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1247812

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recent report by the Office of the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, what steps the Government plans to take to tackle the annual and proportionate decline in the (a) number of rape cases considered by the CPS and (b) conviction rate among those cases since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	110250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the decline in the number of rape and serious sexual offences being charged and prosecuted in England and Wales is a cause for significant concern. That is why we are carrying out an end-to end review of how the Criminal Justice System responds to rape. Through this review we are working with operational partners from across the Criminal Justice system including the police, CPS and victims’ groups to ensure we can improve the way rape cases are dealt with.</p><p>We welcome the Office of the Victims’ Commissioner’s research and will consider its findings carefully. The Government is intending to publish its initial findings and recommendations for action before the end of the year, and is committed to continuing to work after that publication to make further changes to improve the system in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 10/11/2020 17:08:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1247816

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victims: Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department has given to victims of clerical abuse to access justice.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	110279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Rape and sexual abuse are devastating crimes that can have a life-long impact, and the Government is committed to ensuring the victims of these crimes have access to high-quality support services to help them cope and, as far as possible, recover. These services are available to all victims whether or not they report to the police.</p><p>In 2020/21, the Ministry of Justice awarded £12m to 91 rape support centres across England and Wales to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, an increase of £4m from 2019/20. This includes £1.8m of ringfenced funding for victims of recent and non-recent child sexual abuse.</p><p>The government has also recently doubled the financial support it provides to national organisations that support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse to £2.4m.</p><p>The new funding is in addition to the £4.79m provided to Police and Crime Commissioners by the Ministry of Justice to support victims of child sexual abuse (part of the £69m provided this year for them to commission victim support service based on local need).</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that victims can continue to access such support during the pandemic, and recently announced a £76m package of funding for victims, with £10 million ringfenced to provide support for victims of sexual violence specifically. This has helped fund technology to enable charities to offer services remotely.</p><p>The Government also recently announced that an additional £4m per annum until 2022 will be invested in recruiting more Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) to help victims feel informed and supported at every stage of their recovery journey. ISVAs provide an important link between police, support services and criminal justice agencies.</p><p>We will continue to work with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to expose what went wrong in the past and to learn the lessons for the future.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 05/11/2020 16:49:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1247891

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long he plans to keep in place covid-19 flexible operating hours in courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	110219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has led the way internationally in continuing justice, restarting jury trials ahead of all other comparable systems.</p><p>We continue to make significant progress on Criminal Courts Recovery. Since August, magistrates’ courts have been consistently completing more cases than they are receiving, dealing with over 21,000 cases each week and tackling the backlog.</p><p>In the Crown Court, we are listing over 150 jury trials and conducting thousands of other hearings each week.</p><p>As part of the Criminal Courts Recovery we have considered adopting different operating hours to maximise HMCTS’ own estate. Magistrates’ courts are already responding flexibly at a local level, and a number of Crown Court buildings are now testing and refining a blended COVID Operating Hours model. It is important to note that COVID Operating Hours would be a time-limited measure and whilst they would mean that our buildings will be open for longer, no one party would be required to attend court for longer.</p><p>We identified seven Crown Court locations to test and refine the COVID Operating Hours model. We are monitoring the pilots and will assess them all by the end of November before a decision on further implementation is taken.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110220 question first answered 10/11/2020 15:44:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1247892

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Coronavirus
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 effectiveness of the covid-19 flexible operating hours pilots.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	110220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has led the way internationally in continuing justice, restarting jury trials ahead of all other comparable systems.</p><p>We continue to make significant progress on Criminal Courts Recovery. Since August, magistrates’ courts have been consistently completing more cases than they are receiving, dealing with over 21,000 cases each week and tackling the backlog.</p><p>In the Crown Court, we are listing over 150 jury trials and conducting thousands of other hearings each week.</p><p>As part of the Criminal Courts Recovery we have considered adopting different operating hours to maximise HMCTS’ own estate. Magistrates’ courts are already responding flexibly at a local level, and a number of Crown Court buildings are now testing and refining a blended COVID Operating Hours model. It is important to note that COVID Operating Hours would be a time-limited measure and whilst they would mean that our buildings will be open for longer, no one party would be required to attend court for longer.</p><p>We identified seven Crown Court locations to test and refine the COVID Operating Hours model. We are monitoring the pilots and will assess them all by the end of November before a decision on further implementation is taken.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110219 question first answered 10/11/2020 15:44:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1247893

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jury trials were completed in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	110221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes quarterly official statistics for the criminal courts here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020</a>.</p><p>HMCTS also publishes weekly Management Information for all jurisdictions, including the Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Employment Tribunal here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-to-september-2020</a>.</p><p>These weekly MI figures reflect the data held on the relevant case management systems and hence have some definitional and timing differences from any official statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110222 question first answered 10/11/2020 15:52:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1247894

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) receipts and (b) disposals there were in (a) magistrates courts, (b) Crown courts and (c) employment tribunals in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	110222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes quarterly official statistics for the criminal courts here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020</a>.</p><p>HMCTS also publishes weekly Management Information for all jurisdictions, including the Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Employment Tribunal here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-to-september-2020</a>.</p><p>These weekly MI figures reflect the data held on the relevant case management systems and hence have some definitional and timing differences from any official statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110221 question first answered 10/11/2020 15:52:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1247939

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Air Pollution
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 effect of reforms to the judicial review system on the numbers of legal cases brought against the Government on illegal levels of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	110038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ97451 on 9<sup>th</sup> October 2020. Further to that answer the Government has also committed to undertaking a review of the Environmental Costs Protection Regime, and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/11/2020 16:52:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1248058

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that (1) EU nationals can still access legal services in the UK once the Brexit transition period ends, and (2) British nationals can access legal services in the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <p>The government recognises that citizens and businesses in both the UK and EU Member States rely on the expertise, experience and scale of supply that lawyers currently provide.</p><p>The government is seeking to negotiate reciprocal sector-specific provisions in the UK-EU Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement which would allow UK lawyers to provide legal advice on UK and International law in EU member states under their UK legal title on a temporary or permanent basis. These provisions remain subject to ongoing negotiations with the EU. UK lawyers will be subject to each EU Member State’s domestic framework which regulates provision of legal services. The government has posted guidance online at gov.uk and will be updating this once negotiations have concluded.</p><p>EU lawyers practising in the UK will no longer be able to provide regulated services under their home state professional title, although they can still become solicitors and barristers through existing transfer tests that are open to all foreign lawyers. The government has signposted on gov.uk that EU lawyers should speak to UK regulators for further information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 13/11/2020 13:08:17 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1248060

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Protection: Court Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to adopt the European Union Protection Measures Regulation (606/2013) into domestic law.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by the Government ensures the EU ‘Protection Measures Regulation’ (606/2013) will continue to apply to protection measures in both the UK and EU Member States where a certificate is issued before the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to protection measures where certificates are issued after the end of the transition period, the Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 493 of 2019) provides that an incoming protection measure from an EU Member State shall continue to be recognised and will be enforceable in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>However, the instrument also removes the ability for the courts of England and Wales and Northern Ireland to issue an outgoing certificate, which is required for recognition and enforcement in an EU Member State under the Protection Measures Regulation. This is because we cannot legislate unilaterally to restore the reciprocity of approach, without which the court of an EU Member State could simply ignore protection measures issued by courts in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>These issues are devolved to Scotland. I understand the Scottish Government is considering its position.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 12/11/2020 14:33:10 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1247013

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cases of covid-19 and (b) covid-19 related deaths there have been in each prison in England and Wales as of 23 October 2020; and if he will publish that data on a weekly basis.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	109522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Verified data on the number of prisoners that have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number of prisoner deaths is published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> for the period up to the 30 September 2020, via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-covid-19-statistics-september-2020.</p><p> </p><p>Published data for the total number of covid-19 cases and covid-19 related deaths for prisons in England and Wales will be updated on 13 November 2020 with data to 31 October 2020. We are currently considering options regarding the weekly publishing of this information and the providing of details by individual prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Closed settings such as prisons pose particular challenges in managing outbreaks, but we have implemented strong measures to mitigate this risk, guided by public health advice, and with the safety of those staff working in all our establishments and prisoners remaining the absolute priority.</p><p> </p><p>We have begun introducing a testing regime for staff and prisoners across all prisons in England and Wales to help identify and isolate cases early and control the spread of coronavirus. Routine staff testing will also be rolled out from November for both directly employed and non-directly employed staff who work with prisoners on a weekly basis. Reception and transfer testing for prisoners is now in place in seven prisons in England and two in Wales. Further sites are expected to begin testing over the coming weeks with a focus on reception prisons first.</p><p> </p><p>Testing is one of the many mitigations methods that have been introduced to manage the spread of infection. This sits alongside the face mask strategy for staff, compartmentalisation, additional single-cell accommodation and the social distancing measures. All of these measures collectively contribute to preventing the spread of coronavirus and protect staff, residents and the public and it is important to continue to follow all of the guidelines in place.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2020 14:17:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts