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1679323

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Research
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 14 September 2023 to Question 198320 on Ipsos MORI: Prisons, when he expects to receive the results of the research project on the retributive benefit of prison.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	7797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working with Ipsos Mori to finalise the research design and ensure it is analytically robust. The survey has not yet been conducted but the expectation is that results will be available later this year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2024 16:26:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1679328

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sir Brandon Lewis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 95 of the Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how his Department calculated the total salary and fees for the Member for Great Yarmouth for the period in which he was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice between 6 September and 24 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	7874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Total salary and fees disclosed in the Remuneration Report are based on gross salary information in line with HMT financial reporting guidance. Upon review it has been noted that the information disclosed for the Member for Great Yarmouth was overstated as it did not reflect an additional correction from the payroll records. The correct gross salary was £9,043 and the net pay received by the Member for Great Yarmouth was based on the reduced amount.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:46:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1679389

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection are in category A prisons.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	7739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>There are 108 prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection are in Category A prisons.</p><p> </p><p>There are * prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection in Category A prisons which are categorised as C category prisoners. (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7740 question first answered 15/01/2024 14:24:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1679390

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection in category A prisons are categorized as C category prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	7740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>There are 108 prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection are in Category A prisons.</p><p> </p><p>There are * prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection in Category A prisons which are categorised as C category prisoners. (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7739 question first answered 15/01/2024 14:24:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1679394

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Law Reporting: Artificial Intelligence
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 potential merits of using AI to produce trial transcripts.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	7747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is constantly assessing how to improve the efficiency within the criminal justice system, including mechanisms to accelerate trial transcripts.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the potential merits to using automated technology for trial transcriptions, including a potential reduction in the time it takes to produce a transcription and comparative value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Transcriptions must achieve very high levels of accuracy (99.5%) to ensure the justice system can operate fairly and effectively. However, even software with learning capability cannot yet reliably meet the accuracy requirements for the service without human intervention.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:46:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1679417

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
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 implement the framework for out-of-court disposals introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	7795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering a strengthened and consistent Out of Court Disposals framework in England and Wales through the reformed two-tier cautions framework set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022. We are continuing to work towards implementing it effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Our draft Code of Practice, covering the use, administration, and scrutiny of the revised framework of the Diversionary and Community Cautions, was put to public consultation from 2 August to 13 October 2023. We are analysing the responses received to inform any necessary revisions to the draft Code of Practice and we will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course. We will confirm the implementation timeline for the revised framework once this process is complete.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2024 16:24:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1679418

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions: Hate Crime
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 effectiveness of conditional cautions in relation to hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	7796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>National guidance issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Adult Conditional Cautions states that they are not considered suitable for offences involving hate crime. However, there are rare cases when, because of the nature of the crime or the circumstances of the offender, exceptionally a Conditional Caution could be considered. Any such case considered suitable by the police for a Conditional Caution must be referred to a prosecutor and cannot be issued without the expressed authorisation of the Crown Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 10/01/2024 15:43:59 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1679521

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 21 of his Department's publication entitled Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan 2022–25, published in January 2023, what is his planned timetable for the publication of the Young Women's (18–25) Strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We remain committed to delivering the commitments in our Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan by 2025. This includes working towards the publication of the Young Women’s Strategy, that will take a system-wide approach to improving outcomes for young women, and for girls who transition to the adult estate. The strategy will be informed by the young adult women’s pilots at HMP Bronzefield and HMP Styal, and the <em>Operational guidance for working with young adult women in custody</em>, which sets out the approach to supporting young women in prison.</p><p>We will publish a One Year On report on the Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan shortly, which will report on progress against all commitments in the Plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:47:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1679531

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage
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 14 September 2023 to Question 198188, whether his Department has made a further assessment of the implications for his policies of the Law Commission report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published in July 2022; and when his Department plans to publish a response to that report.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is still carefully considering the Law Commission’s 57 recommendations for weddings reform and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 14:31:01 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1679544

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of items thrown over the walls into prisons.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does hold data on the number of incidents of items being thrown into prisons, however releasing the method of entry for contraband items is a security risk. Therefore, it cannot be released to answer this PQ.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to tackling all methods of smuggling into prisons, including throwovers. We completed the £100 million Security Investment Programme in March 2022, which included funding to bolster physical security measures. Prisons also conduct perimeter searches based on their Local Security Strategy to address the threat of throwovers, which complement physical barriers such as fencing and netting.</p><p> </p><p>Intelligence and information relating to the conveyance of illicit items into prisons is shared routinely with the police and serves to inform and direct operational activity, which in turn drives arrests and prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:27:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury