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1301065

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Arts: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effect on creative workers in Scotland of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	913097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government understands that the cultural and creative sectors rely on the ability to move people across borders quickly, simply, and with minimal cost and administration.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working urgently across Government and in collaboration with the music and wider creative industries, including through a new working group which includes the devolved administrations, to help address these issues.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:17:45 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300884

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of young adults aged 18-25 who are charged by the CPS have received a maturity assessment prior to charge in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	165534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) does not hold data on the number of young adults aged 18-25 that have received a maturity assessment prior to charge.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS recognises the importance of considering a suspect’s age and maturity when making a decision. This is included in the Code for Crown Prosecutors and relevant legal guidance, and is included in training for specialist youth prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/03/2021 10:19:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300365

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	164456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate is responsible for the award of leases for new and existing offshore wind projects, including the current Round 4 exercise. The Crown Estate works independently of government under the mandate set out in the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Government has not made any assessment on the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS. The latest Round 4 seabed leasing round has resulted in six new potential offshore wind projects totalling nearly 8GW.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was not involved in the design of the bidding process for the Round 4 seabed leasing.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 164457 164458 question first answered 11/03/2021 15:41:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300366

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what advice his Department and its predecessor departments have provided to the Crown Estate on the design of the bidding process used in the Round 4 auction of seabed leasing rights, since the conclusion of Round 3 in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	164457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate is responsible for the award of leases for new and existing offshore wind projects, including the current Round 4 exercise. The Crown Estate works independently of government under the mandate set out in the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Government has not made any assessment on the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS. The latest Round 4 seabed leasing round has resulted in six new potential offshore wind projects totalling nearly 8GW.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was not involved in the design of the bidding process for the Round 4 seabed leasing.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 164456 164458 question first answered 11/03/2021 15:41:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300367

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what advice (a) his Department and (b) predecessor Departments have provided to Crown Estate on the design of the bidding process used in the Round 4 auction of seabed leasing rights since the conclusion of Round 3 in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	164458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate is responsible for the award of leases for new and existing offshore wind projects, including the current Round 4 exercise. The Crown Estate works independently of government under the mandate set out in the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Government has not made any assessment on the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS. The latest Round 4 seabed leasing round has resulted in six new potential offshore wind projects totalling nearly 8GW.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was not involved in the design of the bidding process for the Round 4 seabed leasing.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 164456 164457 question first answered 11/03/2021 15:41:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299983

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Coronavirus
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 12 February 2021 to Question 148977, Courts: Coronavirus, what limits have been placed on the number of people allowed in (a) courts and (b) tribunals, broken down by building.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	163685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The safety of those using our buildings is paramount. We continue to work with public health organisations to develop, review and entrench our safeguards, and we have a transparent framework in place to ensure these safeguards are followed.</p><p> </p><p>The hands/face/space measures are crucial. Insofar as ‘space’ is concerned, social distancing is the central control. In order to ensure that social distancing protocols are being adhered to within our buildings, HMCTS has in place measures to limit the flow of people into (and within) buildings at any one time. This is to ensure both the safety and appropriate use of buildings whilst continuing to enable access to justice, for those who need it. There is no maximum numeric occupancy ‘cap’ for particular buildings, as such. Court and tribunal buildings are complex structures, with various component sections, each able to accommodate safely different numbers at different times. A numeric cap would be an unduly simplistic instrument to control something which is necessarily more complicated. It would do nothing, for example, to mitigate the risk of individuals congregating or converging in a particular area of the building which could breach social distancing protocol but within the notional building limit.</p><p> </p><p>Since the way we use our buildings varies from site to site, and each building is unique in its layout, structure and size, occupancy levels are managed and determined locally. This is achieved through continuous dynamic assessments by local managers in consultation with the site security supervisor and Court/Tribunal Security Officers (C/TSOs).</p><p> </p><p>Limiting the number of people entering buildings at any one time is a control deployed as necessary. We have also introduced one way systems, within our buildings, to limit footfall; as well as measures such as occupancy limits for particular rooms or areas. This is monitored throughout each day, including through the deployment of marshals.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/03/2021 17:51:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299986

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
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, how many Nightingale (a) courts and (b) courtrooms are operating by region.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	163686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>As at 8 March, there are 24 Nightingale venues in operation, providing a total of 49 hearing rooms. The table below provides a breakdown by region.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of operational Nightingale court venues</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Courtrooms provided </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are opening more Nightingale courtrooms and are on track to provide a total of 60 courtrooms by the end of March.</p><p>Recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority. Nightingale courts have opened in every HMCTS region, capable of hearing a range of case types, including trials, for defendants who are on bail. These venues help to free up more room in existing courts to hear other cases, such as custodial jury trials, which require cells and secure dock facilities to keep the public, victims and witnesses safe.</p><p>We will continue to keep our recovery plans under close review to ensure that the geographic distribution of Nightingale courts meets our operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/03/2021 17:46:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299987

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
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, how many and what proportion of courts are currently working to full capacity.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	163687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS has implemented measures which mean that all of our courts and tribunals buildings have lower footfall than before the pandemic and are therefore operating at less than full capacity.</p><p>Our <a href="https://intranet.justice.gov.uk/about-hmcts/operations-directorate/business-continuity/covid-19/covid-19-information-guidance-hub/organisational-risk-assessment/" target="_blank">Organisational Risk Assessment</a> sets out the suite of measures put in place to ensure our buildings remain safe for those who use them, and these measures have been developed with the endorsement of public health agencies. Key to these measures is social distancing which has been embedded across the HMCTS estate since the onset of COVID-19.</p><p>Adhering to social distancing has, necessarily, reduced the capacity in our court and tribunal buildings to manage and hear cases, because it inevitably restricts the number of people who can be safely accommodated across the various parts of each site. HMCTS has taken a number steps to minimise the impact of this on our ability to service access to justice needs, including the introduction of additional ‘Nightingale’ court venues to provide increased accommodation. They are used on a temporary basis to ensure as many hearings as possible can continue to take place during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>As at 4<sup>th</sup> March, courtroom availability, split by HMCTS Region, is as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Not Open</p></td><td><p>Open</p></td><td><p>Open (%)</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>558</p></td><td><p>2313</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>2871</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/03/2021 17:51:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299989

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young adults who become involved in the criminal justice system as defendants have their maturity assessed by Liaison and Diversion services.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	163688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Although maturity is not assessed by Liaison and Diversion services, the National Probation Service (NPS) views maturity assessments as a critical component of an offender assessment within a Pre Sentence Report (PSR) as articulated in Probation Instruction 04/2016: Determining PSR.</p><p>In addition, the NPS are working with the Magistrates’ Association to develop a suite of short videos regarding the need to consider maturity at each step in the Criminal Justice System to raise sentencers awareness and understanding of the effect of maturity on offending. This is targeted at the Judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service, Defence and Probation staff in Court.</p><p>The NPS has also produced guidance to support court report writers, which highlights how to make more effective sentencing proposals to support those with low maturity to engage more effectively in community disposals.</p><p>Sentencing guidelines developed by the independent Sentencing Council also list ‘age and/or lack of maturity’ as a mitigating factor which sentencers can take into account when deciding on an appropriate sentence. This is also reflected in the Equal Treatment Bench Book (published February 2021) the main source of guidance for sentencers for dealing with individuals with protected characteristics. The Judicial College also provides magistrates with training on offender maturity as part of its modules on sentencing guidelines.</p><p>The NPS are also working to ensure that court staff have a clear understanding of both the impact of low maturity on offending behaviour and the consequences of disrupted maturity on recidivism. A training video has been produced by the Evidence Based Practice Team in the NPS, outlining the indicators and the means of assessment of maturity for those aged 18 – 25.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 163689 question first answered 10/03/2021 17:48:50 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299990

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Young Offenders
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 level of (a) awareness and (b) understanding among magistrates of the effect of maturity on offending behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	163689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Although maturity is not assessed by Liaison and Diversion services, the National Probation Service (NPS) views maturity assessments as a critical component of an offender assessment within a Pre Sentence Report (PSR) as articulated in Probation Instruction 04/2016: Determining PSR.</p><p>In addition, the NPS are working with the Magistrates’ Association to develop a suite of short videos regarding the need to consider maturity at each step in the Criminal Justice System to raise sentencers awareness and understanding of the effect of maturity on offending. This is targeted at the Judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service, Defence and Probation staff in Court.</p><p>The NPS has also produced guidance to support court report writers, which highlights how to make more effective sentencing proposals to support those with low maturity to engage more effectively in community disposals.</p><p>Sentencing guidelines developed by the independent Sentencing Council also list ‘age and/or lack of maturity’ as a mitigating factor which sentencers can take into account when deciding on an appropriate sentence. This is also reflected in the Equal Treatment Bench Book (published February 2021) the main source of guidance for sentencers for dealing with individuals with protected characteristics. The Judicial College also provides magistrates with training on offender maturity as part of its modules on sentencing guidelines.</p><p>The NPS are also working to ensure that court staff have a clear understanding of both the impact of low maturity on offending behaviour and the consequences of disrupted maturity on recidivism. A training video has been produced by the Evidence Based Practice Team in the NPS, outlining the indicators and the means of assessment of maturity for those aged 18 – 25.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 163688 question first answered 10/03/2021 17:48:50 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham