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65066

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to support adults with autism who are involved with the courts.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	203420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to making reasonable adjustments to accommodate a court user's needs in line with its duty under the Equality Act 2010 and has a number of steps in place to facilitate this:</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS) provides support to users of the courts and tribunals who have disabilities (including those with autism) in a variety of ways. Staff are able to make reasonable adjustments for customers when coming to court, including for example, auxiliary aids or help with completing forms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition HMCTS are working closely with NHS England on the Liaison and Diversion Programme. This aims to identify individuals as early as possible after they come into contact with the police and criminal justice system. They who aim to make sure that individuals have had their health needs and vulnerabilities (including the autistic spectrum) identified and assessed at the earliest possible stage, so they are referred to the right services to receive the help and support they need.</p><p> </p><p>In the criminal jurisdiction the CPS or defence can apply for special measures for victims, witnesses and defendants with disabilities. The appropriateness and specific nature of these measures would be decided upon by the Judge.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, in civil, family and tribunal jurisdictions, parties can apply to the Judge to ask for additional support, which could for example include the provision of intermediaries and appropriate adults.</p><p> </p><p>A new Code of Practice for Victims of Crime was launched on 10th December 2013. The Code provides enhanced entitlements for vulnerable victims such as those who have a significant impairment. Special measures could include the use of communication aids such as alphabet boards or other assistance to victims if they have to give evidence in court.</p><p> </p><p>Judges are aware of the special measures available for disabled people. Guidance on fair treatment and equality issues, including general information on disability issues, is available to the judiciary in the Equal Treatment Bench Book and it is for the judge to consider the individual elements of each case. Additionally, the Judicial College regularly reviews its training materials to ensure that awareness of diversity and equality is given appropriate priority.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Ministry of Justice are signatories to the recent refresh of the Adult Autism Strategy “Think Autism – Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives, the strategy for adults with autism in England: an update” published April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 08/07/2014 16:42:22 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

89791

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Crawley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on building, refurbishment and maintenance in Crawley Magistrates' Court in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	207403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Completing large-scale refurbishment work at the Crawley Magistrates’ Court has resulted in greatly improved facilities for visitors and users of the building. The costs of building, refurbishment and maintenance at the Court since 2009-10 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>£4.3k</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£300.9k</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£1,073.8k</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£2,731.7k</p></td><td><p> </p><p>£152.1k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These costs include capital and resource costs related to the refurbishment of the property, maintenance of the land, building and equipment (including general maintenance and cleaning).</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service continues to keep the use of its estate under review to ensure it meets operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2014 14:44:48 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

170518

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of crimes committed by ex-prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	906635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Despite investment, reoffending rates have remained stubbornly high. We are fundamentally reforming rehabilitation services by opening up the market to new providers and incentivising them to focus relentlessly on reducing reoffending. For the first time in recent history virtually every offender released from custody will receive statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the community. We remain on track to deliver these key reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:38:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

750684

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 restrict drone access over prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	4266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure those caught are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>We have already introduced new legislation to further strengthen our powers, making it illegal to land a drone in a prison or to use a drone to drop in contraband.</p><p> </p><p>We have had successful prosecutions due to intelligence led operations and working closely with the local police forces to prevent the use of drones to smuggle contraband into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there has been a total of 35 arrests and 11 convictions of criminals involved in drone activity – resulting in those convicted sentenced to a total of more than 40 years in jail.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/07/2017 15:33:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752760

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of non-molestation orders were issued by (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders issued by courts in England and, specifically, by Horsham County Court in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1. Number of domestic violence non-molestation orders issued in England and Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>23,482</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>23,335</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>23,724</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:15:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752761

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders were issued that led to legal aid funding being granted at (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:16:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

757159

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to use technology to improve the efficiency of the judicial process.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	900678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.1bn to transform our courts and tribunals and deliver a modern, swift and accessible justice system that maintains our global reputation for legal excellence.</p><p>As part of this we will digitise our services to make them easier to use, and install modern and robust technology across all courts, to make the lives of our excellent judiciary and professional users easier.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/09/2017 13:22:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

765633

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Sussex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non molestation orders and prohibited steps orders were issued by the Sussex family courts of (a) Brighton, (b) Chichester, (c) Eastbourne, (d) Hastings, (e) Horsham and (f) Worthing for the first and second quarters of 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	105808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders and prohibited steps orders issued by Brighton, Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Horsham and Worthing family courts in the first and second quarters of 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of non-molestation and prohibited steps orders issued in Sussex Family Courts in 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Molestation</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Prohibited Steps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/10/2017 15:15:16 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

785151

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The unduly lenient sentence scheme provides a valuable way to ensure that sentences for serious crimes can be challenged where they are considered to be unduly lenient. In 2016, the Attorney General referred 190 cases to the Court of Appeal, and in 141 of these the Court of Appeal increased the sentence.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/11/2017 16:28:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

909007

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the further radicalisation of (a) terrorist and (b) terrorist-related offenders in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	146205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) works closely with a range of partners to tackle terrorism and extremism of all ideologies. HMPPS have a wide range of interventions available to deal with such prisoners including transfer to others prisons, wing moves and where appropriate, segregations. In addition the Government opened its first Separation Centre in June 2017. A second centre open in March 2018. The centres have been established in order to hold the most subversive extremist prisoners, and safeguard the mainstream population from terrorist and extremist influences. HMPPS also has a strong multi-faith Chaplaincy dedicated to working with prisoners on all faith matters including providing a proper understanding of religion. In addition over 14,000 prison staff have received specialist extremism awareness training since January 2017.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 16:28:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith