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1198747
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-01more like thismore than 2020-06-01
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Legal Aid Scheme: Equality more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s response to the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of people with protected characteristics unable to access legal aid. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 51607 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-04more like thismore than 2020-06-04
answer text <p>The Post-Implementation Review (PIR) of LASPO assessed the impact of LASPO on individuals with protected characteristics and considered how those accessing legal aid has changed over time. This concluded that diversity data shows few substantial changes in the proportion of clients with different characteristics but that key stakeholders raised concerns that LASPO may have had a disproportionate impact on certain groups. This assessment is included at paragraph 170 – 194 of the PIR, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777038/post-implementation-review-of-part-1-of-laspo.pd" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777038/post-implementation-review-of-part-1-of-laspo.pd</a></p><p> </p><p>Alongside the PIR, we published the Legal Support Action Plan (LSAP) which set out our vision of a modern system of legal support. This includes ensuring that the method of accessing such support does not inadvertently act as a barrier for some groups. To this end we announced the removal of the mandatory requirements from the Civil Legal Advice telephone gateway for debt, discrimination, and special educational needs cases and this change came into force on 15 May. We continue to review the equalities’ impacts of legal aid policies on those with protected characteristics.</p>
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-04T16:57:58.637Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-04T16:57:58.637Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1198748
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-01more like thismore than 2020-06-01
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Legal Aid Scheme: Equality more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s response to the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in that report. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 51608 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-04more like thismore than 2020-06-04
answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission made a number of submissions to the Post-Implementation Review (PIR) of LASPO. These focused on fully assessing the impact of LASPO on access to justice and on individuals with protected characteristics; reviewing the means test; reinstating legal aid for initial advice; enhancing the availability of information on legal aid; reforming the exceptional case funding scheme (ECF); addressing potential reductions in access to redress for human rights breaches; and, making changes to the Legal Advice Telephone Gateway (CLA Gateway).</p><p> </p><p>To address issues raised during the PIR, including these, we published a Legal Support Action Plan. This set out the government’s vision for the future of legal support (including legal aid) in England and Wales and committed to implementing changes to both legal aid and legal support to achieve this. Commitments include a review of the legal aid means tests, improvements to the exceptional case funding scheme, piloting the reintroduction of early legal advice in specific categories of law, the removal of the mandatory element of the CLA Gateway, and the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of legal support, including legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 April 2020, we laid a Statutory Instrument to fulfil our commitment to remove the mandatory element of the CLA Gateway for those seeking legal aid in discrimination, debt and special educational needs matters, reinstating immediate access to face-to-face advice in these cases. This came into force on 15 May 2020. In addition, the Means Test Review was due to report in late Summer 2020 but has since been paused due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We hope to recommence the review and continue to progress other elements of the LSAP in coming weeks as we move towards recovery. We will continue to engage regularly and extensively with stakeholders such as the EHRC as part of this process.</p>
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-04T16:58:26.1Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-04T16:58:26.1Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1180456
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-02-25more like thismore than 2020-02-25
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Children: Maintenance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals in (a) Wallasey, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 20389 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-03-02more like thismore than 2020-03-02
answer text <p>General information about waiting times for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average waiting time - in weeks - for Child Maintenance appeals between July and September 2019 (the latest period for which data are available).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Merseyside</strong><strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North West</strong><strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="12"><p>Clearance Time includes appeals cleared with and without a tribunal hearing</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p><sup>1</sup> Liverpool venue (where Child Maintenance Service appeals for the Wallasey area are heard)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p><sup>2</sup> Merseyside - Includes Birkenhead, Liverpool and St Helens SSCS venues</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p><sup>3</sup> North West SSCS region</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-03-02T12:54:07.523Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-02T12:54:07.523Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171000
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Magistrates' Courts: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Magistrates' court hearings have been cancelled in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) Wirral in each year from 2010 to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 3673 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-20more like thismore than 2020-01-20
answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information about cancelled hearings is not held in this form because there are many types of Magistrates’ Court hearings and reasons why they may not proceed.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does collect data about effective, cracked, ineffective and vacated trials, it is published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019</a> and can be found in the ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool’.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:56:31.997Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:56:31.997Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171001
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Appeals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for (i) personal independent payment, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseeker's allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the latest period for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 3674 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-20more like thismore than 2020-01-20
answer text <p>Information about the outcomes, and waiting times, for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and waiting times for (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Wallasey (b) Wirral (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the proportion of successful appeals for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for Wallasey and Wirral, Merseyside and the North West; and the average time taken to administer those appeals in the North West for the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey and Wirral</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside</strong><strong><sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average time (in weeks) taken to administer appeals between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2</sup> TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3</sup> SSCS appeals for Wallasey and Wirral constituents are heard in the Birkenhead venue but this venue also hears appeals from other constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of five or fewer appeals received</p><p><sup>4</sup> Merseyside includes the SSCS venues Birkenhead, Liverpool and St Helens</p><p><sup>5</sup> North West includes the SSCS venues Barrow, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Carlisle, Chester, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale, St Helens, Stockport, Wigan, Workington</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3675 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.163Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.163Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171003
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Appeals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of waiting times for tribunal hearings for (a) personal independent payment, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseeker's allowance and (e) tax credits in the North West. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 3675 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-20more like thismore than 2020-01-20
answer text <p>Information about the outcomes, and waiting times, for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and waiting times for (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Wallasey (b) Wirral (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the proportion of successful appeals for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for Wallasey and Wirral, Merseyside and the North West; and the average time taken to administer those appeals in the North West for the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey and Wirral</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside</strong><strong><sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average time (in weeks) taken to administer appeals between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2</sup> TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3</sup> SSCS appeals for Wallasey and Wirral constituents are heard in the Birkenhead venue but this venue also hears appeals from other constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of five or fewer appeals received</p><p><sup>4</sup> Merseyside includes the SSCS venues Birkenhead, Liverpool and St Helens</p><p><sup>5</sup> North West includes the SSCS venues Barrow, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Carlisle, Chester, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale, St Helens, Stockport, Wigan, Workington</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3674 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.197Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.197Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171004
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Crown Court: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for a Crown court case to be heard from offence to completion in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wirral in each of the last 10 years. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 3676 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-20more like thismore than 2020-01-20
answer text <p>Please find attached tables (annex A) providing:</p><p> </p><p>Mean offence to completion (days) and median offence to completion (days) for Crown Court cases in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside for the years 2010-2018 (data for 2010 does not include Q1 as this information is not available)</p><p> </p><p>Please note: Merseyside includes only Liverpool Crown Court. As such, no further breakdown for part (c) Wirral is available.</p><p> </p><p>Offence to completion covers the period of time between a criminal offence being committed, through victim reporting, police investigation, entry into the Magistrates' Courts, sending to, and then completion at Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of time between offence to completion for Crown Court Cases is spent prior to entering the court system (between offence committed and first listing at the Magistrates Court) and this can be impacted by the reporting of historical offences and an increasingly complex caseload.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:59:22.177Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:59:22.177Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
attachment
1
file name Copy of PQ 3676.xlsx more like this
title Annex A more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1169487
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-08more like thismore than 2020-01-08
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Duty Solicitors: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that adequate numbers of criminal duty solicitors are available in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 1288 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-13more like thismore than 2020-01-13
answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey. The Government commenced a review of all criminal legal aid fee schemes in December 2018, including the criminal duty solicitor fee scheme.</p><p>In June 2019 the Government took the decision to accelerate certain key areas of the Criminal Legal Aid Review that were highlighted to be of immediate concern to defence practitioners.</p><p>In addition to monitoring duty solicitor coverage on an ongoing basis where issues are identified, the Government continues to take action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills more like this
answering member printed Wendy Morton more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-13T13:32:00.613Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-13T13:32:00.613Z
answering member
4358
label Biography information for Wendy Morton more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1054741
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-04more like thismore than 2019-02-04
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisons: Food more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to secure the supply of food to prisons in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
uin 216145 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-07more like thismore than 2019-02-07
answer text <p>In common with all Government Departments, the Ministry of Justice has considered what impacts there might be on its institutions of leaving the EU without a deal, including on prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations are underway to ensure we are ready for this scenario. This includes ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering a revised deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. It is the responsible thing to do. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a no deal scenario, all Government Departments are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts and to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities of Brexit.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Penrith and The Border more like this
answering member printed Rory Stewart more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-07T14:52:04.347Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-07T14:52:04.347Z
answering member
4137
label Biography information for Rory Stewart more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1010611
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-11-20more like thismore than 2018-11-20
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 remove filter
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisoners: Childbirth more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners gave birth in prison without a midwife present in the last year for which information is available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
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Ms Angela Eagle remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-23more like thismore than 2018-11-23
answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Charnwood more like this
answering member printed Edward Argar more like this
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less than 2018-11-23T13:51:55.58Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-23T13:51:55.58Z
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label Biography information for Edward Argar more like this
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label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this