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1299320

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether court service staff who are required to wear goggles as part of their duties are (a) issued with their own personal sets or (b) required to share communal sets of goggles.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	162583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is not typically required by court or tribunal staff, given the nature of the roles they undertake, the way they are undertaken, and the framework of risk mitigations (in respect of Covid-19 transmission or more generally) entrenched. Wherever PPE is risk-assessed as necessary, it is provided by HMCTS. Wherever there is a specific need for goggles or protective glasses, they are issued to the individual member of staff concerned. The protective equipment is personal to that individual. Glasses/goggles are not shared.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2021 17:31:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299354

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Pre-sentence Reports
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 comprehensiveness of maturity assessments in pre-sentence reports for defendants aged 18-25 in the (a) magistrates’ court and (b) Crown Court.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	162584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The assessment of the comprehensiveness of maturity assessments in pre-sentence reports (PSRs) is captured within National Internal Audits and through the application of the Quality Development Tool (QDT) at a local level.</p><p>As a result of an internal audit on court reports in 2018, work was undertaken by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to develop staff knowledge and skills in this area, which led to the development of a briefing video and Maturity Assessments Guidance for court officers. HMPPS are currently undertaking a further internal audit on the quality of reports undertaken during the pandemic and are due to report their findings later this month. In addition to the National Internal Audit, regional teams utilise the QDT to oversee the quality of PSRs and to support staff development.</p><p>The Sentencing White Paper published in September 2020 contained a commitment to improving the quality and delivery of advice to courts, including through a PSR pilot. One element of this pilot targets fast delivery reports at specific cohorts including young adults (from 18 to 25 years of age) to take account of the more complex needs that this cohort of service users generally has. As part of this pilot, we are providing refresher training on maturity assessments for court probation staff to ensure staff are able to capture the complexity of needs of this cohort of service users.</p><p>There also a number of measures in place to support the type of individualised practice that benefits this cohort. An evidence-informed screening tool is available across prisons and probation to assess young adults who are still maturing neurologically, and a resource pack is also available to help staff work with those identified as needing more support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2021 17:32:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299355

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on developing the older offenders strategy; and what the timescale is for its publication.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	162585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Following the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the ageing prison population last year, we commenced work on an older offenders strategy. Our strategic priorities for this work are that it will ensure that older offenders:</p><ul><li>Are held in the most appropriate environments;</li><li>Can access a purposeful and rehabilitative regime within prison;</li><li>Can access health and care services equivalent to those within the community; and</li><li>Are prepared for their release and resettled effectively.</li></ul><p>We have established a steering group to oversee progress on the strategy, and officials have undertaken fieldwork which has included meetings with prison governors, scrutiny bodies, academics and third sector organisations. We are developing proposals to be included in this strategy in advance of publication this summer.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/03/2021 16:55:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299356

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crown Estate Commissioners: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the annual fees to date paid to the Crown Estate by developers granted leasing rights during Round 3 of the Offshore Wind Leasing process in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	162586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury has asked for this information from The Crown Estate, who have provided the following figures for total cash receipts from Round 3, for each year since 2010. More information on the revenues generated from offshore wind, including details of co-investment made by The Crown Estate into Round 3 projects, is published in The Crown Estate’s annual report and accounts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total R3 related Cash Receipts </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£3.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£23.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£21.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£8.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£14.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£47.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£122.9m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/03/2021 10:24:21 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299357

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Net Zero Review will forecast the effect on the (a) labour market and (b) households following the recent outcome of the Crown Estate’s Round 4 Offshore Wind Leasing process.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	162587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Net Zero Review will explore how the transition to a net zero economy could be funded and where the costs could fall. It will look at options for a balance of contributions between households, businesses and the taxpayer, and how to maximise economic growth opportunities from the transition.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/03/2021 14:19:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1296772

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision is made for the inspection and scrutinisation of prosecutions carried out by (a) the BBC, (b) transport companies, (c) the police and (d) local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	161747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a responsibility to take over all prosecutions instituted by the police, with the exception of prosecutions for specified offences that are uncontested. The CPS is inspected by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and superintended by the Law Officers, as is the Serious Fraud Office. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services has a statutory duty to inspect the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces in England and Wales in the delivery of their functions, including the provision of information to support prosecutions.</p><p>Prosecutions instituted by other bodies are usually (and loosely) described as private prosecutions and there are no arrangements for inspecting them. The Justice Select Committee’s report <em>Private Prosecutions: Safeguards,</em> published in October 2020, recommended that organisations which bring significant numbers of private prosecutions should be subject to inspection. The Government’s response, published on 4 March 2021, was that we were not persuaded that such an inspection regime would be proportionate, bearing in mind the Committee’s conclusions that ‘existing safeguards in place to regulate private prosecutions are effective at filtering out weak claims’, and that ‘the judicial process that applies to all prosecutions ensures that private prosecutions are rigorously tested’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2021 17:00:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1296875

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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 effect of the outcome of the Crown Estate’s Round 4 Offshore Wind Leasing process on the Offshore Wind Sector Deal’s target for 60 per cent UK content by 2030 in offshore wind projects on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	161748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment of the effect of the Crown Estate’s Round 4 Offshore Wind Leasing process on either the Offshore Wind Sector Deal’s target for 60 per cent UK content by 2030 or on developers’ supply chain plans.</p><p> </p><p>It will be a number of years before any projects from this latest leasing round will be preparing a supply chain plan in order to bid into a Contract for Difference Allocation Round. We will work with all developers to see how we can increase UK economic benefit.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 161749 question first answered 08/03/2021 16:17:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1296876

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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 effect of the Crown Estate’s Round 4 Offshore Wind Leasing process on developers’ supply chain plans.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	161749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made any assessment of the effect of the Crown Estate’s Round 4 Offshore Wind Leasing process on either the Offshore Wind Sector Deal’s target for 60 per cent UK content by 2030 or on developers’ supply chain plans.</p><p> </p><p>It will be a number of years before any projects from this latest leasing round will be preparing a supply chain plan in order to bid into a Contract for Difference Allocation Round. We will work with all developers to see how we can increase UK economic benefit.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 161748 question first answered 08/03/2021 16:17:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1296877

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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 confirmed cases of covid-19 there have been among (a) staff, (b) judiciary, (c) jurors and (d) other attendees at each court between 19 February 2021 and the most recent date for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	161750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>We follow all Public Health and Government COVID-secure guidelines and have put measures in place to keep all court and tribunal users safe. When Government or Public Health guidance changes, our measures are updated, an approach which is endorsed by Public Health England and Public Health Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported to HMCTS among (a) staff, (b) judiciary, (c) jurors and (d) users between 19 February 2021 and 24 February 2021. Due to the time taken for individuals to take a test, receive test results, and then communicate this to HMCTS (which information is then recorded against the date initially reported), further cases may be added to the table after the time of publishing. The table only includes court locations within the HMCTS estate where we have learnt about a new positive case within the dates given above. All other court sites have not reported any new cases between these dates.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS employs around 19,800 staff (payroll and non-payroll). There are around 19,400 judicial office holders covering all jurisdictions, including coroners and magistrates. The population of jurors fluctuates each week, but we estimate around 4,000 jurors attend weekly.</p><p> </p><p>For staff and agency staff in HMCTS as a whole (including tribunals), positive test rates are falling in line with national numbers. The incident rate amongst staff is trending around the national average. As at 24 February, the HMCTS staff positive incident rate is 124.6 cases per 100,000, compared to 100.4 cases per 100,000 in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Comparability with national statistics will be affected by our staff locations (staff are not evenly distributed across the country) and when the numbers are changing rapidly the difference between incident date (our figures) and date of positive test (national figures) becomes relevant. However, overall, the trend is not dissimilar to national averages over time and prevalence rates amongst staff have been trending below the national average. Accordingly, there should be no assumption that a positive case indicates that there has been transmission within a court building.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note that courts without any confirmed positive cases in the time period are not listed.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>Court and tribunal user</p></td><td><p>Judiciary</p></td><td><p>Juror</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLACKBURN MAGISTRATES COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRISTOL CROWN COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BROMLEY COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAMBRIDGE COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EALING MAGISTRATES COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GREAT GRIMSBY COMBINED COURT CENTRE</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRIMSBY MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LIVERPOOL CROWN COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANCHESTER CROWN COURT (CROWN SQUARE)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MILTON KEYNES COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORWICH COMBINED COURT CENTRE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESTON MAGISTRATES COURT</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING CROWN COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STEVENAGE MAGISTRATES COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWANSEA CIVIL AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTRE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRURO COMBINED COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WIMBLEDON MAGISTRATES COURT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOLVERHAMPTON COMBINED COURT CENTRE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2021 17:18:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1296882

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand: Remote Hearings
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 8 February to Question 147845 on Remote Hearings, if he will will carry out and publish an assessment of the impact of the withdrawal of video remand hearings.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	161751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council decided that all forces should withdraw from the use of video remand hearings (VRH) by the end of December 2020. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and the Home Office have temporarily provided joint funding to 6 police forces in priority areas (Derbyshire, Devon and Cornwall, Durham, Kent, Norfolk, and Suffolk) to enable them to operate VRH in the 5 weeks to the end of the financial year 20/21.</p><p> </p><p>While we are not formally evaluating the withdrawal of police forces from VRH hearings, the MoJ and HMCTS are evaluating HMCTS Reform, of which Video Remand Hearings form a part, to understand what effects the programme has had.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2021 17:24:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham