing. It will be for judges to decide whether to make such an order. Serious offenders convicted of an offence which carries a maximum of life imprisonment, who breach such an order, will face an additional penalty of up to 2 years’ imprisonment. A full impact assessment will be published once the measures are introduced, which will be as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/09/2023 11:34:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660460

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Parents
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 children in England and Wales who had a parent in prison on 13 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	199340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s most comprehensive estimate suggests over the course of a year, approximately 200,000 children may be affected by a parent being in or going to prison. However, this estimate is based on 2009 survey data.</p><p> </p><p>The Prisons Strategy White Paper includes a commitment to improve the quality of the data collected on children impacted by parental imprisonment. We will deliver this commitment through our Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) Programme. BOLD is a cross government project which will link data to enable better evidenced and more joined up cross government services. Through BOLD, we will explore data sharing to improve our understanding of the number of children with parents in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Changes have also been made to the Basic Custody Screening Tool to enable us to collect data on entry to prison about how many primary carers are in custody and how many children under the age of 18 are affected by their imprisonment. The learning from the data collected will be incorporated into findings from the BOLD programme, which will be delivered by March 2024.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/09/2023 11:28:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1660470

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198222 on Ministry of Justice: Buildings, how many surveys for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) are scheduled.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	199344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Survey work is underway. For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/09/2023 16:02:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1660471

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198222 on Ministry of Justice: Buildings, whether any prisons are being surveyed for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	199345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 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. his 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> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/09/2023 16:02:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1660472

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on surveys investigating whether there is reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in (a) prisons, (b) courts and (c) all other Ministry of Justice buildings as of 13 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	199346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Survey work is underway. For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/09/2023 16:01:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury