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1459751

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Ceremonies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Nuffield Foundation report, When is a wedding not a marriage? Exploring non-legally binding ceremonies, published on 8 March; and, in particular, of the conclusion that wedding law reform is achievable and long overdue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL7850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government notes the conclusion of the Nuffield Foundation’s report. The Government remains committed to assessing the case for more comprehensive and enduring reform to marriage law once the Law Commission has completed its fundamental review of the law in this area. The final report will take into account the findings of the Nuffield Foundation and is due in July. The report will support the Government in understanding what types of ceremonies are taking place, why they are taking place and what the demand for them is, and who conducts them, in order to consider the implications of changing the law on marriage on all groups.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 27/04/2022 16:20:13 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1459842

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for indecent exposure, broken down by gender, in the years (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157604 157605 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459843

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157604 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459844

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for other miscellaneous sexual offences in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157595 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459845

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157594 157604 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459846

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted, and (c) convicted for trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions up to December 2020, available in the following tool pivot tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Within the pivot tables, filter for:</p><p> </p><p>(Offence code: Detailed offence)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indecent exposure </strong></p><ul><li>08809: Exposure</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>88B Other miscellaneous sexual offences (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>08805: Administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity</li><li>08806: Committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence</li><li>08807: Trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>175 Sexual Offences- Miscellaneous (Offence)</strong></p><ul><li>17504: Sexual activity in a public lavatory</li></ul><p> </p><p>To breakdown an offence by sex, filter for the required offence and move the ‘sex’ filter, in the pivot table field list, to the rows area.</p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘year of appearance’ to 2015-20.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021 are due to be published 19<sup>th</sup> May 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the data tool relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on charges issued by the police is not held by this department.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 157595 157604 157605 157606 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459230

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in family court cases.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	157482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested £250 million to support recovery in our courts in the 2020/21 financial year. This included £76 million to increase our capacity to hear cases in the family and civil courts, as well as in tribunals. The recent Spending Review has also provided £324 million over the next three years to improve waiting times in the civil and family courts, and tribunals.</p><p>We increased Cafcass’ budget by £8.3 million for 2021/22 so that they have more capacity and can manage the additional pressures caused by the pandemic. We also provided Cafcass with an additional £491,000 to support work in the areas of the country where their resources are most under pressure.</p><p>We are maximising sittings from the judicial capacity available to work through our caseload. With the removal of Covid restrictions on 1st April 2022, face-to-face physical capacity is returning to business as usual during April although remote hearings will continue to play a part in the overall recovery effort.</p><p>Last financial year (2021/22) we undertook one of our most ambitious programmes of judicial recruitment ever, so that we can hear as many cases as possible. In the same year we lifted the number of days fee-paid judges can sit from 30 days to 80 for the second year in a row.</p><p>We are also managing demand in the family courts to ensure the capacity can be used most effectively to tackle the outstanding caseload. In March 2021 we launched a Family Mediation Voucher Scheme for those seeking to resolve private law matters relating to a child. Since its introduction, over 7,700 families have successfully used the scheme to access mediation and help resolve disputes outside of court.</p><p>In public family law, the outstanding caseload, by child, stood at 21,800 cases in January 2022. In 2021, average monthly disposals were roughly 200 more than they were in 2020. In private family law, the outstanding caseload, by child, in January 2022 stood at 83,000 cases, below the August 2021 peak of 85,000. In 2021, average monthly disposals were roughly 1,100 more per month than they were in 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 28/04/2022 10:07:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1459257

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of prisoners with substance abuse issues (a) before their entry into prison and (b) after their sentence finishes.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	157372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring all those who need drug treatment in prison have access to a full range of treatment options, including abstinence-based interventions, to support a meaningful recovery from drug dependency.</p><p>In 2011, responsibility for health services, including substance misuse treatment, in prisons transferred from the National Offender Management Service to NHS England. Data on the number of prisoners in treatment services is collected via the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and can be obtained from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/substance-misuse-treatment-in-secure-settings-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2020 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/04/2022 16:53:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1459258

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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, how many prisoners have been released from custodial sentences on a Friday in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	157373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Data showing how many prisoners have been released from custodial sentences on a Friday in each of the last five years can be viewed in table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Releases from custodial sentences on a Friday, by year, 2016-2020, in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Friday Releases</p></td><td><p>26,007</p></td><td><p>25,072</p></td><td><p>22,123</p></td><td><p>20,571</p></td><td><p>16,770</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Prison NOMIS</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2022 16:53:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1459261

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of pre-sentence reports requested by the judiciary in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	157375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Data for this is available using the figures published in table 4.24 of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin, which can be found in the document linked below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/981217/Probation_2020.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/981217/Probation_2020.ods</a>.</p><p>While the decision of whether to order a pre-sentence report (PSR) is up to the discretion of the judiciary, we recognise their importance and are working to improve their quality, targeting and timeliness.</p><p>The Department is leading on a pilot that is currently running in 15 magistrates’ courts across England and Wales. The pilot is encouraging the earlier identification of cases that would benefit from a PSR, and providing additional training and support to build the capacity of PSR writers to further improve the quality of their reports. The pilot also requires that short format written reports are produced for three priority cohorts generally understood to have more complex needs, namely female offenders, young adult offenders and offenders at risk of custody. Whilst the majority of these cases may need a more comprehensive report, that may result in probation requesting an adjournment, a screening tool has been introduced to ensure that the reports on these cohorts are proportionate to the complexity of the individual case, rather than a fuller report when it is not necessary.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2022 16:55:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed