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1722813

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many postmasters have been notified that their convictions have been quashed by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	1307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>As of 26 July 2024, we have issued 10 letters confirming to postmasters that their convictions have been quashed by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, Northern Irish Executive and Scottish Government are taking all reasonable steps and are working at pace to identify those within scope of the legislation. To do this, the Government is examining data spanning multiple decades and from multiple sources, including but not limited to the Post Office, the Police National Record, and court files. It is necessary that this process is undertaken carefully.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Government said publicly that most letters confirming to individuals that their convictions have been quashed would be sent by the end of July. However, since then inconsistencies have been identified between the different datasets and the Government has therefore decided to conduct extra checks to ensure that all decisions on scope are correct.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 30/07/2024 09:44:35 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1722963

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure a continuity of care for individuals released from prison via the early release scheme that were receiving treatment for (a) drug and (b) alcohol issues.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to working in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to ensure that continuity of care is in place for individuals leaving prison under the ECSL scheme and who have an ongoing drug and or alcohol treatment need.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 26/07/2024 11:46:12 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1722419

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the devolved Administrations on ensuring value for money in legal aid provision.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>Legal aid is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland. My Rt. Hon. friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has not yet had the opportunity to discuss legal aid with the devolved governments. Ministers look forward to working with their counterparts in the devolved governments on a range of issues, including legal aid.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 25/07/2024 12:39:07 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1722460

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the family court system (a) provides adequate support for court users who have experienced abuse by their (i) partner and (ii) former partner and (b) cannot be misused by perpetrators of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to halving incidences of violence against women and girls; a key element of this is ensuring that the courts are safe and supportive environments for victims, including within the family court.</p><p>We are committed to supporting children, parents and carers throughout the family justice system, and will set out a package of measures to see this done across the course of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones question first answered 25/07/2024 10:44:44 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1722461

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that legal aid is available to people using the family courts who have been subject to (a) financial control and (b) domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>In private family proceedings, legal aid is available for child arrangements, financial remedy proceedings and divorce for domestic abuse victims, including those subjected to economic abuse, and where the child is at risk of abuse, subject to providing the required evidence and meeting the means and merits tests.</p><p>Emergency representation is available for the purpose of obtaining urgent protection, such as non-molestation orders. We understand how important it is that anyone who needs a protective order can access legal advice and representation quickly, whatever their means. An eligibility waiver is available for victims of domestic abuse applying for an injunction or other protective order, which means they can receive legal aid even if they would not otherwise pass the means test, though they may then have to pay a financial contribution towards their legal costs.</p><p>In public family proceedings, means-free legal aid is available for parents and children in public family law children cases, including care proceedings and adoption proceedings under the Children Act 1989 and in related proceedings. Legal aid is also available to prospective kinship carers, subject to the means and merits test. Victims of domestic abuse do not need to provide evidence of abuse when accessing legal aid for public family matters.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 25/07/2024 10:41:42 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1722520

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Audio Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason Crown courts can refuse to release audio recordings of criminal hearings.
tabling member constituency	Goole and Pocklington
tabling member printed	David Davis
uin	880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>Access to audio recordings of proceedings in the Crown Court is at the discretion of the Court, subject to procedures and principles set out in the Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 29/07/2024 08:22:39 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1722607

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme were subsequently recalled to prison.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact.</p><p> </p><p>ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost, because it would require the linkage and reconciliation of multiple administrative datasets.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 25/07/2024 16:27:28 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1722295

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
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 her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist marriages.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that weddings are an important issue for humanists and that the Law Commission has made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set out our next steps on our manifesto commitment to strengthen rights and protections for women in cohabitating couples in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones grouped question UIN 833 question first answered 29/07/2024 14:36:21 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1722296

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of accepting the recommendations of the report by the Law Commission on wedding law entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 19 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that weddings are an important issue for humanists and that the Law Commission has made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set out our next steps on our manifesto commitment to strengthen rights and protections for women in cohabitating couples in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones grouped question UIN 832 question first answered 29/07/2024 14:36:21 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1721944

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community service sentencing in reducing levels of reoffending in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>Across England and Wales, community service, now known as Unpaid Work (UPW), is primarily a punitive measure, however it can contribute to an individual's rehabilitation by providing an opportunity to gain vocational or skills-based on the job training while giving back to the society they have offended in. For those with an identified skills or training need, a percentage of their UPW hours can also be spent on education, training and employment activities to support their desistance from crime.</p><p>As it is primarily intended and used as a punitive part of a sentence, we do not measure the impact of having an UPW requirement on reoffending rates. This information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Tackling reoffending is crucial to reducing crime, reducing demand on prison and probation services and protecting the public. This Government will continue to work with partners across the criminal justice systems to reduce reoffending and giving offenders the tools to move away from crime.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 25/07/2024 16:35:22 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5168