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1303391

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Administration of Justice
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 with the Attorney General to speed up justice for vulnerable people who are victims of (a) domestic violence, (b) rape and (c) sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	170670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The pandemic has significantly impacted many vulnerable victims of crimes. Hard-working judiciary, staff and professionals have worked tirelessly to continue to deliver justice for victims, but despite this, victims and other court users are having to wait too long for their cases to be heard.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, the courts have continued to prioritise cases of the utmost seriousness, where the safety of the public and individuals is a concern. This includes the judiciary prioritising hearings involving vulnerable victims and witnesses and urgent applications for matters such as domestic violence. We were among the first of comparable international jurisdictions to re-start jury trials, and cases are now being disposed of at around pre-pandemic levels in the Crown Court, and the outstanding caseload has reduced in the magistrates’ court from its COVID peak last summer. We have spent over £250m on measures to tackle the impact of COVID, opened 56 Nightingale courtrooms so far, and are using more remote hearings, with over 20,000 hearings each week.</p><p> </p><p>But we know that there is more to do to support vulnerable victims. In 2021-22, we will provide just under £151m for victim and witness support services. This includes an extra £51m to increase support for rape and domestic abuse victims, building on the emergency funding from 2020-2021 to help domestic abuse and sexual violence services meet Covid-driven demand. £27 million will go to creating more than 700 new posts for Independent Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse Advisers. Research shows if a victim is supported, they are around 50% more likely to stay in engaged in the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>We are also looking at longer term measures we can take to improve the justice process for vulnerable victims. The government’s end-to-end review of rape, which is due to publish this Spring, is working with partners across the Criminal Justice System to improve the way rape cases are dealt with throughout the system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2021 14:06:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1303509

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many widowers of female teachers who belonged to the Teachers' Pension Scheme are receiving smaller survivor pensions than they would have received if they had been the widower of a male teacher; and what proportion of those widowers will receive improved survivor pensions following the Goodwin Tribunal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	170523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>There are 12,852 widowers of female scheme members who are, or may be, receiving a pension lower than they would if they were the widower of a male member. All affected widowers have been identified and will have their benefits corrected, with arrears if appropriate, as soon as practicable. The scheme administrator will soon begin writing to widowers who are affected to notify them of the change.</p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement following the Goodwin Employment Tribunal case was made on 20 July 2020 by the Chief Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-07-20/hcws397" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2020-07-20/hcws397</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2021 14:10:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1303859

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will maintain the full exemption from covid-19 quarantine for seafarers.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	171628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has maintained an exemption. Seamen, masters, inspectors and surveyors of ships returning from countries not on the ‘red list’ who live in the United Kingdom do not need to quarantine. If they live overseas, they must self-isolate in their accommodation while in England, except while they are undertaking the exempt activity or travelling as part of their work.</p><p>Seamen, masters, inspectors and surveyors of ships who arrive from ‘red list’ countries are permitted to enter the UK and do not need to quarantine in a Government approved hotel, even if they have been in any country on the travel ban list in the previous 10 days.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2021 09:57:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1303860

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that the hotel covid-19 quarantine rules are consistent with UN Resolution A/75/L.37 on international cooperation to address challenges faced by seafarers as a result of the covid-19 pandemic to support global supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	171629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>There is an exemption for seamen, masters, inspectors and surveyors of ships from managed quarantine which is consistent with the United Nations Resolution. The Government has introduced this exemption to ensure that vital services through freight routes and supply chains can continue, as well as providing for crew welfare.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2021 09:57:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1303861

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of seafarers who will be required to quarantine in hotels each week after arriving into the UK from red list countries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	171630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Seamen, masters, inspectors and surveyors of ships are not required to quarantine in hotels, even if they have been in any country on the travel ban ‘red list’ in the previous 10 days.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2021 09:55:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1303862

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on exempting maritime key workers from hotel covid-19 quarantine measures.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	171631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 11:54:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1303863

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons he has not exempted maritime key workers from covid-19 quarantine restrictions in line with previous exemptions so granted.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	171632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>We have introduced an exemption for seamen and masters, maritime pilots and inspectors and surveyors of ships, where they have travelled to the United Kingdom in the course of their work and live in the UK, they do not need to self-isolate. If they live overseas, they must self-isolate in their accommodation while in England, except while undertaking the exempt activity or travelling as part of their work. They are permitted to enter the UK and do not need to quarantine in a Government approved hotel, even if they have been in any country on the travel ban ‘red list’ in the previous 10 days. This is to reflect the critical role that seafarers play in ensuring the continued supply of goods in and out of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 12:11:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1303864

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
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 the potential merits of introducing and exemption for police forces from HM Courts & Tribunals Service fees for all civil order applications issued in support of operational policing to reduce crime and protect the vulnerable.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	171782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not consider it appropriate to introduce a blanket exemption for police forces from HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service fees for all civil order applications. However, we will continue to work closely with all government departments, including the Home Office, to ensure these fees are set at the appropriate levels. In 2019/2020, there was a net fee income of £724m against the £2bn running costs of HMCTS. It is only right that we seek to recover a contribution towards the costs of providing these services from court and tribunal users – including public authorities – where they can afford to do so. These contributions are used to fund a more effective and efficient courts service and support wider access to justice.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/03/2021 16:08:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1303865

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that vulnerable women leaving prison are offered effective support.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	171601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending. It is vital that we do so to better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. This includes supporting women when they are leaving prison.</p><p>In June 2018, the Government published the Female Offender Strategy. This set out a programme of work to improve outcomes for female offenders and make society safer by tackling the underlying causes of offending and reoffending. We have begun work on delivering the first of five Residential Women’s centres, a key commitment in our Strategy. These will provide a robust community alternative for women who would otherwise receive a short custodial sentence, offering safe residential accommodation and holistic support to address the often-complex needs that underlie their offending behaviour.</p><p>The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System was a commitment in the Female Offender Strategy and was published on 23 January 2021. The Concordat contains an action plan that the signatory Government departments have agreed to deliver to work together more closely at a national level to identify and respond to the often multiple and complex needs of women. The Concordat strongly promotes the idea of and need for greater collaboration at local levels, including through the adoption of whole system approaches.</p><p>We are working across Government with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Welsh Government and Other Government Departments, to address the barriers offenders face in securing suitable accommodation.</p><p>We are investing more than £20m in supporting prison leavers at risk of homelessness into temporary accommodation. Individuals released from prison will be provided up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation and will be supported into long-term settled accommodation before the end of that 12-week period. Initially launching in five national probation regions, the service will support around 3,000 offenders in its first year and will be commencing in Summer. It will be in operation during the next financial year 2021-22, with a view to scaling up and rolling out nationally.</p><p>The service will take account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs and accommodation provision will be dedicated to single gender usage as required. Community Offender Managers, working together with local partners, will be responsible for ensuring that vulnerable female prison leavers with complex needs receive appropriate support and are provided with housing beyond the 12 weeks emergency accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 170642 170643 question first answered 26/03/2021 13:03:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1303866

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ability of passengers to use cash to pay for railway tickets.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	171701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>We want to modernise the way passengers buy and pay for their rail travel to improve accessibility and enable a smoother purchasing and journey experience. As we do this people will naturally migrate to using smart ticketing, contactless cards and buying online at their own convenience. During the COVID-19 crisis these methods of buying and paying for travel have been important in supporting the health and safety of passengers and station staff.</p><p> </p><p>Before there is any move to remove paper ticketing or cash payments we would need to ensure passengers who are dependent on cash payments or do not have access to the internet or a smartphone can continue to purchase train tickets as readily as they can do today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 25/03/2021 15:03:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi