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1136199

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether specialised employees with training on how to support people with disabilities are available in each court.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	272171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) launched new guidance to staff in November 2018 to help ensure it meets its legal duty (under the Equality Act 2010) to provide reasonable adjustments for users with disabilities. This empowers staff to remove barriers and support users with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS will also shortly issue a new reasonable adjustment learning product for staff so that they have the capability and confidence to support court and tribunal users with disabilities. This learning will be mandatory for all HMCTS operational staff to complete.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS also has a page on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank"><strong>GOV.UK</strong></a> setting out the support it provides, pointing users to who they can contact to get the right support, and explaining how individual needs will be discussed with the judge hearing a case.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for all staff and users.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/07/2019 16:40:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136212

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) probation services and (b) community rehabilitation companies on the use of algorithms in relation to recall decisions following a breach of licence conditions.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	272181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>All probation providers must adhere to the published Policy Framework on Recall, Review and Re-Release of Recalled Prisoners, including on the steps Responsible Officers must take to satisfy themselves that a recall request is appropriate. The Policy Framework also contains the ‘Recall Best Practice Guide: Working with Recalled Prisoners’ for use by all probation and prison staff involved in the recall process.</p><p>The Policy Framework is available online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 15:44:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1136215

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process is used by his Department to monitor the use of algorithms by community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	272183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice assesses the quality of alternative risk assessment tools proposed by Community Rehabilitation Companies and sets a number of conditions for approval including a requirement for ongoing research and evaluation to ensure the tool is fit for purpose. Under our proposals for future probation arrangements responsibility for undertaking risk assessment processes will sit with staff in the National Probation Service.</p><p>We are still at the early stages of using algorithms in the criminal justice system, primarily as decision support tools to aid professional judgement. We have internal process in place to ensure we develop and roll-out algorithmic models appropriately and responsibly and are working with The Alan Turing Institute to make sure use of these models is ethical, safe and fair</p><p>These tools are one element of a number of measures for assessing the risk of re-offending: offender managers make robust risk assessments based on their professional expertise. The most complex cases, and those with the highest assessed risk of re-offending or causing harm, will attract the most intensive intervention. In all cases, the professional judgement of the offender manager is a key factor in deciding what measures are needed to manage an offender and prevent re-offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 15:43:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1136226

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for an offender convicted for domestic burglary for offenders for which this was their (a) first, (b) second, (c) third, (d) fourth, (e) fifth, (f) sixth, (g) seventh or (h) eighth or more conviction for that offence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	272235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The average custodial sentence length for offenders sentenced for domestic burglary, broken down by the order of sentence occasion, covering the period 2014 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for more than the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated queries of the Police National Computer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 272237 question first answered 09/07/2019 15:53:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQs 272235 and 272237 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1136258

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what preparations his Department is making for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and how much funding has been allocated to those preparations.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	272110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible Government, we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for nearly three years. We are putting in place a range of mitigations to effectively prepare for the potential impact of EU exit across the full portfolio of the Ministry of Justice, including prisons, courts and tribunals. Our justice system is respected across the world. This was the case before we joined the EU, and it will continue to be the case after we leave.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as £412m over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (Autumn Statement 2016); £286m of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18); over £1.5 billion for 2018/19 (Supplementary Estimates 2018/19); and over £2 billion for 2019/20 (Main Estimates 2019/20).</p><p> </p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/07/2019 16:57:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136288

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of the offence of coercive control under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	272254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Figures on the number of defendants convicted under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 in the last 3 years can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence data tool’, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Search ‘Offence’ for ‘8.21 - Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate/family relationship.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:04:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1136294

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests have been undertaken following a person taking their own life while in the care of (a) the NHS and (b) private mental health facilities in each of the last 10 years; how many of those inquests resulted in a change of leadership at the facility in question; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	272209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collects and publishes annual data on coroners’ inquest conclusions including the number of suicide conclusions but it does not collect data about the location of suicides or any follow up action. The annual coroner statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 15:37:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1136346

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse on legal aid for education law in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a> and is updated on a quarterly basis. The relevant information is summarised in the table shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,632,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,639,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,487,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,554,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,338,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,236,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,607,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,868,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1,740,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Costs are inclusive of VAT, profit costs, counsel fees and any disbursements incurred. Please note that costs recovered from the opponent in education law matters, and hence which were not charged to the legal aid fund, have not been included in the totals above.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/07/2019 16:41:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136351

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on notifying people that paid employment tribunal fees of their right to a refund.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The refund scheme was announced on 20th October 2017 through an article on the gov.uk website, letters to parliamentarians, and information disseminated through partners such as trades unions, the Law Society and the Citizens Advice. In April 2018, we wrote to everyone entitled to a refund and who had not yet applied, as well as interested MPs, to ensure they were aware of the scheme and how to apply. This was completed in July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>To complete this exercise, we employed an external delivery partner at the cost of £28,000. This does not include the time spent by MoJ officials on this task.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:43:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135823

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the unemployment rate among former male inmates compared with the rate among the general male population.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	271362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>In May last year, we published our plans for reforming prison education and improving employment outcomes for ex-offenders in the Education and Employment Strategy. The strategy created a system in which each prisoner was set on a path to employment, with prison education and work geared towards employment on release from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>In line with this, we introduced new performance measures to record the rates of employment for prison leavers at six weeks post-release. The Department is scheduled to publish the statistical data for this on 25 July in an annex to Community Performance Statistics on Gov.uk, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:14:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar