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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

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

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

1247087

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	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to increase sentences for those that cause death by dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	109769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the government’s White Paper, <em>A Smarter Approach to Sentencing,</em> published on 16 September, we will be increasing the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment. We will also create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving. We will introduce legislation on these changes in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/11/2020 17:59:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1247212

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	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to reduce the small claims limit for (a) employer liability and (b) public liability injuries to a maximum of £2,000 for (i) vulnerable road users, (ii) children, (iii) protected parties and (iv) other claimants.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	109218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government consulted on increasing the small claims track (SCT) limit for all personal injury claims in November 2016. Following consideration of the responses received, the Government announced its decision in February 2017 that the SCT limit for road traffic accident (RTA) related personal injury claims would be increased from £1,000 to £5000 and for all other personal injury claims, including employment and public liability, from £1,000 to £2,000 in line with inflation.</p><p>This issue was raised and debated in both Houses during the Parliamentary passage of the Civil Liability Act 2018, where the Government re-stated its position.</p><p>The RTA related personal injury claims SCT limit will be increased to £5,000 in April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/11/2020 16:50:43 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1247252

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	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for the offence of sexual assault by penetration under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were made in cases where the victim had experienced county lines exploitation in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	109782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the devastating impact of county lines activity on children and vulnerable people which can include both sexual and criminal exploitation. Prosecutions data involving offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 held centrally by the MoJ does not include such detailed information about the victim to indicate whether they had been a victim of county lines exploitation previously. This information may be held on court record, however to identify it would require access to detailed court records and transcripts, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, up to December 2019, for the following offences: ‘Sexual assault on a female – penetration’, ‘Sexual assault on a male – penetration’, Sexual assault of a male child under 13 - penetration’, ‘Sexual assault of a female child under 13 – penetration’ and ‘Causing sexual activity without consent – penetration’. These are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/11/2020 13:52:57 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1247339

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	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will update his Department's 2016 report entitled Understanding the educational background of youth offenders for the most recent year for which sentencing and educational data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	109507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>MoJ are in the process of updating the ‘Understanding the educational background of youth offenders’ report using the most recent MoJ/DfE analytical data share. We will be updating our future release schedule when we are in a position to commit to a publication date. The data in this share relates to offenders with at least one caution or conviction from 2000 or later, who were on the Police National Computer at the end of 2017 and were matched to individuals on the National Pupil Database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/11/2020 17:24:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1247427

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	Evictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to address the backlog of urgent possession court cases caused by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	109560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Overall Arrangements produced by the judicial-led working party set up by the Master of the Rolls details measures that will assist with managing the incoming volume of possession cases and provide access to justice for all parties while protecting the most vulnerable.</p><p>These arrangements include improvement in the signposting and guidance for landlords and tenants, the introduction of a review process to allow early engagement between parties and provisions for possession hearings to take place in a safe way.</p><p>In addition a scheme of prioritisation to assist judges with identifying the most urgent cases has been introduced. The listing of cases is a judicial function and prioritisation is a tool available to the judiciary when case managing possession matters.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2020 16:58:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1247428

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	Evictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many urgent possession court cases have been delayed by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	109561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The requested information is not held. Management Information collected in possession proceedings, including information relating to adjournments, does not detail any urgent marking.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2020 16:58:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1247465

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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
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 when face-to-face social security tribunals can safely recommence during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Face to face hearings have recommenced in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS).</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, appeals continued to be decided on the papers, or heard using telephone, and other remote technology. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has also now introduced safety measures so that face to face hearings can be held for any cases which cannot be decided on the papers or heard remotely.</p><p> </p><p>The decision as to how a hearing is conducted is a matter for the judge, who will determine how best to uphold the interests of justice.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of SSCS appeals waiting to be listed is not currently available: data issues have been identified as the Tribunal was being migrated to a new operational system. The data will be available as soon as this is resolved and the data quality assured.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time for a hearing to be scheduled is not held centrally: HMCTS statistics are not calculated from receipt of the appeal to the hearing, but from receipt of the appeal to the disposal of the case. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 109432 question first answered 09/11/2020 17:59:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders