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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-22more like thismore than 2024-05-22
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Administration of Justice more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reform the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) to enable magistrates to properly consider each case before them and to minimise any risk of miscarriages of justice; and whether they have implemented, or plan to implement, any of the twelve recommendations to improve the operation, transparency and fairness of the SJP contained within the Magistrates’ Association position statement, published on 26 March. more like this
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The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL4862 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-24more like thismore than 2024-05-24
answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-24T13:31:02.32Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-24T13:31:02.32Z
answering member
4941
label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1695969
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-13more like thismore than 2024-03-13
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Prisons: Overcrowding more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of, and what action they are taking to reduce, overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL3254 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answer text <p>In prisons where we have crowding in place, a rigorous cell certification process is undertaken that ensures the use of cells is subject to formal assessment of safety and decency.</p><p>We continue to pursue the package of longer-term measures the Lord Chancellor announced on 16 October 2023 to reform the justice system and continue to address the prison capacity challenges. The measures include: the extension of the Early Removal Scheme, introducing a presumption to suspend sentences of 12 months or less, curtailing the licence period for IPP sentences and extending the use of Home Detention Curfew. On 11 March, the Lord Chancellor announced the next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing foreign national offenders (FNOs). This includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners such as Albania, and the creation of a new taskforce across the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to change the way we process FNO cases radically.</p><p>To meet pressing demand, we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way, and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.</p>
answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-26T17:23:52.36Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-26T17:23:52.36Z
answering member
4941
label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1613210
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-04-21more like thismore than 2023-04-21
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Child Trust Fund more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to amend legislation to help (1) child trust fund beneficiaries who do not have the capacity to make their own financial decisions, and (2) the families of those beneficiaries, to access their savings, without needing to apply to the Court of Protection for a financial deputyship; and what estimate they have made of the number of child trust funds that belong to young people in this category. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL7375 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-04-27more like thismore than 2023-04-27
answer text <p>Following a public consultation, the Government concluded it would not seek to amend legislation in this area but would instead seek to address issues in the existing system whilst also continuing the appropriate protections and safeguards for vulnerable individuals.</p><p>A programme of work is already underway to streamline and simplify the property and affairs application process in the Court of Protection.</p><p>The Government does not collect figures on the number of Child Trust Funds held by individuals who lack mental capacity.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-04-27T15:50:38.067Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-27T15:50:38.067Z
answering member
4941
label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1404690
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-19more like thismore than 2022-01-19
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Courts: Standards more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current backlog of cases in (1) Magistrates Courts in England and (2) the Crown Court; and, in each case, (a) what is the average reduction in the backlog each month, and (b) how long it will take to clear the backlog at the current rate of progress. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL5544 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
answer text <p>The table below shows the latest published data on the outstanding cases in the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court, and the current rate of change. The data on outstanding cases can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021" target="_blank">criminal court statistics page</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Outstanding cases</p></td><td><p>Crown Court</p></td><td><p>Magistrates’ Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 2021</p></td><td><p>59,928</p></td><td><p>349,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 2021</p></td><td><p>60,812</p></td><td><p>362,842</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For further data on disposals including by each Crown Court and by region in the Magistrates’ Court please see the Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool and the Magistrates' Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool available on the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly Web Address (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2021</a>).</p><p>The Spending Review will provide an extra £477 million for the criminal justice system over the next three years to help reduce the backlog.</p>
answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-02T17:42:47.927Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-02T17:42:47.927Z
answering member
4901
label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1248573
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-11-03more like thismore than 2020-11-03
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Courts: Coronavirus more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for cases to come to trial in England; and what action they are taking to speed up the process. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL9935 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-11-17more like thismore than 2020-11-17
answer text <p>Data relating to the waiting time in weeks for cases at the Crown Court in England and Wales can be found in Tables C6 (by case type), C7 (by plea) and C8 (by remand status) of the published National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’ (latest to June 2020) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Waiting times for England alone require a further breakdown from the published data and are provided in the table attached with this response.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 7 September, the Crime Recovery Plan was published which sets out our comprehensive plan to tackle the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the justice system by boosting capacity across criminal courts.</p><p> </p><p>As one of the first among other comparable jurisdictions globally to resume jury trials, our Crown Courts are currently listing over 200 jury trials and conducting thousands of other hearings every week. The magistrates’ courts have been completing more cases than they receive, dealing with over 21,000 cases each week and tackling the backlog.</p><p>We have also installed plexiglass screens into over 200 courtrooms and over 100 jury retiring rooms enabling us to safely open 255 Crown Court rooms for jury trials, roughly the number that were hearing jury trials before Covid.</p><p> </p><p>We’re also investing record amounts - the biggest single investment in court estate maintenance for more than 20 years – and have unlocked vital capacity by opening 16 Nightingale Courts to provide 29 additional court rooms.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook more like this
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less than 2020-11-17T17:23:17.583Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-17T17:23:17.583Z
answering member
4553
label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook more like this
attachment
1
file name HL9935 - table.xlsx more like this
title HL9935 - table more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1197883
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-05-21more like thismore than 2020-05-21
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Reading Prison: Change of Use more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their decision to reject Reading Council’s bid to convert HM Prison Reading into an art centre; and what consideration they gave to the preservation of the building as an arts venue. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL4848 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-05more like thismore than 2020-06-05
answer text <p>Marketing of the former prison at Reading has completed and a preferred bidder selected. We have no plans to review our decision not to progress with any of the other bids for the site. A range of factors were considered in assessing which bid represented the best value for the department and the taxpayer.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-05T13:53:16.913Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-05T13:53:16.913Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
1077083
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-25more like thismore than 2019-02-25
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Magistrates more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many magistrates there are currently in England and Wales; how many more magistrates are needed in England and Wales; and what are their plans to (1) recruit more magistrates, and (2) ensure equality of access to justice throughout England and Wales. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL14003 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-12more like thismore than 2019-03-12
answer text <p>There are currently 15,003 magistrates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>We work with the judiciary to analyse both current and future judicial supply and demand across our courts and tribunals, factoring in planned recruitment, retirements and other departures.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 April 2018 there were 15,003 magistrates in England and Wales. For the year 2018/19, 1,018 people will have been recommended for appointment however this figure is unlikely to sustain the national complement of magistrates at the 1 April level. We are therefore increasing recruitment activity and are developing a three-year strategy, focusing on increasing diversity and social mobility, to support the recruitment of sufficient numbers to manage workloads.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-12T17:28:14.15Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-12T17:28:14.15Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this
990160
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-10-17more like thismore than 2018-10-17
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice remove filter
hansard heading Money Laundering: Trials more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many money laundering cases have been brought to trial in each of the last ten years. more like this
tabling member printed
The Marquess of Lothian remove filter
uin HL10782 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-10-31more like thismore than 2018-10-31
answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering offences between 2007 and 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Money Laundering</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>2,293</p></td><td><p>1,812</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p>2,719</p></td><td><p>2,682</p></td><td><p>2,505</p></td><td><p>2,349</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>1,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>1,581</p></td><td><p>1,519</p></td><td><p>1,422</p></td><td><p>1,269</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-10-31T15:48:08.447Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
259
label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian more like this