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625847

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to enable the identification of Gypsies and Travellers in the youth justice system so that data can be gathered.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) publish an annual report on ‘Children in Custody’ that monitors the number of gypsy, traveller and Romany (GRT) children in youth offenders’ institutions and secure training centres. The reports are available on the HMIP website.</p><p> </p><p>Secure Children’s Homes are monitored by Ofsted rather than HMIP and are therefore not included in this report.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/11/2016 15:27:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1543731

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Women in Prison report The value of Women's Centres, published in September.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the vital role that women’s centres play in supporting women in the community with complex needs to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour, which the report, the Value of Women’s Centres’, sets out. The MoJ is investing up to £24 million in women’s community services through grant competitions that aim to both support the sector in delivering vital services and to promote better local integration in how those services are delivered. The effectiveness of our funding for women’s community services will be evaluated and inform future funding decisions, including whether to establish a cross departmental fund.</p><p> </p><p>It also remains our intention to publish a Delivery Plan for the Female Offender Strategy in the coming months. The Delivery Plan will be accompanied by an Impact Assessment that will include an estimate of the number of women that could be supported through women’s services as a result of our funding, based on the number of interventions that could be provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL3540 HL3541 question first answered 30/11/2022 12:52:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1543732

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether investing in women’s centres (1) gives a good return on the investment, (2) offers better value and outcomes, and (3) reduces reoffending rates, by comparison with sending women to prison.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the vital role that women’s centres play in supporting women in the community with complex needs to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour, which the report, the Value of Women’s Centres’, sets out. The MoJ is investing up to £24 million in women’s community services through grant competitions that aim to both support the sector in delivering vital services and to promote better local integration in how those services are delivered. The effectiveness of our funding for women’s community services will be evaluated and inform future funding decisions, including whether to establish a cross departmental fund.</p><p> </p><p>It also remains our intention to publish a Delivery Plan for the Female Offender Strategy in the coming months. The Delivery Plan will be accompanied by an Impact Assessment that will include an estimate of the number of women that could be supported through women’s services as a result of our funding, based on the number of interventions that could be provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL3539 HL3541 question first answered 30/11/2022 12:52:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1543733

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether more funding for women’s centres could be achieved by a cross departmental fund; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce such a fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the vital role that women’s centres play in supporting women in the community with complex needs to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour, which the report, the Value of Women’s Centres’, sets out. The MoJ is investing up to £24 million in women’s community services through grant competitions that aim to both support the sector in delivering vital services and to promote better local integration in how those services are delivered. The effectiveness of our funding for women’s community services will be evaluated and inform future funding decisions, including whether to establish a cross departmental fund.</p><p> </p><p>It also remains our intention to publish a Delivery Plan for the Female Offender Strategy in the coming months. The Delivery Plan will be accompanied by an Impact Assessment that will include an estimate of the number of women that could be supported through women’s services as a result of our funding, based on the number of interventions that could be provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL3539 HL3540 question first answered 30/11/2022 12:52:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1587388

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure in their meeting of international justice ministers in March that (1) practical, and (2) financial, support is provided to ensure perpetrators of alleged war crimes against women and children in Ukraine are brought to justice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL5665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to pursuing accountability for the atrocities being perpetrated by Russian forces against women and children in Ukraine. The £1 million voluntary contribution that the UK provided to the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year will contribute to enhancing capacity with respect to investigations into crimes of sexual and gender-based violence and crimes against children, led by the Prosecutors’ special adviser on crimes against and affecting children. In Ukraine, we are providing personnel from the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts to support capacity building amongst prosecutors and the police as well as support to victims, including women and children.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 March 2023, Justice Ministers from around the world will convene in London. The Justice Ministers Conference is focused on enhancing practical and technical support to the ICC for its investigation into the situation in Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>One of the thematic sessions of the Conference is focused on supporting victims and witnesses of trauma. The session will explore strengthening support for ICC investigations into sexual and gender-based violence in Ukraine, and sharing best practices to be adopted when interviewing children to avoid re-traumatisation during the evidence gathering process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 06/03/2023 16:49:20 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185116

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to gain grant of probate following an application for probate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2619 HL2622 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185117

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people can telephone a probate registry to find out how their application is progressing; and what is the average length of time for such telephone calls to be answered.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2618 HL2622 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1185120

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to be granted probate after filing inheritance tax forms with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL2622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to issued </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median to issue </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.</p><p>Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.</p><p>Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL2618 HL2619 question first answered 24/03/2020 17:57:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1333933

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the duty to refer under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, with respect to vulnerable women leaving prison.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending rough sleeping this Parliament and believes everyone deserves a roof over their head. Everyone leaving prison should have somewhere safe and secure to live; accommodation enables offenders to hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>Work is being done across government between the Ministry of Justice, MHCLG and the Welsh Government, to address the barriers offenders face in securing suitable accommodation and we are aware of the specific complex needs of women prison leavers.</p><p> </p><p>In preparation for the launch of the new unified probation service, MoJ have published a policy framework in support of the Homelessness Reduction Act (2017) Duty to Refer process, which will mandate the roles and responsibilities of both prison and probation staff in making effective referrals. The operation of the new policy framework will be monitored and reviewed on a quarterly basis with MHCLG and any adjustments to the process incorporated into future iterations of the policy framework.</p><p> </p><p>To support the oversight of its COVID-19 response, HMPPS set up seven Homelessness Prevention Teams to help find accommodation for offenders upon release. These teams have been very successful in securing temporary accommodation outcomes, including short-term rented accommodation and building new local partnerships with local authorities and housing partners.  The HPTs continue to operate.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing more than £20m in supporting prison leavers at risk of homelessness into temporary accommodation. Individuals released from prison will be provided up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation and will be supported into long-term settled accommodation before the end of that 12-week period. Initially launching in five national probation regions, the service will support around 3,000 offenders in its first year and will be commencing this Summer. It will be in operation during the next financial year 2021-22, with a view to scaling up and rolling out nationally. The service will take account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs and accommodation provision will be dedicated to single gender usage as required.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing and testing a new specialist housing advisor role in twenty prisons, including within the female estate. The new role will seek to strengthen links between prisons, through the gate teams and local authorities to improve accommodation outcomes for those at risk of homelessness. Subject to evaluation, the intention is to scale up and roll-out nationally across all resettlement prisons.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 28/06/2021 16:23:15 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1435376

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what accommodation support they provide for women on release from prison who have been held on remand.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Our vision is that no one who is subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>Women on remand are supported to meet resettlement needs and prepare for release by Probation staff in prisons. We will supplement this support from Probation staff with access to specialist accommodation support for all women on remand or sentenced in custody by the summer of this year.</p><p>We currently provide a Community Accommodation Service (CAS3), which provides temporary accommodation for sentenced women at risk of homelessness upon release from prison, in five probation regions and aim to expand this to all regions across England and Wales.</p><p>In 2021, we introduced Housing Specialists in twenty prisons, including four women’s prisons, to support prisons and probation in their strategic response to reducing homelessness. We intend to increase these to 48 across England and Wales, including across the women’s estate.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme in July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities.</p><p>To ensure consistent and accurate data recording, HMPPS, in collaboration with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government, has recently updated the Accommodation Recording Guidance to ensure Probation regions have a clear and consistent understanding of the accommodation status definitions, and how to record accurately. The Guidance defines homelessness as where an individual is rough sleeping, squatting, residing in night shelters, emergency hostels or campsites. Individuals with other forms of temporary, short-term or otherwise unstable accommodation are encompassed by the ‘unsettled accommodation’ category in published statistics.</p><p>Accommodation circumstances for offenders are reported annually as official statistics. Data for the period 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 will be published in July 2022 in the Community Performance Annual report.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL6419 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:34:03 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger