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1307184

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date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the size of the case backlog in the youth court system.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	178747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>In 2020 outstanding youth cases at the magistrates' court reached an annual peak of 12,138 in June, then consistently fell to 9,930 cases by December. In the same period, outstanding youth cases at the Crown Court remained stable, peaking at 665 in October then falling to 629 by December.</p><p>The focus for 2021 will be to drive the continued reduction of outstanding cases in the Youth Court, working with agencies across the Criminal Justice System to minimise delays.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/04/2021 14:20:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307185

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Laboratories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on establishing a National Crime Laboratory.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Establishing a National Crime and Justice Laboratory is part of the Government’s ambition to make better use of data in the fight against crime.</p><p>We are working closely with stakeholders from across the Criminal Justice System to deliver this manifesto commitment. This has included a project working with stakeholders and suppliers to explore the technical requirements needed to underpin its development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/04/2021 15:04:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307186

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suspects in (a) murder and (b) rape cases received bail in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	178749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on defendants remanded on bail in England and Wales up to December 2019, prior to court, at magistrates’ court and at Crown Court:</p><p> </p><p>Remand status prior to court (relating to suspects) is available in the magistrates’ court data tool and is labelled ‘Remand status with Police’.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Magistrates’ court</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888658/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888657/remands-crown-court-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the data tools, search for murder and rape using the ‘Offence’ filter and the pivot table will populate with the number of defendants by principal (i.e. most serious) remand status for the chosen offences.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/04/2021 16:05:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307316

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Covid Recovery Plans submitted by youth offending teams to the Youth Justice Board.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board has oversight of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and has received Covid-19 Recovery Plans from each YOT. There is no current plan for MoJ or the YJB to publish Covid-19 Recovery Plans as it is the responsibility of local authorities to make their individual plans available to the public.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2021 14:23:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307318

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing modern slavery legislation in tackling child criminal exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery in all its forms and strengthening the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to ensure it continues to be world leading as the forms of modern slavery and the nature of exploitation continue to evolve. It is for this reason, in 2018, the Government commissioned Frank Field, Maria Miller MP and Baroness Butler-Sloss to lead an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Review’s purpose was to report on the operation and effectiveness of the Act, which provides the legal framework for tackling modern slavery in the UK. The final Review made 80 recommendations across four themes:<ul><li>The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner;</li><li>Transparency in Supply Chains;</li><li>Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (formerly known as Advocates);</li><li>Legal application of the Modern Slavery Act.</li></ul>The Government welcomed the findings of the Review and accepted or partially accepted the majority of the recommendations The Review considered the definition of Child Criminal Exploitation under the Act and concluded that it should not be amended as the definition currently in place is sufficiently flexible to meet a range of new and emerging forms of modern slavery. The Review recommended that the Government should produce policy guidance to assist in the interpretation of the Act. Child Criminal Exploitation is defined in statutory guidance for frontline practitioners working with children, including the Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Home Office has also rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs), as set out in Section 48 of the Act, in one-third of local authorities across England and Wales. ICTGs provide an independent source of advice for trafficked children. As part of the ICTG service model, ICTG Regional Practice Co-ordinators (RPCs) have been introduced to raise awareness amongst professionals about the non-punishment principle and the section 45 defence of the Act for children who commit offences in the course, or as a consequence of, being trafficked. The continued national roll-out of ICTGs is being progressed as part of the National Referral Mechanism Transformation Programme, which is improving the UK’s system for identifying and supporting all victims of modern slavery. More widely, the Home Office is working to ensure law enforcement agencies and partners make full use of the powers and tools available, including slavery and trafficking prevention and risk orders to tackle county lines and associated Child Criminal Exploitation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/04/2021 15:09:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307451

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Biometric Residence Permit cards are produced by the DVLA within 10 working days of a notification of the decision to grant leave being sent out.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>DVLA processes all BRP within 10 working days of receiving the request. It has a service level agreement to complete 90% of production requests within one working day and the remaining 10% within two working days. For the financial year 2020/21 it achieved 69.3% (630,173) within 24 hours and 97.9% (259,977) within 48 hours. 2.1% (19,250) took longer than 48 hours.</p><p> </p><p>The production of BRPs outside the 48 hour target was the result of a production failure at DVLA over a three working day period between 22 – 26 October 2020. The average processing time of the 19,250 affected was three working days. This enabled our secure delivery provider, FedEx, to attempt to deliver all BRPs within 10 working days of the decision notification being issued.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI meets with DVLA weekly to monitor performance. The impacts of Covid-19 restrictions and safe working practices have reduced staffing capacity within the production site and contributed to the delays experienced in failing to achieve the 24 hour SLA.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/04/2021 13:04:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307650

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page five of the National Crime Agency's report entitled County Lines Drug Supply, Vulnerability and Harm 2018, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of concealing drugs internally for transportation in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government is taking action to target those who seek to exploit vulnerable children through their county lines operations, which includes the practice of concealing drugs internally for transportation.</p><p>On 20 January, the Government announced £40m of dedicated investment to tackle drugs supply and county lines and surge our activity against these ruthless gangs. This will allow us to expand and build upon the successful results of our existing £25m county lines programme and brings the total invested to £65 million since November 2019.</p><p>Through our county lines programme we are funding the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) to improve the intelligence picture and co-ordinate the national law enforcement response. NCLCC are responsible for delivering the National Strategic Assessment for county lines and the next assessment, for the period covering 2020, will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/04/2021 14:58:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1307942

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to reform benefits payments in order to protect recipients with complex needs from criminal exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no such plans.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>We take every care to prevent incorrect payments being made and to ensure that benefits are paid to the correct recipients; and that their payments are accurate from the outset of a claim.</p><p> </p><p>Operational staff also have instructions on how to alert DWP’s Serious Organised Crime (SOC) Team, who work closely with the National Crime Agency and the Home Office to investigate criminal activity, to potential cases of modern slavery, and receive guidance, for example, on raising awareness of the risks County Lines activity poses for our more vulnerable claimants who can be exploited by gangs.</p><p> </p><p>Further information may be found in DWP’s Universal Credit (UC) Guidance which covers all aspects of UC and its administration, including claims and payments. Updated chapters are deposited in the House of Commons Library periodically by the DWP and can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/universal-credit-information-sources/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2021 16:08:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1308111

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 46749, on Public Transport: Coronavirus, what progress he has made on introducing flexible season tickets; and when passengers will be able to access those tickets.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the change in travel patterns, the impact of COVID-19 and therefore the need to accommodate a more flexible style of working and travelling.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is actively working with train operators to develop a solution that offers better value and convenience for those who commute flexibly, and we will provide further details in line with the Government’s four-step roadmap out of lockdown.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/04/2021 11:29:33 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1308121

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the notional PrEP allocation of £577,957 in the Public Health Grant 2021-2022 for Brighton and Hove Council was calculated.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	179301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Notional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) funding allocations were calculated using a formula that considers the costs associated with continuing to deliver PrEP to residents who who received it through the PrEP Impact Trial and once the trial ended in October 2020, as well as to residents who would be starting PrEP for the first time during 2021-22. This approach was informed by feedback on the 2020/21 PrEP allocations from commissioner representatives and sexual health providers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2021 16:21:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle