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1362506

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Barristers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many junior barristers have specialised in crime in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministry of Justice (MOJ) does not routinely hold data on barristers’ specialisms. However as part of the Criminal Legal Aid Review, MOJ worked with the Bar Council and other stakeholders to combine key datasets which were summarised in a published <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960290/data-compendium.pdf" target="_blank">Data compendium</a>. This shows that the number of barristers in England and Wales who reported themselves as specialising in crime, and who carried out some publicly-funded criminal work, was 2,780 in 2018-19 and 2,690 in 2019-20 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960291/data-compendium-tables.ods" target="_blank">Table 5.3</a>). Comparable data is not available prior to 2018-19.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960291/data-compendium-tables.ods" target="_blank">Table 5.13</a> shows that, in 2019-20, 87% of this group were junior barristers and 13% were QCs.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/11/2021 17:14:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1367103

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid will publish its recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review follows on from the introduction of the 'accelerated measures' which injected up to £51m per annum into the criminal legal aid system in September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Christopher Bellamy QC is leading the review, which I understand he is close to completing. I can confirm the Government will publish Sir Christopher's report together with its response as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/11/2021 17:36:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1627565

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Business Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to relocate the Defence Business Services from Liverpool to Blackpool.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Following the closure of the Intentions Exercise on 31 March, where staff indicated their intent to either relocate or redeploy, staff have either received advanced Risk of Redundancy Letters (in the event that redeployment is not secured) or post relocation notices. The current site in Blackpool has been prepared to receive staff transferring from Liverpool and Cheadle Hulme with the first staff transferring from 5 June over a three-month period.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/05/2023 15:26:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1367104

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Sentencing Council on sentencing guidelines for violent and sexual offences.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	Robbie Moore
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with the Chairman of the Sentencing Council periodically to discuss a range of relevant matters, and has a representative attend Council meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Council has issued sentencing guidelines for a wide range of violent and sexual offences. While the Council is independent of Government, it is required to consult the Lord Chancellor on guideline development.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/11/2021 17:37:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore

1366161

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Telecommunications: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Law Commission, Modernising Communications Offences, published in July 2021, which recommendations in that report he plans to accept.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	69611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Law Commission’s Report – Modernising Communications Offences – was sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>Recommendations on new offences that fall to the MoJ are being carefully considered. We will set out our position on these matters in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/11/2021 17:46:48 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1436585

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Under Parliamentary Secretary of State for Justice of 25 January 2018, Official Report column 475, whether his Department has taken steps to increase the data it collects on the number of cases brought under joint enterprise.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice only collects information on how many defendants are prosecuted and convicted for each offence in any given year. Currently, information is not collated on whether a prosecution or conviction relied on the law of joint enterprise. Such information may be held on court records but could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The feasibility of collecting data on joint enterprise cases is being considered as part of the development of the Common Platform Programme. The Common Platform aims to provide a single case management system that will enable the sharing of evidence and case information across the Criminal Justice System.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/03/2022 15:50:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1484402

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State in response to the Urgent Question of 28 June 2022 on prosecution of incidences of rape, if he will take steps to strengthen the understanding of consent and evidencing the absence of consent in rape cases.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Rape Review action plan, the Law Commission is conducting an independent review of the law, guidance and practice relating to the trial process in prosecutions of sexual offences, including rape, with one aim being to better support understanding of consent and misconceptions about sexual harm. As part of this project, the Law Commission will also consider how law and guidance can counter jurors’ misconceptions about sexual harm (“rape myths”) in relation to the credibility, behaviour and experience of complainants and defendants.</p><p>We await the results of the Law Commission’s review, and will carefully consider how the findings can contribute towards this government’s ambition to improve the treatment of victims, boost successful rape prosecutions, whilst also ensuring that defendants receive a fair trial.</p><p>In the meantime, to help address the attitudes and behaviours that can underpin these violent crimes, this Spring the government launched ‘Enough’: a new nationwide communications campaign which aims to challenge perpetrators and the harmful attitudes that exist within wider society, educate young people about healthy relationships and ensure victims can access support.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/07/2022 13:36:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1357560

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judiciary: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the new edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book, published in February 2021 and the Answer of 29 June 2021 to Question 19486, what legal advice was used to inform the information and guidance provided in Chapter 12 on Transgender People.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>No assessment of the effect of the Equal Treatment Bench Book is made by the Ministry of Justice. To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ), the Senior President of the Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College, which also produces the Equal Treatment Bench Book.</p><p> </p><p>Fair treatment is a fundamental principle embedded in the judicial oath and the Equal Treatment Bench Book is compiled by the judiciary to provide general guidelines for judicial office holders to apply as appropriate in any particular case. It is reviewed by a judicial editorial panel, with content from judicial experts and information from subject experts. The identities of the principal contributors appear in the Acknowledgments. The external documentary sources relied upon by the editors of the Bench Book are set out in full in the footnotes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 53182 53183 question first answered 21/10/2021 19:48:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1420457

	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	Surrogacy: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgments in A (Surrogacy: s.54 Criteria) [2020] EWHC 1426 and X (Parental Order: Death of Intended Parent Prior to Birth) [2020] EWFC 39, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of his proposed reforms to sections 3 and 6 of the Human Rights Act on existing human rights protections.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	119632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>In December, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that the Government is consulting on proposals to overhaul and replace the Human Rights Act (HRA) with a Bill of Rights. The consultation process is ongoing and we are carefully considering the impact of proposed policies on the legislative framework and legal systems of each devolved nation within the UK. Engagement with stakeholders, including in the devolved administrations, is underway and roundtable events with religious, humanist and secularist groups are planned. In line with our manifesto commitment, we want to ensure there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals, our national security and effective government.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 119626 119627 119628 119629 119630 119633 119634 question first answered 15/02/2022 15:18:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1420458

	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	Succession: Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in Hand v George [2017] EWHC 533, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his proposed reforms to sections 3 and 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the entitlement of adoptive children to equal inheritance rights in wills made before 1976.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	119633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>In December, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that the Government is consulting on proposals to overhaul and replace the Human Rights Act (HRA) with a Bill of Rights. The consultation process is ongoing and we are carefully considering the impact of proposed policies on the legislative framework and legal systems of each devolved nation within the UK. Engagement with stakeholders, including in the devolved administrations, is underway and roundtable events with religious, humanist and secularist groups are planned. In line with our manifesto commitment, we want to ensure there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals, our national security and effective government.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 119626 119627 119628 119629 119630 119632 119634 question first answered 15/02/2022 15:18:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald