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61553

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date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that people with learning disabilities are not excluded from NHS England's five-year strategic plan for National Health Service commissioners to improve quality of and access to health care, outlined in Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15–2018/19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Mandate to NHS England, sets out our ambitions for the health service, which include an objective that NHS England ensures clinical commissioning groups work with local authorities to ensure that vulnerable people, particularly those with learning disabilities and autism, receive safe, appropriate, high quality care. NHS England sets out how it will achieve the objectives in the Mandate in its 2014-15 – 2016-17 business plan. The Government will hold NHS England to account for its achievement.</p><p> </p><p><em>Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15 to 2018/19</em>sets out a framework within which commissioners will need to work with providers and partners in local government to develop five year plans to secure the continuity of sustainable high quality care for all. Building on <em>Everyone Counts</em>, NHS England is beginning a programme of work to consider how to improve quality of and access to health care for people with learning disabilities. Within the framework there is specific reference to <em>Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital. </em>This is a non-negotiable item that NHS England expects to be part of every relationship between commissioners and providers. As part of this, clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and specialised commissioners should work together to implement the core specification which describes the core principles that must be present in all education, health and social care services for children, young people, adults and older people with learning disabilities and/or autism who either display, or are at risk of displaying, behaviour that challenges.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to work to reduce premature mortality amongst people with learning disability, including actions in response to the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/06/2014 14:01:36 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 15:34:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe previous answer version 6304 answering member printed Earl Baldwin of Bewdley answering member 3446
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

61554

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers, if any, were present at the presentation to the Department for Education on the threat of radicalisation in Birmingham schools given by head teacher Tim Boyes in 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
uin	HL323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an internal review into how the Department for Education dealt with warnings in Birmingham since the formation of this Government in 2010, and before.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/06/2014 16:26:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2233 label Biography information for Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

61555

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £40 million ring-fenced funding for specialist domestic and sexual violence services will be allocated to the Department of Health, and how much to the Department for Education.
tabling member printed	Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
uin	HL324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the spending review period the £40 million ring-fenced funding for specialist domestic and sexual violence services consists of £28 million <br>allocated by the Home Office. This funding is provided directly to local areas not other government departments and is used to support independent domestic violence advisors, independent sexual violence advisers, and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinators. £900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national help lines for victims of domestic violence and stalking.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice contribution of £12 million is used to fund 78 local rape support schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL326 question first answered 25/06/2014 13:56:29 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2233 label Biography information for Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

61556

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects other than refuges for women who are the victims of sexual violence will be set up by the Home Office with the £28 million for the spending review period allocated by the Home Office for specialist domestic and sexual violence services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
uin	HL325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the spending review period the Home Office funding of £28million provides for:</p><p> </p><p>144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers and 75 funded IDVA training places; 87 dedicated Independent Sexual Violence Advisers; 54 <br>Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinators and funding to Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse to provide support and advice to MARACs, as well as running a programme of quality assurance; and £1.2 million for 3 years from 2012 to improve services for young people suffering sexual violence in major urban areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also provides over £900,000 per year to support the following free phone national helplines: the National Stalking Helpline which offers information and advice to stalking victims; the National Domestic Violence Helpline which offers support for victims of domestic violence and is run jointly by Women's Aid and Respect; Broken Rainbow which offers help to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender victims; the Male Advice (and Enquiry) Line which offers help to male victims of domestic violence and advice to perpetrators; and RESPECT which offers information and advice to people who are abusive towards their partners and want help to stop. <br><br>Decisions about the provision of refuge accommodation for victims of domestic abuse are a local matter and it is the responsibility of the individual local authority to identify any gaps in service provision and put in place appropriate solutions to address this. We would expect local authorities to build services based on the needs of their communities, taking account of locally available data sources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 25/06/2014 13:55:28 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2233 label Biography information for Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

61557

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what particular projects under the Department of Health and the Department for Education will be funded in the current spending review period as a result of the allocation of £40 million for specialist domestic and sexual violence services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
uin	HL326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the spending review period the £40 million ring-fenced funding for specialist domestic and sexual violence services consists of £28 million <br>allocated by the Home Office. This funding is provided directly to local areas not other government departments and is used to support independent domestic violence advisors, independent sexual violence advisers, and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinators. £900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national help lines for victims of domestic violence and stalking.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice contribution of £12 million is used to fund 78 local rape support schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL324 question first answered 25/06/2014 13:56:28 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2233 label Biography information for Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

61558

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Medals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any civilian honours other than the George Cross can be awarded posthumously.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report) Column Ref WA126.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 24/06/2014 11:16:15 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

61559

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the ambulance service 999 response rates have been over the past two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows performance against the response time standards for all ambulance trusts in England in the last two financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Monthly performance of ambulance trusts in England for category A calls, 2012-13 and 2013-14</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Of all Category A calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Red 1 calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Red 2 calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Category A calls resulting in an ambulance arriving, proportion within 19 minutes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>77.5%</p></td><td><p>96.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>77.4%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>78.1%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>75.9%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.9%</p></td><td><p>76.5%</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.2%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70.4%</p></td><td><p>70.8%</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.5%</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>95.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.4%</p></td><td><p>73.8%</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.4%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.9%</p></td><td><p>77.8%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.4%</p></td><td><p>77.1%</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>95.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.0%</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>73.8%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.6%</p></td><td><p>73.6%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>73.0%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>72.8%</p></td><td><p>71.7%</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>76.4%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.2%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td><td><p>74.7%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: NHS England, ambulance quality indicators</em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1. </em><em>Ambulance service response times were split in June 2012 in to the most time critical (Red 1) and serious but less time critical (Red 2). </em></p><p><em>2. </em><em>Category A Red 1 calls are the most time critical and cover cardiac arrest patients who are not breathing and do not have a pulse, and other severe conditions.</em></p><p><em>3. </em><em>Category Red 2 calls are serious but less immediately time critical and cover conditions such as stroke and fits, and a new clock start will allow call handlers to get more information about patients.</em></p><p><em>4. </em><em>Category A19 is the total number of Category A calls (Red 1 and Red 2) which resulted in a fully equipped ambulance vehicle (car or ambulance) able to transport the patient in a clinically safe manner arriving at the scene within 19 minutes of the request being made.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the increasing demand on urgent and emergency care services. The Urgent and Emergency Care Review is currently considering whole system change to the delivery of urgent and emergency care, including new models of delivery of care for ambulance services. The first phase of the review was published last November, and we expect NHS England to be publishing further reports later this year.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL329 question first answered 19/06/2014 11:32:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61560

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the reason for, and what action they are taking to address, the deterioration in ambulance 999 response rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows performance against the response time standards for all ambulance trusts in England in the last two financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Monthly performance of ambulance trusts in England for category A calls, 2012-13 and 2013-14</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Of all Category A calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Red 1 calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Red 2 calls, proportion responded to within 8 minutes</p></td><td><p>Of all Category A calls resulting in an ambulance arriving, proportion within 19 minutes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>77.5%</p></td><td><p>96.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>77.4%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>78.1%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>75.9%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.9%</p></td><td><p>76.5%</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.2%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70.4%</p></td><td><p>70.8%</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.5%</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>95.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>73.4%</p></td><td><p>73.8%</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.4%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.9%</p></td><td><p>77.8%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.4%</p></td><td><p>77.1%</p></td><td><p>96.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>95.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.0%</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>73.8%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.6%</p></td><td><p>73.6%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>73.0%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>72.8%</p></td><td><p>71.7%</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>76.4%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.2%</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td><td><p>74.7%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: NHS England, ambulance quality indicators</em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1. </em><em>Ambulance service response times were split in June 2012 in to the most time critical (Red 1) and serious but less time critical (Red 2). </em></p><p><em>2. </em><em>Category A Red 1 calls are the most time critical and cover cardiac arrest patients who are not breathing and do not have a pulse, and other severe conditions.</em></p><p><em>3. </em><em>Category Red 2 calls are serious but less immediately time critical and cover conditions such as stroke and fits, and a new clock start will allow call handlers to get more information about patients.</em></p><p><em>4. </em><em>Category A19 is the total number of Category A calls (Red 1 and Red 2) which resulted in a fully equipped ambulance vehicle (car or ambulance) able to transport the patient in a clinically safe manner arriving at the scene within 19 minutes of the request being made.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the increasing demand on urgent and emergency care services. The Urgent and Emergency Care Review is currently considering whole system change to the delivery of urgent and emergency care, including new models of delivery of care for ambulance services. The first phase of the review was published last November, and we expect NHS England to be publishing further reports later this year.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL328 question first answered 19/06/2014 11:32:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

61561

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Hearing Impairment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking with regard to those Clinical Commissioning Groups that have not funded Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services for deaf people.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme is now the responsibility of individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs); however over £400 million is being invested over the spending review period to make a choice of psychological therapies available for those who need them in all parts of England.</p><p> </p><p>Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 requires service providers and CCGs to make ‘reasonable adjustments' so that disabled people are not placed at a ‘substantial disadvantage' compared to non-disabled people, which would include in the provision of psychological therapies to deaf people.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 12:17:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

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registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of women remanded in custody are subsequently convicted and receive an immediate custodial sentence in (1) each magistrates' court, and (2) each Crown Court, in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The decision to sentence a person to a custodial sentence, or to remand a person into custody prior to trial or sentencing, is a matter for the independent judiciary and courts will take into account all the circumstances of the offence and the offender in determining this. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 introduced a new “no real prospect” test which means that people should be released on bail if it is unlikely that they would receive a custodial sentence on conviction. Sentencing guidelines also make clear that if an offender is the sole or primary carer for dependent relatives then this should be considered a mitigating factor for avoiding a custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure sentencers have robust community options at their disposal. Companies bidding for contracts under our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms will be expected to demonstrate in their bids an effective approach to the identification and recognition of women's needs, as well as protected characteristics, to make sure that individual needs are properly addressed, and they will be held to account to deliver these services in their contracts. We have recently introduced Section 10 of the Offender Rehabilitation Act which requires contracts and service level agreements with all future providers for the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders to identify which services are designed to meet the particular needs of female offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working through the Female Offenders Advisory Board to improve options for Enhanced Community Provision and will be raising awareness of this to criminal justice system practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the proportion of female defendants remanded in custody at magistrates' courts and subsequently given immediate custody, broken down by local justice area in England and Wales in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the proportion of female defendants remanded in custody at the Crown Court and subsequently given immediate custody, broken down by Crown Court centre in England and Wales in 2013.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/06/2014 12:50:33 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL331 Tables.XLS title Table(s) 1 and 2 - Female Defendants
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill