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1178914

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 265611 on Debt Collection, what his timescale is for responding to his Department's Review of enforcement agent (bailiff) reforms: call for evidence, published in November 2018; and what plans he has to issue new guidelines on the conduct of enforcement officers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	18388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In a Written Ministerial Statement on enforcement agent (bailiff) reform made to Parliament on 22 July 2019, the Government set out its initial response to the call for evidence which closed in February 2019.We have continued to engage with stakeholders in order to finalise our response. We plan to respond to the call for evidence in full in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/02/2020 17:40:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1178959

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to rehabilitate prisoners convicted of terrorism offences; and which (a) organisations and (b) individuals provide rehabilitation programmes to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) use tailored interventions with offenders - psychological, ideological and theological - to support their disengagement and rehabilitation.</p><p>We continue to regularly review Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) intervention programmes to ensure they are informed by the most up to date research on correctional rehabilitation. Interventions are delivered by in-house HMPPS CT specialists or through a range of external providers. We are unable to disclose further information regarding external providers as we are concerned about the adverse impact disclosure will have on national security.</p><p>More widely, we have trained over 29,000 prison staff to recognise, report and challenge extremist behaviour in prison. HMPPS works closely with partners, including with law enforcement, to understand and manage the risks that terrorist offenders present in prison, using a range of control and rehabilitation measures. This is underpinned by a specialist counter terrorism case management process, which is led by HMPPS Counter Terrorism specialists.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 15:53:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1178985

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider introducing a British bill of rights.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	18637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We made a commitment in our manifesto to update the Human Rights Act 1998 and administrative law to ensure that there is a proper balance between the rights of individuals, our national security and effective government. We are now considering how best to do this, and have no current plans to introduce a British Bill of Rights.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/03/2020 15:51:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1179066

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill in its First Report of Session 2017–19, whether he plans to undertake a review on how to address domestic abuse in relationships between under-16 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	18918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We will publish our response to the remaining Joint Committee recommendations on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill, including on whether to undertake a review on how to address domestic abuse in relationships between under-16 year olds, when the Bill is re-introduced. As the Leader of the House of Commons has indicated, we expect this to be ahead of the Easter recess.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic abuse has a devastating impact on children and young people. Growing up in a household of fear and intimidation can impact their health, wellbeing and development, with lasting effects into adulthood. That is why the government has provided £8m over the last two years for services designed to support children affected by domestic abuse, be it perpetrated by parents/guardians or children they’re in a relationship with.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully committed to enacting the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill to transform the response to domestic abuse. A key aim of the Bill is to raise awareness of the impact that domestic abuse can have on children and to ensure they are considered victims in their own right.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/03/2020 15:36:35 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1179185

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on couples wishing to have a humanist wedding of the requirement to also have a civil ceremony in order for their marriage to be lawfully recognised.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	18961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Government consulted in 2014 on marriages by non-religious belief organisations. Its summary assessment of costs and benefits was published in the response, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/marriages-by-non-religious-belief-organisations.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/03/2020 15:32:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1179196

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the number of behaviour management incidents in custody for young offenders.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	18968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of children in custody has declined by 70% over the past decade, leading to a concentrated cohort of children with particularly complex needs, most of whom are serving sentences for more serious or violent offences. The safety of all children and staff is paramount, so we have taken the following measures:</p><ul><li>Last year, the Youth Custody Service published, and began implementing, a new approach to behaviour management – “Building Bridges” – developed with the NHS.[1] This is based on the importance of leadership, trusting staff-child relationships and the benefits of reward, prevention and proactive techniques.</li></ul><ul><li>We are funding all our frontline officers to undertake a youth justice qualification up to foundation degree level, which will enable them to better analyse need and risk, and deploy more effective interventions.</li><li>We recruited more psychologists and healthcare workers to work with children to help them overcome the issues at the root of their poor behaviour. For those children with the most complex needs, we have created two specialist enhanced support units so they can receive the intensive support they need.</li><li>We have commissioned a review of pain-inducing restraint techniques, which we expect to publish shortly, and set up a taskforce to review separation practice and policy.</li></ul><p>We anticipate this range of new measures will lead to improved behaviour, fewer incidents and better outcomes for children.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 15:49:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1179218

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court cases have been listed for mention in each of the last 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of cases which have been listed for mention in the Crown court over the last 18 months:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>April 2018 - September 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>4588</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>4423</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>4442</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>4562</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>4352</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>4318</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>4874</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>4801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>3517</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>4601</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>4228</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>4529</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>4254</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>4565</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>4198</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>4710</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>4212</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>4298</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong>1. These data has been extracted from the Crown Court Xhibit database, and run until September-19 in line with published data.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Xhibit is a live system and data can change over time.</strong></p><p><strong>3. The hearing codes used to extract these data are those recorded by the court listing officer and reflect the hearing type as shown on the daily list. </strong></p><p><strong>4. If a case has two or more hearings within the same month it has only been counted once. Should the hearings be on different months they have been counted in each month.</strong></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2020 17:51:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1179286

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the offences committed by those offenders who had previously been released on licence and recalled to custody but who had not been returned to custody by 31 December 2019; and how many of those offences were in the categories of (a) violence against the person and (b) sexual offences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>On 30 January 2020 the quarterly offender management statistics were published which set out the list of original offences committed by those offenders recalled, but not returned, to custody since 1984 as of 31 December 2019. Of the 1953 offenders within this cohort, 330 had originally committed offences categorised as violence against the person and 60 as sexual offences. The full breakdown is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Dec-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,953</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence against the person</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other and attempted homicide</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other violence against the person</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sexual offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sexual offences</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross indecency with children</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Burglary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Theft and handling</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fraud and forgery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Drug offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>388</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Motoring offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Once officials on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice have revoked an offender’s licence, it is for the Police to find, apprehend and return the offender to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2020 10:50:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179287

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reece Dempster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the previous offences by (a) date, (b) category and (c) disposal of each offence committed by Reece Dempster who was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 6 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>As is consistent with established procedure, we do not intend to publish the previous offences. An application for disclosure may be made to the relevant court under Part 5.8 Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 as amended.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:07:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179288

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prison officers were convicted of an offence as a result of having a relationship with a prisoner in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Data relating to how many (a) male and (b) female prison officers were convicted of an offence as a result of having a relationship with a prisoner is not held centrally. This is because Misconduct in Public Office (MIPO) offences are not broken down into this category</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 16:25:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies