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1467810

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the parole system.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Root and Branch Review of the Parole System was published on 30 March 2022 and set out a number of reforms to the parole system, some of which will require primary or secondary legislation. The review reaffirms the government’s intention, as part of our commitment to make the parole system more transparent, to allow for some parole hearings to be held in public; that requires a change to the Parole Board Rules which will be implemented via a Statutory Instrument later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The review also made a number of commitments that will require primary legislation, namely: changes to the statutory release test to make clear public protection is the overriding consideration; new ministerial powers to oversee release decisions in the ‘top-tier’ cohort of the most serious parole cases; and mandating that Parole Board members with a law enforcement background sit on panels for these top-tier offenders. The necessary legislation will be brought forward as soon as the parliamentary timetable allows.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures to strengthen the parole system, which do not require legislation, are already being implemented - such as the change we have announced to introduce, from 6 June, a tougher test and ministerial oversight when considering the most serious offenders for a move to open prison conditions.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/06/2022 10:50:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1467811

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to submit the proposed Bill of Rights for pre-legislative scrutiny.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Bill of Rights is a flagship piece of legislation to be brought forward this Parliamentary session. It is important that the provisions in the Bill are subject to full public and Parliamentary scrutiny and our consultation on the Bill of Rights received over 12,000 responses. The Government is considering these responses and will be publishing a response in due course. We are also preparing a formal response to the recommendations in the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report on the Bill of Rights. We therefore do not intend to submit the Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/06/2022 13:21:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1467812

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled Offenders to face toughest test yet for open prison moves, published by his department on 5 June 2022, whether he has made an estimate of the number of potential moves that will be assessed by the Lord Chancellor each year under.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>From 6 June, all indeterminate sentence prisoners recommended for a move to open conditions by the Parole Board will face much stricter criteria. The new rules will mean the Deputy Prime Minister can block any such prisoner moving to an open prison unless they can demonstrably pass a tough three-step test including:</p><ul><li>Proving the prisoner is assessed as low risk of abscond; <em>and</em></li><li>a period in open conditions is considered essential to inform future decisions about release and to prepare for possible release on licence into the community; <em>and</em></li><li>a transfer to open conditions would not undermine public confidence in the Criminal Justice System.</li></ul><p>It is expected that the Parole Board will make fewer recommendations than was the case under the previous criteria, although no formal estimate has been made of the number of recommendations which will need to be considered by Ministers personally or by officials under approved delegated authority.</p><p>There are no plans to publish an annual summary of decisions made in the new process.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 13143 question first answered 09/06/2022 10:51:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1467829

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 5 June 2022, Offenders to face toughest test yet for open prison moves, whether he plans to publish an annual summary of his decision making through the new process.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>From 6 June, all indeterminate sentence prisoners recommended for a move to open conditions by the Parole Board will face much stricter criteria. The new rules will mean the Deputy Prime Minister can block any such prisoner moving to an open prison unless they can demonstrably pass a tough three-step test including:</p><ul><li>Proving the prisoner is assessed as low risk of abscond; <em>and</em></li><li>a period in open conditions is considered essential to inform future decisions about release and to prepare for possible release on licence into the community; <em>and</em></li><li>a transfer to open conditions would not undermine public confidence in the Criminal Justice System.</li></ul><p>It is expected that the Parole Board will make fewer recommendations than was the case under the previous criteria, although no formal estimate has been made of the number of recommendations which will need to be considered by Ministers personally or by officials under approved delegated authority.</p><p>There are no plans to publish an annual summary of decisions made in the new process.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 13142 question first answered 09/06/2022 10:51:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1467152

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the cost of keeping official statistics on the number of convictions that rely on the law of joint enterprise.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	11833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS is currently investigating the best way to capture data about joint enterprise on the Common Platform – the new courts IT system. The cost of this will depend on the complexity of the change and the effort required to develop, test and implement it.</p><p> </p><p>Once the relevant data is captured on the Common Platform, officials will be able to assess which further steps would need to be undertaken for it to be measured and reported on correctly. This data may then, with further work, be made publishable as a national statistic.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/06/2022 16:09:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1467434

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent in total on external management consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; and what ten projects or work areas in each of those financial years required the greatest expenditure on support from those consultants.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	11689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice makes use of management consultants to advise on resolutions to complex and challenging problems. To ensure value for money is secured from the engagement of management consultants, the Ministry’s commercial policy is to put new requirements out to competition.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice total spend on external management consultants in the relevant period is set out in Table 1 below:</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year &amp; Business Area, £000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ HQ</p></td><td><p>4,934</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td><td><p>5,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty's Prison &amp; Probation Service</p></td><td><p>2,942</p></td><td><p>5,046</p></td><td><p>4,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty's Courts &amp; Tribunals Service</p></td><td><p>5,782</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Public Guardian</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total MoJ</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,658</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,403</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 10 work areas with the greatest expenditure on external management consultancy for each of those financial years are as set out in Table 2 below:</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year &amp; Projects/Work Areas, £000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS Reform Programme</p></td><td><p>5,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>3,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Community Interventions</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ People Group</p></td><td><p>695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prisons</p></td><td><p>654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Probation</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Property</p></td><td><p>509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>Directorate of Judicial Offices</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Youth Custody Service</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>2,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Reducing Reoffending</p></td><td><p>1,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>1,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Property</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Digitech</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ People Group</p></td><td><p>789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Security, Privacy and Live Service</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Strategy, Planning &amp; Performance</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prisons</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS - Business Resilience</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Digitech</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prisons</p></td><td><p>2,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>2,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ People Group</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Data &amp; Analytical Services</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>Directorate of Judicial Offices</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS - Common Platform Programme</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>Judicial Appointments Commission</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Strategy, Planning &amp; Performance</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/06/2022 14:46:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1466328

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Robbery: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for robbery offences there have been in (a) Crown and (b) Magistrates' Courts in England and Wales by (i) individual court and (ii) region for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	9885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Court outcomes data is not held at individual magistrates’ court level. Identifying individual courts separately would require a manual search of court records, which would be at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions by offence group, offence type and individual offence by police force area, in England and Wales, up to December 2021, available in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence’ data tool</a>, available below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx</a>.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions by offence group by police force area, at magistrates’ courts and Crown Court in England and Wales, up to December 2021 available in the ‘Magistrates’ Court’ and ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court’ data tool</a>s, available:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx</a>.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076467/crown-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076467/crown-court-tool-2021.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 8001 8002 8003 9020 9886 question first answered 06/06/2022 15:24:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1466329

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Theft: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for theft offences there have been in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	9886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Court outcomes data is not held at individual magistrates’ court level. Identifying individual courts separately would require a manual search of court records, which would be at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions by offence group, offence type and individual offence by police force area, in England and Wales, up to December 2021, available in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence’ data tool</a>, available below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx</a>.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions by offence group by police force area, at magistrates’ courts and Crown Court in England and Wales, up to December 2021 available in the ‘Magistrates’ Court’ and ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court’ data tool</a>s, available:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx</a>.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076467/crown-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076467/crown-court-tool-2021.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 8001 8002 8003 9020 9885 question first answered 06/06/2022 15:24:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1466332

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Reoffenders
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 number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial for rape in each police force area in each year since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	9889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>This data requires linking Police National Computer data with courts data as well as a manual search, and would therefore be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/06/2022 15:33:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1466398

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reading Prison: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the sale of Reading Gaol; and if he will meet (a) the hon. Member for Reading East and (b) other stakeholders to discuss that matter.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	9992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The MoJ is considering potential uses for the former HMP Reading. We are in the process of setting up a meeting with the hon members for Reading and others to discuss this.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 9993 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:22:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda