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802089

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on voting rights for prisoners with short sentences.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Our policy on prisoner voting is well established – this Government will not allow convicted offenders behind bars to vote.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, we are addressing an anomaly which allows those offenders on Home Detention Curfew to vote but not offenders who are released on temporary licence.</p><p> </p><p>Under the changes, up to a hundred offenders on short sentences, released on temporary licence into the community within twelve months of sentencing will be eligible to vote if an election is called during that period.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/12/2017 11:15:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 30114 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802101

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Bell Pottinger Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations any Minister of his Department has received from Bell Pottinger on behalf of (a) Atos IT Services UK Limited, (b) Centrica PLC, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) Heads of the Valleys Development Company Limited,
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We have not received any representations from Bell Pottinger.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 09:59:59 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

802137

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, at which grades of staffing are Crown Prosecution Service staff selected to review the sample of case files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	117824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The cases were reviewed by Senior Crown Prosecutors (Grade 7) or above.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:19 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802138

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826 on rape: trials, in which Crown Courts those applications were made; and in how many case files from each of those Crown Courts were put into the sample of case files selected by the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	117825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The cases were selected for review by CPS area not Crown Court centre. Of the 40 Section 41 applications made 7 were received by CPS North West, 7 by CPS Thames &amp; Chiltern, 4 by CPS North East, 3 by CPS London North, 3 by CPS Eastern, 3 by CPS East Midlands, 3 by CPS Wales, 3 by CPS West Midlands, 2 by CPS South West, 2 by CPS South East, 2 by CPS Mersey-Cheshire and 1 by CPS Yorkshire &amp; Humberside.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802143

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision and supervision of prisoners' family contact.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	117830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prison Rules 1999 require Governors to actively encourage prisoners to maintain outside contacts and meaningful family ties, where appropriate. This is integral to the prisoner’s right to family life as well as their rehabilitation. Visits are seen as crucial to sustaining relationships with close relatives, partners and friends, where appropriate, and help prisoners maintain links with the community.</p><p>The following details the guidance that has been issued to date on the provision and supervision of family contact:</p><ul><li>Prison Service Instruction 49/2011 (Prisoner Communication Services) – this policy details the statutory entitlement of prisoners to send and receive letters and sets out that they must have opportunity to make telephone calls;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) – gives details of statutory entitlements to visits and the environment that these take place in, as well as who is eligible, and provides guidance on examples of good practices to be adopted by prisons;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 15/2011 (Management and Security at visits) – details the policy around management of security at visits. It details who can visit, provision for searches and security and also policy for visit that take place in a special or closed visiting room or a similar closed environment, where necessary, and</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 30/2013 (Incentives and Earned Privileges) – details, how in accordance with the Prison Rules 1999, prisoners can earn additional social visits (above the statutory minimum set out in the Prison Rules).</li></ul><p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners to establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others where appropriate. The Lord Farmer, published his report in August, produced on behalf of the Government, which we have warmly welcomed. Work has already commenced on taking forward some of the important recommendations from this review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:25:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

802224

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826 on rape: trials, over what time period the Crown Prosecution Service selected the court cases which constituted the sample of case files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	117911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The files selected for review were all cases flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System which had been finalised during the calendar year 2016. This included cases which proceeded to trial and cases which resulted in guilty plea.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:20:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802225

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, what the total number of rape and sexual assault trials heard in the Crown Courts was during the same time period over which the sample of case files was selected by the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	117912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 2,929.</p><p>The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘sexual offences excluding rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 3,348.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:21:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802226

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826 on rape: trials, what national and local data on applications under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 was being recorded by the Crown Prosecution Service at the time when the sample cases were selected.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	117913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The CPS does not currently routinely record data relating to Section 41 applications at a local or national level.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/12/2017 15:21:22 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

802276

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been made available for support services in Sheffield for women who have left prison in the last 12 months; and what funds she plans to make available for that purpose in the next 12 months?
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	117963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are developing a strategy for female offenders to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody. This will also consider how we can improve early intervention and diversion to avoid vulnerable women entering the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are contractually required to provide services for female offenders that they are managing in the community, and to deliver resettlement services to offenders both before and following release from prison. As part of our reforms to probation, we have given providers the flexibility to innovate and do what works to reduce reoffending, and to tailor rehabilitative support to the particular needs of offenders locally. These services are provided in Sheffield by South Yorkshire CRC.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their supply chain, South Yorkshire CRC have contracted with Changing Lives, a consortium of local organisations, to deliver bespoke interventions for female offenders. The CRC are also working closely with Community Safety Partnerships to improve outcomes for women who have been either a victim of domestic violence or are a sex worker.</p><p> </p><p>We have a robust contract management and assurance process in place for CRCs, and continue to assess their performance through a range of service levels, including their delivery of Through the Gate and how they are addressing the specific needs of female offenders.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 11:16:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

802279

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of women who have been homeless after leaving prison in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	117966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>It is a cross-Government priority to address female offenders’ housing and support needs given the link between homelessness and re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) are required to facilitate access to housing and support services for the female offenders that they are managing. This includes working together with local partners to help women find and maintain accommodation as part of a package of support tailored to meet their individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of women under CRC supervision recorded as homeless, based on releases from prison who are. There is no equivalent Settled Accommodation on Release metric for the NPS so data on NPS releases has not been included.</p><p> </p><p>Revised recording to capture data for this metric was not introduced until August 2015, so data prior to this are not available. National coverage of accommodation status was not sufficient to report data until the period Jan-Mar 2016 onwards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Releases of Female Allocated Persons (of a CRC) From Custody</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Quarter </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jan-Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>Apr-Jun 2016</p></td><td><p>Jul-Sep 2016</p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2016</p></td><td><p>Jan-Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>Apr-Jun 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Releases </em></p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>1,055</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>972</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>1,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Recorded as Homeless<sup>1</sup></em></p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% of Releases recorded as homeless</em></p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td><td><p>12.5%</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td><td><p>20.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><em><sup>1</sup></em>Cases where the Accommodation Status recorded on the day of release was: Homeless (any), Squatting or No fixed Abode were counted as homeless.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Not all releases have an Accommodation Status recorded; of this dataset, between 16% and 5% of releases in each quarter did not record an accommodation status.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>The reported proportion homeless increases over the reported period (9% to 21%), however the rate of non-recording has decreased due to HETE initiative (16% to 5%).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>It cannot be assumed that homelessness has increased.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Because recording of Accommodation Statuses at release in London CRC is too low to be reliable, London CRC has been excluded from this dataset.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Releases at Licence Expiry (without post-sentence supervision), releases following a period on remand without a custodial sentence, and releases outside of HMPPS authority (e.g. release for deportation, release to an address in Scotland or Northern Ireland) are not in this dataset.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>This dataset records each release separately; if an offender is released more than once, they will appear more than once in this dataset.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Releases of persons who are not Allocated Persons of a CRC (i.e. offenders managed by the NPS) are not included in this dataset.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/12/2017 10:06:50 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara