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1545062

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he has had with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on the Bill of Rights bill.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	94820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has written to Alyson Kilpatrick, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, about the Bill of Rights twice in the last year, in addition to which my predecessor Lord Wolfson met representatives of the Commission in March this year in the context of the Government’s consultation. Departmental officials have also met representatives of the Commission on a number of occasions in the past year to discuss work on the Bill of Rights.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with key stakeholders in Northern Ireland on the Bill of Rights, including the Human Rights Commission, to ensure that any reforms will work in, and for the benefit of, the whole of the UK</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 28/11/2022 16:19:48 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1316203

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
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 amend the equality impact assessment for assaults on emergency workers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to include information on the impact on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	3973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The government has already published a full equalities assessment on its proposals to increase the maximum penalty of assaulting an emergency worker. I am aware of the ongoing nature of the Public Sector Equality Duty and our obligation to consider the equalities impacts of the proposals as they develop and are implemented in light of any new evidence. However there are no plans to update this assessment at this stage. As explained in the assessment, statistical data in relation to offenders who are disabled are not centrally recorded.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/05/2021 13:37:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307184

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the size of the case backlog in the youth court system.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	178747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>In 2020 outstanding youth cases at the magistrates' court reached an annual peak of 12,138 in June, then consistently fell to 9,930 cases by December. In the same period, outstanding youth cases at the Crown Court remained stable, peaking at 665 in October then falling to 629 by December.</p><p>The focus for 2021 will be to drive the continued reduction of outstanding cases in the Youth Court, working with agencies across the Criminal Justice System to minimise delays.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/04/2021 14:20:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307186

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suspects in (a) murder and (b) rape cases received bail in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	178749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on defendants remanded on bail in England and Wales up to December 2019, prior to court, at magistrates’ court and at Crown Court:</p><p> </p><p>Remand status prior to court (relating to suspects) is available in the magistrates’ court data tool and is labelled ‘Remand status with Police’.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Magistrates’ court</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the data tools, search for murder and rape using the ‘Offence’ filter and the pivot table will populate with the number of defendants by principal (i.e. most serious) remand status for the chosen offences.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/04/2021 16:05:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307316

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Covid Recovery Plans submitted by youth offending teams to the Youth Justice Board.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board has oversight of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and has received Covid-19 Recovery Plans from each YOT. There is no current plan for MoJ or the YJB to publish Covid-19 Recovery Plans as it is the responsibility of local authorities to make their individual plans available to the public.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2021 14:23:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1293326

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Failure to Appear warrants were issued by courts for (a) murder and (b) rape in each of the last five years up to March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	160740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>Data showing the number of failure to appear warrants issued for (a) murder and (b) rape from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015 to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020 in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>CROWN</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>MAGISTRATES</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>MURDER</p></td><td><p>RAPE</p></td><td><p>MURDER</p></td><td><p>RAPE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 YR TOTAL</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: <br>1. Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time</p><p>2. The data is based on statistics from management information system extract only</p><p>3. Data are management information and may differ from previously published stats and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics</p><p>4. Magistrates where a defendant is charged with an indictable offence and if more than one offence and a Failure to Appear Warrant is issued each offence is counted separately</p><p>5. Crown if a defendant has had a bench warrant issued on more than one occasion, they have been counted separately</p><p>6. Offences include attempted and conspiracy sub-groups</p><p>7. Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/03/2021 16:43:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1286944

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many failure to appear warrants have been issued for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) serious sexual assault offences since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	155240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>Data showing the number of failure to appear warrants issued for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) all sexual offences excluding rape since March 2020 until 30 September 2020 in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates’ Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Sexual Offences (excl Rape)</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMCTS management information</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time.</li><li>The data is based on statistics from management information system extract only.</li><li>Data are management information and may differ from previously published stats and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Magistrates where a defendant is charged with an indictable offence and if more than one offence and a Failure to Appear Warrant is issued each offence is counted separately.</li><li>Crown if a defendant has had a bench warrant issued on more than one occasion, they have been counted separately.</li><li>Offences include attempted and conspiracy sub-groups.</li><li>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</li><li>Serious sexual assault isn’t a specific offence category; therefore, no statistics are available. However, we have collated data available for all sexual offences excluding rape.</li></ol> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/02/2021 17:29:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1286948

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a young person has been remanded to custody due to a lack of suitable local authority accommodation in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	155241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Courts apply the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 which sets out the basis for deciding whether a child is remanded into custody or Local Authority accommodation. The reasons for the court’s decision on remand are not recorded and so the information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2021 16:35:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1286949

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of children cautioned or sentenced in each of the last five calendar years had previously been resident in unregulated care settings.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	155242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the number of children sentenced or cautioned who have previously been in unregulated care settings. We published experimental statistics in January 2021 setting out the assessed care status of children who receive a custodial sentence, Youth Rehabilitation Order, Referral Order or Reparation Order. These statistics can be found on the page <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2019-to-2020</a> under ‘Assessing the needs of sentenced children in the Youth Justice System: Supplementary Tables’.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/02/2021 17:48:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1286951

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Termination of employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of youth offending teams have left the profession in each of the last five years (a) nationally, and (b) by region.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	155244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board do not hold data on how many employees of youth offending teams have left the profession in the last five years.</p><p>The annual youth justice statistics include national totals for the youth offending team workforce. However, the data does not show if individuals have left the profession or have moved elsewhere in the profession. The most recent staffing data is published in Annex E in the additional annexes at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Youth Justice Statistics: 2019 to 2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/02/2021 17:50:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle