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date	15/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2016 to Question 51837, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the difference between Gypsy, Romany or Traveller understanding of written English in young offender institutions and that of other young males.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	53135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The learning programmes and the Curriculum in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) are built on a foundation of literacy and numeracy in line with expectations set out in the National Curriculum.</p><p>In March last year we introduced new education contracts in all public-sector YOIs, which significantly increased the amount of education provision available to young people.</p><p>All children on arrival go through a comprehensive assessment of their education needs, building on any available information from their time in the community. These assessments shape their education programme, if they identify significant literacy issues these will be targeted.</p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) publish an annual report on ‘Children in Custody’ that monitors gypsy, traveller and Romany (GRT) children in YOIs and secure training centres (STCs). There is also a direct measure within the education contract which reports on the progress young people make, which is an analysis of the performance and achievement of minority groups against the performance and achievement of wider YOI population. We recognise the importance of improving the literacy of young offenders and will monitor the findings of the latest ‘Children in Custody’ report for 2015-16, including how it relates to GRT children and their ability to understand written English.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 23/11/2016 13:21:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

637183

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date	15/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many working days were lost due to mental illness in her Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	53073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The total working days lost for the past three financial years due to Mental Health related sickness absence is included in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total days lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016</p></td><td><p>167288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 2015</p></td><td><p>171543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>152019</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data includes staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Headquarters, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, National Offender Management Service, Legal Aid Agency, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Office of the Public Guardian.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees and to reducing sickness absence levels. The department’s wellbeing strategy, which was launched in November 2015, was designed specifically to reflect the primary causes of sickness absence including mental health. It contains reference to support available to both employees and managers. To coincide with the launch, Directors General in NOMS and MoJ HQ were appointed as senior advocates for attendance management and wellbeing in MoJ.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 24/11/2016 10:32:06 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

637187

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she had with the (a) Law Society and (b) Bar Council before those organisations introduced training for their members on improving the courtroom experience for (i) vulnerable witnesses and (ii) children who have experienced sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	52912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making the process of going to court simpler, easier and more sympathetic to victims. That is why we will roll out recorded pre-trial cross-examination in the Crown Court, to ensure vulnerable victims and witnesses are spared the trauma of reliving events at trial.</p><p> </p><p>All publicly-funded advocates in sexual offences cases will be required to undertake specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses. Only advocates who have had the specialist training will be able to be instructed in and undertake sexual offences cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Society and Bar Council are working together to deliver a national training programme, Advocacy and the Vulnerable, which has been developed by the Inns of Court College of Advocacy. Officials engaged with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy during development of the training, and also regularly engage with them to support the development of toolkits for lawyers on the general good practice when dealing with vulnerable witnesses made available on the Advocate’s Gateway which they host.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 23/11/2016 16:34:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

637225

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases before employment tribunals were from claimants with cancer in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	53113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 23/11/2016 16:38:15 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies