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1134208

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers were placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months for alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1a - Number of Probation Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 1b - Number of Probation Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Gross Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. Qualified band 4 probation officers only. Figures exclude Senior Probation Officers. 2. Staff with at least one conduct and discipline case concluded during the year.<ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded.</li></ol>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations follow the conduct and discipline policy, which ensures that they are carried out fairly, and are also robust. Investigations may involve multiple charges and may have multiple outcomes for different parts of the case.</p><p>Investigations into staff conduct are designed to establish the truth of the case and to determine whether conduct and discipline action is recommended.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:18:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134209

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary 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 disciplinary cases in which probation officers were placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and twelve months and (e) over twelve months resulted in proceedings for (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1a: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Probation Officers<sup>2</sup>, which progressed to misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 1b: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Probation Officers<sup>3</sup>, which progressed to gross misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From one up to three months</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From three up to six months</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From six up to twelve months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times. 2. Qualified band 4 probation officers only. Figures exclude Senior Probation Officers<ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded</li></ol>‘-‘ Indicates there were no cases.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations follow the conduct and discipline policy, which ensures that they are carried out fairly, and are also robust.</p><p>Investigations into staff conduct are designed to establish the truth of the case and to determine whether conduct and discipline action is recommended. An investigation may result in no case to answer, and would not result in a penalty. Where there is a case to answer a conduct and discipline case imposes a penalty on a member of staff for wrong-doing if the allegation is found proven.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:21:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134210

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers have been suspended for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) more than 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide an answer. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)’s central records on suspensions is held as a dataset separate to its conduct and discipline dataset which records misconduct allegation as well as outcomes. We are unable to provide end to end information regarding cases where a suspension has led to a conduct and discipline investigation as the dataset on suspensions does not hold case reference numbers which, in this case, is essential for the data matching to take place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:23:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134211

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by probation officers that reached proceedings were (i) not proven, (ii) resolved by the issuing of management advice, (iii) resolved with a written warning and (iv) concluded with dismissal in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1: Conduct &amp; discipline cases<sup>1</sup> for misconduct and gross misconduct by probation officers<sup>2</sup>, by outcome<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misconduct</p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Misconduct</p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.</p><p>2. Qualified band 4 probation officers only. Figures exclude Senior Probation Officers.</p><p>3. Information on the outcomes of any appeal is not included.</p><p>4. Includes where cases have been withdrawn/closed or where other disciplinary action was taken, such as financial penalties, regrades/downgrades, verbal warnings.</p><p> </p><p>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p><p>Conduct and discipline cases provide a range of options for dealing with staff employed who fail to meet the required standards of behaviour.</p><p>Both investigations and conduct cases may involve multiple charges and may have multiple outcomes for the different parts of the case.</p><p> </p><p>Dismissals are appropriate in cases of gross misconduct where any further relationship and trust between HMPPS and the member of staff concerned is impossible</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:43:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134212

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by probation officers that led to proceedings following an investigation lasting more than 12 months were (i) not proven, (ii) resolved by management advice being issued, (iii) concluded with a written warning and (iv) concluded with dismissal in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There were fewer than three Conduct and Discipline cases of misconduct/gross misconduct by band 4 probation officers which lasted longer than 12 months, in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the low numbers involved, details on the outcome of the cases cannot be provided. This is to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:32:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134215

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by probation officers that led to proceedings following a suspension lasting for more than 12 months have (i) not been proven, (ii) led to management advice being issued, (iii) led to a written warning and (iv) led to dismissal in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide an answer. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)’s central records on suspensions are held as a dataset separate to its conduct and discipline dataset which records misconduct allegation as well as outcomes. We are unable to provide end to end information regarding cases where a suspension has led to a conduct and discipline investigation as the dataset on suspensions does not hold case reference numbers which, in this case, is essential for the data matching to take place.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:33:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1134216

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of wages paid to suspended probation officers under investigation in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	268595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide an answer. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)’s central records on suspensions is held as a dataset separate to its conduct and discipline dataset which records misconduct allegation as well as outcomes. We are unable to provide end to end information regarding cases where a suspension has led to a conduct and discipline investigation as the dataset on suspensions does not hold case reference numbers which, in this case, is essential for the data matching to take place.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/07/2019 16:31:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133555

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
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 press release of 27 June 2018 entitled Secretary of State launches dedicated strategy to break the cycle of female offending, how many residential women's centres have been opened in England and Wales for females convicted of offences since June 2018; and what the locations are of those centres.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	267241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy committed to develop a ‘residential women’s centre’ pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales. The aim of the pilots, when they begin, will be to develop an evidence base for how we might reduce the numbers of women entering and re-entering custody for short periods.</p><p> </p><p>We want to make sure the models we take forward are sustainable, scalable and appropriate for the local context of each site. We have recently concluded our first phase of consultation with stakeholders, partners and providers to inform our scoping. We will continue to consult with partners as we refine the design and delivery of the pilot.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reflecting on the findings from our scoping work to develop a delivery plan for the pilots. No decisions regarding the location of Residential Women’ Centre pilots have yet been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/06/2019 11:56:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133586

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free TV licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, (b) Gwynedd local authority area and (c) Wales in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	267260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In the 2015 funding settlement, the Government agreed with the BBC that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p>The government and the BBC agreed this is a fair deal for the BBC - in return we closed the iPlayer loophole and committed to increase the licence fee in line with inflation. And to help with financial planning, we agreed to provide phased transitional funding over 2 years to gradually introduce the cost to the BBC.</p><p>This reform was subject to public discussion and debated extensively during the passage of the Digital Economy Act 2017 through Parliament.</p><p>On 10 June 2019, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/reports/consultation/age-related-tv-licence-policy" target="_blank">announced</a> that the current scheme will end. From 1 June 2020, a free TV licence will only be available to a household with someone aged over 75 who receives Pension Credit.</p><p>The table below provides estimates of the costs for 2017/18 of providing free TV licences to people aged 75 and over in the geographical areas requested, in nominal prices. The figures for 2018/19 will be available in September.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m) (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) Gwynedd local authority area</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(c) Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>£34.11</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/06/2019 15:17:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133587

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what redress a victim or witness has if special measures are requested in court but are not subsequently provided.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	267261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>There are many statutory protections that support vulnerable victims and witnesses in the criminal courts, for example banning cross examination of rape complainants by the defendant. In addition, a number of special measures can be applied for by the CPS to further support a victim or witness who is intimidated or vulnerable, for example the provision of protective screens.</p><p> </p><p>Such applications are considered by the trial judge. Should circumstances change during the trial it is possible for a late (or second) application to be made. Where applications are refused, it may be possible to appeal at the Court of Appeal or, in certain exceptional circumstances, to seek a judicial review.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/06/2019 13:17:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts