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1041194

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date	14/01/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Millbank House: Lighting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how long the lights in Millbank House will be permanently switched on without any means to switch them off.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. Problems have been experienced with the lighting system installed in 1 Millbank. It appears that the controlling software has been corrupted, resulting in some users being unable to turn on or turn off particular lighting units. A solution is being urgently sought.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 21/01/2019 16:44:43 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1041195

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Living Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Justice uses contractors that pay cleaners, security guards and receptionists less than the London living wage; and if so, why they use such contractors.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The cleaning, security and reception services for the Ministry of Justice’s buildings are outsourced under a facilities management contract and individuals’ pay is a matter for their employer. The Ministry of Justice requires all its contractors to meet their statutory obligations on pay and terms and conditions, including paying the National Living Wage.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/01/2019 13:38:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1038724

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of magistrates required to be recruited over the next five years to maintain the present numbers; and whether they plan to increase the retirement age for magistrates.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS is working closely with the Judiciary to develop a protocol that will provide a forecast of the number of magistrates required up to five years ahead. It is anticipated that this protocol will be agreed and implemented by June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>All judicial office holders, including magistrates, are subject to a uniform mandatory retirement age of 70. In responding to the Lords Constitution Committee’s report into Judicial Appointments of November 2017, we said that we would give further consideration to whether a change to the judicial mandatory retirement age was required. That process is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/01/2019 16:02:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1038725

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to address the shortage of presiding justices identified by the Magistrates Association.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Resource needs across the magistracy are considered annually and reviewed where necessary throughout the year. HMCTS is also working closely with the Judiciary to develop a protocol that will provide a forecast of the number of magistrates required up to five years ahead. It is anticipated that this protocol will be agreed and implemented by June 2019.</p><p>We will continue to monitor and review the number of Presiding Justices and address any recruitment need that arises.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/01/2019 11:31:40 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027159

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much Community Rehabilitation Companies have spent on redundancies since 2015; and whether they consider that amount to be a cause for concern.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12342 HL12343 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027160

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of the staffing levels of Community Rehabilitation Companies in order to deal with the size and character of the caseloads they handle.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12341 HL12343 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027161

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their contracts with Community Rehabilitation Companies allow (1) staff numbers, and (2) costs to be published; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12341 HL12342 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1024835

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of rogue landlords that will be included in the rogue landlord database; and how many have been registered to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>A Justice Impact Test was prepared to accompany the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to support the Ministry of Justice in its planning. At that time it was estimated that local authorities could enter up to 5,000 rogue landlords and property agents onto the database, including up to 600 (12%) mandatory entries for those in receipt of a banning order and so banned from letting. The government does not have a current estimate of the number of rogue landlords but expects the number to be decreasing because of the strong enforcement powers that we have introduced since 2015 to enable local authorities to drive criminal landlords out of the market.</p><p>There are no entries to date on the database. This was expected as an offence must have been committed on or after 6 April 2018, a conviction secured and the period for an appeal passed, before an offender’s details can be listed on the database.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2018 13:42:15 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1024836

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many properties they estimate are owned by rogue landlords.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The government does not hold data on the number of properties owned by rogue landlords. Councils are encouraged to maintain intelligence on the housing stock in their area. Government has recently made available £2 million in funding for innovative and targeted projects, including to help local authorities improve local intelligence on the quality of local private rented sector stock to ensure efficient and targeted enforcement operations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/12/2018 12:45:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1024837

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have provided to local authorities to address the issue of rogue landlords.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Government believes that the cost of enforcement should be borne by rogue landlords themselves and has introduced penalties of up to £30,000 for landlords who break the rules, and measures that force them to repay rent when they break the law. Local authorities are entitled to keep this money which is ring-fenced to fund their enforcement work. <br> <br> Between 2011 and 2016 the government provided £12 million of enforcement funding to local authorities to tackle rogue landlords. In addition, we have recently made available £2 million in funding to local authorities to support their efforts to innovate, improve and share best practice in enforcement work against the minority of rogue landlords who make tenants’ lives a misery.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/12/2018 12:45:43 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham