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1150116

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority has a code of conduct for its staff working in the (a) the Investigation and Supervision Unit, (b) Forensic Investigation Unit and (c) Legal and Enforcement Unit.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 958 959 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150117

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ask the Legal Services Board to initiate a review of the consistency of Solicitors Regulation Authority decision-making in relation to (a) supervision, (b) investigations and (c) enforcement in connection with (i) sole practitioners and (ii) firms with no more than four partners, members or directors and which have an annual turnover of no more than £400,000.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 959 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150118

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 958 960 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150119

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what key performance indicators exist for staff within the (a) investigation and supervision, (b) forensic investigation and (c) legal and enforcement units of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 958 959 961 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150120

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the data on supervision and enforcement outcomes on page 39 of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Annual Report 2017-19, published on 23 May 2019, if he will make an assessment of the value for money represented by the recent exercise of the investigation and enforcement functions of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board, as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 957 958 959 960 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:57:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1150170

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department uses ONS estimates of personal wellbeing in formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We use ONS wellbeing statistics to inform Health and Wellbeing policy within the Civil Service. The Ministry of justice also measures personal wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) use for the UK population as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The four personal well-being questions are: Life Satisfaction, Worthwhile, Happiness, and Anxiety. Further details can be found <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringnationalwellbeing/july2017tojune2018" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The People Survey is one source of data used to inform the department’s wellbeing agenda and the development of our wellbeing strategy. More information can be found within the department’s published voluntary report on disability mental health and wellbeing. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827763/moj-voluntary-reporting.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827763/moj-voluntary-reporting.pdf</a></p><p>Since the launch of the department’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy in November 2015, we have produced a wide range of toolkits and guidance to support personal wellbeing. Most are based on cross government products developed by Civil Service Employee Policy (CSEP). The main polices/guidance we have introduced in the last 12 months are:</p><ul><li>Domestic Abuse – guidance and support for employees and their managers</li><li>cross-government toolkits – supporting staff through menopause</li><li>Support guidance for EU Nationals working in MoJ.</li><li>A wellbeing and resilience toolkit for staff working on EU exit work.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 15:20:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150204

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 October 2019 to Question 290625 on Sentencing, what steps his Department plans to take to alleviate overcrowding in prisons whilst implementing recently announced sentencing reforms.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We remain committed to reducing crowding across the prison estate. In the year to March 2019, the proportion of prisoners held in crowded accommodation was 22.5%, down from 24.2% the previous year and levels of around 25% experienced since 2004.</p><p>The Prime Minister’s pledge to invest up to £2.5 billion to create 10,000 additional prison places will have a positive impact on lowering the proportion of crowding in the prison estate, providing accommodation that is safe, decent and uncrowded. However, the extent to which the proportion of prisoners held in crowded accommodation will reduce will be dependent on future prison population levels.</p><p>Sentencing must match the severity of the crime and protecting the public will always be our priority. The sentencing reforms announced by the Government will ensure serious violent and sexual offenders spend longer in prison. The impact on the prison population will build up gradually over a number of years, and we will ensure that we have enough places for offenders sent by the courts.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2019 14:54:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150209

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to make whole-life orders mandatory when sentencing people found guilty of the murder of a child; and how many child murderers were released into Hampshire in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	1072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Whole-life orders are the most severe form of punishment that the courts can impose, as such they are reserved for the most heinous cases of murder.</p><p>Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out that a whole life order is currently the appropriate starting point for the murder of a child involving the abduction of a child or sexual or sadistic motivation. As part of a forthcoming Sentencing Bill, we will look at extending the range of circumstances where the starting point, in cases of murder, is a whole life order. We do not publish information on the areas that offenders are released to for operational security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 17:02:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena