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532983

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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 assessment he has made of which policy areas within his Department's remit will be affected by the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	41974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2016 15:05:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

532984

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential implications for UK human rights legislation of the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	41961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a proud tradition of respect for human rights and will continue to protect fundamental human rights.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2016 15:00:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

532985

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts have been advertised at HM Prison Berwyn for which Welsh language skills were stipulated as (a) essential and (b) desirable; and what proportion of (i) advertised posts and (ii) total posts such posts represented in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	41852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>All external adverts for posts at HMP Berwyn have been published in both English and Welsh language.</p><p>Posts did not stipulate Welsh language skills as a requirement, but we expect Welsh and English to be spoken by at least some staff in all functional areas.</p><p>Data on the number of bilingual Welsh and English speakers appointed is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 41853 question first answered 11/07/2016 16:58:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

532986

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
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 appointments to HM Prison Berwyn have been of bilingual Welsh and English speakers; and what proportion such staff are of the total employed at that prison.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	41853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>All external adverts for posts at HMP Berwyn have been published in both English and Welsh language.</p><p>Posts did not stipulate Welsh language skills as a requirement, but we expect Welsh and English to be spoken by at least some staff in all functional areas.</p><p>Data on the number of bilingual Welsh and English speakers appointed is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 41852 question first answered 11/07/2016 16:58:20 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

532988

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce legislative proposals to limit the effect of EU law and the role of the Court of Justice of the EU within the UK during the period of negotiation on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	41871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2016 14:53:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

532989

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to investigate the effect of means testing for legal aid on the ability of domestic violence survivors to access justice.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	41872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely clear that victims of domestic violence must have access to the help that they need, including access to legal aid.</p><p>We are working closely with various domestic abuse support groups and legal representative bodies to gather information about the existing evidence requirements for obtaining legal aid in private family law cases involving domestic violence.</p><p>Whilst examination of means testing is not the purpose of this exercise, the review may uncover any issues relating to application of the means test to this particular group.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/07/2016 15:16:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

533020

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many organisations named as second- and third-tier subcontractors to community rehabilitation companies in successful bids have ended their contract in 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of three organisations named as second and third tier subcontractors to community rehabilitation companies in successful bids that have ended their contract in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This excludes organisations named as second and third tier subcontractors to community rehabilitation companies with whom sub contracts were not executed, or contracts which have reached the end of their term and expired.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 19/07/2016 16:45:16 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

533021

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the decision-making criteria are for the closure and sale of prisons as part of their prison building programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Prisons are selected for closure through a well-established process including an economic analysis that identifies those prisons that are no longer fit for purpose in the modern prison estate and/or are most expensive to operate or maintain. The assessment also considers the impact of closure on the ability of the National Offender Management Service to deliver its business effectively.</p><p>Following a decision to close a prison and it subsequently being decommissioned the Ministry of Justice will prepare the site for disposal. At that stage, the Ministry of Justice will work closely with the local authority and others, on future options for the site. No decisions have yet been made about closures, other than those already announced.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 19/07/2016 16:46:15 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

533022

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Health and Safety Executive
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Offender Management Service is still providing prison officer training under the Women Awareness Staff Programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Staff who work within women’s prisons are able to undertake two additional training programmes, ‘Women Awareness Staff Programme’ and ‘Sex Workers in Custody and the Community’.</p><p>Additionally, nearly 2,000 staff in women’s prisons and providers of community services in England and Scotland have received training on developing ‘trauma informed’ practice, which entails understanding and responding to behaviours arising from a history of trauma.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 19/07/2016 16:50:53 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

532350

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bath University: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress towards achieving a more diverse judiciary in the last six years.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving judicial diversity and co-ordinates this effort through the Judicial Diversity Forum, a cross-stakeholder group with representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), the judiciary and legal profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial Diversity Forum replaced the Judicial Diversity Taskforce in 2014 as the body responsible for encouraging judicial diversity; it has implemented a number of schemes to help improve judicial diversity. Recent examples include the 100 plus Diversity and Community Relations Judges doing invaluable work with the community to expel myths about working for the judiciary and interact with schools, universities and the legal professions. There is also a Judicial Mentoring Scheme where judges volunteer to be mentors; providing invaluable advice and guidance to those from under-represented groups seeking a judicial appointment or those wishing to progress in their judicial career.</p><p> </p><p>Data on judicial appointments are published regularly on gov.uk. The below figures show how many candidates were recommended by the JAC for judicial appointment in each of the past six years and how many of those were (1) from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, (2) women and (3) disabled. As these figures are JAC recommendations, they may include a small number of candidates that do not go on to be appointed.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>2010</strong>- 759 candidates were recommended out of which 75 (10%) were from BAME, 309 (41%) were women and 41 (5%) were disabled.</li><li><strong>2011</strong>- 894 candidates were recommended out of which 91 (10%) were from BAME backgrounds, 406 (45%) were women and 34 (4%) were disabled.</li><li><strong>2012</strong>- 371 candidates were recommended out of which 48 (13%) were from BAME backgrounds, 152 (41%) were women and 22 (6%) were disabled.</li><li><strong>2013</strong>- 572 candidates were recommended out of which 38 (7%) were from BAME backgrounds, 303 (53%) were women and 81 (14%) were disabled.</li><li><strong>2014</strong>- 312 candidates were recommended out of which 40 (13%) were from BAME backgrounds, 134 (43%) were women and 11 (4%) were disabled.</li><li><strong>2015</strong>- 319 candidates were recommended out of which 28 (9%) were from BAME backgrounds, 143 (45%) were women and 10 (3%) were disabled.</li></ul><p>The Government acknowledges that within the judiciary there is an under-representation of women, those who are disabled and those from a BAME background. However, recent statistics show some improvement which suggests ongoing diversity initiatives, co-ordinated by the Forum, are beginning to have an impact:</p><p> </p><p>1) 12% of judges across Courts and Tribunals under 50 years of age are from a BAME background (around 14% of the UK population are from BAME groups).</p><p>2) JAC Official Statistics from April 2015 to March 2016 showed women made up 45% of those recommended for appointment overall (140 of 308 recommendations).</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL948 HL949 HL950 question first answered 18/07/2016 13:55:32 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley