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1385730

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what baseline assessment is used to judge improvements in basic numeracy and literacy rates of offenders in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	88698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Every prisoner should undertake an English and Maths assessment on entry into prison. The assessment is undertaken using the Basic and Key Skills Builder Tool. This is a standard functional skills assessment tool used across Further Education in the community as well as in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The current Prison Education Framework contracts started in April 2019. 55,099 prisoners undertook an initial assessment between April 2019 and March 2020, over half of the initial assessments undertaken were at entry level 1-3 (equivalent to primary school): 57% in English and 61% in maths. During this period 11% of maths and 12% of English Initial Assessments were at level 2 (equivalent to Key Stage 4), or above.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently assess on exit from prison. However, we plan to start measuring the progress prisoners make in English and maths from the start of next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Strategy White Paper published on 7<sup>th</sup> December 2021 sets out the clear strategic priority to improve the numeracy and literacy of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 88700 88701 question first answered 15/12/2021 16:16:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1385732

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted offenders entered the prison estate in the last three years who lacked basic literacy and numeracy skills comparable to Key Stage 4 qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	88700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Every prisoner should undertake an English and Maths assessment on entry into prison. The assessment is undertaken using the Basic and Key Skills Builder Tool. This is a standard functional skills assessment tool used across Further Education in the community as well as in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The current Prison Education Framework contracts started in April 2019. 55,099 prisoners undertook an initial assessment between April 2019 and March 2020, over half of the initial assessments undertaken were at entry level 1-3 (equivalent to primary school): 57% in English and 61% in maths. During this period 11% of maths and 12% of English Initial Assessments were at level 2 (equivalent to Key Stage 4), or above.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently assess on exit from prison. However, we plan to start measuring the progress prisoners make in English and maths from the start of next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Strategy White Paper published on 7<sup>th</sup> December 2021 sets out the clear strategic priority to improve the numeracy and literacy of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 88698 88701 question first answered 15/12/2021 16:16:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1385733

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted offenders left the prison estate in the last three years who possessed basic literacy and numeracy skills comparable to Key Stage 4 qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	88701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Every prisoner should undertake an English and Maths assessment on entry into prison. The assessment is undertaken using the Basic and Key Skills Builder Tool. This is a standard functional skills assessment tool used across Further Education in the community as well as in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The current Prison Education Framework contracts started in April 2019. 55,099 prisoners undertook an initial assessment between April 2019 and March 2020, over half of the initial assessments undertaken were at entry level 1-3 (equivalent to primary school): 57% in English and 61% in maths. During this period 11% of maths and 12% of English Initial Assessments were at level 2 (equivalent to Key Stage 4), or above.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently assess on exit from prison. However, we plan to start measuring the progress prisoners make in English and maths from the start of next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Strategy White Paper published on 7<sup>th</sup> December 2021 sets out the clear strategic priority to improve the numeracy and literacy of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 88698 88700 question first answered 15/12/2021 16:16:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380971

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for driving whilst disqualified in (a) London and (b) England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	79342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for the driving offences listed in the questions, up to December 2020, in the ‘Principle offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>79342</strong></p><p>Select ‘80701’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p><strong>79343</strong></p><p>Select ‘00412’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for collecting data on charges relating to crimes recorded by the Police. These can be found in the Home Office outcomes open data tables, available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p><strong>79517</strong></p><p>Select offence codes ‘00417’ and ‘00409’ in the offence code filter</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of prosecutions and convictions will populate rows 32 and 33 respectively.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 79343 79517 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:12:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380876

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for causing death by driving when disqualified, unlicensed or uninsured in (i) London and (ii) England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	79517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for the driving offences listed in the questions, up to December 2020, in the ‘Principle offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>79342</strong></p><p>Select ‘80701’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p><strong>79343</strong></p><p>Select ‘00412’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for collecting data on charges relating to crimes recorded by the Police. These can be found in the Home Office outcomes open data tables, available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p><strong>79517</strong></p><p>Select offence codes ‘00417’ and ‘00409’ in the offence code filter</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of prosecutions and convictions will populate rows 32 and 33 respectively.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 79342 79343 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:12:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1380972

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) England and (b) London have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of causing serious injury while dangerous driving in the each of last three years following the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	79343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for the driving offences listed in the questions, up to December 2020, in the ‘Principle offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>79342</strong></p><p>Select ‘80701’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p><strong>79343</strong></p><p>Select ‘00412’ in the offence code filter of the pivot table.</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of convictions will populate row 33.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for collecting data on charges relating to crimes recorded by the Police. These can be found in the Home Office outcomes open data tables, available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p><strong>79517</strong></p><p>Select offence codes ‘00417’ and ‘00409’ in the offence code filter</p><p>In the Police Force Area (PFA) filter:</p><ul><li>For London alone, select ‘City of London’ and ‘Metropolitan Police’</li><li>For England alone, select all PFAs except for Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales</li></ul><p>The number of prosecutions and convictions will populate rows 32 and 33 respectively.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 79342 79517 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:12:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349049

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what departmental oversight is in place to monitor the performance of coroners.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders. A system of appraisal for assistant coroners which was launched by the previous Chief Coroner in April 2019 is now well-established and a system of appraisal for area and senior coroners is now being developed by the current Chief Coroner following a recently completed pilot scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners carry out their role in line with their statutory powers and duties set out in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Rules and Regulations which underpin the Act. The Chief Coroner provides leadership, guidance and support to coroners to assist them in their role and Justice Ministers meet the Chief Coroner on a regular basis. On 27 July the Justice Committee published the report of its inquiry into the coroner service. The Government has responded to the Committee’s report and the Committee is expected to publish the response on its website in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Since July 2013 when the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into force, to be eligible for appointment as a senior, area or assistant coroner, a person has to have a legal qualification. Coroners in post at that time who only had a medical qualification could, however, continue in that role but they would not be eligible for another coroner appointment. Individuals who are both legally and medically qualified remain eligible for appointment.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 37445 37446 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:54:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349050

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of coroners' activities within the legal system.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders. A system of appraisal for assistant coroners which was launched by the previous Chief Coroner in April 2019 is now well-established and a system of appraisal for area and senior coroners is now being developed by the current Chief Coroner following a recently completed pilot scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners carry out their role in line with their statutory powers and duties set out in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Rules and Regulations which underpin the Act. The Chief Coroner provides leadership, guidance and support to coroners to assist them in their role and Justice Ministers meet the Chief Coroner on a regular basis. On 27 July the Justice Committee published the report of its inquiry into the coroner service. The Government has responded to the Committee’s report and the Committee is expected to publish the response on its website in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Since July 2013 when the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into force, to be eligible for appointment as a senior, area or assistant coroner, a person has to have a legal qualification. Coroners in post at that time who only had a medical qualification could, however, continue in that role but they would not be eligible for another coroner appointment. Individuals who are both legally and medically qualified remain eligible for appointment.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 37444 37446 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:54:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349051

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of medical coroners.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders. A system of appraisal for assistant coroners which was launched by the previous Chief Coroner in April 2019 is now well-established and a system of appraisal for area and senior coroners is now being developed by the current Chief Coroner following a recently completed pilot scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners carry out their role in line with their statutory powers and duties set out in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Rules and Regulations which underpin the Act. The Chief Coroner provides leadership, guidance and support to coroners to assist them in their role and Justice Ministers meet the Chief Coroner on a regular basis. On 27 July the Justice Committee published the report of its inquiry into the coroner service. The Government has responded to the Committee’s report and the Committee is expected to publish the response on its website in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Since July 2013 when the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into force, to be eligible for appointment as a senior, area or assistant coroner, a person has to have a legal qualification. Coroners in post at that time who only had a medical qualification could, however, continue in that role but they would not be eligible for another coroner appointment. Individuals who are both legally and medically qualified remain eligible for appointment.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 37444 37445 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:54:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1653385

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average length of time from an inquest being opened to it being concluded in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	194383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">Coroner Statistics</a> each May covering the preceding calendar year. The information is collated from data provided by each of the 81 coroner areas across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the published statistics is set out in the table below, across all coroner areas for each of the last five years, on the total number of inquests recorded, the average length of inquests, the total number of inquests open for more than two years, and the total number of inquests suspended and not resumed. The requested information for inquests adjourned for longer than two years in England, London and Barnet only is not collated as part of the annual statistics. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1155711/coroners-statistics-2022-csvs.zip" target="_blank">Table CSV</a> included in the annual publication provides further information for adjourned inquests by coroner area.</p><p>The published statistics also record the average length of an inquest in individual coroner areas and Barnet is part of the North London Coroner area with Brent, Harrow, Haringey and Enfield. Table 13 collates this information by region.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not have a target for the length of time an inquest should take. Coroners are independent judicial office holders and the way they manage their caseload is a matter for them. Following the Covid-19 pandemic the Chief Coroner issued <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/chief-coroners-guidance-no-39-recovery-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/" target="_blank">guidance</a> to coroners on how their services can best recover and tackle backlogs that accumulated in some areas.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 26 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 require coroners to notify the Chief Coroner of any investigation which has not been completed or discontinued within a year of the death being reported to them, and provide reasons for this. They must also notify the Chief Coroner when such investigations are completed or discontinued.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of inquests recorded </strong></p></td><td><p>36,273</p></td><td><p>32,762</p></td><td><p>31,991</p></td><td><p>29,969</p></td><td><p>29,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average length of inquest </strong></p></td><td><p>30 weeks</p></td><td><p>31 weeks</p></td><td><p>27 weeks</p></td><td><p>27 weeks</p></td><td><p>26 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inquests open for more than 2 years at year end </strong></p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td><td><p>1,104</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inquests suspended due to criminal proceedings and not resumed </strong></p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>729</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>849</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 194381 194382 194384 194385 194390 question first answered 25/07/2023 09:48:26 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord