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1121373

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Care Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and proportion of cases before the family courts in England involve women who have been subject to previous care proceedings involving another child in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on cases before the family courts that involve women who have been the subject of previous care proceedings involving another child.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:38:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121374

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Care Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of a care proceeding before the family courts in each of the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s latest estimates of the average cost (rounded to the nearest £10) of a public law case before the family courts, covering both the issue and hearing stages, are:</p><p>2017/18 £4,180</p><p>2016/17 £3,790</p><p>2015/16 £4,270</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:39:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121446

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
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 28 March 2019 to Question 234706 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, how many offenders have taken part in each of the GPS electronic tagging pilots in each month since the pilots started.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The tables below provide information on the number of individuals on a GPS tag per month during the Ministry of Justice GPS pilot. The Pilot ran in two regional police force clusters: the Midlands (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands) and BeNCH (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire). The learning from the Pilot has been incorporated into the new national location monitoring service announced by the Secretary of State on 16 February. This will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind. More detail about the Pilot, including the cohorts involved, can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-evaluation-of-the-global-positioning-system-gps-electronic-monitoring-pilot" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-evaluation-of-the-global-positioning-system-gps-electronic-monitoring-pilot</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of new starts in the Pilot dropped to zero a few months before the end of the Pilot. This was because the Pilot was scheduled to last for 18 months, ending on 31 March 2018. As most electronic monitoring orders last several months, the MoJ imposed a cut-off date for fitting new tags three months before the Pilot was due to end. This ensured that decision makers were not, for example, ordering new tags to be fitted only a few weeks before they would have to be removed.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the total number of individuals wearing a GPS tag at the end of every month.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number of new GPS starts each month.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/04/2019 16:39:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121448

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been given electronic tagging orders in each month since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an effective criminal justice tool. It gives those on a tag a chance to maintain family ties and remain in work or education while providing additional safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of the average number of individuals on electronic tagging orders from January 2013 to March 2018. This is Management Information, is not published and has not had the level of scrutiny and quality assurance as for Official Statistics data.</p><p> </p><p>The table below also provides information on how many notifications for new orders were issued every month from April 2014 to March 2018. The table from where the data is drawn can be found in Table 12.4 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Data for 2014 is of poor quality and not available. Data from April 2018 to March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders in England and Wales, in each month January 2013 - March 2018 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Monthly new electronic monitoring order notifications in England and Wales, in each month from April 2014 to March 2018 <sup>(1)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average number of offenders on EM order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total notifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>14,555</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>14,384</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>14,284</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>14,551</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>14,585</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>14,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>14,096</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>14,267</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>14,224</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>13,987</p></td><td><p>5,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>13,879</p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>13,940</p></td><td><p>5,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>13,912</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>13,843</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>13,973</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>14,294</p></td><td><p>6,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>14,446</p></td><td><p>6,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>13,907</p></td><td><p>6,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>13,902</p></td><td><p>5,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>13,925</p></td><td><p>6,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>13,803</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>13,589</p></td><td><p>5,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>13,516</p></td><td><p>6,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>13,393</p></td><td><p>6,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>13,389</p></td><td><p>5,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>13,119</p></td><td><p>5,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>13,197</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>13,329</p></td><td><p>5,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>13,415</p></td><td><p>5,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>12,914</p></td><td><p>5,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>12,781</p></td><td><p>5,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>12,684</p></td><td><p>5,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>12,614</p></td><td><p>5,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>12,432</p></td><td><p>5,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>12,223</p></td><td><p>5,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>11,896</p></td><td><p>5,152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>11,628</p></td><td><p>5,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>11,168</p></td><td><p>5,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>11,222</p></td><td><p>5,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>11,443</p></td><td><p>5,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>11,743</p></td><td><p>5,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>11,395</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>11,559</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>11,363</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>11,350</p></td><td><p>4,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>11,052</p></td><td><p>5,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>10,843</p></td><td><p>4,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>10,851</p></td><td><p>4,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>10,713</p></td><td><p>4,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>10,620</p></td><td><p>4,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>10,781</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>10,865</p></td><td><p>5,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>10,961</p></td><td><p>4,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>5,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>10,925</p></td><td><p>4,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>11,064</p></td><td><p>4,954</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p>(2) Monitored subjects are unique subjects with a live EM order and with a tag fitted and Home Monitoring Unit (HMU) installed.</p><p>(3) Note that from the 12/07/2016 the Manchester caseload definition changed to include subjects with an active EM order. Previously it only included subjects with an active EM service. This means that subjects on a break in their service are included in the Manchester figures. This was done to align the Manchester and Norwich caseload definitions.</p><p>(4) One subject may be given multiple orders over the course of the year. In these figures each is counted individually. i.e. one person with four orders counts as four.</p><p>(5) Comprises notifications of new electronic monitoring orders received by the EM contractor that started between April 2014 and March 2018. In some cases the monitoring equipment may never have been installed, e.g. if the subject is taken into custody prior to installation. These cases are included in the total.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 244089 question first answered 24/04/2019 16:36:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121449

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders has been in each month since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	244089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an effective criminal justice tool. It gives those on a tag a chance to maintain family ties and remain in work or education while providing additional safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of the average number of individuals on electronic tagging orders from January 2013 to March 2018. This is Management Information, is not published and has not had the level of scrutiny and quality assurance as for Official Statistics data.</p><p> </p><p>The table below also provides information on how many notifications for new orders were issued every month from April 2014 to March 2018. The table from where the data is drawn can be found in Table 12.4 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Data for 2014 is of poor quality and not available. Data from April 2018 to March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average number of offenders on electronic tagging orders in England and Wales, in each month January 2013 - March 2018 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Monthly new electronic monitoring order notifications in England and Wales, in each month from April 2014 to March 2018 <sup>(1)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average number of offenders on EM order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total notifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>14,555</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>14,384</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>14,284</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>14,551</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>14,585</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>14,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>14,096</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>14,267</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>14,224</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>13,987</p></td><td><p>5,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>13,879</p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>13,940</p></td><td><p>5,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>13,912</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>13,843</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>13,973</p></td><td><p>6,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>14,294</p></td><td><p>6,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>14,446</p></td><td><p>6,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>13,907</p></td><td><p>6,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>13,902</p></td><td><p>5,872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>13,925</p></td><td><p>6,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>13,803</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>13,589</p></td><td><p>5,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>13,516</p></td><td><p>6,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>13,393</p></td><td><p>6,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>13,389</p></td><td><p>5,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>13,119</p></td><td><p>5,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>13,197</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>13,329</p></td><td><p>5,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>13,415</p></td><td><p>5,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>12,914</p></td><td><p>5,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>12,781</p></td><td><p>5,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>12,684</p></td><td><p>5,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>12,614</p></td><td><p>5,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>12,432</p></td><td><p>5,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>12,223</p></td><td><p>5,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>11,896</p></td><td><p>5,152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>11,628</p></td><td><p>5,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>11,168</p></td><td><p>5,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>11,222</p></td><td><p>5,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>11,443</p></td><td><p>5,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>11,743</p></td><td><p>5,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>11,395</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>11,559</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>11,363</p></td><td><p>5,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>11,350</p></td><td><p>4,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>11,052</p></td><td><p>5,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>10,843</p></td><td><p>4,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>10,851</p></td><td><p>4,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>10,713</p></td><td><p>4,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>10,620</p></td><td><p>4,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>10,781</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>10,865</p></td><td><p>5,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>10,961</p></td><td><p>4,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>5,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>10,925</p></td><td><p>4,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>11,064</p></td><td><p>4,954</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p>(2) Monitored subjects are unique subjects with a live EM order and with a tag fitted and Home Monitoring Unit (HMU) installed.</p><p>(3) Note that from the 12/07/2016 the Manchester caseload definition changed to include subjects with an active EM order. Previously it only included subjects with an active EM service. This means that subjects on a break in their service are included in the Manchester figures. This was done to align the Manchester and Norwich caseload definitions.</p><p>(4) One subject may be given multiple orders over the course of the year. In these figures each is counted individually. i.e. one person with four orders counts as four.</p><p>(5) Comprises notifications of new electronic monitoring orders received by the EM contractor that started between April 2014 and March 2018. In some cases the monitoring equipment may never have been installed, e.g. if the subject is taken into custody prior to installation. These cases are included in the total.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 244088 question first answered 24/04/2019 16:36:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1121478

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeline is for tabling an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 which would grant legal aid to unaccompanied and separated children.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	244118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have committed to lay legislation to bring non-asylum immigration matters into the scope of legal aid for separated migrant children. Subject to parliamentary time allowing we will be laying this legislation in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:02:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1121560

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of “detainee dignity” in the context of people who are deprived of their liberty.
tabling member printed	Lord Bach
uin	HL15211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice wants our prisons to be places where living conditions and behaviour towards others demonstrate our values of humanity, decency and respect as the basis for a culture of care and rehabilitation.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/04/2019 16:32:30 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1121567

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the week beginning 8 April 2019, how many court buildings in the Greater London area were inaccessible to (1) defendants and witnesses with disabilities, (2) members of the public and court staff with disabilities, and (3) court staff with disabilities;  how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many courts were inaccessible to at least one of these groups for (1) more than one week, and (2) more than one month.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL15218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements.</p><p> </p><p>31 of the 56 total court and tribunal buildings in the Greater London area were inaccessible to those with disabilities during the week commencing 8 April 2019. Those affected by the inaccessible buildings can be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Defendants – 26</p><p>Witnesses – 7</p><p>Members of the public – 7</p><p>Court staff – 0</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 2 of those buildings were temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts. 1 of those buildings was inaccessible for more than one week, and 1 for more than one month.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2019 16:30:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1121605

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the positive impact of face-to-face meetings between ex-offenders and National Probation Service officials; how many such meetings there have been, in England and Wales, in each of the last 12 months; and what steps they intend to take to (1) reduce supervision by telephone, and (2) increase face-to-face meetings, for ex-offenders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The impact of face-to-face meetings between ex-offenders and National Probation Service (NPS) officials is not formally assessed. Both NPS and Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff use their professional judgement to determine the required frequency and most appropriate form of supervision.</p><p>Remote supervision should not be used as the only means by which an offender is supervised, which is why we have recently amended CRC contracts to ensure all offenders under supervision in the community are offered face-to-face contact with their Responsible Officer at least once a month. Data on this measure will be published on 24 April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/04/2019 16:28:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121608

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to urgently review the detention of prisoners subject to imprisonment for public protection sentences who have served their minimum tariff following reports of the numbers of those who await a decision from the Parole Board.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>By law, it is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Parole Board no longer has a backlog when it comes to listing cases for an oral hearing. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have been working to improve the management and progression of prisoners serving these sentences for some time, which is evident in the increasing number of overall releases we have seen in recent years: 576 in 2016 and 616 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>A joint action plan is in place, co-owned by HMPPS and the Parole Board, with the specific aim of providing opportunities for prisoners serving IPP sentences to progress to safe release. Through continuing the joint Action Plan, we are prioritising post-tariff prisoners in accessing rehabilitative interventions, including Psychology Services-led reviews in cases where there has not been satisfactory progression, and enhanced case management, for those prisoners sentenced with a complex set of risks and needs. We have also developed Progression Regimes at four prisons across the country, which are dedicated to progressing indeterminate prisoners struggling to achieve release via the usual routes.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 24/04/2019 16:33:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven