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1439356

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to agree and implement a Women’s Prison Release Protocol with co-signatories to the London Blueprint for Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	137212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>My officials engage regularly with the Mayor’s Office for Crime and Policing, including attending the Blueprint Delivery Group. As set out in the Concordat we encourage the creation of Whole System Approaches that will improve partnership working locally.</p><p> </p><p>In the Prisons Strategy White Paper, we committed to developing a resettlement passport, which will bring together the key information and services that an individual needs for successful resettlement into society. The passport will be a practical and personalised tool that organises, plans and records the information and services needed to support prison leavers’ resettlement, alongside providing information to professionals working with them. We recognise the needs of women differ and resettlement passports will help prisons move further towards a more personalised and integrated approach based on the individual needs of the offender. We will engage with stakeholders throughout the development and implementation of the passport to ensure it is effective and fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/03/2022 15:00:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1437257

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Jobcentres and Prisons: CCTV
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) job centres, and (2) prisons, currently use Chinese-made Hikvision and Dahua Technology cameras.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>1) DWP have one Hikvision camera across DWP jobcentres.</p><p>DWP have no Dahua cameras in any jobcentres.</p><p>2) MoJ does not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 18/03/2022 12:30:11 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1433516

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Housing: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's definition is of a satisfactory accommodation outcome for women released from prison.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	126754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The challenges facing women released from prison seeking accommodation are fully recognised. Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision, including female offenders, is released from prison homeless.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this, HMPPS launched a new transitional accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks accommodation and support for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness. The service was initially launched last July in five probation areas in England. By 2024-5, we will spend £200m per year to reduce reoffending, including expanding the provision to support the thousands of people, male and female, across England and Wales who leave prison each year without accommodation. The service takes account of the needs of women with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage as required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme on 28 July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities. Combined with our temporary accommodation service, this builds a pathway from prison to settled accommodation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2022 16:29:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1423196

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape trials were abandoned from their start dates (a) due to a lack of (i) prosecution advocates or (ii) defence advocates and (c) for other reasons in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2022 16:45:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name PQ 125045-47, 125050-055 table (revised).xlsx title Table previous answer version 55324 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423198

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for fraud offences were abandoned (a) from their start dates and (b) due to a lack of (i) prosecution and (ii) defence advocates in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 125045 125046 125048 125049 125050 125051 125052 125053 125054 125055 question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423201

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for (a) rape of, (b) sexual assault of and (c) sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 were abandoned (i) from their start dates and (ii) due to a lack of (A) prosecution and (B) defence advocates in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 125045 125046 125047 125048 125049 125051 125052 125053 125054 125055 question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420209

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to completion for cases of (i) public order offences and (ii) fraud in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	119604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Below we have provided data on timeliness for the offence types requested. The data shows the median and mean duration (in days) of those cases from receipt at Crown Court to completion. The Ministry of Justice does not have data on end-to-end timeliness from offence to completion broken down by offence type.</p><p>The data for each calendar year includes the figures up to 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we can only provide that data up to the end of Q3 (September) which is the latest published data available.</p><p>This data is published as experimental statistics as part of the Criminal Court Statistics publication: Pivot table for average timeliness (days) from receipt to completion of defendants dealt with in cases disposed of in the Crown Court by case type, offence, plea and region. The data is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Violence against the person </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Theft</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Criminal damage and arson </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Drug Offences</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Possession of weapons </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Public Order offences</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Fraud </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 119602 119603 question first answered 10/02/2022 17:05:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1399194

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 to date; and what sentences were imposed.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	97173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of prosecutions and the sentences imposed under the ‘The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021’ for the calendar year of 2021 are due for publication in May 2022.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:38:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1379858

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in reforming the law of judicial review.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Judicial Review and Courts Bill delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to ensure that judicial review is available to protect the rights of individuals against an overbearing state, while ensuring that it is not abused to conduct politics by another means or to create needless delays.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill creates new powers for the courts to modify quashing orders in Judicial Review proceedings and improves the flexibility of the courts to provide proportionate remedies, increasing the tools in their toolbox.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, the power to suspend a quashing order allows the courts to give time for transitional arrangements to be made, or give Parliament the opportunity to pass legislation in response to a decision to quash.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill also allows for the retrospective effect of quashing orders to be removed or limited. This measure allows the court to protect third parties that have relied on decisions in the past, and whose legal position may be compromised if that decision is quashed retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Bill removes <em>Cart</em> judicial reviews, by way of a narrow and carefully worded ouster clause. We want to remove <em>Cart </em>reviews because the situation is, in the Government’s firm view, a disproportionate use of resources in our justice system. Out of around 750 applications a year only 3.4% are successful, and these cases take up around 180 days of precious judicial resource a year.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill finished its Commons Committee stage on 23 November.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/11/2021 14:58:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1377854

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of magistrates' courts on the court backlog.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	73953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The decision to close any court is not taken lightly. It only happens following full public consultation and only where sufficient capacity exists in other nearby courts to accommodate the work of the closing courts. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p>The magistrates’ courts have made excellent progress in responding to the pandemic. The measures that we have put in place as part of our 5-Point Plan have already produced results, with the outstanding caseload having fallen from c.436,000 in June 2020 to c.364,000 in September 2021 - a reduction of 17%. Where additional accommodation has been required in order to assist recovery, we have utilised Nightingale Courts – four temporary Nightingale magistrates’ courtrooms were opened during the pandemic.</p><p>The settlement in the recent Spending Review, which includes 477m for the criminal justice system, will help it to meet the increased demand from the additional police officers and to recover performance following the pandemic. Analysis suggests this new investment could both improve waiting times and significantly reduce the number of outstanding cases by the end of the spending review period, ensuring that we do right by victims of crime.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/11/2021 17:25:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore