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1240447

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of victims of crime have subsequently committed criminal offences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	99056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of victims of crime who subsequently go on to commit crimes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/10/2020 15:01:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1239276

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been released under investigation in (a) Sussex police force area, and (b) England and Wales since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	97647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on people, including children, who have been released under investigation by the police.</p><p>Decisions on whether to use pre-charge bail or release suspects pending further enquiries are operational matters for individual police forces and will be assessed on a case by case basis.</p><p>The government completed its public consultation on the pre-charge bail system, including release under investigation, on 29 May 2020. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/10/2020 15:19:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238220

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the level of victim satisfaction with the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that public confidence in the criminal justice system is a principle on which a fair and effective criminal justice system is dependent. In order to support victims and witnesses in giving their best evidence, and improve their experience of the criminal justice system, significant progress has been made over the last 18 months to increase the scale of the Section 28 (pre-recorded cross examination) service, with the most recent extension to a third wave of Crown Courts, bringing the total to 34 Section 28 enabled courts across England and Wales. The Section 28 service is now available to at least one court in every Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS) region. HMCTS aim to complete a national roll out of this service to all Crown Courts by the end of this year to support vulnerable victims and witnesses.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ have put in place robust and flexible plans to ensure we can continue to support victims both within and outside the criminal just system during the pandemic. To date, we have distributed £22m as part of the £76m government package for charities supporting vulnerable people including victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse, made almost £600k of funding available to assist helpline services, and committed an additional £3m per annum to Independent Sexual Violence advisers until 2022. We also mobilised the Victim and Witness Silver Command Group, to engage with stakeholders, ensure criminal justice system wide awareness of issues, and monitor victim related issues with the system. The Group meets fortnightly to discuss topical justice issues as a result of Covid-19, particularly focussed on those with the potential to impact victims and witnesses. The Group identifies developing risks and issues that may have an impact on victim and witness strategy, policy or operational effectiveness and resolves or escalates those issues where necessary to mitigate any potential impact on levels of victim satisfaction.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/10/2020 16:44:13 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238221

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
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 effect of court closures on victims during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>In response to COVID-19, HMCTS temporarily closed around half of its buildings to focus effort and resources more effectively, and the most urgent cases were prioritised by the judiciary to ensure public safety, protect the vulnerable and safeguard children. 74 out of 81 Crown Court buildings have now resumed jury trials, alongside two other existing court sites and four Nightingale Courts. 152 out of 155 magistrates’ courts are now open.</p><p>Early on in the pandemic, MoJ mobilised a multi-agency Victim and Witness Silver Command Group, to ensure criminal justice system wide awareness of the issues affecting victims during COVID-19, and to monitor and respond to victim related issues that might arise.</p><p>In response to COVID-19, HMCTS has also accelerated the rollout of the Section 28 (pre-recorded cross examination) service and is now on track to complete national roll out of this service to all Crown Courts by the end of November.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/10/2020 16:46:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238222

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to mitigate the risk of increased victim attrition from court cases as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to understanding and mitigating the impact that Covid-19 is having on victims’ engagement with the justice system. We know that victim support services have a vital role to play in ensuring victims continue to engage with the criminal justice process. In recognition of this, we have distributed £22m as part of the £76m government package for charities supporting vulnerable people including victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse, made almost £600k of funding available to assist helpline services, and committed an additional £3m per annum to Independent Sexual Violence advisers until 2022.</p><p>Significant progress has been made over the last 18 months to increase the scale of the Section 28 (pre-recorded cross examination) service, with the most recent extension to a third wave of Crown Courts, bringing the total to 34 Section 28 enabled courts across England and Wales. The Section 28 service is now available to at least one court in every Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS) region. HMCTS aim to complete a national roll out of this service to all Crown Courts by the end of this year, to vulnerable victims and witnesses. There is real benefit in having this service available to support more victims and witnesses in giving their best evidence.</p><p>Following the prioritisation of domestic abuse cases by HMCTS, the MoJ coordinated the development of a triage process for trials listed in the Magistrates’ Courts prior to 28 March. The triage process aims to maximise the effectiveness of court hearings through early identification of issues and a clear understanding of the needs of victims and witnesses in domestic abuse cases.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/10/2020 16:46:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238270

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to allocate the additional £60 million announced by the Prime Minister on 22 September 2020 for covid-19 enforcement across the 43 police force areas of England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>On 22 September 2020 the Prime Minister announced £60m of additional funding for COVID-19 enforcement to be shared between local authorities for COVID-19 marshals and the 43 police forces of England and Wales.</p><p>The Home Office is finalising details of the funding allocations to police forces, which will be published on Gov.uk in the coming days.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 96137 question first answered 02/10/2020 11:47:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238271

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional funding has been allocated to Sussex Police to support enforcement of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>On 22 September 2020 the Prime Minister announced £60m of additional funding for COVID-19 enforcement to be shared between local authorities for COVID-19 marshals and the 43 police forces of England and Wales.</p><p>The Home Office is finalising details of the funding allocations to police forces, which will be published on Gov.uk in the coming days.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 96136 question first answered 02/10/2020 11:47:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1238382

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Hove
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of cases has been at Hove Trial Centre for (a) adult and (b) youth cases in each quarter since the first quarter of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	96138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to separately identify the criminal caseload at Hove Trial Centre in the data that is centrally collated by the Ministry of Justice. Hove is a satellite of Lewes Crown Court and as such it does not have its own caseload.</p><p> </p><p>A table detailing the volume of outstanding cases at Lewes Crown Court by adult and youth from Q1 2018 to Q2 2020 (latest published) can be found below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Outstanding<sup>1</sup> cases in the Lewes Crown Court, quarterly Q1 2018 - Q2 2020</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p><strong>All Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>18 and over</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>965</strong></p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>908</strong></p></td><td><p>891</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>773</strong></p></td><td><p>766</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>583</strong></p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>564</strong></p></td><td><p>558</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>529</strong></p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>521</strong></p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>554</strong></p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>596</strong></p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>643</strong></p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1)Outstanding cases excludes cases that have a live bench warrant issued on the case, at the end of the period. The number of cases outstanding at the end of each period will not be equal to the sum of cases outstanding at the start of the period and those received during the period, minus cases disposed due to the exclusion of cases that have a live bench warrant issued on the case.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/10/2020 15:11:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1237979

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service resulted in unsuccessful outcomes due to victim issues in each quarter since the third quarter of the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	95701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes of completed prosecutions, as a count of the number of defendants finalised, and collates the data collected by quarter. Each non-conviction (or ‘unsuccessful’) outcome is allocated a reason, indicating the principal reason the defendant was not convicted.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of prosecution outcomes resulting in a non-conviction due to victim or complainant issues in each quarter from Q3 2018-19 (October to December 2018) to Q4 2019-20 (January to March 2020).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim Issues</p></td><td><p>3,594</p></td><td><p>3,468</p></td><td><p>3,111</p></td><td><p>3,286</p></td><td><p>2,643</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Victim Issues</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Prosecution Outcomes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>121,191</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123,939</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115,228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>118,896</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>109,425</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107,497</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/09/2020 10:13:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1237010

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's White Paper, A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, published on 16 September 2020, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) community settings and (b) parental involvement in youth offender panels prior to bringing forward legislative proposals on youth sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	94489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>We are aware that problem-solving approaches work well within the current youth justice system, and we recognise that effective multi-agency working can have a positive impact on a child’s rehabilitation. In the Smarter Approach to Sentencing White Paper, published on 16 September 2020, we proposed pilots for adult problem-solving courts. We are keen to learn from these pilots, to explore problem-solving approaches in the youth justice system and build the evidence base for the use of panels in youth justice beyond their current use for Referral Orders.</p><p>Youth Offender Panels already operate for children who are given Referral Orders; parents are always requested to join both the initial panel meeting and the review meetings. The guidance on Referral Orders is clear that constructive engagement with the child’s parents or carers is an important aspect of the youth offender panel process. Youth Offender Panels must also take place in spaces that are safe, appropriate and practical to do so and Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) are encouraged to hold Panels in an inclusive community-based settings. This guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-offenders-referral-orders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-offenders-referral-orders</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/09/2020 16:24:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle