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802396

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convicted sex offenders are (1) in prison, and (2) under supervision in the community; and how many in each of those categories have (a) a learning disability, or (b) autism.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL3929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested can be found in the table below <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Sex Offenders, 30 June 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Autism Spectrum</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Learning Disability</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Learning Difficulties</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Sex Offenders</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>In Community</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>823</p></td><td><p>14,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>In Custody</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>*13,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td><td><p>28,144</p></td></tr></tbody></table>All of the above figures have been taken from the National Probation Service (NPS) case record system as of 30 June 2017, with the exception of those marked with * which have been taken from the MOJ Quarterly Statistics Bulletin for the same month. The offender may have more than one of the listed disability types. As the NPS records information on learning disabilities and autism based on self-reporting, the data cannot be taken to give a complete picture of the prevalence of learning disability and autism amongst sex offenders in custody or supervised by NPS in the community. Sex offenders on licence are subject to a strict set of conditions, and any offender who fails to comply risks being returned to prison or, if convicted of further offences, facing further punishment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/12/2017 14:15:30 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

802101

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Bell Pottinger Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations any Minister of his Department has received from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) Heads of the Valleys Development Company Limited,
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	117788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We have not received any representations from Bell Pottinger.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 09:59:59 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

802276

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been made available for support services in Sheffield for women who have left prison in the last 12 months; and what funds she plans to make available for that purpose in the next 12 months?
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	117963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are developing a strategy for female offenders to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody. This will also consider how we can improve early intervention and diversion to avoid vulnerable women entering the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are contractually required to provide services for female offenders that they are managing in the community, and to deliver resettlement services to offenders both before and following release from prison. As part of our reforms to probation, we have given providers the flexibility to innovate and do what works to reduce reoffending, and to tailor rehabilitative support to the particular needs of offenders locally. These services are provided in Sheffield by South Yorkshire CRC.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their supply chain, South Yorkshire CRC have contracted with Changing Lives, a consortium of local organisations, to deliver bespoke interventions for female offenders. The CRC are also working closely with Community Safety Partnerships to improve outcomes for women who have been either a victim of domestic violence or are a sex worker.</p><p> </p><p>We have a robust contract management and assurance process in place for CRCs, and continue to assess their performance through a range of service levels, including their delivery of Through the Gate and how they are addressing the specific needs of female offenders.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 11:16:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

802372

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) fines for school attendance orders were issued by courts in England, and of that number how many were unpaid and (b) prison sentences there were for non-payment of school attendance orders, and of those numbers how many were for Gypsy and Traveller children in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	118059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>There were 122 fines imposed in the Magistrates’ Courts for failure to comply with the requirements of a school attendance order during the financial year 2016-17, and 129 in the latest 12 month period for which data is available (July 2016 – June 2017). It is not possible to identify how many of these relate to Gypsy and Traveller children as HMCTS do not record this information.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of unpaid fines and the number of prison sentences for non-payment of school attendance orders could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/12/2017 12:47:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

802225

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, what the total number of rape and sexual assault trials heard in the Crown Courts was during the same time period over which the sample of case files was selected by the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	117912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 2,929.</p><p>The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘sexual offences excluding rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 3,348.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:21:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802224

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826 on rape: trials, over what time period the Crown Prosecution Service selected the court cases which constituted the sample of case files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	117911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The files selected for review were all cases flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System which had been finalised during the calendar year 2016. This included cases which proceeded to trial and cases which resulted in guilty plea.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802353

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Divorce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on introducing no-fault divorce.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	118040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The department receives correspondence and Parliamentary Questions on a range of family law issues, including no-fault divorce. We acknowledge the arguments and the strength of feeling on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/12/2017 13:17:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

802138

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826 on rape: trials, in which Crown Courts those applications were made; and in how many case files from each of those Crown Courts were put into the sample of case files selected by the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	117825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The cases were selected for review by CPS area not Crown Court centre. Of the 40 Section 41 applications made 7 were received by CPS North West, 7 by CPS Thames &amp; Chiltern, 4 by CPS North East, 3 by CPS London North, 3 by CPS Eastern, 3 by CPS East Midlands, 3 by CPS Wales, 3 by CPS West Midlands, 2 by CPS South West, 2 by CPS South East, 2 by CPS Mersey-Cheshire and 1 by CPS Yorkshire &amp; Humberside.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802137

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, at which grades of staffing are Crown Prosecution Service staff selected to review the sample of case files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	117824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The cases were reviewed by Senior Crown Prosecutors (Grade 7) or above.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:19 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802143

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision and supervision of prisoners' family contact.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	117830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prison Rules 1999 require Governors to actively encourage prisoners to maintain outside contacts and meaningful family ties, where appropriate. This is integral to the prisoner’s right to family life as well as their rehabilitation. Visits are seen as crucial to sustaining relationships with close relatives, partners and friends, where appropriate, and help prisoners maintain links with the community.</p><p>The following details the guidance that has been issued to date on the provision and supervision of family contact:</p><ul><li>Prison Service Instruction 49/2011 (Prisoner Communication Services) – this policy details the statutory entitlement of prisoners to send and receive letters and sets out that they must have opportunity to make telephone calls;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) – gives details of statutory entitlements to visits and the environment that these take place in, as well as who is eligible, and provides guidance on examples of good practices to be adopted by prisons;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 15/2011 (Management and Security at visits) – details the policy around management of security at visits. It details who can visit, provision for searches and security and also policy for visit that take place in a special or closed visiting room or a similar closed environment, where necessary, and</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 30/2013 (Incentives and Earned Privileges) – details, how in accordance with the Prison Rules 1999, prisoners can earn additional social visits (above the statutory minimum set out in the Prison Rules).</li></ul><p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners to establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others where appropriate. The Lord Farmer, published his report in August, produced on behalf of the Government, which we have warmly welcomed. Work has already commenced on taking forward some of the important recommendations from this review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:25:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara