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1304832

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2021 to Question 166405, how many and what proportion of young adults aged 18 to 25 years sentenced to life imprisonment received (a) a pre-sentence report, (b) a maturity assessment alongside a pre-sentence report and (c) an assessment for neuro-disabilities alongside a pre-sentence report in the most recent period for which that information can be collated at proportionate cost.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	173003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>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>The NPS has produced maturity guidance to support PSR writers which highlights how to identify low maturity, particularly for young adults aged 18-25 years old. It also provides examples of how report writers can communicate with courts about maturity, offending and sentencing proposals.</p><p>Between July to September 2020, there were two cases of young adults aged 18 to 25 sentenced to life imprisonment who received a pre-sentence report in England and Wales.</p><p>It is not possible to give figures for the proportion of young adults aged 18 to 25 sentenced to life imprisonment who received a pre-sentence report, as this would involve a process of matching court record data with probation data and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.</p><p>Due to the disclosure risk regarding the identification of certain attributes about a data subject that may not otherwise have been known, figures cannot be provided on the number of cases where an assessment for neuro-disabilities or maturity has been conducted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/03/2021 17:42:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1304833

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the retirement age for Magistrates.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	173004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>On 8 March, we published the government response to the Judicial Mandatory Retirement Age Consultation, which set out our intention to increase the mandatory retirement age of judicial office holders, including magistrates, to 75. The legislative proposals will be brought forward when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>The legislation will include a transitional provision to enable retired magistrates who are younger than the new MRA to apply to return to the bench subject to business need. The process by which such applications are to be made and considered will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2021 17:47:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1302636

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to appoint a cross-Departmental Minister for Disabled Children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	168904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>As the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families I am responsible for policy on special educational needs and disabilities and on disadvantaged children more broadly.</p><p>The government is committed to supporting disabled children and as part of this we will be publishing a new national strategy for disabled people this year. I work closely with my hon. Friend, the Member for North Swindon, as Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, and with Ministerial Disability Champions across Whitehall to ensure that our policies are joined up effectively. Our priority here is ensuring that the needs of disabled children are recognised and appropriately met, which is what the current ministerial arrangements are already working to achieve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/03/2021 11:59:27 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1302638

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Community Discharge Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157099, which local authorities have been awarded funds from the Community Discharge Fund to date; and how much money each such authority received.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	168905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>For the financial year 2020-21, Community Discharge Grant allocations were made to individual Transforming Care Partnerships in England. Each Transforming Care Partnership nominated a lead local authority to receive funds on their behalf.</p><p>A table showing the lead local authorities that have received the Community Discharge Grant to date and the amount each lead local authority was awarded on behalf of their wider Transforming Care Partnership is attached.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/03/2021 17:35:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately attachment 1 file name FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE ATTACHMENT_REDRAFTEDInitial Reply - PQ168905.docx title Table previous answer version 91511 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1302639

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Community Discharge Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding under the Community Discharge Fund is allocated to the local authority in which the person is ordinarily resident or the local authority where they are in hospital.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	168906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Allocations of funding through the Community Discharge Grant are made on the basis of forecast future discharges of people for whom a Transforming Care Partnership has a commissioning responsibility.</p><p>In order to calculate the 2020-21 allocations for each Transforming Care Partnership in England under the Community Discharge Grant we have estimated the double running costs that each Transforming Care Partnership could face for the coming year. Double running costs occur in the period before a formal discharge when a person is still an inpatient requiring a bed and a community care package is also put in place.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/03/2021 15:44:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 91637 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1302640

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with the Care Quality Commission on the implementation of its new inspection regime in relation to closed cultures; and how that new inspection regime relates to the Transforming Care agenda.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	168907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2021 answer text <p>We are not aware of any specific meetings that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that focussed on its new inspection regime in relation to closed cultures.</p><p>The Minister of State for Care has regular meetings with the CQC including discussions on closed cultures, as well as on Transforming Care more widely. I met with the CQC on the 29 June 2020 which included discussions around closed cultures.</p><p>CQC have been making significant improvements in how they understand and identify closed culture services, prioritising these services for monitoring. This supports improvements in the quality of care provided to people with a learning disability and autistic people, in line with the Transforming Care objectives.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/04/2021 12:34:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 91638 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1302641

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department undertake a national review of existing commissioning arrangements for (a) autistic people and (b) people with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	168908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>While we have no current plans to review the existing commissioning arrangements, as part of work on the upcoming Health and Care Bill, we are supporting the National Health Service’s efforts to develop more integrated services and remove barriers and bureaucracy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/04/2021 09:19:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 91639 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301882

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remote Hearings
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 consult judges on the potential effect of proposals to expand the use of video court hearings in the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	167197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Live links were extended in the criminal courts under temporary provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 and have been used extensively during the pandemic. The feedback we have received from judges and other court users has helped inform the drafting of these replacement provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The use of live links in criminal courts is subject to judicial discretion and will only be used where the court is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice, having considered any representations from parties to the proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>The process for considering live link applications in the criminal courts is set out in the Criminal Procedure Rules, Criminal Practice Directions, and any guidance from the Lord Chief Justice.</p><p> </p><p>In non-criminal courts, and tribunals, the use of audio and video technology is not prescribed in legislation, but provision for those courts and tribunals, as well as for criminal courts, for ensuring open justice in cases conducted using such technology, is made in the Coronavirus Act 2020 and will be made permanent in the PCSC Bill.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2021 17:57:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301883

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
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 cases offenders received less than the minimum sentence for (a) third-time convictions for domestic burglary and (b) second-time convictions for possession of a knife or offensive weapon in each of the last five years broken down by the age range of offenders.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	167198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time due to the current national lockdown and the need to minimise non-essential travel.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2021 17:18:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301417

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Criminal Proceedings
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 trials for young adult defendants aged 18 to 25 years have taken place in (a) Magistrates courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	166404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The number of effective<sup>1</sup> trials in the Crown Court for young adult defendants aged 18-25 in the last five years is set out below. The information requested in relation to magistrates’ courts trials for young adult defendants could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This is because whilst the data held on the HMCTS management information systems contains manually collated data on trial volumes for adult and youth cases, it does not collect data for the specific banding of those aged between 18-25.</p><p>For trials in the Crown Court, where the main defendant is in the age group 18-25, the number of effective trials has consistently fallen over the time period from 4,804 trials between October 2015 and September 2016 down 71% to 1,380 trials in the year ending September 2020. This is in line with national figures for all age groups in the same time period where the number of effective trials fell 70% from 18,967 to 5,726.</p><p>As it is not possible to provide numbers of young adult trials for the magistrates’ courts, it is therefore not possible to provide the proportion of Crown Court trials as a proportion of all effective trials for 18-25 year olds.</p><p>For the 18-25 age range, we would need to extract data on every hearing or disposal and calculate the age by using the date of birth and compare against the date of offence. This would allow us to manually calculate the number of 18-25 year olds as there is not a specific band for this<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Effective Crown Court Trials<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 - 25 years old<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015 - Sep 2016</p></td><td><p>4,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016 - Sep 2017</p></td><td><p>4,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017 - Sep 2018</p></td><td><p>3,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2018 - Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>3,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2019 - Sep 2020</p></td><td><p>1,380<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>A breakdown of the total number of trials listed during the reporting period indicated. Not all cases will go to trial, for the purposes of trial effectiveness we consider a ‘trial’ at the point of initial listing. A trial which goes ahead on the planned date and occurs is then considered as ‘effective’. A trial that is listed but does not go ahead is considered either cracked, ineffective or vacated as detailed in the supporting guidance document which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.</li><li>Estimates for Oct 2019 - Sep 2020 exclude a small number of cases which have transitioned to the Common Platform system in the early adopter site (Derby Crown Court).</li><li>Age is calculated as the age of the main defendant at trial when the case was initially received.</li></ol> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/03/2021 19:54:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham