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1361834

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Detainees: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Detained Duty Advice scheme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	59939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The MoJ committed to a review of immigration advice provision for detainees held in prison, and those in Immigration Removal Centres, in August 2020. The review’s objective is to ensure equal access to high-quality immigration and asylum advice, irrespective of location.  The intention is to consider the differences in the provision of immigration and asylum legal aid to immigration detainees in Immigration Removal Centres and prisons, including the Detained Duty Advice Scheme.</p><p>Work on this review is ongoing and includes working with stakeholders to understand better the experience of individual detainees.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/10/2021 12:55:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1361874

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners' Courts Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to provide long-term core funding for the Coroners' Courts Support Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Coroners’ Courts Support Service which recruits and trains volunteers who support families and witnesses as they engage with the coronial process, covers around half of the coroner areas. The Government recognises the good work Coroners’ Courts Support Service offers to bereaved families but extending support services, such as the Coroners Courts Support Service, to all 85 coroner areas remains subject to affordability.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/10/2021 16:54:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361894

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fathers: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure sexual discrimination does not disadvantage fathers in family courts.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	59727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The legislative framework which governs family law proceedings about children is gender neutral and is focused on the welfare of children involved and not on the sex or gender of a parent. Each case is determined on the facts and the individual welfare needs of the child as determined by the independent judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Children Act states that family courts are required to presume that the involvement of a parent in the life of the child concerned will further that child’s welfare, unless it can be shown that this would not be so. The Government is currently undertaking a review of the courts’ application of this presumption and its exception, and its impact on children.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/10/2021 13:59:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1361989

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's report on terrorism in prisons.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	59838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has received the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on Counter Terrorism in Prisons and it will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 17:10:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1362008

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women are currently in prison; and how many of these women are on remand.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2021 there were 3,196 women in prison of which 643 were on remand. This can be found at:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006269/Population_30June2021_quarterly.ods</p><p>The number of women in prison serving a sentence of (1) 0–1 months, (2) 2–3 months, (3) 4–6 months, (4) 7–12 months, (5) 13–24 months, and (6) over 24 months is in the table below.</p><p><strong>The number of female prisoners serving determinate sentences by sentence length<sup> 1</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sentence Length <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than or equal to two months</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than two months to four months</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than four months to six months</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than six months to twelve months</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than twelve months to twenty four months</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than twenty four months</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,821</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) This table only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, are excluded from the table. Prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included in this table.</p><p>2) The sentence length banding has been adjusted to remove any gaps in time between the bands specified in the request.</p><p>Data sources and quality</p><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>Source: Prison NOMIS</p><p>As noted on the table it only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, including those held on immigration grounds, are excluded from the table, but prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included. For more information on other sentence types, please see <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006269/Population_30June2021_quarterly.ods" target="_blank">Table 1.1</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL3230 question first answered 03/11/2021 16:46:07 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1362009

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women in prison are serving a sentence of (1) 0–1 months, (2) 2–3 months, (3) 4–6 months, (4) 7–12 months, (5) 13–24 months, and (6) over 24 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2021 there were 3,196 women in prison of which 643 were on remand. This can be found at:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006269/Population_30June2021_quarterly.ods</p><p>The number of women in prison serving a sentence of (1) 0–1 months, (2) 2–3 months, (3) 4–6 months, (4) 7–12 months, (5) 13–24 months, and (6) over 24 months is in the table below.</p><p><strong>The number of female prisoners serving determinate sentences by sentence length<sup> 1</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sentence Length <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than or equal to two months</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than two months to four months</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than four months to six months</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than six months to twelve months</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than twelve months to twenty four months</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than twenty four months</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,821</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) This table only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, are excluded from the table. Prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included in this table.</p><p>2) The sentence length banding has been adjusted to remove any gaps in time between the bands specified in the request.</p><p>Data sources and quality</p><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>Source: Prison NOMIS</p><p>As noted on the table it only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, including those held on immigration grounds, are excluded from the table, but prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included. For more information on other sentence types, please see <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006269/Population_30June2021_quarterly.ods" target="_blank">Table 1.1</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL3229 question first answered 03/11/2021 16:46:07 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1362010

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Parents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue sentencing guidelines to prevent harm to dependent children of those being sentenced, particularly mothers; and what plans they have to table amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill for that purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are issued by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which is independent of Parliament and Government. When sentencing, courts are required by law to follow any relevant guidelines, unless satisfied that it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Reflecting the principles established by the Court of Appeal in <em>R v Petherick</em>, the Council’s <em>Imposition of Community and Custodial Sentences</em> sentencing guideline is clear that, where an offender is on the cusp of custody, imprisonment should not be imposed where there would be an impact on dependants which would make a custodial sentence disproportionate to achieving the aims of sentencing. Even where the impact on dependants would not make a custodial sentence disproportionate, the <em>Imposition </em>guideline makes clear that the court should determine the shortest custodial sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the offence and also requires sentencers to consider whether a sentence can be suspended. The factors for sentencers to consider which might indicate circumstances in favour of suspending a custodial sentence include ‘realistic prospect of rehabilitation’, ‘strong personal mitigation’ and ‘where immediate custody will result in significant harmful impact upon others’.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing guidelines also specify that being a ‘sole or primary carer for dependent relatives’ is a mitigating factor, which can be taken into consideration by the courts when determining a sentence. In 2019, the Council issued an expanded explanation for this factor which clarifies that where custody is unavoidable, consideration of the impact on dependants may be relevant to the length of the sentence imposed and whether the sentence can be suspended. It also makes clear that when a court is sentencing an offender who is pregnant, relevant considerations may include the effect of the sentence on the health of the offender and the unborn child.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 03/11/2021 16:43:41 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1362030

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) convictions, and (2) criminal penalties, there were for pension scams in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL3251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>Due to the nature of fraud, it can be committed in a variety of ways against organisations and individuals.  As such, we do not hold a record of all regulators that may be involved with the criminal prosecution of fraud.  The Government set out its plans for tackling fraud in the joint public and private sector Economic Crime Plan (2019-22), which was published in July 2019. Further information, including a list of organisations involved in the development of it, can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022-accessible-version%23annex-b&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJaspreet.Rihal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb37f6b966ee14f60834f08d910924515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637559042698054590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VRpPpaqhHkiYu5LiPvSq8x2XY65a56RIj0KqxnzRM6E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Economic Crime Plan, 2019 to 2022, accessible version - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of convictions involving pension scams is not centrally held in the court proceedings database as this specific offence is not separately identified in legislation. Identifying this offence separately would require a manual search of court records, incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences, that will include pensions scams, amongst other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences have been provided in the attached table. These figures were taken from the following published data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Court Proceedings database does not include the responsible regulatory body bringing the prosecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL3254 question first answered 03/11/2021 17:40:27 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-03 PQ HL3251 and HL3254 Table 1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1362033

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) which, regulatory bodies are responsible for the criminal prosecution of fraud; how many successful prosecutions for fraud have been secured as a result of actions taken by each of these bodies since 2010; and what penalties have been imposed following each of these prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL3254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>Due to the nature of fraud, it can be committed in a variety of ways against organisations and individuals.  As such, we do not hold a record of all regulators that may be involved with the criminal prosecution of fraud.  The Government set out its plans for tackling fraud in the joint public and private sector Economic Crime Plan (2019-22), which was published in July 2019. Further information, including a list of organisations involved in the development of it, can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022-accessible-version%23annex-b&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJaspreet.Rihal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb37f6b966ee14f60834f08d910924515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637559042698054590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VRpPpaqhHkiYu5LiPvSq8x2XY65a56RIj0KqxnzRM6E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Economic Crime Plan, 2019 to 2022, accessible version - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of convictions involving pension scams is not centrally held in the court proceedings database as this specific offence is not separately identified in legislation. Identifying this offence separately would require a manual search of court records, incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences, that will include pensions scams, amongst other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences have been provided in the attached table. These figures were taken from the following published data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Court Proceedings database does not include the responsible regulatory body bringing the prosecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL3251 question first answered 03/11/2021 17:40:27 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar attachment 1 file name 2021-11-03 PQ HL3251 and HL3254 Table 1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1361117

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Prison Sentences
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 assessment of the potential merits of introducing longer prison sentences for those who deal class A drugs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	58863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for our independent courts, taking into account the circumstances of each case and following any relevant sentencing guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council.</p><p>The maximum penalty for supplying, offering to supply, or intent to supply class A drugs is life imprisonment. Additionally, in recognition of the seriousness of these offences, in England and Wales, the law provides a mandatory minimum sentence of 7 years in custody for repeat offenders who have been convicted of these offences on three or more occasions, unless there are particular circumstances relating to the offender or the offence which would make it unjust to do so.</p><p>Provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, currently before Parliament, will ensure that the courts in England and Wales only depart from passing at least the minimum sentence in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/10/2021 16:11:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon