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1459230

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in family court cases.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	157482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested £250 million to support recovery in our courts in the 2020/21 financial year. This included £76 million to increase our capacity to hear cases in the family and civil courts, as well as in tribunals. The recent Spending Review has also provided £324 million over the next three years to improve waiting times in the civil and family courts, and tribunals.</p><p>We increased Cafcass’ budget by £8.3 million for 2021/22 so that they have more capacity and can manage the additional pressures caused by the pandemic. We also provided Cafcass with an additional £491,000 to support work in the areas of the country where their resources are most under pressure.</p><p>We are maximising sittings from the judicial capacity available to work through our caseload. With the removal of Covid restrictions on 1st April 2022, face-to-face physical capacity is returning to business as usual during April although remote hearings will continue to play a part in the overall recovery effort.</p><p>Last financial year (2021/22) we undertook one of our most ambitious programmes of judicial recruitment ever, so that we can hear as many cases as possible. In the same year we lifted the number of days fee-paid judges can sit from 30 days to 80 for the second year in a row.</p><p>We are also managing demand in the family courts to ensure the capacity can be used most effectively to tackle the outstanding caseload. In March 2021 we launched a Family Mediation Voucher Scheme for those seeking to resolve private law matters relating to a child. Since its introduction, over 7,700 families have successfully used the scheme to access mediation and help resolve disputes outside of court.</p><p>In public family law, the outstanding caseload, by child, stood at 21,800 cases in January 2022. In 2021, average monthly disposals were roughly 200 more than they were in 2020. In private family law, the outstanding caseload, by child, in January 2022 stood at 83,000 cases, below the August 2021 peak of 85,000. In 2021, average monthly disposals were roughly 1,100 more per month than they were in 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 28/04/2022 10:07:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1458730

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 141201, on Rape: Criminal Proceedings, how many rape prosecutions were stopped post-charge because a victim has withdrawn in each police force area or local justice area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	156480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Information on how many rape prosecutions were stopped post-charge specifically because a victim has withdrawn cannot be identified separately to other outcomes where proceedings were discontinued in data held centrally. The precise information on the reason proceedings were discontinued may be held on court records, but to be able to identify cases where this was due to victim withdrawal would require examining individual court transcripts which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/04/2022 19:16:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1458734

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151126, how many offenders who had a community order terminated early for failing to comply with their requirements (a) had their orders amended to make them more onerous, (b) received a fine, (c) had their orders revoked and (d) were re-sentenced in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	156483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Where an offender fails to comply with a requirement of a community order, the offender can be summoned back to court and the court then has wide powers: it can amend the order to make the requirements more onerous, impose a fine, or revoke the order and resentence the offender.</p><p>The requested data requires manual checking of individual records and cross-referencing with records held on other systems and would therefore be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/04/2022 19:19:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1439356

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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	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 agree and implement a Women’s Prison Release Protocol with co-signatories to the London Blueprint for Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	137212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>My officials engage regularly with the Mayor’s Office for Crime and Policing, including attending the Blueprint Delivery Group. As set out in the Concordat we encourage the creation of Whole System Approaches that will improve partnership working locally.</p><p> </p><p>In the Prisons Strategy White Paper, we committed to developing a resettlement passport, which will bring together the key information and services that an individual needs for successful resettlement into society. The passport will be a practical and personalised tool that organises, plans and records the information and services needed to support prison leavers’ resettlement, alongside providing information to professionals working with them. We recognise the needs of women differ and resettlement passports will help prisons move further towards a more personalised and integrated approach based on the individual needs of the offender. We will engage with stakeholders throughout the development and implementation of the passport to ensure it is effective and fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/03/2022 15:00:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1437257

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Jobcentres and Prisons: CCTV
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) job centres, and (2) prisons, currently use Chinese-made Hikvision and Dahua Technology cameras.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>1) DWP have one Hikvision camera across DWP jobcentres.</p><p>DWP have no Dahua cameras in any jobcentres.</p><p>2) MoJ does not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 18/03/2022 12:30:11 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1433516

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Housing: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's definition is of a satisfactory accommodation outcome for women released from prison.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	126754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The challenges facing women released from prison seeking accommodation are fully recognised. Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision, including female offenders, is released from prison homeless.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this, HMPPS launched a new transitional accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks accommodation and support for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness. The service was initially launched last July in five probation areas in England. By 2024-5, we will spend £200m per year to reduce reoffending, including expanding the provision to support the thousands of people, male and female, across England and Wales who leave prison each year without accommodation. The service takes account of the needs of women with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage as required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme on 28 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. Combined with our temporary accommodation service, this builds a pathway from prison to settled accommodation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2022 16:29:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1423196

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape trials were abandoned from their start dates (a) due to a lack of (i) prosecution advocates or (ii) defence advocates and (c) for other reasons in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2022 16:45:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name PQ 125045-47, 125050-055 table (revised).xlsx title Table previous answer version 55324 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423198

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for fraud offences were abandoned (a) from their start dates and (b) due to a lack of (i) prosecution and (ii) defence advocates in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 125045 125046 125048 125049 125050 125051 125052 125053 125054 125055 question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423201

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for (a) rape of, (b) sexual assault of and (c) sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 were abandoned (i) from their start dates and (ii) due to a lack of (A) prosecution and (B) defence advocates in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 125045 125046 125047 125048 125049 125051 125052 125053 125054 125055 question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420209

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to completion for cases of (i) public order offences and (ii) fraud in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	119604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Below we have provided data on timeliness for the offence types requested. The data shows the median and mean duration (in days) of those cases from receipt at Crown Court to completion. The Ministry of Justice does not have data on end-to-end timeliness from offence to completion broken down by offence type.</p><p>The data for each calendar year includes the figures up to 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we can only provide that data up to the end of Q3 (September) which is the latest published data available.</p><p>This data is published as experimental statistics as part of the Criminal Court Statistics publication: Pivot table for average timeliness (days) from receipt to completion of defendants dealt with in cases disposed of in the Crown Court by case type, offence, plea and region. The data is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Violence against the person </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Theft</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Criminal damage and arson </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Drug Offences</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Possession of weapons </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Receipt to completion in days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Public Order offences</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Fraud </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 (to September)</strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 119602 119603 question first answered 10/02/2022 17:05:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed