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1583605

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date	03/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there were over one year old in the Crown Courts in England and Wales as of 30 September 2022 for cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault, excluding rape, (c) fraud and (d) the production of, supply of, or possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	139143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Data showing further breakdowns for the number of outstanding rape, sexual offences excluding rape, fraud and the production of, supply of, or possession with intent to supply Class A drugs cases; and all offences has been provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>There will always be outstanding cases in the courts as these figures include cases that are being prepared to be heard in the courts.</p><p> </p><p>The pandemic caused significant disruption in the Criminal Justice System. Jury trials were initially paused, and when they were resumed, social distancing restricted our capacity. This caused the number of outstanding cases to build up in both the Crown Court and the Magistrates’ Courts.</p><p> </p><p>Our decisive action in the Courts kept justice moving during the face of an unprecedented pandemic and as a result, the outstanding caseload in the Crown Court had reduced from 60,400 cases in June 2021 to 57,500 cases at the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>However, the caseload increased again from April, primarily due to the Criminal Bar Association strike disruptive action and stood at 62,300 at the end of November. The caseload is now beginning to decrease and stood at 61,700 at the end of December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested a significant amount of extra money for the Criminal Justice System to help improve waiting times for victims of crime and reduce the Crown Court backlog.</p><p> </p><p>We are recruiting up to 1,000 judges in 2022/23 across all jurisdictions and we have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second financial year in a row which will enable us to sit at maximum capacity over the coming years. We are also delivering the specialist sexual violence support project in three Crown Court centres.</p><p> </p><p>We also recently announced the continued use of 24 Nightingale courtrooms into the 2023/24 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 139144 question first answered 21/02/2023 16:07:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-02-13 PQ 139143 139144 - table v2.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1583606

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding criminal cases there were over one year old in the Crown Courts in England and Wales as of 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	139144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Data showing further breakdowns for the number of outstanding rape, sexual offences excluding rape, fraud and the production of, supply of, or possession with intent to supply Class A drugs cases; and all offences has been provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>There will always be outstanding cases in the courts as these figures include cases that are being prepared to be heard in the courts.</p><p> </p><p>The pandemic caused significant disruption in the Criminal Justice System. Jury trials were initially paused, and when they were resumed, social distancing restricted our capacity. This caused the number of outstanding cases to build up in both the Crown Court and the Magistrates’ Courts.</p><p> </p><p>Our decisive action in the Courts kept justice moving during the face of an unprecedented pandemic and as a result, the outstanding caseload in the Crown Court had reduced from 60,400 cases in June 2021 to 57,500 cases at the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>However, the caseload increased again from April, primarily due to the Criminal Bar Association strike disruptive action and stood at 62,300 at the end of November. The caseload is now beginning to decrease and stood at 61,700 at the end of December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested a significant amount of extra money for the Criminal Justice System to help improve waiting times for victims of crime and reduce the Crown Court backlog.</p><p> </p><p>We are recruiting up to 1,000 judges in 2022/23 across all jurisdictions and we have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second financial year in a row which will enable us to sit at maximum capacity over the coming years. We are also delivering the specialist sexual violence support project in three Crown Court centres.</p><p> </p><p>We also recently announced the continued use of 24 Nightingale courtrooms into the 2023/24 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 139143 question first answered 21/02/2023 16:07:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2023-02-13 PQ 139143 139144 - table v2.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1583631

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an itemised breakdown of ODA spending on administration costs to support refugee hosting for each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	139300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Given the complexity of factors involved in calculating ODA spend, the Home Office does not categorise data on ODA spend in a way that makes it possible to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ODA spend by the Home Office can be found on GOV.UK under the Statistics for International Development.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/03/2023 14:47:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1583645

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	Care Workers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care workers lost their job because they declined the covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	139215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/02/2023 17:01:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1583687

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) fossil fuel-, (b) electric- and (c) hybrid-powered road-legal vehicles their Department purchased in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The core department has not purchased any vehicles in the last 24 months.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 21/02/2023 16:54:49 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583736

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	Department of Health and Social Care:ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	139344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes matters of security very seriously, with all new Ministers receiving a general security briefing in their first weeks in Government as a priority. These cover personal, cyber, technical and information security. The Government does not comment on individual Ministers’ security arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2023 17:06:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 54418 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1583955

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in addition to existing sanctions placed on Myanmar, what further steps they intend to take to stop human rights violations and to ensure accountability of those responsible for the military coup and the subsequent attacks on civilians.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK is clear that there must be accountability for atrocities committed in Myanmar. We condemn the ongoing serious human rights violations by the Myanmar Armed Forces. We will continue to raise these issues on the international stage, including at the UN Security Council. We have established and funded the Myanmar Witness programme to collect and verify evidence of serious human rights violations and abuses. This evidence could be used in any future legal proceedings.</p><p>On 25 August 2022, the UK announced its intention to intervene in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case regarding Myanmar's compliance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention, in relation to acts committed against the Rohingya. The UK is currently working on the scope of its intervention, including detailed consideration of the legal arguments. It intends to make a formal declaration to the Court in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2023 17:14:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1583957

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have made of the revenue flows to the Myanmar military; and what steps, if any, they are taking to stem these flows.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK has led international efforts to reduce the military regime's access to revenue, arms and equipment. This includes targeting the military regime's patronage network. On 31 January the UK announced our fourteenth round of sanctions, targeting those who profit from the supply of aviation fuel to the Myanmar Air Force. Following the coup, we strengthened our overseas business risk guidance to ensure that UK businesses are doing thorough due diligence in Myanmar to avoid exposure to the military and its business interests.</p><p>We continue to work closely with our partners to understand how we can take targeted and proportionate action to reduce the military's access to funds to facilitate their campaign of violence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2023 17:09:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1583958

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking following the adoption of United Nations Security Resolution 2669 (2022) on the situation in Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>On 21 December 2022, the UN Security Council (UNSC) passed the first ever resolution, which was led by the UK, on the situation in Myanmar. The resolution demands an end to violence and urges immediate action by the military regime to fully implement the ASEAN Five Point Consensus. The resolution also requested that the Secretary-General or his Special Envoy on Myanmar provide an oral report to the Council by 15 March 2023, I can confirm that this meeting will take place in March as planned. The resolution is an important first step towards further Council scrutiny of, and action on, the situation in Myanmar. We are working closely with our partners in New York to seize the momentum of this historic resolution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2023 17:31:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1583960

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the change in humanitarian needs in Myanmar since 2021, and (2) the needs of children in that country; and what plans they have to increase their development assistance to Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK remains strongly committed to helping those most in need in Myanmar and is responding to the drastic increase in humanitarian needs, including for children. The UK remains one of the leading donors. Since the 1st February 2021 coup, the UK has provided over £100m to support those in need of humanitarian assistance, to deliver healthcare and education for the most vulnerable, and to protect civic space. This includes supporting new born and child health and emergency referrals for pregnant mothers and children. We are also working closely with civil society and local organisations to help build the resilience of communities and the foundations for a more open, inclusive and democratic Myanmar.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2023 17:45:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool