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1125241

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 17:54:24
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 17:55:34 12/06/2019 15:06:04
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	identifier	252003
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 13:45:21
	question first ministerially corrected	12/06/2019 14:34:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who took the decision not to refer the question of Joseph McCann's release to the Parole Board.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252003
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252003
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 January 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125243

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 17:54:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 17:55:40 12/06/2019 15:06:02
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	identifier	252005
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 13:45:21
	question first ministerially corrected	12/06/2019 14:34:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) scope, (b) timescale and (c) remit is of the urgent review into the reported mistaken release of Joseph McCann.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252005
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252005
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 Jarnuary 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125650

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:57:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:06:59 15/05/2019 17:17:04
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	252545
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:45:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have been decided within 12 months from initial submission in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of applications received since 2010-11 which were decided (at first decision) within 12 months of submission.</p><p> </p><p>If an applicant is dissatisfied with their first decision, they have the right to request that this is reviewed. If they remain dissatisfied following review, they can appeal to the independent First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Proportion of applications decided at 1<sup>st</sup> decision within 12 months of submission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:45:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125657

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:57:40
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:07:17 08/10/2019 15:46:04
	hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
	house id	1
	identifier	252551
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 12:31:20
	question first ministerially corrected	08/10/2019 15:14:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money has been raised by the Victims Surchage in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252551
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252551
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Income from the Victim Surcharge contributes to the Ministry of Justices’ Victim and Witness Budget (“the Budget”). This budget is used to fund Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who commission local support services for victims, and nationally commissioned support services including the National Homicide Service, Rape Support Centres, and the Court Based Witness Service. Income from the Victim Surcharge is forecast into the Budget at the beginning of each financial year. However, actual income raised from the Surcharge will fluctuate each year (depending on the amount imposed and collection rates). Should revenue raised from the Surcharge go above the forecast amount, the excess is put towards compensating victims through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Overall amounts are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected *</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Victim and Witness Budget*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£48m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£10m</p></td><td><p>£10m</p></td><td><p>£48m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£<ins class="ministerial">20</ins><del class="ministerial">19</del>m</p></td><td><p>£<ins class="ministerial">20</ins><del class="ministerial">19</del>m</p></td><td><p>£57m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">5</ins><del class="ministerial">4</del>m</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">5</ins><del class="ministerial">4</del>m</p></td><td><p>£86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£28m</p></td><td><p>£18m</p></td><td><p>£92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">7</ins><del class="ministerial">6</del>m</p></td><td><p>£96m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£35m</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td><td><p>£97m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The amounts listed in the table have been rounded to the nearest £1<del class="ministerial">0</del>m.</p> question first answered 17/05/2019 12:31:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125668

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:58:09
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:07:44 15/05/2019 17:36:04
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Lone Parents
	house id	1
	identifier	252555
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 17:04:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that single mothers receive adequate support and advice in the family courts division.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252555
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252555
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Access to justice is a fundamental right. We spent £1.6bn last year on legal aid for the most vulnerable – of which £545m was in family law.</p><p>Legal aid is also part of a bigger picture and so we are now making changes to enhance the breadth of legal support available for everyone in society.</p><p>The Legal Support Action Plan, published on 7 February, announced that we would be changing the legal aid eligibility criteria to provide non-means tested legal aid for parents, or those with parental responsibility, who wish to oppose applications for placement orders or adoption orders in public family law. In addition, we announced that we will doubling the department’s funding to the Litigants in Person Support Strategy to £3m for the next two years.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 17:04:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1125767

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 17:02:38
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:11:53 05/06/2019 18:06:01
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Grants
	house id	1
	identifier	252658
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/06/2019 17:34:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of Youth justice grants provided to local authorities to fund Youth Offending Teams was in each year since 2010, by council.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252658
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252658
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Table A attached sets out the total funding the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has given to local authorities in each year from 2009/10 to 2017/18 as published in the 2017/18 annual youth justice statistics (published totals for 2018/19 are not yet available). Table B breaks this down by local authority. The majority of this funding helps support the day-to-day business of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs), but it also includes some discrete additional grants for specific projects or initiatives, for example funding for restorative justice. The annual recorded value of the additional grants is set out in Table C.</p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in reporting processes the additional grants given in 2014/15 and 2015/16 were not included in the published totals in the 2017/18 youth justice statistics. The totals for these years therefore differ between Table A (where the additional grants are not included) and Table B (where they are included).</p> question first answered 05/06/2019 17:34:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 title Table
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 17:02:40
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:11:56 15/05/2019 17:31:06
	hansard heading	Working Links
	house id	1
	identifier	252659
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:59:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the creditors who will benefit from the Working Links Ministerial direction made on 8 May 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252659
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252659
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s Direction of 8 May, it has been concluded, on this occasion, that it is reasonable for Government to protect Permitted Subcontractors who suffered losses as they relate to the collapse of Working Links and their Community Rehabilitation Companies. These organisations are directly involved in the delivery of vital frontline probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Direction, we are now working through a process with the Permitted Subcontractors to understand the extent to which they had monies owed to them by the Working Links’ CRCs at the point of Administration for the delivery of frontline probation services, that can be satisfactorily evidenced and validated. Until this process is completed, it is not possible to accurately answer the Rt Hon Member’s questions.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that this is a unique response to a unique and specific set of circumstances. This should not be viewed as setting a precedent for future scenarios.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:59:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 17:02:43
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:11:58 15/05/2019 17:31:05
	hansard heading	Working Links
	house id	1
	identifier	252660
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:59:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the creditors who will benefit from the Working Links Ministerial direction made on 8 May 2019 are voluntary organisations.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252660
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252660
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s Direction of 8 May, it has been concluded, on this occasion, that it is reasonable for Government to protect Permitted Subcontractors who suffered losses as they relate to the collapse of Working Links and their Community Rehabilitation Companies. These organisations are directly involved in the delivery of vital frontline probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Direction, we are now working through a process with the Permitted Subcontractors to understand the extent to which they had monies owed to them by the Working Links’ CRCs at the point of Administration for the delivery of frontline probation services, that can be satisfactorily evidenced and validated. Until this process is completed, it is not possible to accurately answer the Rt Hon Member’s questions.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that this is a unique response to a unique and specific set of circumstances. This should not be viewed as setting a precedent for future scenarios.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:59:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125770

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 17:02:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:12:00 15/05/2019 17:31:03
	hansard heading	Working Links
	house id	1
	identifier	252661
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:59:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the value of the losses incurred in the collapse of Working Links by creditors who will benefit from the Working Links Ministerial direction made on 8 May 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252661
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252661
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s Direction of 8 May, it has been concluded, on this occasion, that it is reasonable for Government to protect Permitted Subcontractors who suffered losses as they relate to the collapse of Working Links and their Community Rehabilitation Companies. These organisations are directly involved in the delivery of vital frontline probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Direction, we are now working through a process with the Permitted Subcontractors to understand the extent to which they had monies owed to them by the Working Links’ CRCs at the point of Administration for the delivery of frontline probation services, that can be satisfactorily evidenced and validated. Until this process is completed, it is not possible to accurately answer the Rt Hon Member’s questions.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that this is a unique response to a unique and specific set of circumstances. This should not be viewed as setting a precedent for future scenarios.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:59:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125771

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 17:02:48
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:12:03 15/05/2019 17:31:02
	hansard heading	Working Links
	house id	1
	identifier	252662
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 16:59:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of payments to be made following the Working Links Ministerial direction made on 8 May 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252662
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252662
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s Direction of 8 May, it has been concluded, on this occasion, that it is reasonable for Government to protect Permitted Subcontractors who suffered losses as they relate to the collapse of Working Links and their Community Rehabilitation Companies. These organisations are directly involved in the delivery of vital frontline probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Direction, we are now working through a process with the Permitted Subcontractors to understand the extent to which they had monies owed to them by the Working Links’ CRCs at the point of Administration for the delivery of frontline probation services, that can be satisfactorily evidenced and validated. Until this process is completed, it is not possible to accurately answer the Rt Hon Member’s questions.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that this is a unique response to a unique and specific set of circumstances. This should not be viewed as setting a precedent for future scenarios.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 16:59:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon