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1713565

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released early under the end of custody supervised license scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	23546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of releases under End of Custody Supervised Licence will be published when sufficient robust and comprehensive data is available. To support orderly release, its publication will be announced through the GOV.UK release calendar.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2024 13:00:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701125

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to assess the efficacy of restraining orders in preventing repeat incidents of domestic violence (i) in minority ethnic communities and (ii) generally.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Restraining orders play an important role in ensuring that victims are appropriately protected, and feel safer, particularly within the context of repeated and/or escalating behaviour that disproportionately impacts women and girls, such as domestic abuse.</p><p>They are one of several existing protective orders that can be used in cases of domestic abuse to protect a victim, such as Non-Molestation Orders, Stalking Protection Orders, and Domestic Violence Protection Orders.</p><p>Abusers who breach restraining orders face tough penalties including jail time. Where a restraining order is breached, CPS guidance encourages prosecutors to consider whether a new course of conduct is present and, if so, to ensure that it is prosecuted in addition to the breach in question.</p><p>Safeguarding victims of all crimes, and particularly from those such as domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. That is why we are going further to protect victims of domestic abuse by piloting a new Domestic Abuse Protection Order from Spring 2024 which will give courts the power to impose exclusion zones, curfews, and electronic monitoring tags on abusers. The order will be independently evaluated to understand its effectiveness in protecting all victims.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/04/2024 16:15:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1695910

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure the rehabilitation of offenders with a history of substance abuse.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	18554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We know that substance misuse drives reoffending, and are committed to supporting offenders to overcome addictions and turn their lives around. Our landmark Drugs Strategy sets out the ambitious cross-government 10-year plan to address illegal drug use, underpinned by record additional investment – as part of which, the Ministry of Justice is supporting offenders at every stage of the criminal justice system into recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In prison we have dramatically increased the number of incentivised substance-free living (ISFL) units, where prisoners commit to living drug-free with incentives and regular testing. Over 70 prisons now have an ISFL, up from 25 in summer 2022. To ensure prison leavers maintain their progress in treatment, we have recruited Health and Justice Partnership Coordinators nationwide to improve links between prison and community treatment services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting the rehabilitation of offenders with substance misuse needs in the community. We have increased probation’s drug testing capacity and we are piloting Intensive Supervision Courts (ISCs), to divert offenders with substance misuse and complex needs away from short custodial sentences into enhanced community-based sentences. ISCs aim to tackle the root cause of offending behaviour through robust supervision and interventions, frequent and random drug testing, and regular reviews with a single judge.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/03/2024 13:34:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507774

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cyberflashing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of cyberflashing.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	54635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is creating a new criminal offence targeting “cyberflashing” in the Online Safety Bill. This offence, which will carry a 2-year maximum prison sentence, will criminalise intentionally sending or giving a photograph or film of any person’s genitals to another person with the intention that that person will see the genitals and be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification whilst being reckless as to whether the recipient will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.</p><p>Alongside this important reform of the criminal law, in May, we published the draft Victims Bill to enable improvements in the quality and consistency of support services for victims.</p><p>It includes measures to improve support for victims of sexual offences such as making provision for the Secretary of State to issue guidance about Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors). It will also improve how organisations work together to commission support services to better meet the needs of victims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/10/2022 16:14:20 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1405203

registered interest
date	21/01/2022
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, what recent steps he has taken to support women leaving help prison to prevent them from becoming homeless.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	109322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to eliminate rough sleeping, we are working across Government, with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), the Welsh Government and other Government Departments, to address the barriers offenders face in securing suitable accommodation.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless. By 2024-25 we will spend £200 million a year to reduce reoffending, including improving prison leavers’ access to accommodation. This includes expanding our new Community Accommodation Service (CAS), which currently provides up to 12 weeks temporary housing in five probation regions, to all prison leavers in England and Wales at risk of homelessness who are subject to probation supervision.</p><p>The CAS service takes account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs, with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage as required. Community Probation Practitioners (CPPs), working together with local partners, are responsible for ensuring that vulnerable female prison leavers receive appropriate support. Additional support for female prison leavers can be accessed by CPPs through the Women’s Commissioned Rehabilitation Service (CRS). This provision is a holistic service offer, delivered by expert and experienced women’s services, that covers a broad range of interventions including accommodation support.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, our White Paper outlines our commitment to increase the number of Housing Specialists from 20 to 48 across England and Wales, supporting prisons to be more strategic in their response to reducing homelessness and partnership working.</p><p> </p><p>Accommodation circumstances for offenders are reported annually as official statistics. Statistics show that 4,685 women were released from custody in the year to March 2021, with 50% going into secure, long-term accommodation and a further 10% to bail/probation accommodation. 13% were recorded as being homeless or rough sleeping at the point of release. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-annual-update-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-annual-update-to-march-2021.</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for the period 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 will be published in July 2022 in the Community Performance Annual report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 109323 question first answered 26/01/2022 16:49:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1359486

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to help ensure that jury members in trials involving rape and sexual assault (a) are aware of issues around sexual consent and (b) do not hold views on what constitutes consensual sexual contact which differ from legislation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	56567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Jurors are directed on the law by the trial judge who reminds them of their role and, importantly, of the relevant points of law.</p><p>Judges sitting on serious sex offence cases are required to have specialist training and are provided with guidance in the Crown Court Compendium (a publicly available document). This includes guidance on how to advise juries in serious sexual offence cases.</p><p>In addition, as part of the End-to-End Rape Review Report on Findings and Actions, published in June 2021, the Government announced that the Law Commission will be examining the law, guidance and practice relating to the use of evidence in prosecutions of serious sexual offences and consider the need for reform. The project will consider issues including the way rape myths around consent are tackled as part of the court process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2021 16:21:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi