@prefix rdf: . @prefix nfo: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "Health Services: Foreign Nationals" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) findings, (b) conclusions and (c) recommendations of the report entitled, Duty of care: midwives' experience of the NHS charging regime, published on 9 September 2019 by Maternity Action; and if he will make a statement." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Stretford and Urmston" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Kate Green" ; parl:uin "598" ; dcterms:date "2019-10-15"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Chris Stephens" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Reparation by Offenders" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report of the APPG on Restorative Justice entitled Restorative Justice Inquiry Report, published in 2022, whether his Department plans to publish an updated Restorative Justice Action Plan for the Criminal Justice System." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Carshalton and Wallington" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Elliot Colburn" ; parl:uin "176713" ; dcterms:date "2023-03-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Universal Credit" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Glasgow South West" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Chris Stephens" ; parl:uin "181609" ; dcterms:date "2018-10-19"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The organisation was required to provide its details to enable the court to process its possession claims. It would be inappropriate to release such information where it would be likely to prejudice an organisation’s commercial interests.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-09-05"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-09-05T15:52:10.75Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ministry of Justice: Staff" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Glasgow South West" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Chris Stephens" ; parl:uin "204552" ; dcterms:date "2018-12-20"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Members of staff apply for universal credit in a personal capacity and there are a number of different factors which determine whether or not an individual is eligible. The Department has no central record from which to determine the number and proportion of its staff in receipt of universal credit therefore it is not be possible for the Secretary of State for Justice to make an estimate of numbers, or a statement.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-10-29T15:10:57.76Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Elliot Colburn" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Pre-sentence Reports" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his Department's policy to encourage the use of Standard Delivery formats in Pre-Sentence Reports." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Lewisham East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Janet Daby" ; parl:uin "173091" ; dcterms:date "2023-03-24"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Geraint Davies" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Speech and Language Therapy: Codes of Practice" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what speech and language therapy representation there is on the group working on revision of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Swansea West" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Geraint Davies" ; parl:uin "236264" ; dcterms:date "2019-03-25"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Edward Argar" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Kate Green" . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

In MoJ, staff data is collected monthly at month-end, as such we have provided data at the nearest available snapshot dates below:

  1. 70,227 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) - as at 30 November 2018

  2. 63,364 FTE – as at 30 June 2016

    The increase noted is almost exclusively in HMPPS (6,311 FTE) and predominantly in the operational line.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-09"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-09T17:54:46.237Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Department has no plans to suspend The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations in relation to charges for maternity care, as recommended in the report ‘Duty of care?: The impact on midwives on NHS charging for maternity care.’

The Department is committed to considering evidence it receives in relation to the Regulations, including evidence set out in the report. The Department also works closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to support NHS providers in the delivery of the charging regime; and to ensure that providers understand the guidance and how it should be properly and consistently implemented. This includes ensuring NHS Trusts fully understand that all maternity treatment must be provided to any chargeable woman, regardless of her ability to pay, and that they must not be discouraged from receiving it.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-10-22"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-10-22T13:54:25.443Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Probation Service is responsible for producing Pre-Sentence Reports (PSRs) when they are requested by the Court. A PSR includes a sentencing recommendation based on an offender's individual circumstances and consideration of public protection concerns, alongside suitable rehabilitative and punitive requirements.

A PSR can be delivered to Courts in a range of formats including the longer written Standard Delivery Report (SDR), and the Short Format Report (SFR) which can be delivered in written or oral format.

The key principles for decisions on the format of report delivery to Court are:

  1. What information is available to the PSR author and the Court on the day of sentence. Access to information regarding risk from other agencies does inform the risk assessment and so can affect proposals to the court. Where this information is not available on the day, the impact of this needs to be assessed to determine whether a longer adjournment is needed.
  2. Complexity of the risk assessment. The presence of factors that require additional assessment, professional discussion, and / or multiple enquiries to aid risk assessment has an important bearing on whether reports should be delivered on the day of request or adjourned for further assessment.

As a general rule all report types are suitable for use across the sentencing thresholds. Guidance is available for probation staff to assist them in determining when to request for a longer adjournment to facilitate an SDR report.

The Probation Service is working on a range of initiatives to increase the number of cases in which the Courts receive written reports. These are:

  • A pilot scheme across fifteen courts, aimed at targeting written reports at specific cohorts where a more detailed exploration of complex issues relating to trauma, maturity and the loss of liberty may be needed.
  • Rolling out across England and Wales a scheme to provide PSRs on committal from magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court, following a successful pilot in Bristol. The Probation Service continues to utilise a PSR before plea process, which enables PSRs to be prepared on cases ahead of the first hearing if an indication of an intended guilty plea is given.
  • Supporting case progression in appropriate cases with PSRs prepared in advance of first hearing at both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts.
" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-03-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-03-29T16:45:40.397Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Review Working Group is made up of professionals with expertise on mental capacity from across Government, the health, social care, legal and charity sectors. While there is no specialist expertise on speech and language therapy within the group, the Review has received responses from the profession as part of a Call for Evidence. These views are being fully considered as we begin to update the Code of Practice.

There will be further opportunities for all those with an interest in the Code of Practice to provide feedback when we consult on the updated Code of Practice.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-04-02"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-04-02T12:59:06.967Z"^^xsd:dateTime . dcterms:title "Table for 276194" ; nfo:fileName "Table - PQ 276194 - Armed Forces in Yorkshire.xlsx" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dan Jarvis" . parl:answerText "

There are acute operational waiting time standards relating to cancer treatment, accident and emergency (A&E) and elective care which the National Health Service reports against on a monthly basis. These are outlined in the following table:

Cancer

Target

Two week wait from urgent general practitioner (GP) referral to see a specialist where cancer is suspected

93%

31 day wait from diagnosis to first definitive treatment

96%

62 day wait from urgent GP referral to first definitive treatment

85%

Two week wait from referral to see a specialist for investigation of breast symptoms, even if cancer is not initially suspected

93%

62 day wait from a national screening service to a first treatment for cancer

90%

31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (radiotherapy)

94%

31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (surgery)

94%

31 day wait from a decision to treat to a subsequent treatment for cancer (anti-cancer drug regimen).

98%

A&E

Target

Patients admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of arrival in A&E.

95%

Elective care (referral-to-treatment)

Target

Patients with incomplete pathways waiting 18 weeks or less to start consultant-led treatment.

92%

In addition to the acute operational standards mentioned, there are also mental health waiting times targets which are published on either a monthly or a quarterly basis:

Measure

Target

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

75% of people referred to IAPT services should start treatment within 6 weeks of referral and 95% should start treatment within 18 weeks of referral

Eating disorder services for children and young people

By 2020/21, 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases

Early intervention in psychosis

By 2020/21, at least 60% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis commence a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)-recommended package of care within two weeks of referral

The United Kingdom’s five-year national action plan for antimicrobial resistance includes a strengthened focus on infection prevention and control and sets an ambition to halve levels of healthcare associated Gram-negative blood stream infections by 2023-2024. The draft NHS Standard Contract for 2020/21 includes a proposal for annual targets for trust and clinical commissioning group-level reductions in E. coli, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas bloodstream infections. The draft contract is out for consultation until 31 January 2020.

The NHS Standard Contract will continue to include targets for both methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (CDI). The zero-tolerance approach for MRSA bacteraemia will continue, and all acute providers submit monthly data on all positive MRSA bacteraemia specimens. CDI thresholds are published annually by NHS England and NHS Improvement and all acute providers must report positive CDI specimens.

National targets for vaccine preventable disease/immunisation are 95% national coverage for key vaccines, and 50% coverage for the childhood flu vaccine. The UK has also committed to meeting the World Health Organization elimination targets for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and Tuberculosis (TB) ahead of 2030, and is committed to eradicating HIV transmission in England by 2030 (Public Health England’s infectious disease strategy).

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2020-01-07"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2020-01-07T12:20:29.393Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Repossession Orders" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's publication, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics in England and Wales, April to June 2019 (provisional), published on 8 August 2019, which large mortgage provider has driven up the number of home repossessions to their highest level since 2014." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Thirsk and Malton" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Kevin Hollinrake" ; parl:uin "284958" ; dcterms:date "2019-09-02"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Janet Daby" . parl:answerText "

The Ministry of Justice published Experimental Statistics in October 2018, which estimated the numbers of former service personnel in the prison population. The department is due to release the next estimate in October 2019.

This new analysis indicated that as at 30 June 2018, 2032 prisoners had declared as ‘ex-service personnel’ when they were first received into custody between January 2015 and June 2018. The attached table shows the number of ex-service personnel serving a prison sentence in all prisons in Yorkshire as at 30 June 2018.

The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that those who have served in the Armed Forces and who find themselves in the Criminal Justice System are able to access support, whether they are serving their sentence in custody or in the community.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:attachment ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-17T17:38:47.14Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "NHS: Standards" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the individual targets for (a) cancer treatment, (b) A&E waiting times, (c) eliminating infection, (d) elective waiting times and (e) any other NHS treatment targets." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "South West Surrey" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jeremy Hunt" ; parl:uin "64" ; dcterms:date "2019-12-19"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Reparation by Offenders" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on establishing a pilot programme to understand where there are gaps in provision of restorative justice." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Carshalton and Wallington" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Elliot Colburn" ; parl:uin "176712" ; dcterms:date "2023-03-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "54" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Ministry of Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Justice" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Justice" ; parl:hansardHeading "Prisoners: Veterans" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in Yorkshire." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Barnsley Central" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Dan Jarvis" ; parl:uin "276194" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-11"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We are committed to supporting restorative justice as a way to help victims cope and, as far as possible, recover from the impact of crime. That is why, under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (‘the Victims’ Code’), all adult victims must be told about the option of restorative justice and how to access it. We also provide Police and Crime Commissioners with grant funding for victim support services, including restorative justice services. They are best placed to assess local need and commission services based on the needs of the population in the local area. Restorative justice services should be targeted to the most appropriate cases, where we have clear evidence for the benefits of that approach and should only take place when both the victim and the offender agree, and it is considered safe.

HMPPS has work underway to look at how to better support MoJ funded restorative justice. This work is aimed at identifying the factors supporting quality practice and to test effective, evidence-based access to, and delivery of RJ services.  HMPPS will also work with PCC areas to improve referrals to RJ services. Once complete HMPPS will share the lessons learned more widely.

We do not currently plan to publish a restorative justice action plan because it is not clear that this is necessary or an appropriate fit with the existing activity to improve the consistent and targeted provision of restorative justice services at a local level.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-04-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "176712" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-04-17T08:18:31.503Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We are committed to supporting restorative justice as a way to help victims cope and, as far as possible, recover from the impact of crime. That is why, under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (‘the Victims’ Code’), all adult victims must be told about the option of restorative justice and how to access it. We also provide Police and Crime Commissioners with grant funding for victim support services, including restorative justice services. They are best placed to assess local need and commission services based on the needs of the population in the local area. Restorative justice services should be targeted to the most appropriate cases, where we have clear evidence for the benefits of that approach and should only take place when both the victim and the offender agree, and it is considered safe.

HMPPS has work underway to look at how to better support MoJ funded restorative justice. This work is aimed at identifying the factors supporting quality practice and to test effective, evidence-based access to, and delivery of RJ services.  HMPPS will also work with PCC areas to improve referrals to RJ services. Once complete HMPPS will share the lessons learned more widely.

We do not currently plan to publish a restorative justice action plan because it is not clear that this is necessary or an appropriate fit with the existing activity to improve the consistent and targeted provision of restorative justice services at a local level.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Charnwood" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Edward Argar" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2023-04-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "176713" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2023-04-17T08:18:31.443Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Jeremy Hunt" . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "6152"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .