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1420669

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	905511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are building on the landmark Domestic Abuse Act to improve victims services, to ensure that victims can secure justice in our courts and to pursue perpetrators ruthlessly.</p><p>Victim support funding is rising to £185 million by 2024/25, including increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to more than 1000 and we are extending the time limit for prosecuting domestic abuse-related common assaults to help victims secure justice.</p><p>The government’s focus on this most hidden and pernicious of crimes will continue with the publication of our Domestic Abuse Strategy in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2022 17:55:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1420670

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	905512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are building on the landmark Domestic Abuse Act to improve victims services, to ensure that victims can secure justice in our courts and to pursue perpetrators ruthlessly.</p><p>Victim support funding is rising to £185 million by 2024/25, including increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to more than 1000 and we are extending the time limit for prosecuting domestic abuse-related common assaults to help victims secure justice.</p><p>The government’s focus on this most hidden and pernicious of crimes will continue with the publication of our Domestic Abuse Strategy in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2022 17:55:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1420671

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on reducing rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	905513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing crime and protecting the public by tackling reoffending. Over the last 10 years, there has been a broad decline in overall reoffending rates. We will invest £200 million a year by 2024-25 to further reduce reoffending and cut crime.</p><p>We will improve prison leaver’s access to accommodation by providing temporary accommodation for prison leavers through our new Community Accommodation Service.</p><p>Our Prisoner Education Service will focus on improving numeracy, literacy and the qualifications that increase prisoners’ prospects of finding work on their release. There are now 23 Employment Hubs, ‘job-centres in a prison’, that are directly supporting prisoners into jobs on release.</p><p>We will also introduce new personalised Resettlement Passports, bringing together the key information and services that an individual needs to resettle into society.</p><p>Our reforms to the Probation Service, supported by additional annual funding of £155 million, will help reduce reoffending through robust supervision, tougher community sentences, improved local partnership working and delivery of rehabilitative services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/02/2022 16:22:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1420672

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims within the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	905514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The recently completed Victims’ Bill consultation is a critical step towards introducing a Victims’ Law – part of our plan for doing better by victims, from the moment a crime is committed through to cases being heard in court.</p><p>In particular, we have consulted on requirements for prosecutors to meet with victims pre-charge and pre-trial, the use of community impact statements, improving accountability of criminal justice agencies, increasing the Victim Surcharge and wider support for victims.</p><p>Victim support services are crucial to helping victims remain engaged in the criminal justice process. The Department has provided £150.5 million to victim support services this financial year, with funding increasing to £185 million by 2024/25. Hence, this Government has trebled the amount of funding for victims compared to pre-2010 levels.</p><p>This will enable us to increase the number of Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs) we fund to over 1,000, alongside other key services including a 24/7 support service for victims of sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2022 16:49:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

1420673

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department is providing to legal aid firms affected by financial losses following court backlogs during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	905515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced several measures to support legal aid firms. These included introducing hardship measures, specifically reducing the threshold for work done in Crown Court cases from £5000 to £450; halting the pursuit of debts to the Legal Aid Agency; and encouraging firms to access financial support via the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.</p><p>The Legal Aid Agency has already made some changes permanent which originated during the COVID-19 outbreak and continues to keep under review others which are still in place.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/02/2022 17:21:01 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1420674

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	905516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are building on the landmark Domestic Abuse Act to improve victims services, to ensure that victims can secure justice in our courts and to pursue perpetrators ruthlessly.</p><p>Victim support funding is rising to £185 million by 2024/25, including increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to more than 1000 and we are extending the time limit for prosecuting domestic abuse-related common assaults to help victims secure justice.</p><p>The government’s focus on this most hidden and pernicious of crimes will continue with the publication of our Domestic Abuse Strategy in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2022 17:56:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1420675

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on supporting offenders into employment following their release from prison.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	905519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are delivering on our commitments in the recent Prisons Strategy White Paper to improve employment outcomes for prison leavers:</p><ol><li>Creating a presumption in favour of enabling vetted and appropriate inmates, and offenders released on licence, to take up work opportunities;</li><li>Introducing new Resettlement Passports, bringing together all of the essentials that prison leavers need to lead crime-free lives on release into one place, such as ID that demonstrates a prisoner’s right to work and a bank account;</li><li>Putting a dedicated Employment Advisor in every resettlement prison;</li><li>Developing a digital candidate matching system to match prisoners to roles on release;</li><li>Establishing Employment Hubs, a ‘job-centre in a prison’ where prisoners can get support and find opportunities;</li><li>Establishing Employment Boards, which link prisons with local business networks to provide advice and challenge so that prisons deliver the skills that employers need.</li></ol> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/02/2022 16:23:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1420676

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure justice sector staff are protected from abuse and assaults at work.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	905520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 doubled the maximum penalty for those who assault emergency workers, including prison officers and custody officers, from 6 to 12 months’ imprisonment for common assault or battery, with higher maximum penalties for serious offences.</p><p>Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, we are again doubling the maximum penalty for the assault of an emergency worker, from 12 months’ to two years’ imprisonment.</p><p>The bill will also create a new statutory aggravating factor for offences committed against those staff providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/02/2022 17:22:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1420682

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for driving licences were delayed within the DVLA by region in each month since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	120405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p> </p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 February 2022, the total number of paper applications awaiting processing at the DVLA was 1,066,659. Information is not held by region. The DVLA normally has around 400,000 applications awaiting processing as thousands of new applications are received each day.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not held on the number of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for driving licences that were delayed by region in each month since March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The average time taken to issue driving licences in the last three months across online and paper applications is 29 working days. However, the DVLA has focused extra resource on processing vocational driving licence applications to support the Government’s response to the driver shortage. Since November 2021, routine vocational applications have been processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. As with ordinary driving licences, applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated can take longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 120837 120838 120839 question first answered 16/02/2022 11:08:40 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1420688

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restrictions on charities' marketing spend on the income of charities throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	120691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on fundraising and marketing are the responsibility of a charity's trustees - in particular to ensure decisions reflect the charity's purpose, and deliver on their objectives.</p><p>Charities must also ensure they meet the <a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/non-broadcast-code.html" target="_blank">UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct and Promotional Marketing</a> (CAP Code) and the <a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/broadcast-code.html" target="_blank">UK Code of Broadcast Advertising</a> (BCAP Code) and make sure all advertisements are legal, decent, honest and truthful.</p><p>Where the government has provided funding to support the services that charities deliver, there may be restrictions on what this funding can be used for, to ensure public money is only used for activities intended by the grant programme, for example, direct delivery of services to those the charity works with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/02/2022 12:06:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies