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1702526

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date	19/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission for appeal were successful in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The number and proportion of successful cases referred by the CCRC and heard by appeal courts each year since 2019/20 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of successful referrals</p></td><td><p>Proportion of successful referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>58.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 13:10:32 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702527

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Miscarriages of Justice: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support victims of historic miscarriages of justice to appeal their convictions.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Where the normal time limit for appeals through the courts has passed and where an individual believes they have been wrongly convicted of a crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, including in historic cases, they can apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which is an independent public body funded by the Ministry of Justice. The CCRC can investigate and where it considers that there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were the reference to be made, can refer cases back to the courts.</p><p>There is no time limit on any application and the service is free.</p><p>To ensure that the appeals system is working effectively, the Government has asked the Law Commission to conduct an independent and wide-ranging Review of the appeals system. The Review will consider the issues raised by the Westminster Commission (2021) on miscarriages of justice, which includes the tests used by the CCRC and the Court of Appeal, and the government will then consider the review’s findings, and any recommendations for change in the law, very carefully.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 13:12:20 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701122

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department monitors compliance with bail conditions in domestic abuse cases; and what measures are in place to intervene when violations occur.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Setting and monitoring pre-charge bail conditions is a matter for policing and the Home Office does not collect data on how this is achieved. This data may be held at force level.</p><p>Where a suspect breaches their conditions, the police may arrest this individual, hold them in custody and charge them with a separate offence or progress their original case. The 2020 bail reforms introduced a 3 hour pause on the custody clock to ensure that arrests for breach of bail do not have a negative impact on the overall case.</p><p>The Home Office have recently funded the development of a new module of the ‘Domestic Abuse Matters’ training for police, developed by the College of Policing and the sector. The new module of police training is targeted specifically at officers investigating domestic abuse offences to enable further improvement in police responses to domestic abuse incidents.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 16:58:35 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701123

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) improve the effectiveness of existing legal measures designed to protect (a) minority ethnic women and (b) all people from domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The government has taken a number of measures to strengthen legislation and protections for victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>This includes the measures set out in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which is helping transform our response to victims and bring perpetrators to justice.</p><p>Controlling or Coercive Behaviour within an intimate or family relationship was made a criminal offence under the Serious Crime Act 2015. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 removed the requirement for the parties to be ‘living together’ for the offence to occur, meaning it applies to intimate partners, ex-partners or family members, regardless of whether the victim and perpetrator live together.</p><p>The Domestic Abuse statutory guidance contains detailed sections setting out specifically how victims from ethnic minority backgrounds may experience additional barriers to identifying, disclosing, seeking help or reporting abuse.</p><p>The government continues to offer migrant victims in the UK who have, or last had, permission to be in the UK under the family Immigration Rules to apply for access to the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC).</p><p>The government will continue to work with the police and criminal justice agencies to ensure the law is used to maximum effect to protect victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 16:57:29 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701124

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new policies to help improve protection for people at risk of domestic homicide in all regions.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>In the 2022 Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan the government outlined a package of measures to reduce domestic homicides and reform the Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) process.</p><p>DHRs are reviews into deaths related to domestic abuse which seek to identify what lessons can be learnt and implemented to prevent future deaths.</p><p>In June 2023, we launched the online DHR Library to help ensure police and partners have easy access to material to learn from previous homicides and prevent future deaths linked to domestic abuse.</p><p>The implementation of reforms to DHRs will improve our understanding and drive down the frequency of domestic homicides.</p><p>The Home Office also funds the collection of data on deaths related to domestic abuse through the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Domestic Homicide Project. The project brings together data and information on prior agency knowledge of victims and risk factors to improve the evidence base and subsequent policy responses for preventing domestic homicides.</p><p>To gain protection from domestic abuse a protective order can be applied for. Police can apply for a Domestic Violence Protection Order, victims can apply for a Non-Molestation Order and criminal courts can impose a Restraining Order on acquittal or conviction of a criminal offence. The introduction of the new Domestic Abuse Protection Notice and Order, will help simplify and strengthen the protection for victims avaliable, introducing new features like mandatory notification requirements and electronic monitoring (“tagging”). The new order will be piloted in Greater Manchester, the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, and Bromley, and with the British Transport Police.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 16:59:42 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi