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1436960

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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	Courts: Digital Technology
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 February 2022 to Question 127419 on Courts: Digital Technology, if he will publish (a) any interim analysis of the performance of the Common Platform tool and (b) the number of cases processed per day in courts using that tool.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>It is not our practice to publish internal analysis.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is conducting an evaluation of the HMCTS Reform programme to ensure that the effects of reform can be identified and assessed. Findings from the evaluation will be fed into the development of the Reform Programme to maximise learning. An interim report is planned for publication in 2022 with the final report being completed at the end of the Reform Programme.</p><p> </p><p>MOJ published measures include both Common Platform and legacy systems together to provide a coherent picture of activity.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/03/2022 17:50:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1436961

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	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the average length of time for probate to be granted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Average waiting times for probate grants, from July 2019 to September 2021, are published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 25): https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>Information covering up to December 2021 will be published on 31 March.</p><p> </p><p>More recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly) provides waiting time information up to December 2021. See: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-december-2021.</p><p> </p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times. HMCTS continues to collaborate with its users to enhance the service and the latest information on this can be found at: https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/28/working-together-to-avoid-delays-to-probate-applications/ (opens in a new tab).</p><p>Prior to 2019, applicants had to travel to town centre locations to swear an oath before a court officer or a commissioner for oaths. This could involve multiple visits as any issues with the application were largely dealt with before the application was submitted to the court. Reforms in 2019 saw this process replaced with statements of truth, removing the burden of travelling to swear an oath, and enabling applicants to apply online from the comfort of their own home. This change in process means the point systems recording the start of waiting times fundamentally changed and therefore comparable waiting time data over the last five years is not available.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/03/2022 17:02:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1436963

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	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel; and what the average length is of those delays.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice does not currently publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel. This specific data is not recorded. However, the Ministry of Justice publishes a range of statistics relating to the criminal justice system which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" target="_blank">Statistics at MOJ - Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/03/2022 17:52:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1436979

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	Ministry of Justice: Accidents
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 February 2022 to Question 126657 on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish figures on how much compensation his Department has paid out following accidents that have taken place in courts in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The following table sets out the total amount of compensation paid to individuals by the Ministry of Justice in each of the last three financial years, where those payments relate to claims or potential claims made against the Department in respect of accidents that took place on the estate administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Compensation total</strong></p></td><td><p>£181, 521</p></td><td><p>126,545</p></td><td><p>£339,477</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*The figures for 2021/22 are correct as at end of February 2022</p><p> </p><p>Compensation payments made to individuals, as listed, do not include any legal costs that might also have been paid. Variation in levels of payments between years is a determined by a range of factors, but principally the severity of the injuries and associated impacts sustained or suffered by respective claimants.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/03/2022 15:31:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1436982

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	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts in England have separate entrances to allow victims of crime to avoid the accused.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	132269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) buildings have facilities and operational practices in place to make sure HMCTS fulfils its commitment to provide victims attending court with a different entrance to the defendant, and a separate waiting area before and after a case is heard, where possible. This is all done in accordance with the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales and the Witness Charter.</p><p>The most recent audit that looked at dedicated separate entrances for victims and witnesses was carried out in 2019. Of 359 courts who were surveyed, 170 (47%) had a dedicated separate entrance for victims and witnesses. Courts without dedicated separate entrances have processes to enable victims and witnesses to use alternative secure routes to get into a court.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/03/2022 15:46:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1436996

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	Ministry of Justice: Social Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the (i) budgets and (ii) FTE staff time allocated to each group within each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	132397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p><strong>Provide a list of (a) professional staff networks operating within his Department</strong></p><p>MoJ corporate information pages about Equality and Diversity <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">Equality and diversity - Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> provide details of most of the MoJ professional staff networks, offering support and advice to employees and senior leadership, which cover race, disability, gender, LGBTQI, faith, carers, job sharers, menopause, EU nationals, and parents. MoJ faith and belief networks include Christianity, Islam and Humanism. There is also a frontline staff network.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ also has communities of staff taking on advocacy and support roles including Race Ambassadors, a forum for those experiencing domestic violence, Bullying and Harassment Advisors, Mental Health Allies, a Green Group and People Champions.</p><p> </p><p>The larger MoJ Agencies including HMCTS, HMPPS, LAA and OPG have local subsidiaries of the main MoJ wide networks and staff communities.</p><p><strong>Provide a list of (b) social clubs operating within MoJ</strong></p><p>There is currently one recognised Social Club, <a href="https://jurajustice.org.uk/index.php" target="_blank">JURA - the Justice Recreation Association - JURA Justice</a>, that is open to all MoJ Staff, Agencies and ALBs. Members pay a subscription and is run by a team of volunteers.</p><p><strong>P</strong><strong>rovide the (i) budgets allocated to each group within each of the last three years.</strong></p><p>For cross MoJ staff networks, a notional, collective budget was accessible:</p><ul><li>2021-22 - £10,000.00</li><li>2020-21 - £10,000.00</li><li>2019-2020 - £0</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Provide (ii) FTE staff time allocated to each group within each of the last three years.</strong></p><p> </p><p>As part of our central MoJ Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing department, FTE 37.5 hours per week central support is provided to build the capability of our MoJ Staff Networks. Since 2020, MoJ Staff Network Chair Holders are permitted 8 hours per week allocated time in recognition of the work spent supporting networks as a corporate contribution. Where there is more than one chair, this time is allocated between them. Our agencies have adapted the same or similar approach.</p><p>Staff allocated time for agency networks is largely in line apart from within HMPPS where the staff network leads are full-time roles FTE 37.5 hours a week.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/03/2022 15:47:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1437076

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	Remand in Custody: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what housing support is provided to women held on remand; and what steps his Department takes to help ensure that people with tenancies do not lose them while in custody.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	132186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>We know women released from prison face significant barriers to securing suitable accommodation. Earlier support to find accommodation, whilst they are held on remand, can help.</p><p>Women on remand are supported to meet their immediate resettlement needs and prepare for release by Probation pre-release staff in prisons. We have committed to supplementing the existing support from Probation staff with access to specialist accommodation support, including the sustaining of tenancies as appropriate and finance and debt support, for all women on remand or sentenced in custody. We aim to have commenced this additional provision by the summer of this year.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, we also 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> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/03/2022 15:32:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437077

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	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people subject to short custodial prison sentences do not become homeless upon leaving prison.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	132187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no one who is subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>There will be a Short Sentence Function implemented in all regions by June 2022 who will work with all people on probation with 10 months or less to serve in prison. This will enable them to be fast tracked and offered direct engagement.</p><p>All sentenced people (including those on short term sentences) are eligible for support from specialist providers, including accommodation specialists. They will receive support prior to release to address their identified needs, including sustaining tenancies as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a new provision of temporary accommodation and support for up to 12 weeks after release for prison leavers at risk of homelessness. Initially launched in 5 probation regions, we will expand this service nationally.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, we also 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> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/03/2022 15:33:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437095

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	HM Prison and Probation Service: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) plans to disclose their relevant records to Mr Paul Cleeland, as promised by the chief executive of HMPPS in her letter to the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe dated 20 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	132238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The delay in responding to the Hon. member and his constituent is due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the team dealing with the request. I have asked for the records to be made available as soon as possible. The team expect to complete the review and disclose the records by the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2022 18:36:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

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