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1684750

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the average length of referral orders in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2023 to Question 927: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927</a>).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/01/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1668604

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Referral Orders issued, in each year since 2010 on principal disposal basis in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>. This includes data on the age of offenders at the point they received a Referral Order.</p><p> </p><p>To view the total number of Referral Orders issued in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the length of Referral Orders is only available from 2013/14 and can be found in the table below: Unpublished data: Average length of Referral Orders given to 10 to 17 year olds in England and Wales, years ending March 2014 to 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Length of Referral Order (<em>In months)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Bespoke analysis of Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF)</p><p> </p><p>PQ 928-To view total number of Referral Orders issued by age in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. Inside the PivotTable Fields Box, drag ‘Age range’ into the ‘rows’ box. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, by age range, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 927 928 question first answered 17/11/2023 11:51:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668605

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of Referral Orders was in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Referral Orders issued, in each year since 2010 on principal disposal basis in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>. This includes data on the age of offenders at the point they received a Referral Order.</p><p> </p><p>To view the total number of Referral Orders issued in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the length of Referral Orders is only available from 2013/14 and can be found in the table below: Unpublished data: Average length of Referral Orders given to 10 to 17 year olds in England and Wales, years ending March 2014 to 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Length of Referral Order (<em>In months)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Bespoke analysis of Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF)</p><p> </p><p>PQ 928-To view total number of Referral Orders issued by age in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. Inside the PivotTable Fields Box, drag ‘Age range’ into the ‘rows’ box. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, by age range, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 926 928 question first answered 17/11/2023 11:51:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668606

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders by age were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Referral Orders issued, in each year since 2010 on principal disposal basis in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>. This includes data on the age of offenders at the point they received a Referral Order.</p><p> </p><p>To view the total number of Referral Orders issued in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the length of Referral Orders is only available from 2013/14 and can be found in the table below: Unpublished data: Average length of Referral Orders given to 10 to 17 year olds in England and Wales, years ending March 2014 to 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Length of Referral Order (<em>In months)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Bespoke analysis of Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF)</p><p> </p><p>PQ 928-To view total number of Referral Orders issued by age in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. Inside the PivotTable Fields Box, drag ‘Age range’ into the ‘rows’ box. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, by age range, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 926 927 question first answered 17/11/2023 11:51:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1654661

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish a report of the pilots on alternatives to detention.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate both these pilots. The report for the first pilot, Action Access, was published by NatCen in January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:32:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1599288

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to implement the reforms to the adult out of court disposals framework in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	153750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Implementation of the changes to adult Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs) set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 requires public consultation on a draft code of practice that covers the use, administration, and scrutiny of the revised framework of cautions. We are working towards finalising this draft code and will set out next steps on the consultation timetable in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider the representations made, publish a response to those views, and finalise the Code of Practice. We do not want to prejudge the breadth or focus of the representations we receive, and the Government’s response to them. We will confirm the implementation date for the revised framework after the consultation process is complete.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/03/2023 19:17:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1455392

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of adults who were remanded in custody pending sentencing received a non custodial sentence, in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	149332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on custodial remands and sentencing outcomes found in the ‘Remands: Magistrates’ Court’ and ‘Remands: Crown Court’ data tools, up to December 2020. The data is in tools available at:</p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063882/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063882/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063884/remands-crown-court-tool-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063884/remands-crown-court-tool-2020-revised.xlsx</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>*To avoid double counting individuals dealt with at Crown Court, in the remands magistrates court tool, deselect outcomes ’06: Sent to Crown Court for trial’ and ’07: Committed to Crown Court for sentencing’ in the ‘Outcome’ filter.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/04/2022 09:40:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1381418

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 87 of the Justice Select Committee's report on Prison Population 2022, published in March 2019, whether his Department has made an assessment of the savings that could be achieved by moving from prison to community support; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	80201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not made a detailed assessment of possible savings of moving from prison to community support illustrated by the case study on page 87 of the Justice Select Committee’s report. However, the Female Offender Strategy, published in June 2018, noted that Government had estimated that female offenders cost the public purse approximately £1.7bn in 2015/16, including estimated police costs of c.£1bn. This excluded wider social costs, such as the cost of intergenerational offending. The Government recognises that community sentences offer the opportunity to support women to effectively address the underlying causes of offending behaviour and to secure and maintain stable accommodation. We have several initiatives underway that are looking to encourage use of robust community sentences as an alternative to custody for women, including Problem Solving Courts, Community Sentence Treatment Requirements, Electronic Monitoring and a Pre-Sentence Report pilot, as well as our plans to open a first Residential Women’s Centre in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2021 16:43:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1193231

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
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 promote non-custodial alternatives to prison.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	43642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts. Custody should be imposed as a last resort. By law, courts are required to be satisfied that the offence committed is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified, and even when that threshold is met, the courts are able to consider whether a community sentence would be better in that particular case.</p><p> </p><p>The Queen’s Speech set out plans for new sentencing laws, including proposals for tougher community sentences, which will offer courts further effective alternatives to custodial sentences.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/05/2020 10:46:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1138057

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 275836 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien