The protection of children, particularly those who are most vulnerable, is a priority for this government and this has never been more important than during\u202fthis period.\u202fThe family courts were quick to respond to the pandemic and\u202fI am extremely grateful for the dedication of family justice professionals at this unprecedented time.<\/p>
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In March, we launched the £1 million Family Mediation Voucher Scheme, to encourage and support separating parents to explore mediation before coming to court. We want to ensure that every parent coming to court is able to resolve their case in the most effective way, including through mediation where safe and appropriate. Last month, we invested a further £800,000 into the scheme, which is expected to help around 2000 more families.<\/p>
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We continue to focus on bringing down the outstanding caseload by investing in more judicial sitting days and increasing the overall level of disposals. Cases with the most significant safeguarding issues remain our priority, and where suitable, cases are being heard remotely to continue maximising our use of our estate.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Philp"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon South"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Philp"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-09-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-09-15T16:15:14.77Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Family Proceedings"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of cases in the family courts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bambos Charalambous"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield, Southgate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bambos Charalambous"} ], "uin" : "47037"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1354494", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1354494/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The \u20182013 Protocol and Good Practice Model\u2019 for disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse provides for the local authority to notify the police on issue of family court proceedings, if not before. This notification serves as a request for disclosure to the police.<\/p>
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In April 2021, amendments were made to rules 3.3 and 3.5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules. These changes imposed a duty on parties to criminal proceedings to alert the criminal court to any related family proceedings and encourage the exchange of relevant information with a court dealing with those proceedings. Information about criminal proceedings may be obtained from criminal courts under Part 5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules by those who are parties to the criminal proceedings and by members of the public generally.<\/p>
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The Government regularly considers how the join up between the criminal and family jurisdictions can be improved. In 2022, we aim to pilot a new \u201cone family, one judge\u201d approach to hearing cases where the same judge will hear the criminal and family court proceedings.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Philp"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon South"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Philp"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-09-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-09-15T16:16:02.547Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Family Proceedings"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that accurate information is provided to the family courts by the criminal courts when allegations of abuse or criminal convictions are made in family court proceedings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bambos Charalambous"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield, Southgate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bambos Charalambous"} ], "uin" : "47038"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1311027", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1311027/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A total of 112 temporary accommodation cells have been installed in the women\u2019s estate at HMP & YOI Drake Hall, HMP & YOI East Sutton Park, HMP Foston Hall and HMP & YOI Askham Grange to limit the spread of covid-19 in the women\u2019s prison estate.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cheltenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alex Chalk"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-04-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-04-26T14:30:24.797Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prison Accommodation: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many temporary accommodation cells were installed in the women's prison estate since April 2020 as part of the Government's plans to limit the spread of covid-19 in prisons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bambos Charalambous"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield, Southgate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bambos Charalambous"} ], "uin" : "185455"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1309876", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1309876/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We expanded the prison estate by introducing temporary accommodation cells to increase space and help reduce the spread of coronavirus. A total of 112 temporary accommodation cells have been installed in the women\u2019s estate at HMP & YOI Drake Hall, HMP & YOI East Sutton Park, HMP Foston Hall and HMP & YOI Askham Grange. This accommodation is part of the quick and decisive action we have taken to limit the spread of the virus across all prison establishments including restricting regimes, minimising inter-prison transfers and compartmentalising our prisons into different units to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cheltenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alex Chalk"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-04-21T16:34:40.953Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-04-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisons: Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether temporary cells were installed in women's prisons since April 2020 as part of the government's plans to limit the spread of covid-19 in prisons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bambos Charalambous"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield, Southgate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bambos Charalambous"} ], "uin" : "182088"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1289665", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1289665/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Our prison population projections published in November last year, show that the female prison population is projected to rise by around two-fifths by 2026 (1,300 women) with most of that rise coming in the next two years. Our projections took in to consideration the impact of the planned recruitment of a further 23,400 police officers \u2013 which is likely to increase charge volumes and future prison populations.<\/p>
Our projections further assumed the future gender composition of the prison population will be broadly consistent with the pre-COVID 19 composition, although there is a fair degree of uncertainty here however particularly due to the additional police recruitment. As such we modelled a total of four scenarios which included a 20% higher/lower throughput from the Police and a fast court recovery scenario. Table 2.1 and 4.1 taken from our prison population projections, illustrate this below:<\/p>
Table 2.1 below shows the two extra scenarios of a lower and a higher impact police scenario for both men and women.<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | Central Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Lower Police Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Higher Police Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Fast Court Recovery Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2020<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2021<\/p><\/td> 83,200<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 83,000<\/p><\/td> 83,500<\/p><\/td> 85,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 87,200<\/p><\/td> 89,100<\/p><\/td> 88,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2023<\/p><\/td> 93,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 91,300<\/p><\/td> 94,700<\/p><\/td> 91,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2024<\/p><\/td> 96,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 93,800<\/p><\/td> 98,300<\/p><\/td> 94,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2025<\/p><\/td> 97,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 95,000<\/p><\/td> 100,300<\/p><\/td> 97,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2026<\/p><\/td> 98,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 95,900<\/p><\/td> 101,600<\/p><\/td> 98,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Components may not sum due to rounding.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 4.1 below shows the projections separately for children, females over 18 years and males over 18 specifically for the central scenario.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Children<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Female 18+<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Male 18+<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2020<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 395<\/p><\/td> 3,217<\/p><\/td> 75,623<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2021<\/p><\/td> 83,200<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 3,800<\/p><\/td> 78,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 4,100<\/p><\/td> 83,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2023<\/p><\/td> 93,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,300<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2024<\/p><\/td> 96,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,400<\/p><\/td> 90,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2025<\/p><\/td> 97,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,500<\/p><\/td> 92,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2026<\/p><\/td> 98,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,500<\/p><\/td> 93,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Components may not sum due to rounding.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Central Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Lower Police Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Higher Police Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Fast Court Recovery Scenario<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2020<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2021<\/p><\/td> 83,200<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 83,000<\/p><\/td> 83,500<\/p><\/td> 85,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 87,200<\/p><\/td> 89,100<\/p><\/td> 88,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2023<\/p><\/td> 93,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 91,300<\/p><\/td> 94,700<\/p><\/td> 91,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2024<\/p><\/td> 96,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 93,800<\/p><\/td> 98,300<\/p><\/td> 94,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2025<\/p><\/td> 97,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 95,000<\/p><\/td> 100,300<\/p><\/td> 97,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2026<\/p><\/td> 98,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 95,900<\/p><\/td> 101,600<\/p><\/td> 98,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Components may not sum due to rounding.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Table 4.1 below shows the projections separately for children, females over 18 years and males over 18 specifically for the central scenario.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Children<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Female 18+<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Male 18+<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2020<\/p><\/td> 79,235<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 395<\/p><\/td> 3,217<\/p><\/td> 75,623<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2021<\/p><\/td> 83,200<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 3,800<\/p><\/td> 78,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2022<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 4,100<\/p><\/td> 83,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2023<\/p><\/td> 93,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,300<\/p><\/td> 88,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2024<\/p><\/td> 96,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,400<\/p><\/td> 90,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2025<\/p><\/td> 97,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,500<\/p><\/td> 92,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2026<\/p><\/td> 98,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 700<\/p><\/td> 4,500<\/p><\/td> 93,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Components may not sum due to rounding.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> All nationalities<\/p><\/td> 29 weeks<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Syrian nationals<\/p><\/td> 34 weeks<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Afghan nationals<\/p><\/td> 31 weeks<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Iraqi nationals<\/p><\/td> 20 weeks<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> These figures are from internal management information extracted from the tribunal\u2019s case management system. They do not form part of the published statistics.<\/p> Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics<\/p> <\/p> HM Courts & Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live caseload in the First-tier Tribunal reduce by more than two-thirds, from 64,800 to 20,300 between July 2016 and September 2019. The average duration across all case types has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 34 weeks in the period July to September 2019.<\/p>"}
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