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1657774

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Harrow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department was first informed of potential safety concerns at Harrow Crown Court; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	197334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>On 18 August 2023, following routine maintenance, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was identified at Harrow Crown Court, a court built in the 1990s. HMCTS took the decision to close the site on the same day and work is underway at Harrow Crown Court for the removal of RAAC from the building. We are now carrying out surveys at all courts built during 1990s.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/09/2023 16:51:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1657775

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Harrow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the scale of the work and (b) the time needed to bring Harrow Crown Court back into full use; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	197335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>On 18 August 2023, following routine maintenance, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was identified at Harrow Crown Court, a court built in the 1990s. HMCTS took the decision to close the site and work is underway at Harrow Crown Court for the removal of RAAC from the building. We are now carrying out surveys at all courts built during 1990s.</p><p>The current estimate is that this work will take between six and nine months to complete. HMCTS have taken steps to minimise disruption to operational services. Cases have been moved to other courts within London.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/09/2023 16:51:43 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1549997

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	106308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Trade issues cut across many groups within the Ministry of Justice as we worked to ensure the best possible transition to an independent trading nation. It is therefore, not possible to provide a figure for the number of staff in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that were allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in each of the past five years.</p><p>At present, approximately 20 officials work fully, or in part, on international trade issues within the Department. Over the next two years, the MoJ will continue to allocate resource based on supporting the Department’s policy interests.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 14/12/2022 15:12:21 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1519792

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cammell Laird: Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department had on the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute with (i) other Government departments, (ii) the GMB trade union and (iii) other stakeholders between 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	59416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Due to the passage of time and in line with retention periods, there are no records of communications between 1997 and 2007 regarding the Cammell Laird Strike of 1984.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 18/10/2022 16:57:48 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1490296

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Weather
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) safety measures and (b) additional support his Department has put in place to ensure the wellbeing of people in prisons during current extreme temperatures; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	38485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>Prisons are appropriately prepared and are well-versed at managing situations such as heatwaves. Heatwave guidance aligned to the Heatwave Plan for England was issued to the whole prison estate on 15th June and further advice issued on 15th July to all prison governors to support them with managing the situation at the local level.</p><p>As well as providing information on safety for the general prison population and for staff, the guidance covers support for vulnerable groups identified by the UK Health Security Agency as at greater risk in heatwaves. The guidance encourages joint working with NHS prison health services to identify and support people with vulnerabilities.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 26/07/2022 08:07:25 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1468951

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	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, Plan to reform Human Rights Act, published 14 December 2021, which states that if he will provide the (a) source, (b) method by which the information was obtained and (c) sample size for the statement in that press release that as many as 70 per cent of successful human rights challenges are brought by foreign national offenders who cite a right to family life in the first instance when appealing deportation orders; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	15168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>This data is from Home Office management information. In the period 1 April 2016 to 8 November 2021, of 1,011 appeals against deportation by FNOs that were allowed on Human Rights grounds at First Tier Tribunal, an estimated success 70% were allowed solely on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) grounds.</p><p>This data was published by the Home Office on 24 February 2022. The link to this data on the Government’s portal, including the explanation of the methodology and of the sample, is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-national-offenders-appeals-on-human-rights-grounds-2008-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-national-offenders-appeals-on-human-rights-grounds-2008-to-2021</a>.</p><p>I have asked for the press release you have quoted to be updated to read: ‘It is estimated that as many as 70% of appeals against deportation by FNOs that were allowed on Human Rights grounds in the first instance were allowed solely on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) grounds’.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/06/2022 17:07:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417488

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113055 113056 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417489

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113054 113056 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417490

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales as a percentage of the total prison population in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113054 113055 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417491

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the 10 principal causes of death of those prisoners who died while in men's prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody up to December 2021 is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Those statistics are broken down by whether the death was self-inflicted, from natural causes, or from other non-natural causes, or by homicide. They also show the number of ‘awaiting further information’ cases where the cause of death cannot yet be ascertained and remains under investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman or a coroner.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113058 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:28:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas